Brainiacs play with Thermite...
May. 7th, 2006 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanAnother link from that Man About the Internet, Walter Jon Williams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWLpRc1yM&search=thermite
Do NOT try this at home. Don't even try this at work, unless you've got some excellent medical insurance and a really understanding fire department...
(best response from someone on-list: "What's really fun is to use a small thermite charge [a gram will do] to ignite
an old VW engine block [aluminum-magnesium alloy]. Don't do this in the garage. Wear welder's goggles. Run away.")
(and the Gris icon just seemed so right, for this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWLpRc1yM&search=thermite
Do NOT try this at home. Don't even try this at work, unless you've got some excellent medical insurance and a really understanding fire department...
(best response from someone on-list: "What's really fun is to use a small thermite charge [a gram will do] to ignite
an old VW engine block [aluminum-magnesium alloy]. Don't do this in the garage. Wear welder's goggles. Run away.")
(and the Gris icon just seemed so right, for this)
