m0sul

Hey Guys,

Been a while since ive been round here, and even longer since ive done any pyro. Mainly due to the fact that the house I live in right now is totally unsuitable for making stuff so it all got packed away. But im on the hunt for another place, which sparked up my interest again. *Note to self - House must be pyro production friendly!! Time to dust off the mortar tubes, crank up the ball mill and unpack the boxes. Been too long.

I have a good collection of mortar tubes that are ex-packing wrap tubes, the sort of wrap that goes around pallets of stock for retail stores. They are all very hard and thick walled, hard to get though as you have to be there when the roll runs out to save it from the bin I also have a beautiful 3" mortar tube that came from a fabric shop called "spotlight" its around 600mm long and walls around 20mm. Thier bin outside is a goldmine of convolute wound tubes of all sizes, I get tubes suitable for rockets, shells, mines, fountains and all sorts out of there. Cheers maximusg for the link regarding the fuse that could be handy.

Ok guys seriously someone from Aus who has a few spare $$ please grab this! If I wasnt $1k in debt right now I would be one of the first to bid! Even though I already have access to plenty of "real" visco working in a fireworks shop this thing would be great!

http://cgi.ebay.com/.....AMEWA:IT&rd=1

Any takers? For those of you who havent had visco trust me its a dream to work with compared to home made black match and a lot less mess! (none infact) Could we have aussie visco maker/supplier?

Im not sure exactly how things are in NT but things have been working really well here in Tas. Basically we realise there are people who will be sensible and those who aren't, and so the approval process one has to take to get a permit places 99% of the safety and proper use responsibility in the hands of the user. You sign a lot of papers and "shows" are to be conducted at a time and place that police, fire brigade and council are aware of. It really isnt that bad to have to do it, its up to the permit holder whether they use all of thier goods on that night, however if they are caught using them after that date they are liable for prosecution. As far as smuggling goods interstate I know of people who have done it and succeeded and people who have been caught. So long as the screening and safety process keeps the use of fireworks here safe & sane there is no reason we wont be operating for a long time to come. Random shell bursts, whistling rockets and crackers going off at night are beginning to become a commonly heard thing so it seems the public here are stocking up

quote from alany:

there is very little consumer stuff coming into Australia any more, as only the NT still allows it, hence the explosion in the trade in display fireworks.

Actually.... I happen to work in one of Tasmania's THREE fireworks shops which are open all year round and have been for close to 2 years. All are owned by a single party and trade under the name "Bright Star Fireworks" We sell nearly everything except "reloadable" items ie aerial shells, mortar tubes. You want crackers, rockets, cakes, mines, fountains, candles, etc etc etc we got the lot. Basically there is one main division and all the goods are divided into two groups. Those you need a govt permit for and those you dont. The permit is available to anyone over 18 with the right land requirements and council approvement. So far people have been sensible and there have been no major accidents so as far as we can tell we will be around for a while.

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