[clug] Hard disk destruction

[steve jenkin]

Brendan Jurd wrote on 1/7/09 11:00 AM:
> 2009/6/30 Sam Couter <sam at couter.id.au>:
>> How hot was your fire? You can tell from the colour of the glowing
>> disks:
>>
>> http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Temperature_when_metal_glows_red
> 
> I think we only got as far as the "red glow, visible in twilight" category.

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> Cheers,
> BJ

Thermite is nice, but probably harder to make at home than you'd like,
unless you want to spend a hour or two 'unpeeling' it from sparklers.
Making volumes of it might attract attention from 'Law Enforcement' too :-(

Oxy-Acetylene is widely & cheaply available. You might want to use a
cutter attachment - high heat plus extra oxygen.
Oxygen + LPG actually produces higher temps than Oxy-Acetylene. A dental
technician friend of mine uses it.

Straight air-LPG burner might be good enough - but I'd try one of the
really high-capacity heads like you see road workers using.

On another tack, Got access to a sand-blaster??

Must be a cheap attachment available for home air-compressors, or a
panel beater might do it quickly for you.
You'd want good protection & breathing apparatus as well if doing at home.
In Sydney there was a mob ("You Fix it"?) that provided garage
facilities, hired tools and even had a panel beating area. If there was
anyone like this in CBR, that'd be a place to start.

HTH
s


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