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Make exploding nitrocellulose

How to make exploding nitrocellulose

Nitrocellulose! Sure not everyone can get their hands on some of these ingredients, but it's still a cool process to watch. Nitrocellulose cane be used on flash paper, or as guncotton, a propellant or ...

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Make mushroom clouds with wax

How to make mushroom clouds with wax

Make huge, Hollywood-style, mushroom clouds of fire. These are huge explosions with wax, water, and a fire pit for this incredible paraffin wax bomb!

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Build orange smoke bombs

How to build orange smoke bombs

Winner of the WonderHowTo 2008 Video Awards! This video tutorial will show you how to make a smoke bomb with simple household items. The orange smoke is incredible.

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How to make flash powder from silver nitrate and magnesium

Make flash powder from silver nitrate and magnesium

Watch this science video tutorial from Nurd Rage on how to make water ...more

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Curated 8 months ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 4
Views 8,842

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 10 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
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How to make homemade bombs out of household items

Make homemade bombs out of household items

Ever wondered what you could do with all of those household cleaners sitting around your house, besides clean? Well, watch this tutorial ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 31
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How to make mini chemical fire starters

Make mini chemical fire starters

Harness the power of the classic potassium permanganate and glycerin reaction to make very effective miniature chemical fire starters ...more

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Curated 8 months ago by rmansur | Comments 2
Views 9,628

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 34
Views 104,024

How to make newspaper smoke bombs

Make newspaper smoke bombs

This how to video demonstrates how high-output smoke bombs can be created using materials commonly found around the household or easily ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 16
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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 10 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 3
Views 7,698

How to make sodium nitrate (a potassium nitrate substitute)

Make sodium nitrate (a potassium nitrate substitute)

Watch this science video tutorial from Nurd Rage on how to make sodium ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 3
Views 9,832

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 28
Views 60,545

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 10 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
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How to reload the Airsoft Innovations Tornado Grenade

Reload the Airsoft Innovations Tornado Grenade

Do you want a grenade, but can't afford a real one, not to mention ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
Views 8,688

How to set off fireworks or a smoke bomb with your cell phone

Set off fireworks or a smoke bomb with your cell phone

Launch fireworks with a cellular phone! We show you how! We have all ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 6
Views 13,896

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 8 months ago by bird crick | Comments 1
Views 3,644

How to make a 100,000 cap ball explosion

Make a 100,000 cap ball explosion

What happens if you wrap 100,000 paper caps together in a ball and shoot it with a BB gun? Only one way to find out... You will need paper ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 19
Views 14,494

How to make a black powder fountain (mini starmine)

Make a black powder fountain (mini starmine)

This is a quick video tutorial on how to make those beautiful starmines or black powder fountains. They are very easy to make and they look ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 1
Views 2,931

How to make a cremora fireball for special effects explosions

Make a cremora fireball for special effects explosions

Does your low-budget film need an explosion, a fireball explosion ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 2
Views 9,042

How to make a Drano bomb

Make a Drano bomb

Watch to learn how to make a Drano bomb. For informational purposes only. Do not attempt to make a drano bomb.

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 13
Views 28,391

How to make a dry ice bomb with a film canister

Make a dry ice bomb with a film canister

Two young British kids demonstrate the CO2-powered bomb when combining dry ice, water, and enclosing it in a tight compartment that doesn't ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
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How to make a homemade fuse from potassium nitrate and sugar

Make a homemade fuse from potassium nitrate and sugar

Check out this explosive video tutorial on how to make a homemade fuse ...more

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Curated 11 months ago by rmansur | Comments 13
Views 13,946

How to make a jam jar jet

Make a jam jar jet

In this video tutorial, Bre Pettis of Make Magazine makes a jam jar jet. A jam jar jet is basically a jet inside a jar. This project ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 9
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Tattoo Yourself (or Your Girlfriend)

Henna. Beautiful, fun, exotic... and best of all... Do-It-Yourself (with a little practice). Also, unlike tattoos, it's temporary. Henna generally lasts for 1-3 weeks. An ancient tradition, henna is ...

The Mother of all Ping Pong Guns - LETHAL

The lethal pneumatic ping pong gun. This thing isn't exactly wife approved. Creator Ron Kessinger built this mighty powerful ping pong launcher - "a variation on a potato cannon, built to run on ...

Old Bumper Cars Go Street Legal

Flickr user MR38 has posted a set of photos of bumper cars made street legal, as displayed at the annual Cruisin’ Grand festival in Escondido, California. This mini cars were retrofitted with 750 cc ...

Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

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