Originally Posted by julio_bOOstamante

i approve. thats no way to treat your boyfriend.:P

Originally Posted by Mista Bone

gunpowder burns, doesn't explode.

blackpowder on the other hand :)

Originally Posted by shadetree

thermite burning a whole thru engine block vid
http://www.guzer.com/videos/thermite_car.php

This is the recipe I used:
http://www.skepticfiles.org/new/010doc.htm
"- Crush the rust into a fine powder and heat it in a cast-iron pot
until it is red. Now mix the pure iron oxide with pure alluminum
filinos which can be bought or filed down by hand from an aluminum
tube or bar. The ratio or iron oxide to aluminum is 8 grams to 3
grams.

- Congrats! You have just made THERMITE! Now, to light it...

- Thermite requires a LOT of heat (more than a blow torch!) to
ignite. However, a magnesium ribbon (which is sorta hard to find..
call around) will do the trick."

Mag ribbon on ebay
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...bon&category0=