Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
steel wool and grinders
adrien
>I'm sure this has been posted before, but the warning may be useful:
Don't keep your steel wool near the grinder: As the sparks from the tool hit the wool, it takes on a warm glow that doesn't belong to the Christmas season. DAMHIK
Re: steel wool and grinders
Bill Howatt
>Good tip. People who don't know what can happen with heat and steel wool just think it is a bit of steel and steel doesn't burn.
Bill
Re: steel wool and grinders
john Lucas
>Adrien
I was using a wire wheel on my drill press to clean something once. A spark flew over to my workbench and ignited the steel wool. I burned hot and fast. Being quick of mind I scooped it off the wooden work bench-----right into a pile of shavings from the lathe, brilliant move. Fortunately I was able to stomp it out. Created a few new words that I can't publish here.
Re: steel wool and grinders
MP Wall
>Bored boy scouts + steel wool + battery = instant blaze. Don't ask don't tell.
MP Wall
Why......
W.C. Turner
>does it burn?
Re: Why......
Edward
>Steel wool burning, is, of course, steel wool rusting - at warp speed. It's the same process; iron and oxygen uniting.
Best to keep them apart.
Edward
