Jordan123 Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) Hello guys, judge and comment the making of my second battery homemade !Comp : FP 64/23/13 Potassium perchlorate /Aluminium(Dark)/Sulfure + TiIf i remember , the time fuse for the bomb is approximately 2cmIt's for the NY stock.Have great holidays Edited December 24, 2013 by Jordan123
Mumbles Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 To be honest, it looks like a sloppily thrown together, unsafe piece of shit. Fire that thing FAR away from people and property. After that, leave flash alone until you can build something halfway decently. 2
ollie1016 Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 Hello guys, judge and comment the making of my second battery homemade !Comp : FP 64/23/13 Potassium perchlorate /Aluminium(Dark)/Sulfure + TiIf i remember , the time fuse for the bomb is approximately 2cmIt's for the NY stock.Have great holidays Please don't take any of the following offensively.Is this your first one? For something to work well it doesn't nessicarly have to look good. But looking semi professional might help. It's good to see that you are re-using tubes. Did you check the plugs, and integrity of the tubes before you built your 'item'? It does look kind of amatuer, but that's what we are! Please do a video of it, put a nice long fuse on it! What I do with my homemade cakes is, put a stake in the ground, then tape the cake to the stake to keep it upright, just incase it falls over. Merry Christmas!
pyrojig Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 All looks workable and resourceful reusing old cake tubes. Usually they can be shot with for several inserts before showing signs of wear.* What I see being "shaky" is the inserts themselves . They seem like they will most likely flowepot and blow the tubes apart ......Lit and shooting in all directions . As said do this one remotely at least a few hundred feet from anyone. The use of corrugated cardboard as a base or plug is asking for a failure . It needs to be multi layers of thick cardboard or a thick chipboard base. Spiking and or other support for the tube would be a good idea. Just ask your self " what if?" if it goes wrong, are you in a safe area and safe distance from the device?.
Zmuro Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) These salutes will go inside the launch tubes, because you didn't reinforce them enough. Take them out and paste them with three turns of craft paper and paste another disc at the bottom of each salute. You should also cross-match the time fuse. Edited December 25, 2013 by Zmuro
Jordan123 Posted December 29, 2013 Author Posted December 29, 2013 Please don't take any of the following offensively.Is this your first one?For something to work well it doesn't nessicarly have to look good. But looking semi professional might help. It's good to see that you are re-using tubes. Did you check the plugs, and integrity of the tubes before you built your 'item'? It does look kind of amatuer, but that's what we are! Please do a video of it, put a nice long fuse on it! What I do with my homemade cakes is, put a stake in the ground, then tape the cake to the stake to keep it upright, just incase it falls over. Merry Christmas!He, it's my second cake and yes i've check the plug.I've a long fuse for my cake.For the safety, the cake is sealed with a big iron wire and wooden board. Thanks for your trick. All looks workable and resourceful reusing old cake tubes. Usually they can be shot with for several inserts before showing signs of wear.* What I see being "shaky" is the inserts themselves . They seem like they will most likely flowepot and blow the tubes apart ......Lit and shooting in all directions . As said do this one remotely at least a few hundred feet from anyone. The use of corrugated cardboard as a base or plug is asking for a failure . It needs to be multi layers of thick cardboard or a thick chipboard base. Spiking and or other support for the tube would be a good idea. Just ask your self " what if?" if it goes wrong, are you in a safe area and safe distance from the device?. These salutes will go inside the launch tubes, because you didn't reinforce them enough. Take them out and paste them with three turns of craft paper and paste another disc at the bottom of each salute. You should also cross-match the time fuse.The insert has been consolidated after the shooting___________ Everybody have a very nice new year !And sorry for my bad englisch...
pyrogeorge Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 I think that will explode at once.The visco holes are too close to each other.
asdercks Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 I don't know what to tell you about your cake,other then it doesn't looks safe at all, when I made my first cake, I did use new tubes for the mortar and inserts,I used charcoal based stars for the inserts and of course it took me a while before I even started working with flash (your's a really strong composition) in my 4 years of being in this hobby the only flash with sulfur I've worked with is a kno3 based one.I honestly wouldn't try to light those things, kclo4,sulfur and titanium wow! be carefull
Jordan123 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 He, for the new year i've totally buried the cake and nothing problem !You can watch the movie here : http://youtu.be/KaKpj0OVduQ Like/subscribe/comment !
