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5th October 2008 10:45
hi i was wondering where u get your stuff from to make your fuses like the sulfur and the airfloat charcoal
1st February 2008 18:43
Sounds completely insane to me. Chlorate + Sulfur is just asking for an accident. Please don't use this composition!
1st February 2008 18:19
Just to add another recipe, I was playing with quite long ago. Used a circa 12-14 gauge cotton
string coated with a finely powdered stoichiometric mixture of potassium chlorate, sulfur and pine rosin, stirred in chloroform based PVC glue. Made it to be as consistent as sour cream. Result: moderately fast burning ( rosin makes it go faster ), moisture proof, burns even submerged, sturdy )
9th January 2008 08:51
Not really no. It got a bit beaten up in transport, and I had access to commercial fuse around the same time. Still have it, just haven't played with it much.
I was thinking of using it with different compositions, like colour and propellant ones to make flying fish, etc. Always wanted to try Senko Hanabi in it as well, but I suspect there would be too much string and not enough comp for that to work well.
8th January 2008 15:09
Did anything ever become of that visco machine?
5th October 2008 19:14
Alan Yates wrote...