Alchemyst Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) Hello everyone, I'm new in the wonderful world of the home made fireworks. I found this very useful forum so i have sign in. I love fireworks since i was a child. With my father every year and now with my son. I live in Europe so i apologize in advance for my bad english. For now, i have juste a couple of experiment with Bp but awful quality. I'll try to improve it for making shells. Unfortunately i dint own a ball mill so i'll have to work with cia i guess. @l. Edited July 10, 2010 by Alchemyst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochris732 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 alchemyst, welcome. What I did was bought a cheap rock tumbler. Im looking to either make or buy an expensive one though to make powder in a few hours. Im sure you have some options in europe. Keep reading there, there is tons of info and good people that will help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Welcome to the Forums, Alchemyst! Yes, read everything you can. And a proper Ball Mill will make a world of difference. Even a good rock tumbler will work well, it just takes a lot longer to mill. I've used a Lortone tumbler, and milled for 24 hours, and make BP that is perfectly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemyst Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Thank you guys for the welcome. I know i have to buy one. I have found a seller of Lorton rocktrumbler around my place. I'm going to take a small one. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salandor Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Name is Kris. Pyro has been an interest of mine for several years. G'day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunzway Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Welcome Kris, Good to know you have a keen interest with pyrotechnics, I'm sure you'll be right at home here . Good to have you onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfstraydog1 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Hi, my name is Nelson and I'm a recovering alcoholic. Everyone else: "Hi Nelson". This is my first 24 hour chip and I feel great. Everyone else: "::::clapping:::::" AA is great and with the support from God and everyone here I know I can make it.... LOL, I couldn't resist and no, I'm not actually and alcoholic or recovering from being one. AA really is preitty fun though. ok this is my first post. a little about my self.My name is Michael i am pyroholic. it started as a kid when my dad tought me who to make things go boom. i have played with thing in the military and have taken some eplosive classes in college. i have built my forst 2,3 and 4 in shells this 4th. it was great. know it is time to expand my addiction to mastering the art. i am planning to get leagal with in the year i hope. my intrest right know in the hobby consists of areial shell of all kinds. i realy want to work on canaster shell. anyway thanks for the forum it is a great place to meet frends of the same intrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Mike, Good to see that you have some experience and have been successful, you will need to get some reading materiel as well if you do canister shells and since a lot of us here make them, go ahead and ask questions. Just start a new thread under shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erid Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 My name is Erik, I've been reading about fireworks for a long time now but haven't been able to get any supplies due to money, location, etc... But I'm about to order my first shipment of things this summer and this site seems like a great place to help me get started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointandshout Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hello, My name is Mia Ruohomaki and I 'm from Finland. I love to make friends. Hope, I 'll get good friends here......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Welcome to the Forums! Read everything here that you can, it's a great resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francoo Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Hello everybody,I'm Franco Sauvisky and i'm from Brazil, a place realy hard to pratice this wonderfull hobby...Sorry for my bad english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Welcome to the forums! (I thought Brazil allowed most fireworks. Bummer. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder1074 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hey everyone my name is Eric. Live here in the great boring state of Mo. I am new to the whole pyro hobby as far as making items. I mean I have shot stuff off since I was a kid. I am almost 40 now so I thought it would be a good hobby. Being a beginner I know I have alot to learn, I hope that this forum will be able to help me with my interest. Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Welcome to the Forums, welder! We have a wealth of information here, all free for the reading. Pull up a chair and dig in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistos Minion Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I guess this isn't really an introduction, as I used to be around a fair bit, though I'm not sure who'd remember. I am still into the ol' pyro, but don't have a lot of time these days because I travel a lot for work. I love the new forum look, and I will post some updates when I have time. I hope everyone is well and safe, and if I owe anyone anything (chems/glass/money) that I have let slip by the wayside by being a lazy/terrible bloke, PM me, and I will rectify it. Cheers,MM PS: If anyone wants to add me on MSN, PM me for details. AUS and world wide. I'll be in the US after my next tour of duty and will need drinking buddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 (edited) Hey guys, My name is Alex and I´m doing hobby-pyro since about a year. I´m not a native English-speaker, I hope you´ll understand me, though. best regards,Adrenaline Edited August 22, 2010 by Adrenaline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Welcome to the Forums! MM, I've known and seen you about for ages, yeah, lol. Alex, kick back and read as much as you can. It's all free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Sidewinder, you coming to the Fest tomorrow night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredhappy Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Hi guys, I'm fred happy. I love building shells in the 2, 3, 4 , 5 and 6 inch range. I'm also new into building my own endburners , such a cool thing to watch those homemade rockets fly to the moon . English is not my native language, so I apologize for any linguistic faux pas... I've uploaded a 5 inch shell in the shell competition topic, I hope this is the right topic to post it in. friendly pyro greetings to all my fellow pyro's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkInLight Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Welcome Fred, good to have you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I guess this isn't really an introduction, as I used to be around a fair bit, though I'm not sure who'd remember. I am still into the ol' pyro, but don't have a lot of time these days because I travel a lot for work. Could could forget that avatar what is it again? Good to have you back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Looks like a couple of sleeping ferrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro1 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hi to all Just joined the forum but have been here for quite some time now but just as a shadow im into buzzers/Helicopters with headers , rockets and mini shells, other than pyro, i create hybrid snakes and play with lasers, im also a tattooist. just wondering why i cannot creat an album and only after a few clicks around the forum iv used all my bandwidth so can view any pics ?. ok enough of me Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hi welcome to the forum Paul you could not create an album beacuse you were not a full member (you had not made one post) now that you have you should be able to with out any problem what soever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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