Re: ATM pitch in microwave ovens

["Nathan L. Allen" <nathan@ebs330.eb.uah.edu>]

        sorry but your conclusion on emperical observations is wrong but
also very dangerous. The "metal you abserve has been designed not to be 
affected by microwaves , if you wish to do some experimentation at risk 
of destroying your microwave oven place a small amount of foil in oven 
and try it , It should be spectacular.

On Wed, 21 May 1997, Stephen Tonkin wrote:

> I don't think it needs experimentation with the pernicious devil-weed to
> believe that one has successfully used a metal container in a microwave
> <g>.
> 
> To all those people who have been telling us that you should never put a
> metal item into a microwave oven, please do a little empirical
> observation. What are the following made of:
> 
> The inside walls of the oven?
> The turntable?
> The turntable tray?
> The racks/grids/shelves which raise things off the turntable?
> 
> The reason not to use metal containers is that they are impervious to
> microwaves so the food (or pitch) will not be heated from all sides, but
> the microwave energy can still enter the stuff to be heated from the
> open end.
> 
> What one should not do is operate the microwave without anything inside
> to absorb the microwave energy -- that includes operating it empty.
> 
> John Maxwell <jmax@toad.net> wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, 20 May 1997, Redwad wrote:
> >[snip]
> >> Rik,
> >>    The substrate was glass and sitting on a table. The pitch was in a
> >> coffee can in the microwave oven. I guess the idea is to get the pitch
> >
> >No, the idea is to not put metal objects (like, say, a coffee can...) into
> >microwave ovens.
> >
> >You hadn't by any chance been using "dried smoking material" just before
> >doing this, had you? :-)
> >
> >-John
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >John Maxwell                                              jmax@toad.net
> >"You have the ability to learn from your mistakes. You will learn a lot
> >today."
> >
> >> Rik Hill wrote:
> >> 
> >> > I have softened pitch in a microwave oven many times with no
> >> > problems other than possible over-heating. What was the tool
> >> > substrate made of? -rik
> >> <><><><><><><><>
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Stephen Tonkin
>