Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
> 
>>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>>
>> Why, you just make it yourself.  Isn't that the stuff where you get a 
>> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it?  YOu need a 
>> strip of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
> 
> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium 
> powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder, 
> the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my 
> last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
> 

Got an old pencil sharpener? I've heard the old metal ones are magnesium.

What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that 
requires it's use every month or so.

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