Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[drlegendre]

If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler &
safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a plasma cutter.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions?
>
> The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric
> oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would
> help with that.
>
> Without spending too much time shopping, it looks like I can get:
> * aluminum powder, 5 micron, 2 lb for $34
> * ferric oxide, 10 lb for $27
> * manganese dioxide, 1 lb for $39
>