[GreenKeys] Way OT: fun with molten metal

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Quite amazing! to actually produce a metal representation of the  ant  city!
 
A note of warning though ...if there is a lot of moisture in the   ground   
the aluminum will literally  explode back up   towards  you with the moist  
earth.  We had a great   foundry  area in High School and eve once in a 
while  someone   would  slop molten aluminum   on the most  California  
concrete resulting  in exploding floor material!
 
Ed Sharpe Archivist  for SMECC  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)   
 
 
In a message dated 2/21/2014 6:39:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
gil at baudot.net writes:

Hey, here is an unusual thing to do:  pour molten metal into an ant  hill, 
and dig up a mold of the colony.  Yeah, it kills all the ants, of  course, 
but shows just how deep and wide those lil buggers dig.


Personally, I leave ants alone if they are far enough away from the  house. 
 If they are near the house or getting inside, then it is time for  them to 
go.  Amdro is my fav chem to nuke the nest, but maybe next time  it's time 
to fire up the kiln!


gil




http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY






gil smith, AF7EZ
greenkeys moderator
_gil at baudot.net_ (mailto:gil at baudot.net) 


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