PYROTECHNICS

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How to make flaming jelly from antacid, vinegar, and alcohol

Make flaming jelly from antacid, vinegar, and alcohol

Watch this science video tutorial from [http://www.youtube ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 3
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How to grind potassium nitrate

Grind potassium nitrate

Ned Gorski shows you how to grind granular Potassium Nitrate in a coffee grinder. This is an important step in making your own fireworks and ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 1
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How to make homemade black powder without sulfur

Make homemade black powder without sulfur

This explosive video tutorial will show you how to make homemade black powder without using any sulfur. All that you will need is paper ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by hhurme | Comments 30
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How to sand cut fireworks tubes

Sand cut fireworks tubes

Ned Gorski shows you how to sand the edges of fireworks tubes after they've been cut. This is an important step in building your own ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to make professional grade homemade black match fuses

Make professional grade homemade black match fuses

Check out this explosive video tutorial on how to make professional ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 2
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How to cut fireworks tubes

Cut fireworks tubes

PGI Ned Gorski shows you how to properly cut tubes for use in homemade fireworks. This is a fascinating step in making your very own ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to dampen fireworks composition

Dampen fireworks composition

Ned Gorksi shows you how to dampen a fireworks composition for use in homemade fireworks. This SkyLighter.com tutorial shows you how to make ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to finish a Roman Candle

Finish a Roman Candle

Ned Gorski shows you how to properly finish a roman candle that's been made with the Smith Method. This is an excellent tutorial from ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 1
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How to make gunpowder with flint and matches

Make gunpowder with flint and matches

This video tutorial will show you how to correctly make gunpowder / flashpowder / Armstrong's Mix using just flint and matches. Go grab ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
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How to ram a clay plug for fireworks

Ram a clay plug for fireworks

Ned Gorski shows you how to ram a clay plug. This method can be used for any fireworks that require a clay plug including rockets, fountains ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to make a homemade rocket with sugar and KNO3

Make a homemade rocket with sugar and KNO3

This is a two-part video tutorial on how to make homemade rockets that work perfectly with KNO3 and sugar. In order to make this explosive ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 1
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How to make black powder with a homemade ball mill

Make black powder with a homemade ball mill

See how a homemade ball mill can turn lead balls into an extremely fine powder for use in any pyrotechnics project.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make flash powder with flint and potassium nitrate

Make flash powder with flint and potassium nitrate

Do you want to make flash powder for your pyrotechnic needs? Well ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
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How to make thermite with powdered iron oxide and aluminum

Make thermite with powdered iron oxide and aluminum

Watch this video tutorial to see how to make thermite with powdered ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by rmansur | Comments 3
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How to make flash powder with potassium perchlorate

Make flash powder with potassium perchlorate

Watch this video tutorial to see how to make flash powder with potassium perchlorate and aluminum powder (400+ Mesh). Warning: Making ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
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How to make flash powder

Make flash powder

Watch to learn how to make flash powder for use with pyrotechnics. Please be safe.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 6
Views 3,957

How to make Armstrong's powder mix from matches

Make Armstrong's powder mix from matches

This video tutorial will show you how to make your own Armstrong's powder. You just have to watch and follow the instructions. Go out and ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 2
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How To Make Flash Powder

Make Flash Powder

Flash powder is the stuff that makes flares flare, fireworks explode, and other fun explosions. Flash powder is a rapidly-burning mixture of ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Make a Small "Timed Bomb"

Make a Small "Timed Bomb"

This is how to make a small "timed bomb", which has a very small flame blast area. Buy 4 cans of deodorant, available at most shops to any ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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Hack a cell phone into a remote detonator

Hack a cell phone into a remote detonator

Consider this fantastic hack a safety tutorial for DIY pyrotechnics. Come on. We've all orchestrated reckless backyard explosions. Why not ...more

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By bird crick | Comments 43
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Fire + Gravity + Corrosive Liquids = Explosive Rube Goldberg Fun

They Way Things Go is a Rube Goldberg inspired art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987). The 30 minute film documents an assembly line of action and reaction. Wikipedia: "The machine is ...

DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

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