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This weekend will just be a few test fires to check how we are doing and to see how different propelling charges work. This will be a lead up to our 4th display. It will be a hybrid display with a...

I now have about three cups of stars(more by the weekend), 40 bags(re-loadable bag mines) , 40 20in. pieces of quick match, 40 pistons, and 8 mortar tubes.We will make and test fire mines this...

Thanks. I like the bread making metaphor. I will give it try in the next day or so. Here is what I did and I hope you can tell me where I went wrong.
I started out just like I do when I make...

I say ....HUH

Thanks for the idea. I was able to get two 60 ft. bundles of leader pipe, as they called it, for $10. on sale and with the other items I ordered the shipping was minimal. However when I run out I...

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That is a fantastic background that you have, I feel honored to have met you. As I type this I am getting my Grandsons C6 powder out from my fingernails. I am trying to learn the art of cutting...

That is fascinating. I too loved chemistry alto I never had any advanced education in that direction, mine was electronics. As you know consumer fireworks are a no
no in new york.When I was in my...

Hi. It is neat to learn that I am had a part in fireworks history. Sure, go shoot a firecracker. I was 7 years old when world war II ended. My family was outside enjoying car horns, factory whistles...

Hi. Where is New York do you live. I grew up in Syracuse and worked for a while for North American Fireworks Co. in Schenectady.

Hi, Thanks for the input. The fast paper fuse is three pieces of black match wrapped lightly with a tissue paper and a light glue. It is easy to remove the wrapping and there you have three pieces...

No guts.......no glory!

Hi. Thanks for the input. While the faster burn rate was one goal I was looking for, the fireproofing aspect was another. The Chinese visco fuse with it's cellulose nitrate coating can take fire...

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For us that do not have access to quick match, there is an alternative.You can buy leader pipe and insert the quick burning gray cover paper fuse. My first experience was less than...