bgott
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We used L194 bulbs and dash light sockets for the brake bombs. Crush the bulb and make sure you don't break the filament.
Cannons, fireworks, experiments, projects
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BWa
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My father-in-law as a kid was very much in to chemistry and had a few tales that he would relate to now and then , one was his part time business of Rock and Stump Removal ..... that was going great until one day he was tamping a rock full of home made and had it go off , ....... he was using a steel axial as a tamp ...... he said it went up out of site and was up a longgg longgg time before he heard a whisle like sound and a splash out in the near by pond ....
He was also asked to help a couple of the local crooks , cook out a little nitro from an old case of tnt ...... he truned that down and for a long time these two crooks had a good busines suppling the other locals with this liquard box opener .... until they got some a bit to warm and had it go up and with it there business, the police for some reason was not very unhappy at this turn of events .
He got over this intrest in that which goes bang and turned to working with glass .... If you got the time try a search for Charles Kazuin Glass Work .
Bill G.
He was also asked to help a couple of the local crooks , cook out a little nitro from an old case of tnt ...... he truned that down and for a long time these two crooks had a good busines suppling the other locals with this liquard box opener .... until they got some a bit to warm and had it go up and with it there business, the police for some reason was not very unhappy at this turn of events .
He got over this intrest in that which goes bang and turned to working with glass .... If you got the time try a search for Charles Kazuin Glass Work .
Bill G.
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TWINKLE_TOES,
Thats a fair point. Maybe I should change my handle to Lucky_Old_Wanker. Where I grew up in blighty I suppose the truckers didnt have access to that kind of toy for their CBs.
Thats a fair point. Maybe I should change my handle to Lucky_Old_Wanker. Where I grew up in blighty I suppose the truckers didnt have access to that kind of toy for their CBs.
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patrickg,
<font color=blue>You could use match rockets to celebrate... D A R E I S A Y I T, the 4th of July. I gotta go...</font color=blue>
Alrighty then indeed - lighting the virtual fuse and then running away from the message board. Theres an old joke that the British eat Turkey on July 4th (their thanksgiving) and have fireworks in November (their independence).
However having lived here for many years now I really dont get rattled. After all Ive chosen to make my life over here and not back there. That has to say something about which country I prefer the way of life in. At risk of serious digression I have to confess to being a republican (as in not a royalist) and am therefore a true American at heart even though there seem to be more royalists in America than ever these days.
To keep things threadworthy have you ever tried to make lead azide? Now theres an interesting compound. Used to be the primary in most detonators. I made some at college with a friend that was doing Chemistry and we almost deafened and blinded ourself when it cooked off on the stove in our dorms. A bit like having a stun grenade dropped right in your lap. Lots of laughs now but quite dangerous.
<font color=blue>You could use match rockets to celebrate... D A R E I S A Y I T, the 4th of July. I gotta go...</font color=blue>
Alrighty then indeed - lighting the virtual fuse and then running away from the message board. Theres an old joke that the British eat Turkey on July 4th (their thanksgiving) and have fireworks in November (their independence).
However having lived here for many years now I really dont get rattled. After all Ive chosen to make my life over here and not back there. That has to say something about which country I prefer the way of life in. At risk of serious digression I have to confess to being a republican (as in not a royalist) and am therefore a true American at heart even though there seem to be more royalists in America than ever these days.
To keep things threadworthy have you ever tried to make lead azide? Now theres an interesting compound. Used to be the primary in most detonators. I made some at college with a friend that was doing Chemistry and we almost deafened and blinded ourself when it cooked off on the stove in our dorms. A bit like having a stun grenade dropped right in your lap. Lots of laughs now but quite dangerous.
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Good thing they dont have those city ordnances out where I live. I do understand why they have them though and I would never want kids around one of those devices. One barbecue I was at had a mishap when the spud gun (run off hairspray and using a grill igniter) developed a big crack down the side. Im surprised that the fellow that had it on his shoulder didnt soil himself. I prefer remotely operated devices myself.
Chris, Thanks for the clipping. There is evil and there is the appearance of evil and then worse yet there is well intentioned but innappropriate censorship. I don't have a problem with dangerous devices being confiscated in public areas or fines and jail with proper advance notification BUT... I sure wouldn't want to see it illegal to build and operate a "potato gun" on private property or even to interfere with a private owner having a "meet" and inviting competitors to a "range" and or "accuracy" shoot.
Ever see the old poster of the OSHA approved cowboy? Roll bars, seatbelts, automatic pooper scooper behind horse and on and on, a true Rube Goldberg delight. Of course it would be impossible to cowboy with that equipment but non-productivity aside, you would be safe thanks to big brother.
