ThrownBiscuit Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 While waiting for some aluminum round bar stock to make some gerb tooling I started playing around with some 1/2" stars and made up a few nifty ground effect pieces. I'm afraid it doesn't show up good on my potato grade flip phone camera, but use what you have and what-not. VID_0306.3gp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrownBiscuit Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) The stars used are Agtoen Silver Streamer Potassium Nitrate: 45.83% Airfloat charcoal: 27.50% Sulfur: 5.83% Dextrin: 4.16% Titanium, spherical 200 mesh: 16.67% I ball milled the potassium nitrate, charcoal, sulfur, and dextrin together for 30 minutes. (My ingredients were already quite finely milled, so it was more for mixing purposes.) I than screened in the titanium to the rest of the ingredients. Pumped the stars after moistening with 75/25 distilled water/denatured alcohol. Then set aside to dry for 3 days. Edited November 30, 2023 by ThrownBiscuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrownBiscuit Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 I then took a 6 inch long X 2 inch wide piece of gummed kraft tape and rolled it around 2 half inch stars with the gummed side out. Moistening the outside as it was rolled up/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrownBiscuit Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Then I pinched off and packed in one end. Covered that folded in end with one 1 inch long piece of 3/4 inch width kraft tape. Then wrapped a piece of 2 inch long 3/4 inch width kraft tape around the taped end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrownBiscuit Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Then on the end that is not taped, quadrisect the protruding paper. Inset a fuse into one of the cut slits and fold the paper over it. Take a small piece of gummed tape and use it to hold the flaps down and hold the fuse in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroGram Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Nice one! I think maybe you need a new phone though. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 7 hours ago, MicroGram said: Nice one! I think maybe you need a new phone though. 😁 50 some odd years ago, if someone showed you a bad picture, or a crappy 8 mm video, you would tell them to get a new camera. Back then your phone hung on a wall, and you were limited by the length of wires. When your phone rang, you had to run into the kitchen and lift it off a hook to open the connection and find out who the hell it was that was calling. Nowadays, if somebody shows you a crappy picture or a video, you have to get a new phone. Signed, Fuck me to tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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