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FITH

Member Since 04 Apr 2015
Offline Last Active Apr 28 2015 03:18 PM
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In Topic: Stars For Shells?

20 April 2015 - 09:02 PM

Here's a very simple but concise page on pyrotechnic safety, including incompatible chemical mixes:
 
http://www.cannonfus...duction-d29.htm
 
Where have you been researching so far?


Thank you for the link, i read the Introduction: Good Pyro Info. I took notes and read the safety notes through a couple times and feel alot safer now so thank you, is there anything you'd suggest me reading anywhere?

I have mostly been searching around on alot of websites from forum topics, pyro guides ect. Havent really had any information source list going on my research journy

In Topic: Stars For Shells?

19 April 2015 - 08:30 PM

these are the things you REALLY NEED to know

Alright, i found the answear... There may not be ANY possibility of static shocks, ect dont wear rubber shoes on synthetic carpets in cool, dry air, etc...

In Topic: Stars For Shells?

17 April 2015 - 06:14 PM

Ok Fith, if you are serious. Here's a seemingly random but relevant question you need to answer for us:

What's the problem with mixing potassium nitrate with aluminium?

There's no point telling you the answers, we want you to learn how to find the answers. The difference is between me telling you which road to go down or handing you a map so you can see all the roads!

Come back with an answer, whether it's right or wrong, and tell us why you arrived at it.

Ooo finally something to do :P

Alright after some research I found the answear, the reason its so dangerous to mix dark aluminium metals and potassium nitrate is because it can spontaneously ignite by friction 


In Topic: Stars For Shells?

15 April 2015 - 01:50 PM

You will need specialist kit and a lot of experience making stars to make colour change effect stars. Listen to our advice and try something simple like a Tiger Tail first. Don't try and be too ambitious at the start with this hobby because honestly, it will only end very badly! In my opinion if you're completely new to pyrotechnics (and it sounds like you are) you shouldn't even be trying to make stars and should be concentrating on making ground effects like some pretty charcoal fountains first...

Okay, that's sounds pretty safe too I guess, do you know where to buy the paper volcano-formed thingies? and which charcoal should I choose?


In Topic: Stars For Shells?

15 April 2015 - 01:44 PM

Fith, I am seriously concerned by what I am reading. You won't learn a thing by 'just being told the answers.

If you think you can take part in a potentially lethal hobby without these answers already in Your head, you are gravely mistaken. As I have said elsewhere, you need to learn the hobby before you go practical.

Some of the questions you are asking are sending alarm bells ringing.

We don't want to turn you away, but it is your duty of care to yourself and your surrounds to educate yourself on the fundamental hazards of this hobby.

It appears that you are getting a lot of negative responses, consider why this is.

These sorts of questions usually are tied to an accident. If you don't research pyrotechnic theory before you start trying to cobble it together, you will probably lose your hand, some part of your face and a smouldering house.

Take this seriously, take our advice, and we'll do a we can to keep you safe. But at the moment, it is almost reckless of us to answer your questions at the level you are asking them.

Please understand the message we are trying to get across. Again, alarm bells are ringing. Ask yourself why.

And if you are not prepared to do your research, just buy fireworks from a retailer, be assured of their quality and enjoy them.

Don't think for one minute that making your own will save you money. Quite the opposite.

May I ask your age?

(Ps everyone of us was a beginner at some stage, so don't take this wrong, just accept a little guidance. You'll be shocked at some of the dangers, it's a simple case of 'how could you know it if you didn't know it?'

I'm 16, but can u help me start up this hobby? I mean I don't really know what to do atm... I would like to make some firecrackers or just something like that

and no I didn't want to make my own fireworks to save money, I thought it would be fun and interesting to experience

So can you help me out with that?