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now that i live in a state where fireworks are legal, i go to the fireworks stand with two things in mind: quartersticks and bottlerockets. i get informed that quartersticks are now illegal and the biggest things they sell are 'm-1000s', and they cant sell bottle rockets this year because of the burn ban.
i buy a couple boxes of m-1000's and go home to test them... they suck. wimpy wimpy wimpy. so i get some bright ideas to start experimenting... i try emptying a bunch of those little 1.5" firecrackers into a little pharmacy bottle, poking a hole in the cap, and putting an m-1000 in there as a primer with the fuse coming out the hole... much better than the m-1000 alone, but still not quite the *BOOM* i was hoping for...
round 2: i try the same thing except this time i empty the contents of five 8mm mauser cartriges into a small advil bottle. (that is a shitload of powder, btw). less noise than the last one, but this one jumped like 7 feet in the air. i pick up the bottle, and it just blew off the cap, and only like half the powder burned... the cap was still able to be screwed on, so i try it again, same result...
my theory is that there was too much air in the bottle for it to build up enough pressure to explode properly... does anyone have any idea on how to make a nice 'boom'?
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i buy a couple boxes of m-1000's and go home to test them... they suck. wimpy wimpy wimpy. so i get some bright ideas to start experimenting... i try emptying a bunch of those little 1.5" firecrackers into a little pharmacy bottle, poking a hole in the cap, and putting an m-1000 in there as a primer with the fuse coming out the hole... much better than the m-1000 alone, but still not quite the *BOOM* i was hoping for...
round 2: i try the same thing except this time i empty the contents of five 8mm mauser cartriges into a small advil bottle. (that is a shitload of powder, btw). less noise than the last one, but this one jumped like 7 feet in the air. i pick up the bottle, and it just blew off the cap, and only like half the powder burned... the cap was still able to be screwed on, so i try it again, same result...
my theory is that there was too much air in the bottle for it to build up enough pressure to explode properly... does anyone have any idea on how to make a nice 'boom'?
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Matt I hope you don't live close to me...I don't want my place on fire or going BOOM lol.....and btw fireworks are illegal in the city mister!
Dry Ice and Coke Bottles lol...that'll lift a 50 pound bag of dirt into the air and bust right through the bag...hehe
Dry Ice and Coke Bottles lol...that'll lift a 50 pound bag of dirt into the air and bust right through the bag...hehe
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Muratic acid is the easyest way to find HCL in the strenth u will need. Poor it in the bottle then roll up tin foil drop it in skrew on cap shake it up and throw very far away from your self.
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Originally Posted by slayer_taunu
now that i live in a state where fireworks are legal, i go to the fireworks stand with two things in mind: quartersticks and bottlerockets. i get informed that quartersticks are now illegal and the biggest things they sell are 'm-1000s', and they cant sell bottle rockets this year because of the burn ban.
i buy a couple boxes of m-1000's and go home to test them... they suck. wimpy wimpy wimpy. so i get some bright ideas to start experimenting... i try emptying a bunch of those little 1.5" firecrackers into a little pharmacy bottle, poking a hole in the cap, and putting an m-1000 in there as a primer with the fuse coming out the hole... much better than the m-1000 alone, but still not quite the *BOOM* i was hoping for...
round 2: i try the same thing except this time i empty the contents of five 8mm mauser cartriges into a small advil bottle. (that is a shitload of powder, btw). less noise than the last one, but this one jumped like 7 feet in the air. i pick up the bottle, and it just blew off the cap, and only like half the powder burned... the cap was still able to be screwed on, so i try it again, same result...
my theory is that there was too much air in the bottle for it to build up enough pressure to explode properly... does anyone have any idea on how to make a nice 'boom'?
