So, I'm thinkin' maybe one could build a button-start fire-wire!! Maybe I'll have my pyro kid do that... Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On 8/29/07, Alan Barnard <tune4u at earthlink.net> wrote: > > You've probably seen this, but if you brush fine steel wool across the > terminals of a little old nine-volt batter, it will burst into flames. > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > > ------------------------------ > Original message > From: JBairdRPT at cs.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 8/28/2007 5:52:40 PM > Subject: Unexpected fire hazard in shop > > Today I had a fresh roll of 0000 steel wool catch fire from grinder > sparks. Just 5 seconds of low level flame (like alcohol flames) and another > 5 second of glowing strands until it went out. Of course it went out -- > steel is not a combustible material!! > > I was using an angle grinder (hand held, and this wasn't piano work). The > sparks were shooting about 3 feet across my bench where the roll of steel > wool was. If it had been resting on something like paper towel, that might > have been more serious. > > Watch your sparks! > > John Baird > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070829/6e966b60/attachment.html
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