Just got back from Minneapolis

[Chrispy]

Everyone needs a good rant now and then. I'm expecting mine soon.

[digital_blue]

It was brought to my attention in another thread that I never posted the pics of the Medeco that we played with. Here are the pics:

[Chrispy]

So did the cylinder come out because of the thermite or for reasons other than the thermite?

Classic pics. We should add them to the 'SFGOON's Guide To Thermite' thread.

[digital_blue]

No, the cylinder was already out when we started. As you can see, the thermite really didn't do a whole lot of damage. Most of what you see is the slag left behind by the thermite. That round ball of metal on the inside is slag from the thermite as well. It was cool tho.

db

[SFGOON]

SEE!!! Didn't I tell you guys?! A BILLION TIMES! Nothing! The lock LAUGHS at the thermite!

[devnill]

Thats crazy! i wonder how they melted through the car on that brainaic show...

[raimundo]

Didn't see the car melt, but the lock was a mass of metal with a lot of copper in the alloy, this carries off heat quickly and dissapates it to more mass, greater area. etc. a car is covered in sheet metal that will not so quickly carry the heat away, because its mostly iron, and it has little mass at the place where the heat is applies, its all about getting heat on a point before the conduction characteristics of the metal can carry it away from that point, also, the less metal you must heat, the less heat you need. it also has to do with the type of metal iron is easier to melt through at a point on a thin sheet than copper alloys.