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[Sam Miller]

This is a video of my firework display which I made this year all hand made



Sam

[Mortartube]

Great stuff. It's not until you have actually made stuff that you can appreciate the huge amount of work that you put into that.

[pyrothrust]

Interesting !!! and you include a photo of yourself stating that they are all handmade .

[starseeker]

You must be well chuffed,as mortertube said,a massive amount of work there to get those ready for you display,some nice shells.

[Sparky]

Looks great! I know how much work that involved too. I bet you learned a huge amount from it too.

[Bob Twells]

A lot of hard work in there, you must be really pleased with the results! All looked great, especially the finale!

[Sam Miller]

Thanks everyone! Yeah it was alot of hard work! Its hard juggling fireworks and A-levels! I experimented with a new pasting technique not the 3 strip, it saves ALOT of time but I think I could have done 2 layers of it instead of 1 basically its similar to the Chinese pasting machines and how they past shells. It gives nice breaks but not as perfect as 3 strip, but nice if you want to produce a load of shells quickly.

Next project is to build an electronic igniter which I can program instead of having to use fuses for all the timings

[Sparky]

Hi Sam,

I do think they need a bit more pasting though. I find if you get everything prepared nicely to do a batch at a time you can paste a lot more shells than you think. If you use good strong paper and paste I find the 3 strip method can be really effective with as little as 3 layers (6 in reality due to the process of course) even on 3 and 4 inch shells.

In your video you can actually see how some of the shells are breaking where the hemispheres join. You could also try boosting the break a bit more but then you need to make sure your prime is up to the job I guess.

Still look great though.

[Vic]

Awesome Sam, one hell of a achievement and I admire your sprite

[crystal palace fireworks]

Terrific Sam, I hope you consider becoming a fully paid up UKPS member sometime in the near future!

[Sam Miller]

Hi Sam,

I do think they need a bit more pasting though. I find if you get everything prepared nicely to do a batch at a time you can paste a lot more shells than you think. If you use good strong paper and paste I find the 3 strip method can be really effective with as little as 3 layers (6 in reality due to the process of course) even on 3 and 4 inch shells.

In your video you can actually see how some of the shells are breaking where the hemispheres join. You could also try boosting the break a bit more but then you need to make sure your prime is up to the job I guess.

Still look great though.

I slightly altered the pasting for the last couple of shells and it seams to have worked, if you see there are better breaks for the last lot of shells but thanks for your advice and i may try the strong paper and glue 3 strip soon

[Sam Miller]

Terrific Sam, I hope you consider becoming a fully paid up UKPS member sometime in the near future!

I am! I've got the card and everything, but I don't know how to change it on here?