I have seen a whole potato fired at high speed into, and through, a sturdy metal mesh. (The zigzag screening that underlies a plaster wall was used.)
The shredded potato fragments that result are small, less than a centimeter, and they have a fairly wide dispersal pattern. One would need something larger than a dinner plate to collect them.
In the experiment I witnessed, the mesh was not flaming.
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Date: 2008-05-09 04:16 pm (UTC)The shredded potato fragments that result are small, less than a centimeter, and they have a fairly wide dispersal pattern. One would need something larger than a dinner plate to collect them.
In the experiment I witnessed, the mesh was not flaming.