Making sparks
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JohnnyJones

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1,778 posts

202 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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What will make sparks when rubbed hard against steel? The effect I'm after is like those biker knee sliders that spark when rubbed on the road, only instead of tarmac this is steel.

Any ideas?

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

214 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Tarmac?

pacman1

7,324 posts

217 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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An angle grinder?

The Wookie

14,187 posts

252 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Well if the biker knee straps are made out of steel... maybe you need knee straps that are made out of tarmac

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ETA - Damn beaten to it!! :shakesfist:

Edited by The Wookie on Tuesday 1st June 10:04

Swarley

5,278 posts

255 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Is it moving?

You need to cut tiny bits of the steel off very quickly, so quickly that it gets hot enough to burn (well glow).