Unexpected fire hazard in shop

[paul bruesch]

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
> >
> >
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