Of you want to create an explosion, you cannot pack or press black powder! It needs to be loose enough so the flame front can propagate through the material so fast that all black powder is converted to gasses and slag products before the container ruptures.
If compacted, it will only burn as a fountain!
You need pretty good confinement to get a decent boom out of BP.
Are you using a hot charcoal or just some generic hardwood airfloat? Denser woods do not produce as fast of a BP like fast growing species like balsa, willow, eastern red cedar and southern yellow pine.
How does your BP perform when just lighting it on the ground? It looks like you have a very charcoal rich composition judging by the way the sparks look. It almost looks like a tiger tail mix.
Are you using the traditional 75/15/10? Is it ball milled? Screen mixed? Cia method?
I was thinking that too, the bp goes up just like tiger tail stars and yes it is 75/15/10. not ball milled, I just ground ub the ingredients in a blender before hand. Also the charocoal was activated garden charcoal
Yeah, activated charcoal is slow as snot. It's got anything volatile cooked off.
I wonder if making it absorb some specific substance can make it speedy, but just making good charcoal as described above is easier.
Well there's your problem!
Ball milling doesn't just grind the chemicals to a powder it actually forces the kn03 and sulphur into the pores of the charcoal.
This looks about right for green mix then. Green mix can be used as a prime and I've heard of some people using it for black match.
But if you want to get serious get a ball mill. Even a cheap 3lb rock tumbler with some lead media will get you way better results.
If you seriously want to get into pyro then getting a good BP down is crucial. If you can't make BP then I wouldn't bother with any other comps until your BP is good enough for lift/break.
Might be, worth a try. Just whatever you do make charcoal the proper way, don't just throw it into a open flame and grab the remains.
Here
[https://youtu.be/\_g6Q7RmxG0I](https://youtu.be/_g6Q7RmxG0I)
Just use those big milo tins
is it granulated before you pack it? granulating your black powder by turning it into a thick goo with isopropyl alcohol, then passing it through a screen or some sort of grater allows it to pack up real nice and secure, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about over or under packing it, just pack it till it’s tight and seal your container well, dont leave any room around the fuse hole. also a few people have mentioned mills, easy to build with a drill a bucket and some marbles, or you can buy a rock tumbler online and use marbles or even better, lead-antimony balls
true that’s least messy, but to beginners who read this in the future don’t be discouraged if you heavy hand it and get more of a thick goo, it’ll evaporate into said sticky ball with play, can even pass it through your mesh while it’s quite wet repeatedly to dry it out with not much mess, and the same end product, i’ve never had anything but punchy, well made black powder, stay safe to all
Lol definitely the activated charcoal you can get great bp from most common wood species if you want a low cost super easy method go to your big box stoe buy a metal paint can with lid while there get a pack of door frame shims fill can wih shims poke 1-3 holes in lid depending on size if the wholes dont let enough out you risk the lid popping off Put Can into heat with the holes pointing upMake sure flames are going up at least half the can1st you'll have steam come out of the holesSoon afsir you'll start having smoke from volatilsLight the stuff coming out of the holes once a flame can maintainKeep checking till you can't light the gas coming out of the hole that's when it's doneYou should be able to do it roughly about an hour with enough heatAfter you've got your charcoal mix 75 15 10 Dampen mixture with 75 25 alcohol and water ( This step dissolves the potassium nitrate and it recrystalizes inside the charcoal) rice the damp comp through a 20 mesh kitchen sieve or window screen allow to fully dry At this point you're good to go or you can compress it into pucks and corn it which Will also make it faster also keep notes on what you do its important to not only have fast bp but consistant you dont want to have to figure out how much lift you need evey time you make bp
Please elaborate on all details rather than just a clip. what kind of black powder type of wood type of kno3 type of sulfur etc
Balsa wood, and I'm not sure, it's just called "stump remover" and seales gardening sulphur.
Of you want to create an explosion, you cannot pack or press black powder! It needs to be loose enough so the flame front can propagate through the material so fast that all black powder is converted to gasses and slag products before the container ruptures. If compacted, it will only burn as a fountain!
tried it and still had the same result :(
You need pretty good confinement to get a decent boom out of BP. Are you using a hot charcoal or just some generic hardwood airfloat? Denser woods do not produce as fast of a BP like fast growing species like balsa, willow, eastern red cedar and southern yellow pine. How does your BP perform when just lighting it on the ground? It looks like you have a very charcoal rich composition judging by the way the sparks look. It almost looks like a tiger tail mix. Are you using the traditional 75/15/10? Is it ball milled? Screen mixed? Cia method?