asdercks Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 He, for the new year i've totally buried the cake and nothing problem !You can watch the movie here : http://youtu.be/KaKpj0OVduQ Like/subscribe/comment ! it worked! congrats
Jordan123 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 Thank you ! Just i must make better insert (most closed)
asdercks Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Thank you ! Just i must make better insert (most closed)Next time use thicker tubes the plugs doesn't have to be that thick, when I make salutes for inserts I use a thin cheap cardboard plug glued to the tubes and I still get loud bangs, but honestly I would focus on making stars and some effects for the inserts you'll find out that cakes are more fun with lights and noise than just big bangs, also try to buy new tubes as they are more safe to use than used
psyco_1322 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well I'll be damned.... Though I think the last shot blew in the tube, and launched an end disk with fuse burning. It's interesting you can actually hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning. Why did some of them have just a little poof, and no boom? I'd guess it was a crappy/slow flash and some just did not confine enough. That would explain how the last one blew in the tube and did not make a boom.
asdercks Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well I'll be damned.... Though I think the last shot blew in the tube, and launched an end disk with fuse burning. It's interesting you can actually hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning. Why did some of them have just a little poof, and no boom? I'd guess it was a crappy/slow flash and some just did not confine enough. That would explain how the last one blew in the tube and did not make a boom.it has to be with the strenght of your tubes and the way you plugged them, it has nothing to do with the flash as the comp you were using is a strong one
Jordan123 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Posted January 5, 2014 Next time use thicker tubes the plugs doesn't have to be that thick, when I make salutes for inserts I use a thin cheap cardboard plug glued to the tubes and I still get loud bangs, but honestly I would focus on making stars and some effects for the inserts you'll find out that cakes are more fun with lights and noise than just big bangs, also try to buy new tubes as they are more safe to use than used Yes me too, i'm focuses on the stars effect, inserts and other items, but this cake was built just for funny new year Well I'll be damned.... Though I think the last shot blew in the tube, and launched an end disk with fuse burning. It's interesting you can actually hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning. Why did some of them have just a little poof, and no boom? I'd guess it was a crappy/slow flash and some just did not confine enough. That would explain how the last one blew in the tube and did not make a boom.Yes, Some insert have just poof because the plug is very bad and just glued no envelopping,why it's interesting to hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning ? it has to be with the strenght of your tubes and the way you plugged them, it has nothing to do with the flash as the comp you were using is a strong oneExactly, the comp hasn't problem, the problem is the plug
asdercks Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Yes me too, i'm focuses on the stars effect, inserts and other items, but this cake was built just for funny new year Yes, Some insert have just poof because the plug is very bad and just glued no envelopping,why it's interesting to hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning ? Exactly, the comp hasn't problem, the problem is the plugjust keep working on your cakes and gain experience
Jordan123 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Posted January 5, 2014 just keep working on your cakes and gain experienceThe next cake, i post this here 1
CannonBall Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 My very first pyro composition was in fact flash, but that's my recipe and here where i live stuff like KClO3/4 is not that easy to get at all, so i kept perfectioning my kno3/al/s flash, and you know what? 0.2 grams of it is enough to shred a beer can to pieces! Good luck with your cakes man, keep it up!
Jordan123 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Posted January 5, 2014 My very first pyro composition was in fact flash, but that's my recipe and here where i live stuff like KClO3/4 is not that easy to get at all, so i kept perfectioning my kno3/al/s flash, and you know what? 0.2 grams of it is enough to shred a beer can to pieces!Good luck with your cakes man, keep it up!Thank you, realy with a duckling of beer, but the Al is not very good , no ?
Mumbles Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Yes, Some insert have just poof because the plug is very bad and just glued no envelopping,why it's interesting to hear the fuses burning, and hear the inserts spinning ? Exactly, the comp hasn't problem, the problem is the plug The inserts went poof because the inserts were built like shit, and you very likely used bad flash. Any decent flash in these quantities will salute inside of a tissue. 2
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