enanthate Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Instead of spamming the forum with threads, I will post all of my future work here for those interested. Old materials/videos won't be posted. Please feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy! WP_20150223_18_53_53_Pro_VT1.mp4 Edited February 23, 2015 by enanthate
nt8 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) This is amazing! the strobe made with AP? Edit: Oh, I read now, these was the forgotten stars. Edited February 23, 2015 by nt8
enanthate Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks!Thats right, but its definitely not AP. Im not sure what you mean by commercial tube? Its all homemade anyhow.
Pretty green flame Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Wow, I'm impressed with that red strobe. It's very very good. Interested in the formula, if you're prepared to share.
enanthate Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 I'm waiting for strontium nitrate to test what formula and mgal I used. I didn't want to publish a formula with the video that wasn't correct. So keep in mind, the following info might be wrong (but probably is correct!). I suspect it was stibium's red nitrate strobe formula, using #250 mgal. If it was, I most probably ground all chemicals in a coffee grinder like allways.Primed with a very thin layer of Pinball prime. Red nitrate strobeStrontium nitrate 65Potassium chlorate 10PVC 3Copper oxide 1.5#250 mgal 21 Bind with NC. Adjust amount of Copper oxide to stroberate(more is faster). Pinball primeKP 75Charcoal 15Red gum 10Silicon 2#250 mgal 4Dex 6 Can be used with plain mgal or silicon, or other metals. 6 parts in total. On a groundtest the strobes were just a tiny bit faster than in the air, and extremely non-uniform. They seemed to perform much better in the air.
Wiley Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Ah, I meant to say consumer tube. 1.9" fiberglass or cardboard affair with a flat base.
braddsn Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Enanthate, absolutely awesome man. You nailed it!! Was that bleser blonde to red strobe? I am jealous of that strobe. 1
psyco_1322 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 That's an interesting red strobe comp, can't say I've seen anything along that line. Do you know if binding with dextrin or anything else effects how it performs? Excellent little shell!
enanthate Posted February 25, 2015 Author Posted February 25, 2015 Thanks, yes its bleser (with feti I think). I dont know how it would perform with dextrin. Do not get this comp in contact with sulfur, in case a beginner should see this formula and give it a shot. Prime with Pinball first! For what its worth, I just tested the formula with barium nitrate. No good.
nt8 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av04JpDbjnc The strobe with barium nitrate, and contain perchlorate, not chlorate.Irregular strobe rate, and heavy ignition if fly.I put this strobes with thick prime in many NYE shell ( pistil stars), but lot of star didn't ignited, the thick prime became glittering shit in the middle of the break. BUT, your red strobe is excellent!!! Edited February 25, 2015 by nt8
psyco_1322 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks, yes its bleser (with feti I think). I dont know how it would perform with dextrin.Do not get this comp in contact with sulfur, in case a beginner should see this formula and give it a shot. Prime with Pinball first! For what its worth, I just tested the formula with barium nitrate. No good. Well that sucks you can't turn it green, I was gonna try the same thing.
FlaMtnBkr Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I'm pretty sure a green is possible. Look on Fireworking as that is where I originally saw these nitrate strobes mentioned and discussed. I let my subscription lapse so I can't go try to find it.
enanthate Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) I know somebody mentioned green in the thread I got it from, he claimed he just directly replaced strontium with barium. I did so, and got a strobe rate of 0.2hz (white). nt8 your green color looks quite good! Did you use my formula? What mesh mgal?About ignition, do you prime when they are still wet with acetone? I have found that pressing the prime into the wet dough makes it easier to ignite. Silicon also helped.In fact, if I'm not wrong, I think I primed the first layer with 50/50 pinball/strobemix, then pinball, then pinball/bleser. Edit: My red strobe also had irregular stroberate like your green, but mine was a bit faster. Put smaller mgal or more CuO. Edited February 27, 2015 by enanthate
nt8 Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I know somebody mentioned green in the thread I got it from, he claimed he just directly replaced strontium with barium. I did so, and got a strobe rate of 0.2hz (white). nt8 your green color looks quite good! Did you use my formula? What mesh mgal?About ignition, do you prime when they are still wet with acetone? I have found that pressing the prime into the wet dough makes it easier to ignite. Silicon also helped.In fact, if I'm not wrong, I think I primed the first layer with 50/50 pinball/strobemix, then pinball, then pinball/bleser. Edit: My red strobe also had irregular stroberate like your green, but mine was a bit faster. Put smaller mgal or more CuO.Yes, I used same composition, except the chlorate, I used perchlorate and 250 mesh MgAl (from p.garage) I use already the wet dough prime method at all my cutted stars. Therefore I don't understand these why don't ignition.
enanthate Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 Well, my green test did noy ignite from lighter. I needed a flametorch. Maybe its the barium.Did you use pinball with si? Will try your comp tonight.
nt8 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Well, my green test did noy ignite from lighter. I needed a flametorch. Maybe its the barium.Did you use pinball with si? Will try your comp tonight. I used pinball similar prime (I try to use less perchlorate, where I can. The magnalium is easier obtainable and much cheaper as the perchlorate for me ) My hot prime: 60/15/15/10 KP/C.coal/MgAl250/redgum. This ignite all my color stars.
braddsn Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Enanthate, what are you using to film with? Video quality is nice!
enanthate Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) It is, isnt it?Bought a new phone for christmas, Nokia Lumia 930. Ive tried iphone and android, both for several years each, but this Nokia beats them any day. Camera, software, practical use, all of it. Edit: I just watched your videos, and while I cant say much about how the colors appear compared to reality, I can say that at least part of the problem is focus. Try to set your camera\phone to endless focus if possible, otherwise some manual adjustments might help.The Nokia does it for you straight out of the box tho Edited March 2, 2015 by enanthate 1
enanthate Posted March 5, 2015 Author Posted March 5, 2015 Have shot my first batch of stars made with my homemade starplate. Worked quite nice. 4" matrixhttp://youtu.be/dLO6N1TnqXc
enanthate Posted March 5, 2015 Author Posted March 5, 2015 I also had a second try with ring and bowtie yesterday (first try failed to ignite), its not great but at least igniting now. Next is to experiment with booster. http://youtu.be/UxTpGCOiTnQ Ignitionissues solved with an outter layer of fast bp +5% woodmeal.
braddsn Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Very nice man!! I am pasting some shells as we speak that are experiments with booster. I am trying slow flash booster dusted onto the hulls. Fingers crossed, I will video the shells tomorrow eve. Good luck with your boosting, let me know how it goes.
psyco_1322 Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) What where the stars in the matrix shell, glitter with dragon eggs? Looked good. The 3" wasn't bad either. Edited March 7, 2015 by psyco_1322
enanthate Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) Cheers brad, will upload a couple videos soon, im starting soft with slowflash. Yes psyco, its glitter with eggs(0.5-1mm). Todays work below. Excuse the ugly canister, its my first and didnt put much effort in its looks Nt8, 3 of the canisters are pure melilac. Cant wait! Im just hoping i didnt put too much booster now. Edited March 9, 2015 by enanthate
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