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[Arthur Brown]

Making black powder on You-tube. weigh out the ingredients on the computer desk with the TV in the background, then carry the loaded ballmill into another room with a white carpet prior to milling for hours!

[dr thrust]

yeah lots of bad advice ect on you-tube mostly " boom boys" what do they say, ahh yes i little knowledge can be dangerous!

[pudi.dk]

Making black powder on You-tube. weigh out the ingredients on the computer desk with the TV in the background, then carry the loaded ballmill into another room with a white carpet prior to milling for hours!

Saw that one the other day:

[portfire]

There's also another,well what can only be an act of stupidity by the same guy.He make's a rocket at his pc desk ,then drills the nozzel.I know this is done,but to do it in his room with no PPE,madness.


EDIT: Personally i think we shouldn't be posting links to stupidity.We practice our hobby safely and things like this only give us a bad name.

Edited by portfire, 12 August 2007 - 10:51 AM.

[marble]

Drilling rockets inside.... thats nuts. What if the friction ignited it

There is shit all over his desk, he is mixing green mix in a plastic bag while sitting down and his room looks cluttered as hell, thats a recipe for disaster. The method he uses for making his rockets is crap, most of the time the plug will blowout and even if it does work his shoddy way of drilling the cores will mean then will fly at wonky angles.

Edited by marble, 12 August 2007 - 11:02 AM.

[YT2095]

I must confess to doing similar, although it`s a little bit the other way around, I have a PC on my Lab bench.
the bench is a 1940`s solid oak desk/bench rescued from an old school Lab.

and although I don`t really do any Pyro here like those above, there is a bunsen burner about a metre away from PC, and I will indeed do "Wet" chemistry as well.

so I guess I`m probably a Little bit naughty, however ball milling BP ANYWHERE is crazy, it can be quite dangerous just doing one ingredient at a time with Static (alu powder and the likes spring to mind).

[dr thrust]

hmm i wonder why these things dont get removed from you tube? they seam pretty laid back. ps nice white carpet but not for long! looks like he's a bit short of milling media in his ball mill

Edited by chris m, 12 August 2007 - 11:06 AM.

[YT2095]

OMG! I just watched it, did you see the Dust come off it when he poured that Bag into the drum!!!

I was pretty disgusted watching he weigh the chems too, he strikes me as the sort that could add a little too much and then go back into the bag and scoop some out and return it to the container! contamination like that is Begging for trouble

I see what you mean by the carpet now as well, I didn`t know he was actually milling it INDOORS TOO!

sadly this sort of thing is likely to tar us with the same brush

btw, did you hear his comments at 5:13 marker, about them being "not all that sensitive to static", WHO Cares Chump! even a Little bit sensitive is enough.

Edited by YT2095, 12 August 2007 - 11:57 AM.

[YT2095]

alu powder, plastic bag, static charge, 404 error...

I don`t think I want to watch, the thought of the potential damage makes my arse twitch!

[portfire]

Guys i think we shouldn't be posting links to these stupid and dangerous acts,although we're not condoning it,this is a public forum and could be fueling the anti-brigade

dean

[paul]

alu powder, plastic bag, static charge, 404 error...

I don`t think I want to watch, the thought of the potential damage makes my arse twitch!

Think the same, added as a comment and flagged it as "inappropriate"... There are too many of these videos
around...

[YT2095]

I`ve flagged it also, I didn`t know you could do that until you mentioned it. although searching "Firework Accidents" is quite sickening, I think moreso because of the Idiot behind the cam(s) thinking it`s quite funny eveny Hysterical that someone`s just had their entire life changed in front of them.
it Angers me!

[paul]

Yay, we got it! I think we should continue this work. Even if only a few people flag a few videos per month,
at least these videos can not "harm" any kiddies anymore.

This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Edited by paul, 12 August 2007 - 01:44 PM.

[portfire]

Yay, we got it! I think we should continue this work. Even if only a few people flag a few videos per month,
at least these videos can not "harm" any kiddies anymore.

This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Excellent idea.I for one will be doing it.

[dr thrust]

good idea, i didn,t know you could do that, i'll start flagging aswell