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class=953142105-29082007>Ooooooh! You've discovered "FireWire". See this YouTube
video for your next 4th of July sparkler.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953142105-29082007>--
Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953142105-29082007>-- Los
Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>JBairdRPT@cs.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:53
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Unexpected fire hazard
in shop<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">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!!<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Watch your sparks!<BR><BR>John Baird</FONT>
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