On Friday 20 November 2009, Michael Buesch wrote: >On Friday 20 November 2009 18:10:18 Leslie Newell wrote: >> Carbon dioxide is 66% oxygen (CO2). As aluminum is very active it will >> strip oxygen out of the CO2. That is also the reason why you should >> never use a CO2 fire extinguisher on magnesium fires. > >Uhm, at work we machine about 80% magnesium and 20% Aluminum. All >machines are equipped with CO2 extinguishers. This works very well.
I hope your insurance is paid up, your widow might need it. Those chips can be downright explosive. And whose the insurance company that allows that? I have personally seen a 6 cyl mercury outboard block welded up where a con- rod went through it, with a smith wrench yet. But since the block was also so badly warped from overheating that it couldn't be line bored for a fresh crank, he after he had welded it very professionally and serviceable looking, proceeded to warm up his weld a little more to show us frogs what happens when you get cocky. Good thing he was working on the sidewalk in front of the store for this particular demo, cuz he had to warn off the fire dept when they arrived. So it just burned with lots of smoke and a very bright flame, leaving a 6' section of sidewalk that had to be back filled in and a new one poured the next day to placate the city, Iowa City IA to be exact. This guy had welding certification cards in his billfold that when unfolded was about 4 feet long. Good teacher, and to this day my favorite stick em together tool is a smith wrench. Nothing I've put together with it has ever come apart again unless I took it apart, usually with the same wrench but a cutting torch screwed in. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> I can't decide which WRONG TURN to make first!! I wonder if BOB GUCCIONE has these problems! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