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i buy a couple boxes of m-1000's and go home to test them... they suck. wimpy wimpy wimpy. so i get some bright ideas to start experimenting... i try emptying a bunch of those little 1.5" firecrackers into a little pharmacy bottle, poking a hole in the cap, and putting an m-1000 in there as a primer with the fuse coming out the hole... much better than the m-1000 alone, but still not quite the *BOOM* i was hoping for...
round 2: i try the same thing except this time i empty the contents of five 8mm mauser cartriges into a small advil bottle. (that is a shitload of powder, btw). less noise than the last one, but this one jumped like 7 feet in the air. i pick up the bottle, and it just blew off the cap, and only like half the powder burned... the cap was still able to be screwed on, so i try it again, same result...
my theory is that there was too much air in the bottle for it to build up enough pressure to explode properly... does anyone have any idea on how to make a nice 'boom'?
Let it fill until the gas fumes come out the top. Put the cap back on (screw type is better) Punch a hole in the top of the neck and insert firecracker half way into jug. Hang a long piece of paper from the fuse. Light the bottom end away from the fuse and run like hell. Do this away from windows also. It will shatter windows...BE CAREFULL THIS WILL BLOW YOUR EAR DRUMS
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Originally Posted by downshift_me
Matt I hope you don't live close to me...I don't want my place on fire or going BOOM lol.....and btw fireworks are illegal in the city mister!
Dry Ice and Coke Bottles lol...that'll lift a 50 pound bag of dirt into the air and bust right through the bag...hehe
Dry Ice and Coke Bottles lol...that'll lift a 50 pound bag of dirt into the air and bust right through the bag...hehe
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take crystal drano some aluminium foil ***** and a coke bottle and some vinegar i belive put it in the bottle tighten cap and shake throw and run....
Also you could get a rifle and a full propain bottle gett a thousand yards away and shoot...
Also you could get a rifle and a full propain bottle gett a thousand yards away and shoot...
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Originally Posted by 1LSWON
Muratic acid is the easyest way to find HCL in the strenth u will need. Poor it in the bottle then roll up tin foil drop it in skrew on cap shake it up and throw very far away from your self.
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Originally Posted by slayer_taunu
where can muratic be bought? and by 'tin foil' do you mean ordinary aluminum foil? or does it to be actual tin?
Thomas
Ps it is really cool because it is actually an imposion very cool
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Originally Posted by downshift_me
Matt I hope you don't live close to me...I don't want my place on fire or going BOOM lol.....and btw fireworks are illegal in the city mister!
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ok take 2 packs of sparklers and put them all together.wrap them in electrical tape realy good and let one sparkler stick out of the top make sure you cover the top of the sparklers with tape but the tape cant touch the fuse sparkler.use lots of tape and run realy fast if it is all realy tight it should blow up big!!!!!
oh and be carefull
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Originally Posted by Brando
ok take 2 packs of sparklers and put them all together.wrap them in electrical tape realy good and let one sparkler stick out of the top make sure you cover the top of the sparklers with tape but the tape cant touch the fuse sparkler.use lots of tape and run realy fast if it is all realy tight it should blow up big!!!!!
oh and be carefull
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Originally Posted by Brando
ok take 2 packs of sparklers and put them all together.wrap them in electrical tape realy good and let one sparkler stick out of the top make sure you cover the top of the sparklers with tape but the tape cant touch the fuse sparkler.use lots of tape and run realy fast if it is all realy tight it should blow up big!!!!!
oh and be carefull
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you felt the explosion in your chest 20 ft away
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Originally Posted by Brando
ok take 2 packs of sparklers and put them all together.wrap them in electrical tape realy good and let one sparkler stick out of the top make sure you cover the top of the sparklers with tape but the tape cant touch the fuse sparkler.use lots of tape and run realy fast if it is all realy tight it should blow up big!!!!!
oh and be carefull
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Oh I have to try this!
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Thermite and anything else is always good for a few thrills. Rusted brake lathe shavings and ground up aluminum (from porting cylinder heads for example) mixed together in the proper ratio will burn through anything. It burns so hot that the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water seperate and explode.
Got a neighbor bugging you? Put a planter full of the stuff on the hood of their car and light it, it will burn through the hood, engine block and frame. Good for a prank!
Got a neighbor bugging you? Put a planter full of the stuff on the hood of their car and light it, it will burn through the hood, engine block and frame. Good for a prank!