Newbie Questions

2022 topics in this forum

1. Smoothly Wrapped Shells

   By wizard7611, July 15, 2015
   • 5 replies
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   • wizard7611
   • July 15, 2015

2. KNO3 Magnalium Slow Boost

   By DaMounty, June 21, 2015
   • 14 replies
   • 3.7k views
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   • Nickmaslo
   • July 13, 2015

3. First 4" N1 Glitter Shell

   By jrin0630, July 6, 2015
   • 3 replies
   • 1.6k views
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   • braddsn
   • July 11, 2015

4. Should I order flash powder (for break)

   By BeverFever, July 6, 2015
   • 13 replies
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   • MrB
   • July 10, 2015

5. Do I need a permit as hobbyist?

   By FIREoBUGoEFFECTS, July 2, 2015   

   • permits
   • 9 replies
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   • Dragonflightpyro
   • July 8, 2015

6. Black Powder Firecrackers for Special FX? 1 2

   By OblivionFall, June 14, 2015   

   • black powder
   • bp
   • (and 7 more)

     Tagged with:

     • black powder
     • bp
     • firecracker
     • salute
     • video
     • film
     • safety
     • safe
     • powerful
   • 32 replies
   • 7.7k views
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   • Tabun
   • July 7, 2015

7. Name of spike-free cylinder shells?

   By AzoMittle, July 6, 2015
   • 4 replies
   • 1.7k views
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   • AzoMittle
   • July 6, 2015

8. Spolettes and Aerial Can & Ball Shells

   By Nickmaslo, July 2, 2015   

   • Spolette
   • Aerials
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Spolette
     • Aerials
     • Shells
     • Ball Shell
     • Canister Shell
     • Spolettes
     • Aerial
     • BP
   • 19 replies
   • 5.6k views
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   • Mumbles
   • July 3, 2015

9. Poor lift powder not getting shells and baseball high enough into the air 1 2 3

   By jordanm, June 2, 2015
   • 67 replies
   • 8.6k views
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   • Merlin
   • July 3, 2015

10. Flash powder burns slow

    By lobowarxl, June 15, 2015
    • 12 replies
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    • FIREoBUGoEFFECTS
    • July 2, 2015

11. Ensuring DIY electric igniter coating consistency

    By deer, June 30, 2015   

    • electric
    • match
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      • electric
      • match
      • e-match
      • igniter
      • fuse
      • diy
      • composition
      • mixture
      • coating
    • 5 replies
    • 3k views
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    • stix
    • July 2, 2015

12. Can copper-thermite be used as a substitute for flash?

    By Ubehage, June 22, 2015
    • 18 replies
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    • Nickmaslo
    • July 2, 2015

13. What size canister for first shell

    By BeverFever, June 29, 2015
    • 15 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • GreginCA
    • June 30, 2015

14. TT Star Recipe 1 2

    By DaMounty, June 8, 2015   

    • Meal Powder addition
    • 32 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • DaMounty
    • June 28, 2015

15. How do you identify BP/Perc black match?

    By Ubehage, June 26, 2015
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • marks265
    • June 27, 2015

16. Rcandy Not working properly 1 2

    By kevinH, September 16, 2014
    • 42 replies
    • 6.7k views
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    • stix
    • June 24, 2015

17. Potassium sulphate

    By insutama, June 20, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • insutama
    • June 20, 2015

18. What went wrong? 1 2

    By BeverFever, June 13, 2015
    • 42 replies
    • 5.4k views
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    • Merlin
    • June 18, 2015

19. Vintage Report Mixes

    By LiamPyro, April 21, 2015
    • 22 replies
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    • LiamPyro
    • June 15, 2015

20. Charcoal from a felled tree

    By AzoMittle, May 19, 2015
    • 11 replies
    • 4.9k views
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    • Arthur
    • June 14, 2015

21. Best type of Glue?

    By OblivionFall, June 4, 2015
    • 15 replies
    • 2k views
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    • Nessalco
    • June 10, 2015

22. BP - Hardness

    By DaMounty, April 18, 2015
    • 21 replies
    • 4k views
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    • Wiley
    • June 6, 2015

23. Making Cut Stars

    By jrin0630, May 27, 2015
    • 21 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • LiamPyro
    • June 6, 2015

24. Making spolette timing fuse

    By deer, May 28, 2015   

    • delay
    • bickford
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      • delay
      • bickford
      • fuse
      • timing
      • line
      • spolette
    • 7 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • Twignberry
    • June 4, 2015

25. antimony trisulphide needle vs dark pyro

    By SideGlance, May 27, 2015
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    • GMetcalf
    • June 2, 2015