Heres a clip from the Brainiacs show, hosted by Hamster from top gear.

http://www.gkko.com/videos/1282/igniting-thermite/

The best bit is they destroy an old Pug at the end of it

[Edited on 12/4/06 by flak monkey]

i remember playing with that at school, it works better is you use magnesium powder and ptfe just stand along way back

Saw the first part of the peugeot one, but didn't know they did the fuel tank too

Marvellous!

ATB

Simon

think i'm going to have to download the jolly roger cook book again, need to make thermite.lol

How many times can one person say "The irreversible thermite reaction begins"?
I think the railway permanent way crews use a big one o' them to weld the rails together.