Unexpected fire hazard in shop

[paul bruesch]

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
>
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