I have destroyed HDs in my little coal-fired melting furnace. The drive discs don't melt, but the aluminum, zinc, and pot-metal does, which I can use for my castings, and the controller boards and wiring end up toast.
But the steel foundry I worked at had the *best* procedure: a) Bring over the ladle of, say 9 tons of steel at 3000F, freshly tapped from the furnace. Wave at the guy on the bridge crane so he can see you and know where NOT to lower this thing. b) Toss in the drives: splash, splash, sparky splash. Break the slag and push the drives under the crust if necessary. Within the hour, your drives will be permanently 'reformatted' as teeth for mining equipment, sea chain, anchors for oil platforms, and propeller struts for large vessels. Great work if you can still get it, :-D - GLL ---------------------------- Keith Lofstrom wrote: A shredder might be easier than a demagnetizer, ... Michael [email protected]: Wouldn't it be a lot better to just smash them with a hammer? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
