So I'm guessing Felder Industries has nixed Mg for any future products?

Btw, I have a neat mount for a small outboard for much 18' cedar canvas canoe. If you are interested I could take some pics of it for you.

Alistair

> On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> This happened last weekend.
> 
> I was making a mount that would allow me to put an old Evinrude engine on a
> canoe. I grabbed a piece of angle that has been lying around my shop for
> about thirty years, used as a prybar, etc. I had always assumed that it was
> aluminum.
> 
> I sawed it into the shape I wanted and then finished the edges with a
> grinder. After I dressed it out like I wanted it, I started in on my next
> project, a skid plate to go under my propane tank. As soon as I started in
> on the steel, the whole workbench lit up in an intense glow for a few
> seconds. I managed to get away without having holes burned in my shoes or
> setting the workbench on fire.
> 
> Be careful when working with magnesium and then working with steel! This is
> one case where it really pays to clean up early.
> 
> Jim