Introductions

[ETR]

Hi everyone,

I am Eric and living in the Netherland and of course interested in pyro.I have been reading this forum for quite a while and i hope to learn much more.

 

[dagabu]

Welcome Eric! Please pick up your welcome basket over there by the door, rocket classes begin in 20 minutes.

 

-dag

[ETR]

Hi Dag,

I am more in to shells, and i allready made a couple.

This is the last one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiXleqboCNY

2,5" shell with TT to C8+Ti ring with 9 reports.

Edited August 6, 2012 by TheSidewinder

[dagabu]

Pretty nice there ETR.

 

-dag

[TheSidewinder]

Cleaned up that link so it displays here. You use the "Media" icon on the right end of the Editor icons bar, and provide the URL, and it puts the player in the post. I just pasted this value:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiXleqboCNY

 

Very nice shell, too!

[CrossOut]

Hey everyone.. been a member here for a while but finally decided to start posting.

 

Im Mike (CrossOut)

 

Currently a Physics Major at CSU and have had fun building rockets and electronics as a kid. I took into more serious forms of pyro a few years back starting as every foolish child starts playing with (Flash compositions etc..) however my fascination with pyro grew further to incorporate more than simple bangers. so i found my self following the art of shell and rocketry. now i enjoy building pyro and high powered lasers on my free time. if anyone is interested in high energy optics shoot me a PM im more than happy to help!

 

Back to the topic...

 

Currently one of the forum Moderators at PyroGuideForums.com in charge of forum moderation and spam control.

Ive been doing pyro for a few years now and have had a lot of fun doing so.

i also shoot professional for Pyro Spectaculars (north) and am about 1 year away from becoming licensed for that.

 

your all more than welcome to check out my Youtube channel, i post most of my pyro work on there as well as some of my physics stuff to.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cr0ss0ut?feature=mhee

 

anywase good to meet you all hope to be able to share knowledge with you all soon!

Edited August 11, 2012 by CrossOut

[TheSidewinder]

Welcome to the forum, CrossOut!

[Xploitz]

Hello everyone.

 

Ive been a member here for a few months ( I think...maybe its just that I've never made an account until recently and I studied for answers to my own questions via the "search" button ) Also, I'm kinda new to all this with just 1 yr experience in this field.

 

Im a retired (young) professional wireless penetration security analyst., so I know my way around the block fairly well and am very computer literate when it comes to WinDOZE and Linux.

 

Anyways..I'm very interested in making my own fireworks for me and for my family, and have made several shells and salutes and roman candles..etc....but my shells have never had that same loud shell break "bang" that I get from a fresh shot out of the mortar on lift cup explosion when it com times for it to break. Its very weak, and as a matter of fact, come to think of it, lol....i don't remember even hearing the shell break, but I can see the stars. They are usually one sided shell breaks like the left side will show a lot of visible stars, but the right side act like their blown blind, but their not...their all on the other side of the burst...kind like the shell didnt "burst" all the way....just 1/2 way. I use plastic baseballs 3 inch ( from toys are us) cut them in half and used meal coated rice hulls 7:1 ratio.

 

Anyways..im working on making my own SRGS from scratch. I live in Dallas Texas and have access to a "Little China" strip mall or 2 that had tons of glutenous rice flower, but not starch. Also they had rice starch...but not glutenous!! And I also bought some regular tapioca starch and a 5 pound bag of glutinous rice that Im working on now that I plan on trying to make SRGS from...issue is....I have TAKEO SHIMIZU s book "FIREWORKS The Art Science and Technique" and it doesnt state weather to use the liquid from the rice ( let it dry into a powder) or to actually use the WHOLE steamed rice and all and pound it. Any clue there? I know rice is about 70% pure starch, but seems odd to use 30% filler in making pure SGRS. Wouldn't using the whole rice slow down the burn rate considerably? Odd.....enlightenment is most welcmed.

 

Perhaps this is the wrong place to post my questions, and I'm truly sorry if that's the case, but it does go with my intro as this is where i'm at in my pyro projects and I feel that it should go with my intro since i'm currently struggling with those 2 cases (shell breaks and making SRGS) and yes..ive read all there is on this forums via the search button on making srgs and just srgs.

 

Anyways well met all, and Ive taken a keen liking to mumbles post specifically....and a couple others as they have helped me the most in my quest for pyro knowledge.

 

Thank you all for sharing your art with the common Joe blow like me. I do hope that one day I can actually contribute to this forums as my own knowledge and personal experience grow in this field. I also hope that one day I can manufacture my own fireworks and sell them professionally either via pyro display specialist or at least via a firework stand. ( Yes I know i need permits and licenses to do all this...but were talking YEARS before I can actually even go into that level of thought )...just a dream to have my own brand of fireworks like "blackcat" and etc. Maybe ill call my brand "Aero Pyro" or even better..."Rhino Pyro"..lol

 

 

Oh, by the way..my names James, and I'm a white male whose 6"2 and 225lbs (for a visual picture.),.. 35 yrs old..... And I'm also a recovering alcoholic and crack addict with 8 months clean time.

Edited August 20, 2012 by Xploitz

[TheSidewinder]

Welcome to the forum, James!

