MAKE AT HOME

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How to build a homemade can shell for aerial fireworks

Build a homemade can shell for aerial fireworks

This two-parter will show you how to make a simple homemade can shell ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 9
Views 2,837

How to make a Coke and wax explosion

Make a Coke and wax explosion

Watch as we learn how to make a boiling wax and Coke fire explosion in this video tutorial. Why does wax burst into flames when its mixed ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 15
Views 4,344

How to make a simple fountain pyrotechnic firework

Make a simple fountain pyrotechnic firework

See how to make an easy fountain using Potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal, aluminum, and meal powder, and of course, a paper tube. Be safe ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 8,396

How to make a tiny matchstick rocket

Make a tiny matchstick rocket

This cool video tutorial will teach you how to make a rocket with a few simple things. You'll need matches and cigarette box paper. That's ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 29
Views 88,281

How to make an easy electronic igniter with a Christmas light

Make an easy electronic igniter with a Christmas light

Here is a video tutorial on how to make an easy electronic ignitor out ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by bird crick | Comments 4
Views 3,507

How to make black powder with a mortar and pestle

Make black powder with a mortar and pestle

In this pyrotechnic video tutorial you'll see how to properly make black powder with a mortar and pestle. This is a good alternative to the ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 5,443

How to make flour burst into flames with your breath

Make flour burst into flames with your breath

Ever Wonder How To make a flour volcano? This simple tutorial shows ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Shaving Cream MAN! | Comments 20
Views 6,184

How to make granulated meal black powder

Make granulated meal black powder

In this pyrotechnic video tutorial you'll see how to properly make granulated meal black powder. To make this black powder, you'll need ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 3,160

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
Views 78,206

How to make mushroom clouds with wax

Make mushroom clouds with wax

This tutorial video will show you how to make huge, Hollywood-style, mushroom clouds of fire. These are huge explosions with wax, water, and ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 33
Views 100,046

How to make mushroom fireballs with cigarette lighters

Make mushroom fireballs with cigarette lighters

This is a unique and amazingly easy to do trick! Watch this video to ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 14
Views 33,504

How to make nitrocellulose lacquer

Make nitrocellulose lacquer

Check out this video tutorial on how to make nitrocellulose lacquer. Nitrocellulose is a highly flammable material made by treating ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 4,761

How to make potassium perchlorate and magnalium flash powder

Make potassium perchlorate and magnalium flash powder

In this pyrotechnic video tutorial you'll see how to properly make ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 3
Views 6,950

How to make rocket candy or fuel

Make rocket candy or fuel

This video shows how to make rocket fuel out of recrystallized sugar and kn03 (potassium nitrate) Very interesting.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie Coué Arbuckle | Comments 11
Views 3,811

How to make steel wool fireworks

Make steel wool fireworks

This how-to video shows you how to make fireworks out of steel wool. Throw away those lame sparklers and start celebrating like this! You'll ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 23
Views 56,991

How to properly make a fireworks starmine

Properly make a fireworks starmine

In this pyrotechnic video tutorial you'll see how to properly make a starmine. Starmines are pyrotechnic devices that fire a cloud of stars ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 444

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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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