Oh, no. FE is moving right along with a number of products and initiatives.
We wouldn't let a little thing like potentially deadly magnesium fire
thwart our plans! I resurrected a 1937 Evinrude Elto Pal to make this
happen. No turning back!

The canoe I'm putting the Elto on is 15 feet. I would love to see your
design, promise I won't take it to market after the obligatory industrial
espionage. Us Felders don't want to be beholden to no Bells nohow.

Bell Industries' design department has probably already slipped to us by
any one of your disgruntled staff anyway. I just want to update our files :
)

Jim
CEO FE East Galactic Headquarters
Madison, Alabama 35758

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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
>