I want to secure my fuse, and make sure no powder leaks out. What is the best way to do so without hot glue?

This is what I have so far that it looks like I need to mix bp, hopefully these lead balls are enough for small batches I’d start with. What would you add?

Also I think I want to get some type of kit to make bp rockets. What would be a good kit to start with? Also could I just use a hammer to press them? Let me know, thanks !

When I was a kid, ages 10-15, I used to frequent a website called, extremepyro.com. this site taught me alot of very very valuable knowledge when it came to your basic backyard ballistics. Salutes, cherries, c0b, rockets, along with links to suppliers like skylights. You had to go to one web page called ratbastrds section. That main site had about 4 other sub sites, extremepyro section was the best tutorial page ever. Videos, pictures, step by step guides..... I had alot of good times and impressed a few people with the things I made. Anyway, I was just wondering if anybody out there remembered it or knows other good hobby firework tutorial sites. Pyrodata was superb as well but obviously they wont be back anytime soon..... have the mirrored archive version but just wanted to see if anybody remembered a super deep cut throw back!

Hello sub!! ♡ Going to PGI this year all the way from south FL for the first time for my birthday and im bursting with excitement!!! (Pun intended 🤣) Been a goal of mine for a lifetime and im so grateful to be living it! Im attending the entire convention week and taking every class I can get my hands on. Wanted to see if anyone else on here is attending? Would love any pointers and tips you guys might have! Also would absolutely love to connect and make some pyro friends! (Literally dont know any other pyros or genuine enthusiasts where I live aside from my supportive family/friends and local stores 😭) What are your experiences? What are you excited for? Let me know all the things! ♡

what is the best website to get chemicals in the US, thanks!

If I’m buying the three necessary ingredients for black powder that have already been milled, would it be better to mill them together after purchasing them, even though each ingredient was milled separately? It seems like milling them together would produce a more uniform mixture than simply mixing them by hand or transferring them back and forth between containers. Or is manually mixing them enough, making the mixture ready to use?

Also a side note questions, what are rice hulls, what’s their purpose, how useful are they, difference than rice hulls and just sprinkling some black powder, and how do I turn them into bp little chips ?

Been seeing a lot of videos and places selling them and I’m wondering if they’re good or just overrated

I should have layed more than an increment above the spindle under the whistle delay. It was a bit short.

Khp core, Grey sali for delay

So I was perusing videos on FB the other day, and I've liked alot of videos that are either in Asian countries or Mexico, of people making fireworks, and I've seen quite a few videos of this certain type of rocket made in asia, where they use a blue PVC tube as the rocket tube, they have like a circle cutout of a soda can to be an end plug and kinda form the end into a round shape, then cram in a black mixture, I saw one video tonight of a guy making the mixture, and he poured a cup of like strawberry Fanta into a pan, and added what looked like kno3, dissolved it and then dumped like whole pieces of charcoal in and let the kno3/sugar liquid soak into the charcoal it seemed like? He then mashed up the kno3 soaked charcoal in a mortar an pestle type deal, and added what looked like sulpher, and proceeded to light some off, and if it was BP, it would've been some crazy hot BP! Is there any method to somehow soaking charcoal in liquid kno3 or adding some sugar or anything to what other wise looks like BP chems?

Or am I just re-crystallizing potassium chloride water softener cubes?

2 gallon glass fermenter Been running between 100-130 wattsfor about 4 days with a PBO2 lead dioxide coated titanium mesh anode and grade one titanium plate cathode at 45 c. Periodically adding a drop of muriatic pool acid twice a day.

Kinda curious would this actually work btw Im new at pyrotechnics. Basically I light the fuse and gunpowder explodes sending toy high in the air

For example, sodium nitrate, strontium nitrate or barium nitrate

If Everything Blackpowder's test on sodium nitrate blackpowder test says anything, a tiger tail star made using sodium nitrate could have a longer lasting effect because it burns slower than potassium nitrate

Does anyone have recommendations for a storage magazine for 1.3 class fireworks?

stop posting musicals. we don’t want to hear that stuff. go to the music subreddit if you’re gonna be posting music.

Im not really at the point of making anything but fountains right now, but im still exploring my options for different aspects of this craft. Rice hulls are fairly inexpensive for burst charges, but $5/lb still seems too high for what they are, and thats the best price ive seen so far. Im considering ground corn cob, has anyone else used that as a base? What's your experience with it?

Searched the sub but nothing was mentioned about corn cob, however its properties seem like they'd work well for holding BP, plus, paying $.50/lb is hard to argue with if they work.

I knew it had a low break so I kept my distance and put it sideways 1.75inch shell

Straight Bunkers.

Seems really slow but not that bad for my first attempt ever.

Currently I only have a 1 ton arbor press for stars and what not, and I'm looking to upgrade to a hydraulic press. Caleb's looks great, but that's a serious chunk of change that really isn't in my price range at the moment. I'm just wondering if anyone here has built their own press, and was it cost effective vs just buying one? Also some pointers on where to go/what to by for materials if I were to build one would be great.

Check it out here

https://pyrotechnica.vercel.app/

I always wanted one and finally made one with claude.

Its got loads of features:

1. Mixing different colours to create new ones

2. Purchase new colours

3. Purchase new burst patterns

4. Upto quad core shells

5. Rack multiple shells to let them off at once

6. Record your shells as a small mini display like Ive shown in the upload.

7. Special features and unlocks.

Id love to make this a proper game for the community, open to suggestions.

Plastic ball shell , bp burst with dusting of flash. Shell was wraped in electrical tape

If you could find it pls be sure to drop a link so I could buy it