From Beginner to Pros - 4/10/13

[jaysgoh]

Hello Guys , I'm here again .

I created this thread is because i wan't to track my progress and also a thread that i can ask anyone for help , i hope you guys will help me and dont be so nasty to me . Thank You

Questions Will be in Red colour font.

2/10/13

 

I found a friend , he willing to make fireworks as well . I found some paulwonia wood sheets in some hardware shop . I bought 3 of them and each of them weight as 300g so 3 are 900g . I wonder if i char 900g of woods , how much charcoal i will get .

I made my own 3 inch hemispehere with A4 Paper . its do the job and now i got a nice hemis cant wait to fill my bp and stars .

 

3/10/13

 

My friend decided to make a bbq party and take one of the bbq tray for Char the woods into Charcoal . So , using charcoal to make charcoal . We afraid that it produce alot of smoke , anyone can confirm us with this ?

 

4/10/13

 

My item received safely from China . I bought some charcoal sticks which is expensive i got 150g for around $50 . No jokes

I quickly get 75g of Kno3 , 15g of Charcoal , 10g of Sulphur and mixed together and then using M&P to crush it down to smaller particle so it burn faster . Unfortunaly , its does not work well for me It burn pretty slow and the charoal are Willow Charcoal . I REALLY NEED A FREAKING BALL MILL BADLY . Anyone want to sell them ? i prefer harbor freight 3lb or 6lb ball mill . I know sure got some members ask me to build my self but for me , in my country , its not US or UK. its hard to get parts and make a ball mill . Is this okay for me ?

. VIKINGPYROTECHNIC MOD IT WITH DIMMER SWICH . If it okay , i would like to pick one up if they got stocks , what can i use with media ? Ceramic , Lead cant get in my country .

[dynomike1]

They don't have PVC there? All you need is

PVC

1/2" rod

Motor

Bearings

wood

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ceramic-supplies-GRINDING-MEDIA-for-jar-ball-mill-10-/400301684295?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d33d6f647

[AdmiralDonSnider]

I will respond on the charcoal making questions. I guess the yield will be around 25% by weight, depending on the degree of carbonisation. There will be smoke, especially at the beginning, but not an excessive amount with this load. Turning the retort on the charcoal will help speed and even up the process.

[FlaMtnBkr]

You are in China, the fireworks production capital of the world. I don't understand how getting the items you need is so hard. If you are spending 50 bucks on a third of a pound of charcoal, something ain't right. Maybe you should ask your parents before you spend your money. Making charcoal is sooo easy that if you can't do that, I don't understand how you expect to make actual fireworks. Making a ball mill is also easy. Do you not have a recycling yard, dump, tire shops, yard sales? You could have probably bought a motor for a ball mill with that $50 had you looked around. Even though motors can be recycled from other sources, many times for free.

 

I'm not trying to be mean. But you really haven't demonstrated the knowledge, determination, and maturity to be making and working with dangerous fireworks components.

[pyrogeorge]

I think that your mill runs too fast to grind properly the powder.