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Previously on "Things I didn't know until today."
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Well the blocking page says so but no one does.Originally posted by psychocandy View PostYou have to report if you click on a link and its blocked???
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You have to report if you click on a link and its blocked???Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAnd it will have to stay a mystery for me as the clients system says this blocked as it is deemed illegal. Looks like another trip to the client manager to explain what random rubbish I've been looking at on the internet again.
That said he actually quite enjoys the Monday Links that get blocked and I have to report so maybe he'll like this one.
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I still remember the look of utter bemusement on ppk's face when I told him that the browser compatibility tables at Compatibility overview had been blocked by a client's filter for being a "Dating" siteOriginally posted by northernladuk View PostAnd it will have to stay a mystery for me as the clients system says this blocked as it is deemed illegal. Looks like another trip to the client manager to explain what random rubbish I've been looking at on the internet again.
That said he actually quite enjoys the Monday Links that get blocked and I have to report so maybe he'll like this one.
That was the same client that blocked Sam Ruby's Sam Ruby for "Criminal Skills and Hacking"
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You can always get your powdered aluminium from an etch-a-sketch...Originally posted by zeitghost
A site about using a bench grinding wheel blocked.

Then again the Tektronix site was blocked at "work" when I started there.
And the "Analog Devices" IC site is blocked in lots of places.
See youtube for details...
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Isn't 'Grinder' already a safe word for your account?Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAnd it will have to stay a mystery for me as the clients system says this blocked as it is deemed illegal. Looks like another trip to the client manager to explain what random rubbish I've been looking at on the internet again.
That said he actually quite enjoys the Monday Links that get blocked and I have to report so maybe he'll like this one.
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And it will have to stay a mystery for me as the clients system says this blocked as it is deemed illegal. Looks like another trip to the client manager to explain what random rubbish I've been looking at on the internet again.Originally posted by zeitghost View PostDon't grind aluminium on a bench grinder.
Bench grinder and Aluminum?
For dear old Freako, this relates to the inadvisability of grinding aluminium (or even aluminum) on a bench grinder in case it kills you.
That said he actually quite enjoys the Monday Links that get blocked and I have to report so maybe he'll like this one.
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I thought the thermite reaction needed a fair sized pile of finely ground and well mixed aluminium and iron.Originally posted by zeitghost View PostDon't grind aluminium on a bench grinder.
Bench grinder and Aluminum?
For dear old Freako, this relates to the inadvisability of grinding aluminium (or even aluminum) on a bench grinder in case it kills you.
Wouldn't have thought the residue on a grinder would be much of a risk, nor swarf or shavings unless you let it build up too much, but then that's a fire risk even with wood shavings.
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Funny how it's more difficult to cut or grind aluminium or copper than steel although steel is a lot harder.
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Interesting -
third I have heard that if grind aluminum and then iron you can potentially have a fire due to the reaction between them.
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Was an interesting article on the front page about how Steinway ordered a custom CNC machine to make their pianos.Originally posted by zeitghost View PostDon't grind aluminium on a bench grinder.
Bench grinder and Aluminum?
For dear old Freako, this relates to the inadvisability of grinding aluminium (or even aluminum) on a bench grinder in case it kills you.
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Things I didn't know until today.
Don't grind aluminium on a bench grinder.
Bench grinder and Aluminum?
For dear old Freako, this relates to the inadvisability of grinding aluminium (or even aluminum) on a bench grinder in case it kills you.
Sounds like it blocks the grinding wheel with swarf.
Much the same as it blocks files.
It takes a lot of heat to get the thermite reaction going which is why they set it off using magnesium.Last edited by zeitghost; 9 June 2017, 10:40.Tags: None
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