aluminum powder - where to get local?

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making some exploding targets, anyone know any local places that sell it? :thumbup

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I knows nothings about thermite :ninja

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:wierd i have an old car that needs disposing…

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Obtaining the Aluminum

  1. Go to a machine shop. They will usually give you aluminum powder for sweeping the floor or something.
  2. Break open an Etch-A-Sketch, the stuff inside is pure aluminum powder.
  3. Go to a paint store, they usually have powdered aluminum that people use to mix into paints to give it pigment.
  4. Get a grinder, and something made of aluminum. Good ideas are soda cans, bike frames, and lacrosse sticks. Start grinding the aluminum and collect the sparks in a container.
  5. Search eBay, they sell it for pretty cheap.

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might goto a paint store tomarrow, i ordered some off ebay earlier today

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just remember when it goes off its not stopping until it’s done. :rofl

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awesome link benny

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:lol you think 30lbs will do the trick?

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omg dude WTF are u doing LOL

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i BETTER get invited to the festivities JON.

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i better be having a phone call…kthanxbye

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30lbs of thermite will attract ALOT of attention, but easily enough to cut a car in half Be careful, there are burn bans out in effect for NYS counties and this will be classified as an intentional burn which has fines/jail time wrapped around it.

Tip #1…Mix oxides in accordance and blend with a little denatured alcohol to form shapes which will dry into semi solids. Can be brushed or shaped as a paste before it dries. Tends to crumble when handled hard. Touch off crude thermite with a road flare, next best thing to actually buying magnesium.

We used to weld big shit together with this stuff with my uncle to form machine skids(for lathes, mills, etc). Still used in heavy steel part manufacturing and repair. Don’t come bitching here if you vaporize your hands or burn your garage down. This shit is HOT and nothing will stop the reaction until it burns out.

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Chernobyl in Duanesburg here we come.

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10-4 ive read up on it a great deal. The road flare is genious i never thought of that…For my next experiment im gonna make some tannerite for said shenanigans, supposedly its 100% legal to make, im sure if a large enough explosion was made i could get arrested but out here its very unlikely.

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This should be good, just don’t burn down the barn, my car is in it :lol

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Tannerite, now that’s some crazy shit I’ve yet to mess with. thought of blowing myself up with a five gallon pail of that shit kinda puts a damper on things :lol

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etch a sketch, how would that be AL powder? AL isnt magnetic.

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way to put yourself on the government’s watch list…

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i dont give a dead mooses last shit, if im not on there already then idk…:lol