Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[Alexandre Souza]

Have you heard about a pointy hammer? :)


2018-09-21 0:37 GMT-03:00 drlegendre via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>:

> 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
> >
>