On 09/20/2018 08:20 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions? > > The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric > oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would > help with that. > > Without spending too much time shopping, it looks like I can get: > * aluminum powder, 5 micron, 2 lb for $34 > * ferric oxide, 10 lb for $27 > * manganese dioxide, 1 lb for $39
I'd just give the drive to my friend with a big chipper "hog" and watch the destruction. Maybe run over it with his D8 Cat a few times. A good hydraulic press should help. Or just melt the thing down in a forge. --Chuck