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  1. Always double and triple check everything before firing your show

    Thought I'd share a video I made of my small mishap this year. I had two "special things" that I was intending to load into some free tubes I was using to hand fire shells before the main show. These...
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    I didn't have any duds but I did have two salutes...

    I didn't have any duds but I did have two salutes go off on the ground because I forgot to load them into the tubes. It was a learning experience for me, always triple-check everything before...
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    I always enjoy seeing fireworks time-lapses and...

    I always enjoy seeing fireworks time-lapses and just timelapse in general. I recently got a Wyze security camera that allows you to record timelapse straight from the app and it's been pretty fun...
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    Thank you Mattp! Unfortunately, I was way off in...

    Thank you Mattp! Unfortunately, I was way off in my guestimate and measure on google maps I learned the distance between my shoot site and spectator location was only 350ish feet lol. Although their...
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    And here I was on the fourth worrying about...

    And here I was on the fourth worrying about reloading 1.4 canister shells between 3 tubes. The only issue I had was that I had two salutes pre-wired to my firing system that I intended to drop into...
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    My July 4th Experience

    Hello all, I'd like to share my holiday weekend experience with everyone. This was my first year having a huge amount of site space to work with as my sister and brother-in-law recently purchased a...
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    Fireworks Dummy Shell/Cutaway

    After watching many documentaries recently, I'd really love to get my hands on a dummy/cutaway fireworks shell that's usually used for demonstration, does anyone have an idea if these are something...
  8. Wow! Dude that's pretty damn cool! nice way of...

    Wow! Dude that's pretty damn cool! nice way of using electronics engineering to compliment this hobby. I did the same thing by using my electronics knowledge to design my own firing system, but you...
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    Nice layout SystemXpert, are the 60mm strobe...

    Nice layout SystemXpert, are the 60mm strobe waterfall racks shells? they don't have any letter designation such as the mines or ground strobes so that is why I was wondering. On a side note that...
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    This is the first time I've ever seen a big brand...

    This is the first time I've ever seen a big brand name product contain "you know". Usually from what I've heard most of the time, it will be a product that is unmarked or unlabeled or some weird...
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    That is a good observation there, however, for...

    That is a good observation there, however, for some of the backyard guys such as myself, AP products are still hard to get even though they are legal to anyone without a 1.3 license. I know Spirit of...
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    I am more leaning on doing it the way I described...

    I am more leaning on doing it the way I described due to the fact that I don't have much product to begin with, so the least I could do is make a kickass finale, hence why I'd like to steal the...
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    I usually poke/e-match everything ahead of time...

    I usually poke/e-match everything ahead of time and then load/connect things on-site. Technically I know you're not supposed to e-match everything until you're on the shoot site but honestly, the...
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    Isolating Sections of Consumer Cakes

    Has anyone on here ever e-matched individual sections of a consumer cake to take advantage of a certain effect or to create "poor man's" single shots? I had the idea of doing this for my finale. For...
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    It's interesting nonetheless because most of the...

    It's interesting nonetheless because most of the time, we never actually get to be spectators to our own show. I'm eager to see the shoot site for the first time to know what I'm working with. It's a...
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    2021 Show Plan/Layout

    Just wanted to share with everyone my show plan for this year. Not going to lie I saw another user's post on here with a very similar-looking plan design in terms of the diagram itself, not the...
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    Fathers day Fireworks

    Managed to be able to shoot off several shells this weekend with the father in law who loves fireworks just as much as I. These were a couple of long exposures I captured, unfortunately, it was...
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    Lol that's pretty funny about the realtor. Kind...

    Lol that's pretty funny about the realtor. Kind of surprised that eventually, you feel they will become illegal in the future despite being out in the country with land. It's always good when you can...
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    My brother who's a cop told me once that in...

    My brother who's a cop told me once that in certain areas on the fourth the police are so busy with all the stabbings and shootings happening that they really could care less about dealing with punks...
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    I eventually plan on redesigning the receiving...

    I eventually plan on redesigning the receiving side of my system to only support 8 cues, then I could build the receivers cheap enough that I could make multiples and thus spread them apart in the...
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    WithReport, thank you! I appreciate the kind...

    WithReport, thank you! I appreciate the kind words. As indeed mentioned in the video the main disadvantage is how far I can place the slats from the field module. If I use >10ft long ethernet cables...
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    Living in A Fireworks Prohibited Area

    I saw another thread on here regarding fireworks and homeowners associations and am curious, how many other folks live in an area where fireworks of any kind are strictly prohibited? The wife and I...
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    Thank you Engineer Cat, yeah you would think a...

    Thank you Engineer Cat, yeah you would think a home-built system would be significantly cheaper but the reality is once you factor in time and some of the components are pricey, it only becomes...
  24. I went to the Fireworks Superstore in Hannibal,...

    I went to the Fireworks Superstore in Hannibal, MO last weekend and they had just as much stock as in 2020, prices didn't seem to be really too different either from what you'd expect although I...
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    My tiny stash for this year, $300 worth vs $1K...

    My tiny stash for this year, $300 worth vs $1K last year, however as previous people have mentioned "it's not the quantity, but the quality of your show". Unfortunately, it won't really be a show in...
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