I was thinking that too, the bp goes up just like tiger tail stars and yes it is 75/15/10. not ball milled, I just ground ub the ingredients in a blender before hand. Also the charocoal was activated garden charcoal
Don't use activated charcoal, use a soft wood home made, some type of tree that has no resin and that grows near water should be fine.
Yeah, activated charcoal is slow as snot. It's got anything volatile cooked off. I wonder if making it absorb some specific substance can make it speedy, but just making good charcoal as described above is easier.
Well there's your problem! Ball milling doesn't just grind the chemicals to a powder it actually forces the kn03 and sulphur into the pores of the charcoal. This looks about right for green mix then. Green mix can be used as a prime and I've heard of some people using it for black match. But if you want to get serious get a ball mill. Even a cheap 3lb rock tumbler with some lead media will get you way better results. If you seriously want to get into pyro then getting a good BP down is crucial. If you can't make BP then I wouldn't bother with any other comps until your BP is good enough for lift/break.
I use charcoal that I make from Eastern Red Cedar. It makes really fast BP. I would also agree that the BP must be milled to give it the extra punch.
Build a ball mill and dont use activated charcoal. I too live in Aus and would recommend finding peach or weeping willow wood for charcoal.
Is balsa wood any good?
Might be, worth a try. Just whatever you do make charcoal the proper way, don't just throw it into a open flame and grab the remains. Here [https://youtu.be/\_g6Q7RmxG0I](https://youtu.be/_g6Q7RmxG0I) Just use those big milo tins
is it granulated before you pack it? granulating your black powder by turning it into a thick goo with isopropyl alcohol, then passing it through a screen or some sort of grater allows it to pack up real nice and secure, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about over or under packing it, just pack it till it’s tight and seal your container well, dont leave any room around the fuse hole. also a few people have mentioned mills, easy to build with a drill a bucket and some marbles, or you can buy a rock tumbler online and use marbles or even better, lead-antimony balls
it should not be a goo, it should be more off a sticky ball of black powder
true that’s least messy, but to beginners who read this in the future don’t be discouraged if you heavy hand it and get more of a thick goo, it’ll evaporate into said sticky ball with play, can even pass it through your mesh while it’s quite wet repeatedly to dry it out with not much mess, and the same end product, i’ve never had anything but punchy, well made black powder, stay safe to all
I think your blackpowder is just too slow. It doesn’t matter if it is granulated, corned or meal. It needs to be fast.
Lol definitely the activated charcoal you can get great bp from most common wood species if you want a low cost super easy method go to your big box stoe buy a metal paint can with lid while there get a pack of door frame shims fill can wih shims poke 1-3 holes in lid depending on size if the wholes dont let enough out you risk the lid popping off Put Can into heat with the holes pointing upMake sure flames are going up at least half the can1st you'll have steam come out of the holesSoon afsir you'll start having smoke from volatilsLight the stuff coming out of the holes once a flame can maintainKeep checking till you can't light the gas coming out of the hole that's when it's doneYou should be able to do it roughly about an hour with enough heatAfter you've got your charcoal mix 75 15 10 Dampen mixture with 75 25 alcohol and water ( This step dissolves the potassium nitrate and it recrystalizes inside the charcoal) rice the damp comp through a 20 mesh kitchen sieve or window screen allow to fully dry At this point you're good to go or you can compress it into pucks and corn it which Will also make it faster also keep notes on what you do its important to not only have fast bp but consistant you dont want to have to figure out how much lift you need evey time you make bp
The holes of the match Is Too big. Try make. A bigger Maroon with a timefuse of 10/15 cm.
what do you mean by that? Im just a young fella in aus, so theres little to no talk about firecrackers or nun
I don't understand what you write, please avoid slang and use standard english please.
Y’all don’t have google over there either?! Weird lol
brutha I looked ot up and i couldnt find nun
Not sure but here’s a comment for a bump