Me: wow, this aluminium turns really nicely! It sounds almost like brass? Ha ha! Imagine if I was turning magnesium without realising!
IMAGINE IF I WAS TURNING MAGNESIUM WITHOUT REALISING.
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While at college I did a week of work experience at Dunlop aviation in Coventry, they make aircraft wheels, I am sure they said the wheels were made from Magnesium and had to be turned and formed in to shape, so this required a LOT of cooling to avoid the magnesium catching fire.
