Draco_Americanus

Cool i was going batty to try and find the old site, i have been away for a while and need to get back up to speed on things

too true, i have about a 5 pounds of mercury on my kitchen table(thats for high current switching for other experments) and i know the toxicy of some pyro comps is higher then just lead. but i had the stainless steel allready so why not use what i allready had? they worked poor for titantium, i can get a unlimited free sorce of titatium but its so hard to mill, i may try my ceramic next but i think it may fail as well, mady time to make a hammer mill?

also i dont use ceramic for milling BP, i have read that is a bit dangerus

I wanted something harder and less toxic then lead, i dont have a back building or shed to run the ball mill in so i dont want lead contamination in my home

IMHO flash made with chlorate is too sensitive to impact and friction, why make death mix when you can get allmost the same report with a safer formula?

my nichrome wire is thick stuff i think it's about 20-24 awg and has a resistance of about 16.4 ohms per foot, back in the day i used it for ematch with no pyrogen, just an inch or so coiled up and stuffed into estes C class rocket engines. I have had this wire for about 15 years now so it's time to put it to use.
When you guys refer to "ping pong ball NC" is that literaly ping pong balls desolved in solvent?