[ale] old newbie

[Tom Freeman]

Cost is cheap (relatively). The aluminum can come from heavy gauge cooking 
foil if you have access to a ball mill or the like. The iron oxide from 
steel wool pads, although I disremember a good oxidation process at the 
moment.



On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Mike Harrison wrote:

>> with the eventual goal of physically killing them at some point.  (Is
>> it time for a ALE thermite party?  What's that cost anyway?)
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> Poors Mans Thermite; Aluminum and Iron filings with a little Magnesium Fuse..
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> http://chattarati.com/neighborhoods/southside/2010/12/8/demise-vega-chrysalis/
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> Note the small thermite "sparklers" at the top of the effigy, but the
> video doesn't have the dixie cups of thermite that were along the
> central column.
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> A dixie cup of thermite on top of a hard drive should render it
> completely slagged and unreadable.  We'll have to experiment :)
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