Unexpected fire hazard in shop

[Geoff Sykes]

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-- Geoff Sykes
-- Los Angeles
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of JBairdRPT at cs.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:53 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
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 

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