braddsn Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Finally!! My first shell, 4" TT. Go easy on me guys, it's my very first one! I was nervous as hell, but it's an amazing feeling to see everything come together and actually work... And thanks to Mumbles, Seymour, Xtreme Pyro, Oinikis, and Rogeryermaw for the excellent advice and motivation. I also sent up a red peony that was absolutely beautiful. It was symmetrical and the stars were very bright. But for whatever reason, I thought I hit record on my cam but I guess I missed the button. I have fine tuning to do, this was only 2 layers pasted. I would have pasted more, but just ran out of time. I used 10% of shell weight for lift (2-4FA), and added 3 grams of flash dusted in the MCRH. Overall, me (and my daughter) were super excited. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx88 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 yah that is sweet! I love TT stars when they hang like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregh Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Wow, your first shell is a 4? Nice... go big or go home! Nice shell, looked good. Luckily, that feeling of excitement never goes away, no matter how many you have made and fired. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schroedinger Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Like you said in the video "SWEET" Really a quite perfect shell, didn't look sparse not overfilled and broke perfect in a round pattern.Also what i really liked is the duration of the stars, they just started to swimm but burned out before the got sidetracked and arched over only for about half a second. I'm 9retty sure if you paste them in propper you can cut down the booster to .5 g or leave it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enanthate Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Beautiful shell indeed.Keep the videos coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkn Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Very Nice ! timing at apogee was great and a comet tail to boot !! Can't wait to see what is next............Matt Edit, were the TT cut rolled or pressed? Edited October 25, 2014 by mkn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivars21 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Well done! I love the feeling of success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddsn Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Thanks for the kind words guys! I just built and pasted up 12 more shells to 'test'. The TT stars were cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiley Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Dang, those flew pretty straight. Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schroedinger Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Did you tumble the wet stars after cutting, to round them up or did you dry them before tumbling in prime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogeryermaw Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sweet shell. You know that...you got to see it up close! Subbed on YouTube. Keep em coming, Brad. Keep safety in your sights and you'll go far. You obviously have the talent for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddsn Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Means a lot Roger, thank you! And yeah, safety is #1 for sure. That's why I ran so far away from the mortar rack! LOL.. wasn't sure what would happen! Schroedinger, I did not prime them or tumble them. I simply cut em, dried em and used em. Tigertail is a winner, because they are super cheap, super easy to make, and they tend to be a lot of people's favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumbler Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Very nice shell indeed! It had a great symmetrical break and the stars flew fast and straight. I wish my first one looked like that. Did you use paper hemis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddsn Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Tumbler, yeah, just the standard paper hemi's from cannonfuse.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWJ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Very nice! I can't wait to see more of your shells. Thanks for the video! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx88 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I know Mike likes this for sure as his first shell was also TT and turned out nice. I gotta give it to you guys because I was'nt having any luck with TT early on and just gave up and moved to metal fueld stars instead of charcoal. After seeing this I decided it would be a good thing to give it another try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeytech Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 haha I cant come close to results like those, beautiful. I like how you said "fire in the hole" XD http://www.mypixshare.net/files/img/user_uploads/displayimage.php?id=8ifv11ogt4ow6545450.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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