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Mike71

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Can i make mini shells for a cake with m80 tubes.... i have never made small ones just 2 and 3"
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The rising effects in a cake may well look like shells but are usually called inserts. Often they are a paper tube with clay or paper closures and some small active contents. -very effective. Look for insert tubes and cake tubes that fit together snugly.

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An insert is something like a small shell in a bigger shell, stutata iirc

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Im thinking more on line of the shells in a 500 gram cake... are they like m80 tubes in them or tiny ball shells
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Take a look at this:

http://pyrobin.com/files/Apex%20Pyro%20Compositions.pdf

 

Metal mesh sizes are not given. The amount and composition of the burst powder would turn the shells into salutes if the metals were fine.

Duplicating a consumer cake, perhaps on a larger scale, seems like an interesting project. I lit an "Ohio Bomber" from Shelton's on NYE and was much impressed.

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The tiny shells in cakes are almost always tubes, yes. And they are called bombettes.

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Thanks guys... and thaks for the download

What size stars would you start with for 5/8 tubes??? Im guessing screen comp through a 4 mesh????

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You can find consumer shell dissection videos on youtube. Stars are round and seem to be rather small.

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There is an eleven part video series on cake manufacturing. Search youtube for

1" insert shell for cake manufacture.

The handling of the flash burst looks scary!

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Rellim, Thanks for the video series recommendation very cool to see how it's done by the big dogs.
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