My kids are Boy Scouts too... but they learned this trick on <a href="http://www.i-am-bored.com">www.i-am-bored.com</a> or <a href="http://www.funnyjunk.com">www.funnyjunk.com</a> (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!!
<br><br>Paul Bruesch<br>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Leslie Bartlett</b> <<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I think I learned back in the early 60's when I was a Boy
Sprout that the stuff would burn quite handily.....</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">les bartlett</font></span></div><br>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>paul
bruesch<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:53 PM<br><b>To:</b>
Pianotech List<span class="q"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Unexpected fire hazard in
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<div><span class="e" id="q_114b93aae29c4dca_3"><div></div>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." <br><br>So much
for surprising kids these days, eh?<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kenneth
Jankura</b> <<a href="mailto:kenrpt@earthlink.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kenrpt@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: </span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I
remember one of my projects for grade school science class was<br>burning a
piece of steel wool to show something or other about rapid
<br>oxidation.<br><br>(For some less-than-well-thought-out reason, we were
given carte<br>blanche what to pick for a science project, as if you couldn't
guess.)<br><br> It's not the oils that burn, it's the steel itself.
<br><br>Anyway, youtube has a bunch of films like these:<br><br><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw5epSmH3Q" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw5epSmH3Q
</a><br><br><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElqYJ654eq4" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElqYJ654eq4
</a><br><br>Yes, be very very careful.<br><br>And have fun....<br><br>Ken
Jankura RPT<br>Newville, PA<br><br><br><br>On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Andrew
Remillard wrote:<br><br>><br>><br>> There are oils in steel wool
which obviously burn. You can also <br>> ignite it using a 9
volt battery.<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Andrew Remillard<br>>
ANRPiano.com<br>> 5008 Fairview Ave<br>> Downers Grove,
IL 60515<br>> 630-852-5058<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br>
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