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[Vicegrip]

Mr. Peabody has gone back and videotaped some of my growing years....

[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

Mr. Peabody has gone back and videotaped some of my growing years....

Speaking of which; anyone have a source for M80s or Cherry Bombs?

[roundel]

Originally Posted by Trak Ratt

Speaking of which; anyone have a source for M80s or Cherry Bombs?

I am lucky to have 10 fingers. Did you know a little Volvo hub cap goes up about 200' propelled by an M80?

[Vicegrip]

Whatever you do do NOT do this! Sezeriously just don't do it.
Get yourself some...
black powder -gun shop.
3/32 fuse -hobby shop or internets
standard printer/typing paper -pilfer it from work
packing tape. strapping tape works real well -see above or break down and see below.
2 part 5 min epoxy is all you need. -hardware store

Roll 6 sheets of paper so you end up with an 8 inch long tube with about a 3/8 hole in the middle. 3/8 or slightly smaller to start.
Wrap a band of tape around the middle and 2 more each an inch in from each end.
Drill a fuse hole right in the middle and stuff in the fuse far enough so you can see it inside the tube. Hole should be sized so the fuse goes in snug.
Mix up a little 5 min epoxy. Fold in a layer of paper in the end of the tube so you make a pocket about 1 inch deep and dribble in the epoxy untill the pocket is 3/4 full. Fold in some more layers of the paper letting the epoxy flow between the layers of paper. More layers folded in the better.
Wait 5 min flip the tube over and fill with black powder up to the fuse only. No more is needed. Some air space is needed. Repeat the fold in and epoxy thing on the other end.

This will make a report that is FAR louder than an M-80. Do not try this at home.

Or get some dry ice at Harris Teeter. Put some hot water into a plastic coke bottle. 20 oz are loud, 2L are down right impressive simply ajust the amount of dry ice to suit the container. (coke or diet coke type only, water bottle caps are too flimsy) Quickly drop in 2 or 3 chunks of dry ice and put the cap on tight. Wait for the booom! No smoke, no cops, males from 8 to 80 will laugh and high 5 and females of all ages will shake their heads.

BTW Don't do this at Disney World....

[BobNovas]

you realize the ATF is looking for you, right?

[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

Whatever you do do NOT do this! Sezeriously just don't do it.
Get yourself some...
black powder -gun shop.
3/32 fuse -hobby shop or internets
standard printer/typing paper -pilfer it from work
packing tape. strapping tape works real well -see above or break down and see below.
2 part 5 min epoxy is all you need. -hardware store

Roll 6 sheets of paper so you end up with an 8 inch long tube with about a 3/8 hole in the middle. 3/8 or slightly smaller to start.
Wrap a band of tape around the middle and 2 more each an inch in from each end.
Drill a fuse hole right in the middle and stuff in the fuse far enou gh so you can see it inside the tube. Hole should be sized so the fuse goes in snug.
Mix up a little 5 min epoxy. Fold in a layer of paper in the end of the tube so you make a pocket about 1 inch deep and dribble in the epoxy untill the pocket is 3/4 full. Fold in some more layers of the paper letting the epoxy flow between the layers of paper. More layers folded in the better.
Wait 5 min flip the tube over and fill with black powder up to the fuse only. No more is needed. Some air space is needed. Repeat the fold in and epoxy thing on the other end.

This will make a report that is FAR louder than an M-80. Do not try this at home.

Or get some dry ice at Harris Teeter. Put some hot water into a plastic coke bottle. 20 oz are loud, 2L are down right impressive simply ajust the amount of dry ice to suit the container. (coke or diet coke type only, water bottle caps are too flimsy) Quickly drop in 2 or 3 chunks of dry ice and put the cap on tight. Wait for the booom! No smoke, no cops, males from 8 to 80 will laugh and high 5 and females of all ages will shake their heads.

BTW Don't do this at Disney World....

just want a copy for my own! BTW saw something about the Feds limiting non commercial "fire works"to no more than 50mg of powder. Also that the old m-80s actually used "flash powder" not GP.
Interesting but can't find the link now...

[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

Whatever you do do NOT do this! Sezeriously just don't do it.
Get yourself some...
black powder -gun shop.
3/32 fuse -hobby shop or internets
standard printer/typing paper -pilfer it from work
packing tape. strapping tape works real well -see above or break down and see below.
2 part 5 min epoxy is all you need. -hardware store

Roll 6 sheets of paper so you end up with an 8 inch long tube with about a 3/8 hole in the middle. 3/8 or slightly smaller to start.
Wrap a band of tape around the middle and 2 more each an inch in from each end.
Drill a fuse hole right in the middle and stuff in the fuse far enou gh so you can see it inside the tube. Hole should be sized so the fuse goes in snug.
Mix up a little 5 min epoxy. Fold in a layer of paper in the end of the tube so you make a pocket about 1 inch deep and dribble in the epoxy untill the pocket is 3/4 full. Fold in some more layers of the paper letting the epoxy flow between the layers of paper. More layers folded in the better.
Wait 5 min flip the tube over and fill with black powder up to the fuse only. No more is needed. Some air space is needed. Repeat the fold in and epoxy thing on the other end.

This will make a report that is FAR louder than an M-80. Do not try this at home.

Or get some dry ice at Harris Teeter. Put some hot water into a plastic coke bottle. 20 oz are loud, 2L are down right impressive simply ajust the amount of dry ice to suit the container. (coke or diet coke type only, water bottle caps are too flimsy) Quickly drop in 2 or 3 chunks of dry ice and put the cap on tight. Wait for the booom! No smoke, no cops, males from 8 to 80 will laugh and high 5 and females of all ages will shake their heads.

BTW Don't do this at Disney World....

just want a copy for my own! BTW saw something about the Feds limiting non commercial "fire works"to no more than 50mg of powder. Also that the old m-80s actually used "flash powder" not GP.
Interesting but can't find the link now...

Now I need find out what 90 grains of BP weigh

[Vicegrip]

Flash is made with about 30% aluminum powder. Just the folks at Morton Thickol about aluminum powder. It makes a great propellant but goes Boom when not handled right. fine grain black does not have the power per pound and is slower burn but "slower" is still very fast over modern smokless compounds. OTOH it is cheap and easy to get and stable for the most part. About 6 months ago I mixed a pound of 20 year old black powder with 10 pounds of wet dirt and chucked it out.

No worrez about ATF as no one would ever do anything like make a noise maker from paper wraped black powder.