Goofy Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Hi All, Here is a 12" shell I built at the Western Winter Blast in Lake Havasu, AZ over Presidents Day weekend. I rolled the Outer Petal stars, my manufacturing partner provided the Inner Pistil stars. I have lots of notes so if anybody has any questions feel free to ask. Basic stuff: Hemi's - strawboard - ChineseOuter paste wraps - 25 Pasted on a W.A.S.P. (in 10 min!) with 35# 1.5" wide gummed kraft paper tape - 1,000 LFShell was allowed to dry @ ambient temp/humidity for 24hrs prior to shooting. 28-35% RH 40 to 65 degrees - no forced airOP stars - 1.3" average dia (willow/glitter) to 1/4" flash coreIP stars - 1/2" pumped (Magenta)Shell weight - 18lbs (before comets and lift)Shell lift - 2FA - Commercial Goex - 960 gramsTiming element - (1) 1/4" Jap. time fuse - 2.8 sec/in - 3.25" between crossmatches (Note - will try 2.875" next time)Burst - Commercial meal D on rice hulls - 5:1Burst booster - 2 heaping teaspoons - whistle mix - 70/30 KP:Na Benz - in center of shellRising effect - (2) 3" glitter comets - 260g each - paste wrapped Enjoy! Goofy P.S. The photo of the shell functioning was taken by Tom Calderwood of the WPA. He retains all rights to the photo. Hope to include a video soon.
andyboy Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Wonderful, though I'm patiently (not really) waiting for the video. I would love to have access to a WASP since pasting is really what is holding me back the most, it's just so boring. Do they really work as good as they are supposed to, I haven't seen a clip of one malfunctioning but that might be because I've only seen clips from those selling WASP's. Anyway, ranting aside, it looks beatiful both on the ground and in the actionphoto, think that most people here will have a hard time beating that.
Goofy Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 Wonderful, though I'm patiently (not really) waiting for the video. I would love to have access to a WASP since pasting is really what is holding me back the most, it's just so boring. Do they really work as good as they are supposed to, I haven't seen a clip of one malfunctioning but that might be because I've only seen clips from those selling WASP's. Anyway, ranting aside, it looks beatiful both on the ground and in the actionphoto, think that most people here will have a hard time beating that. Well, I'll let you know how well it works in a few weeks or a month. A few of us in our local club just ordered one. The 12" shell here was done on a W.A.S.P. one of the WPA members brought. I've seen them in action several times and I must say I'm VERY impressed. It can wrap a 6" shell CRAZY fast! I've never seen one malfunction. There is some tweaking involved (but that's a good thing) but once set...stand back! I hear that Jim is coming out with a smaller version called the "stinger" that can do for 3"-8" shells. Priced about $1,500.00 USD or so I've heard. thanks! I hope they do beat it!
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