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Fun with Thermite
__________________ --Carl N-T Porkin' Pig Price ?? KN Auctions to help a member in need and score a GREAT deal! ?? |
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That was pretty cool, or maybe I should say hot!
__________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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Hot ####
WAY cool. Those guys remind me of a couple of boys I grew up with.
Doug Lester |
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There are several thermite videos on youtube and some of them are just flat out dangerous when you watch what they do. This video was made for TV but all of the others are not very safe.
on one video the guys wet the area down with water first. Thermite plus water equals explosion. Several others are set off around dry grass and weeds. The most dangerous one was the reaction was not taking off real fast so the bafoon stirs it with a very short stick. He obviousely did not have the correct mix but if he did he would have half of his hand burnt off. These are the jerk-offs that get themselves seriousely injured and then cause products and supplies to get banned. You always see thier parents on the evening news blamming the materials but never admiting that thier kids might be complete idiots. |
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Yep, agreed. Bunch of bad ones out there, but at least these guys had the sense to stay out of the way of the reaction, wouldn't have posted the link if they were obvious idiots doing it (unless maybe it was an idiot removing himself from the gene pool ). These two did a cool demo of the power of thermite safely though.
--Carl __________________ --Carl N-T Porkin' Pig Price ?? KN Auctions to help a member in need and score a GREAT deal! ?? |
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i have read extensivly about military military weapons. in that time i have read about many american weapon systems that included thermite. i read about them and never truly understood the devastation. no wonder all those anti tank rockets pack such a punch. thats great and so are you for posting that.
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The copper tube one made me get some ideas about making some mokume buttons.
__________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo |
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That was fun.
I guess about 4 to 5 pound charges. They don't pack it, so it makes for more sparks. Thermite is easy to make, but can difficult to controll. Hope the young folks think twice before fooling with it. Nahh, propably not. You can make micro and mini runs right in your forge, if it's a solid fuel type. |
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More fum with Thermite
Call up Thermite on Wicipedia and down in the bottom with the reference material are some links to people having fun with Thermite. Including a bunch of grunts in the Big Sandy trying to burn their way into a floor safe with a Thermite grenade.
Doug Lester |
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Carl,
That is smokin!!!! I love seeing stuff burning up. Thanks for sharing. |
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Yup, there's only one cure for stupidity, and it unfortunately results in increased stupidity in others.
For a little more fun, go back to youtube and do a search for "Brainiacs and Alkali Metals." It's the same guys, but this time it's a little lithium in water, then sodium, then potassium, then something that escapes me, then cesium. The host accurately described the cesium as "like a depth charge in a bathtub." And then you gotta see what they do with microwave ovens... |
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