Ubehage Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) Ned Gorski is currently working on Fireworking 201, so I thought I'd share his course Fireworking 101 with you. There might also be a few tips or tricks for the more experienced members of this forum. Introduction to Fireworking 101:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoEllqlwn00 Lesson 1: Safety in Hobbyist Fireworking Shop:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr9Zt5jR_Ds Lesson 2: Screens and Their Use:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0vuEIEMfqA Lesson 3: Drying Box Construction:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTDDvchkvLs Lesson 4: Basic Chemicals:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0JH22Jlsk Lesson 5: Working With a Formula:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBaVmU4vMdo Lesson 6: Pulverizing a Chemical:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zljGeGgCU Lesson 7: Weighing the Individual Chemicals for a Pyro Composition:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIspneudPyw Lesson 8: Screen Mixing a Pyrotechnic Composition:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cH2_EBHW-U Lesson 9: Making Blackmatch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVHXboLsL4 Lesson 10: Rolling the Tube for Quickmatch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-QYEXVYPY Lesson 11: Videoing Fireworks Devices and it's Usefulnes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIUs4VoIQGs Lesson 12: The Clove Hitch Knot:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAqZ2h27mQs Lesson 13: Making Charcoal Spark Gerbs Fountains:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5a0dUybVI Lesson 14: W of Gerbs chain-fused together:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b720q8T6-I Lesson 15: Metal Spark Gerbs and Effect Changing Gerbs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cYzPfhlwCI Lesson 16: Making Wheels, using Gerbs as Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxiCW_O5Efs Lesson 17: Final Lesson - Building a Chromatrope Fireworks Wheel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRwpwsRpW3k Edited January 7, 2017 by Ubehage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMarine Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Fireworking 201 will be on the pay side of FW and I've watched the first video. It'd be worth it to join if for no other reason than this video course and commentary. I'm still contemplating my first chromatrope from 101. The commentary is as good as the video.No, I'm not a paid spokesman! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckufarley Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 That chromatrope is pretty awesome. I think I liked the version without the small wheel in the center better. That black disk in the middle just seemed to highlight the effects nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMarine Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 That chromatrope is pretty awesome. I think I liked the version without the small wheel in the center better. That black disk in the middle just seemed to highlight the effects nicely.I want to put an "Eye of Sauron" effect in the center! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckufarley Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Now that is cool!! How would you make that shape though? Can't be just a normal wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebkessinger Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Just make some lances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMarine Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 That's my thinking Caleb. I've got lance comp for days from a previous escapade. Just gotta get the colors blended right. I had a sodium yellow that went liquid on me so I'll have to try something else. 'Sperimentin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jac00256 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I found the FW101 set of videos to be very helpful while just starting out to make these fireworking devices. They answered a lot of questions I had about the hobby; where to start, what tools did I need, the basics about how things are done in the FW industry. They also helped answer questions I didn't know to ask; how and why gerbs may be fused and linked together to ignite at the same time for example. Most importantly, they explained, how to make these FW devices as safely as possible, as well as what not to do. I don't want to try making something in the wrong way only to find out how dangerous my methods were the hard way. I don't need to make every mistake myself. My thanks to Ned Gorski for making these videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Ned now offers both FW-101 and FW-201 for sale on flash drives in his site's store. They come at their full native resolution, rather than the reduce resolution of many of them on YouTube. Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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