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Melting an Aluminum Crankshaft

05/05/2010 6:36 PM

I would like to know how to melt a crank (aluminum), which need materials, the necessary recommendations to quit a good job. thanks beforehand
eh already asked several times perocuadno want to see the answers, I look and look at all but can not find globs of way that I could help

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Re: Melting an Aluminum Crankshaft

05/05/2010 6:59 PM
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Re: Melting an Aluminum Crankshaft

05/06/2010 11:32 PM

If incoherence could melt, you would be standing in a pool of aluminum.

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Re: Melting an Aluminum Crankshaft

05/06/2010 11:51 PM

Melting. schmeltimg.

Want to quit your job? Slop some mercury paste on a section of the crank and wait. The mercury will eat away the aluminum, make it spongey and weak, and will prevent a protective aluminum oxide layer from forming. Eventually, the crank will just break while in use.

Allied saboteurs used to do this on German planesin WW-II. They'd wipe mercury-containing paste on wings and landing gear, and the thing would eventually break off.

Quite neat! The damage wasn't readily visible until it was too late.

Cheers! DZ

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09/02/2010 8:36 AM
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