My kids are Boy Scouts too... but they learned this trick on www.i-am-bored.com or www.funnyjunk.com (both of which are now blocked on the 'pooters they use...) Like I mentioned... they didn't know what steel wool was until this afternoon!! Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On 8/30/07, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I think I learned back in the early 60's when I was a Boy Sprout that the > stuff would burn quite handily..... > les bartlett > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *paul bruesch > *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:53 PM > *To:* Pianotech List > *Subject:* Re: Unexpected fire hazard in shop > > Yeah, I was gonna impress my boys... 11 and 14 yrs old. I got out some > steel wool and asked if they knew what it was. No. "It's steel wool", I > said. 11-yo said, "OH! You can light it with a battery." > > So much for surprising kids these days, eh? > > On 8/30/07, Kenneth Jankura <kenrpt at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > I remember one of my projects for grade school science class was > > burning a piece of steel wool to show something or other about rapid > > oxidation. > > > > (For some less-than-well-thought-out reason, we were given carte > > blanche what to pick for a science project, as if you couldn't guess.) > > > > It's not the oils that burn, it's the steel itself. > > > > Anyway, youtube has a bunch of films like these: > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw5epSmH3Q > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElqYJ654eq4 > > > > Yes, be very very careful. > > > > And have fun.... > > > > Ken Jankura RPT > > Newville, PA > > > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Andrew Remillard wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > There are oils in steel wool which obviously burn. You can also > > > ignite it using a 9 volt battery. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Andrew Remillard > > > ANRPiano.com > > > 5008 Fairview Ave > > > Downers Grove, IL 60515 > > > 630-852-5058 > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.12/979 - Release Date: > 08/29/2007 8:21 PM > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070830/f8443ee0/attachment.html
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