 

Pull up a chair and read.

[BengalFlair]

Hi guys

I am Ben from India and feeling excited joining this great forum.

Honestly speaking, just a couple of years ago I had no idea about the vast source of information throughout the web and about thousands of pyro-addicts in our planet like me. We, the amateurs in our locality have to work in such a condition that there is no access to pyro material like plastic or paper hemis, paper tubes, mortars, rocket tooling, viscos and lots of important chemicals like chlorate(banned) and perchlorates(super expensive). In spite of these limitations I have been making fireworks for last thirty-five years. I would like to enrich my knowledge and share with others as well. I have made some videos of my fireworks and uploaded to YouTube.

 

Please do checkout my channel in YouTube (CLICK HERE) and feel free to like rate & comment!

[dan999ification]

welcome ben, you could teach a lot here, we are subbed on youtube, i never did get that spinner comp.

 

Dan.

[spoonski]

hiya - ive been a pyro ever since i shot off my first m-80 when i was 6

never found any good reading material untill the internet.

my largest shell was a 6 inch and well yea the other stuff lol

[TheSidewinder]

Welcome to the forums!

[RealmMaster]

Hello all,

 

My name is Jerry and I am from SE Louisiana.

 

I'm new here to this group, however not I am no in anyway new to pyrotechnics.. I am a prior holder

of a BATF manufacturer license, although its been over 25+ years ago, I let it lapse due to family issues.

 

 

I never forgot the satisfaction and thrill of seeing a shell burst which we had spent hours constructing etc.

 

That was over 25+ years and I was a young guy, with a wife and 2 children, Now times have changed

I am now disabled and not with that prior spouse.. I have remarried to a wonderful woman with no children..

 

Its just her and me and our loving dog and 5 cats, no children..

 

Although I am legally totally disabled I am still able to get around and do simple things,

However my wife is not able to do so, she has to use a wheelchair etc. to get around,But we are still very happy.

 

We live in what I consider a firework friendly state (Louisiana) and I'm glad of that, I

just love seeing all the fireworks stands which open a couple times each year.

 

My wife says that when we drive by them and she looks over at me she can see sparkles in my eyes

as I am looking towards them as we drive by.

 

However, due to having to only survive on social security each month we cannot afford being able

to stop at the places and purchase those goodies.. I have sat and told my wife of the old days

of building the shells, mines etc. and how great it felt to light the stuff off.

 

My wife told me that she has never lit off any real fireworks besides sparklers and she always dreamed

of doing it for many years especially after seeing the neighborhood kids loading their mortars and

shooting those new fangled re-loadable mortar tubes etc. off.

 

I know with the amount of money we get each month from social security we cannot afford to go

to one of the local stands and buy the stuff so that she can have that opportunity, So I have

decided to call upon my past skills and to go ahead and build our own stuff so that she will

have that chance to do what she has dreamed of, to really be able to light real fireworks.

 

I have the knowledge and am surely able to construct the items, this I know and I know I would be

able to build the killer shells like I used to many years ago....

 

So now I am working on getting together all the stuff I need to be able fur fill her dream, I do know

it will be a huge challenge and I really think the only way she will be able to light the stuff

is for me to have to provide her with some sort of electrical firing system, I just

cannot see how we would be able to get her away fast enough in her wheelchair.

 

As it stands right now with our expenses, I figure we are going to be able to set aside $30-$35 each

month if I go ahead and not play bingo and just watch her when we go every other week that way we will be able to start

getting the needed supplies (chemicals, tubes, fuse, mortars, etc which we are going to need to do this.

 

What really sucks is I do not even have a single mortar anymore!! (I used to have piles and piles of them in my old days) When

we used to shoot the shells, mines etc. the only thing we had were heavy steel mortars, Now I see they have

switched and are using cardboard and fiberglass? mortars, Hard to believe how times have changed.

 

I know I am going to have to come up with some sort of electronic firing system for her so she will be able

to furfill that dream of really firing off fireworks because there is not going to be anyway that we are

going to be able to get her away from the mortars fast enough being she has to use her wheelchair.

(Please!! if anyone has any plans how to build a cheap firing system please send the instructions to me, But

it has to not cost allot to build).

 

I have been spending my free time reading the forums and also visiting various sites gaining

the current event etc. in the pyrotechnics field. My how things have changed in the past 25+ years and

my Lord how the prices for chemicals & supplies have changed..

 

We had it good back when I was in business indeed.

 

So now I am keeping every tube etc from various household goods that we ordinarily would have been

throwing away so that I can begin building up a collection of goodies. I just hope that I am going

to be able to fur fill my wife's dream before either of us leave this world that we now know, I guess

it now has also became my dream as well to be able to construct and fire off goodies again after so many years

of being away from it all.

 

I am proud to be a member of this forum and am so happy that people around the world are keeping the

age old tradition of pyrotechnics alive.

Be safe and may the Lord bless you and yours.

 

Jerry

[dagabu]

Jerry,

 

Let me be the first to welcome you here, I am glad that you have been able to joining us in learning about pyro and perhaps you can be a help to us all with your past knowledge as well.

