I feel your pain Renegade
Never made Thermite before but observing it burn through solid steel would be impressive.
Hell, everything is regulated/restricted these days. And those that aren't are modified.
Random Piece of trivia. I'm sure most chemistry students will know the effects of the age-old "weedkiller and sugar" explosive. So now even weedkiller is actually laced with "flame retardents" to stop such activities.