17 Apr
2005
17 Apr
'05
4:12 p.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 07:32 -0700, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
Pure magnesium burns like a mother******, but it's rarely used as
structural material. Most magnesium alloys burn well when powdered or
as shavings, but then so will pure iron.
A magnesium-aluminum alloy is very unlikely to be dangerously
volatile, even at welding temperatures. The oxidation properties of
both metals make those alloys a bitch to weld, though.
Doc
On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Bob Shannon wrote:
Don't know about welding the stuff, but ISTR a website recording
someone's efforts to get a magnesium-cased NeXT to burn - quite the
opposite of spectacular to be honest. (the page was put up well after
the fact, and it was a few years ago that I saw it - no idea of a URL( I think the actual frame here is magnesium alloy,
not aluminum.
Any attempt to weld this might be spectacularly bad idea.
Listen to the man (with an emphasis on "spectacular" in the true sense of
the word).