 

I would be happy to contribute some stuff to get you started if you are OK with that. I have to look around and see what I have first but I do know that there are lot of generous people around here that can afford a buck or two worth of chems and stuff they no longer use to get you going once more.

 

-dag

[RealmMaster]

Jerry,

 

Let me be the first to welcome you here, I am glad that you have been able to joining us in learning about pyro and perhaps you can be a help to us all with your past knowledge as well.

 

I would be happy to contribute some stuff to get you started if you are OK with that. I have to look around and see what I have first but I do know that there are lot of generous people around here that can afford a buck or two worth of chems and stuff they no longer use to get you going once more.

 

-dag

 

Thank you so much for the welcome, I admit I am very excited at the thought of having again the satisfaction of seeing fire come to life

But even more is my feelings and thoughts that I just might be able to present my wife with something that she has never had or been able to experience.

My friend, I appreciate your generous offer of contributing stuff to get me back started and I am not to proud not to accept it no mater what it may be, My desire to be able to furfill my wifes dream outweighs my pride... I accept the offer no matter what it may be if it helps bring the dream to life..

 

God bless and be safe...

Jerry

Edited September 25, 2012 by RealmMaster

[dagabu]

How about we start with an iron gerb? I'll send you a rammer, a few tubes and iron, if someone here will send you 750 grams of KNO3, 15 grams of charcoal and 10 grams of sulfur, you can make same nice small fountains to start with.

 

PM me with your address and I will drop it in the mail to you this weekend.

 

-dag

[RealmMaster]

How about we start with an iron gerb? I'll send you a rammer, a few tubes and iron, if someone here will send you 750 grams of KNO3, 15 grams of charcoal and 10 grams of sulfur, you can make same nice small fountains to start with.

 

PM me with your address and I will drop it in the mail to you this weekend.

 

-dag

 

That is wonderful thank you so very much... PM sent

[RealmMaster]

How about we start with an iron gerb? I'll send you a rammer, a few tubes and iron, if someone here will send you 750 grams of KNO3, 15 grams of charcoal and 10 grams of sulfur, you can make same nice small fountains to start with.

 

PM me with your address and I will drop it in the mail to you this weekend.

 

-dag

 

 

dag,

 

Thank you so much for the high quality made gerb rammer and base you sent and also the chems.. I just recieved them in the mail and could not believe the quality of the tools...I will indeed cherish these forever!!!

Blessings

Jerry

Edited September 28, 2012 by RealmMaster

[dagabu]

My pleasure Jerry, have fun!!

 

-dag

[Algenco]

How about we start with an iron gerb? I'll send you a rammer, a few tubes and iron, if someone here will send you 750 grams of KNO3, 15 grams of charcoal and 10 grams of sulfur, you can make same nice small fountains to start with.

 

PM me with your address and I will drop it in the mail to you this weekend.

 

-dag

 

are these items still needed?

I can handle that and a bit more

 

(best charcoal on the planet, or darn close)

 

I know too well how tough it is on SS, my Wife and I are both disabled, waiting on her insurance to start paying, my little check is all we have, but I am well stocked on chems

Edited September 29, 2012 by Algenco

[RealmMaster]

are these items still needed?

I can handle that and a bit more

 

(best charcoal on the planet, or darn close)

 

I know too well how tough it is on SS, my Wife and I are both disabled, waiting on her insurance to start paying, my little check is all we have, but I am well stocked on chems

 

Algenco,

 

Indeed it is rough with depending on SS & SSI what little bit they allow us to receive, There are many times by the end of the mnt. we are counting change to get a loaf of bread (They allow us $14.00 a mnt. FS) and truthfully the only luxury we might get sometimes is being able to get out of the house together and play bingo, But that is something that only can happen every few months.

 

dag sent me a fantastic Gerb rammer & base he turned, some tubes and some chems to get started doing the gerbs..

The offer for some chems is fantastic!!! and very appreciated.

 

PM sent to you my friend.

Jerry

[Algenco]

Algenco,

 

Indeed it is rough with depending on SS & SSI what little bit they allow us to receive, There are many times by the end of the mnt. we are counting change to get a loaf of bread (They allow us $14.00 a mnt. FS) and truthfully the only luxury we might get sometimes is being able to get out of the house together and play bingo, But that is something that only can happen every few months.

 

dag sent me a fantastic Gerb rammer & base he turned, some tubes and some chems to get started doing the gerbs..

The offer for some chems is fantastic!!! and very appreciated.

 

PM sent to you my friend.

Jerry

 

Jerry,

 

I knew my Wife couldn't work much longer and put every penny I could into stocking up on the esssentials (pyro of course).

I have enough supplies to last a year or two and would be happy to part with some to help a fellow addict

 

Just finished cooking some Paulownia charcoal, 16-18lb ready to grind

[laserkoi]

hi all . and thank you for letting me join the woderfull forum full of usefull posts and helpfull members

i have being involved in the retail side of fireworks for 12 years now working the season in a dedacated firweorek shop . my hobbies are keeping / breading koi carp . setting up graphic laser for a local night club .

[optimus]

Walcome laserkoi, always good to see new members from the UK