As a 9th grader in OK I could buy cherry bombs, M-80's, torpoedos, etc. across the counter at the Ben Franklin 5 and dime store. I don't recall anyone evrer throwing dangerous fireworks into a crowd. California on the other hand, university area... university students had an annual Haloween riot. The police try to disperse crowds but there is no way to handle the numbers without severe injury. Cherry bombs and stuff is thrown into the crowds by other students, it was not sane. I watched, because I was there, but did not participate except once sort of. One evening (day before haloween) some of the wild bunch came into the court yard where my German language class was meeting at the instructor's lodgings and wanted to throw the manager in the pool because he asked them to stay out. Another ex-GI and I stood up to the crowd and when the ringleader got in our face trying to show off for his followers we threw HIM in the pool and offerd to accomodate the next few in line so they dispersed. We then helped the BIG MAN out of the pool and enquired if there was any further buisness he might like to conduct manually with either of us. HE just left.
There is a fine line between personal liberty/freedom and appropriate societal control. Where you think the line belongs says worlds about character, personal responsibility and so forth, not to mention politics.
Gotta go,
Thanks again for clipping.
Patrick
Ever see the old poster of the OSHA approved cowboy? Roll bars, seatbelts, automatic pooper scooper behind horse and on and on, a true Rube Goldberg delight. Of course it would be impossible to cowboy with that equipment but non-productivity aside, you would be safe thanks to big brother.
As a 9th grader in OK I could buy cherry bombs, M-80's, torpoedos, etc. across the counter at the Ben Franklin 5 and dime store. I don't recall anyone evrer throwing dangerous fireworks into a crowd. California on the other hand, university area... university students had an annual Haloween riot. The police try to disperse crowds but there is no way to handle the numbers without severe injury. Cherry bombs and stuff is thrown into the crowds by other students, it was not sane. I watched, because I was there, but did not participate except once sort of. One evening (day before haloween) some of the wild bunch came into the court yard where my German language class was meeting at the instructor's lodgings and wanted to throw the manager in the pool because he asked them to stay out. Another ex-GI and I stood up to the crowd and when the ringleader got in our face trying to show off for his followers we threw HIM in the pool and offerd to accomodate the next few in line so they dispersed. We then helped the BIG MAN out of the pool and enquired if there was any further buisness he might like to conduct manually with either of us. HE just left.
There is a fine line between personal liberty/freedom and appropriate societal control. Where you think the line belongs says worlds about character, personal responsibility and so forth, not to mention politics.
Gotta go,
Thanks again for clipping.
Patrick
Old_Wanker, I really like the turkey in July and fireworks in November. Clever without hitting you over the head with a sledge. I tend to like British humor,most of the Britcoms I've seen. Monty Python was a hoot most of the time. Benny Hill was a bit over the top some of the time but I miss the bugger. While not a through and through angliophile (sp?) I did enjoy my 3 weeks in England... mostly London, mostly working, and mostly indoors at Whitehall but got around a bit. Saw Greenwich, was at ground zero on rememberance day chatting up the piper, a member of the London Scots. Had a great lunch at British Aerospace, very upercrust and formal serving and marvelous food (no matter what folks say about English food) Oh well, one day the'll discover vegetables. Loved shopping Portobello (sp?) Road, nearly fainted at prices in Harrod's.
I noticed some stuff at the feed store that you light and put down a gopher hole. Picked it up and read the ingredients. Same stuff I whipped up on my own in 9th grade. Mostly salt peter and sulphur. Gasses the lil devils.
Thinking of making a batch and trying it on armadillos.
Patrick
I noticed some stuff at the feed store that you light and put down a gopher hole. Picked it up and read the ingredients. Same stuff I whipped up on my own in 9th grade. Mostly salt peter and sulphur. Gasses the lil devils.
Thinking of making a batch and trying it on armadillos.
Patrick
bgott
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I have a friend that makes contact explosive out of iodine and I don't know what else. This stuff is stable in liquid form but once it dries just a step will touch it off. He used to like to go to the store and drop the stuff around with an eye dropper. It isn't violent enough to hurt anyone, I've stepped in it myself and didn't even feel it. It does, however, make a sharp enough crack to have someone dancing around wondering just what the hell is going on!
DocHeb
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We used to make the Iodine Trinitrate contact explosive in chem lab as an undergrad. We used Iodine crystals and anhydrous ammonia. No problems when wet, but watch out when it dries.
See:<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/ka_fucking_boom/contact.html>Contact Explosives</A>
See:<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/ka_fucking_boom/contact.html>Contact Explosives</A>
Henry
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Ahhh, have you guys discovered Spud Guns ? My son made one a while back. It's basically a 6 foot section of PVC pipe, stuffed with a potato, It has an ignition chamber that you fill with cheap hair-spray and ignite with a peizo-electric grill starter.
It will fling a potato a good 200 yards !!!!
Take a look at
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.aaroncake.net/spuds/>http://www.aaroncake.net/spuds/</A>
It will fling a potato a good 200 yards !!!!
Take a look at
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.aaroncake.net/spuds/>http://www.aaroncake.net/spuds/</A>
