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[completebeginner]

i dont have this book but i have found many recomendations for the best of afn books

[sizzle]

They do seem quite good but I can't find anywhere in the UK that stocks them apart from Amazon, but the copies on Amazon are mearly second hand and may not be there when I get my money.

[Frozentech]

Sorry, going totally off-topic here, but can anyone tell me what books would be good for me? I already have Understanding and Making Explosive Fireworks.

Well... it's expensive to buy good pyrotechnics books, they cost in the same range as college texts generally, due to the specialized content and limited audience. I have a pretty good library started, so far I have:

Introductory Practical Pyrotechnics by Tom Peregrin
Fireworks Principles and Practice by Ronald Lancaster
Ball Milling Theory and Practice by Lloyd Sponenburgh
Fireworks, the Art, Science and Technique by Takeo Shimizu
Best of AFN II American Fireworks News
Best of AFN III American Fireworks News
Pyrotechnics by George Weingart
Chemistry of Pyrotechnics by John A. Conkling
Modern Pyrotechnics by Herbert Ellern
The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives by Tenny L. Davis

My goal is buy one good pyro book per month as I can find/afford them.

My recommendation is to start with IPP by Tom Peregrin, but skip his CIA method of making your BP and go direct to ball milling. For that, Lloyd Sponenburgh's book is *the* bible, but you can follow mill plans from web sites like http://www.wecreate4...lliams/top.html. FP&P by Lancaster is expensive but a must have in my opinion. Everything else on the list is nice if you want to delve deeper into the chemistry and physics of pyro. The Passfire web site is a great source of info and examples, with explicit instructions, and one of the best sources of good info I have seen is right here on *this* site !

[gilbert pinkston]

here are a couple of pix may not be worth the effert to look at i thought they were interesting they were my first pix and so easy to make you all made have seen many like them
this is a base formula in SLO's glitter book in small 1/4 inch open tube

http://eseephoto.com...9294_200071.jpg

http://eseephoto.com...9294_200072.jpg

Edited by gilbert pinkston, 19 October 2005 - 01:50 AM.

[sizzle]

I wish I were this guy...

http://rideforcancer.../4fireworks.jpg

[alany]

here are a couple of pix may not be worth the effert to look at i thought they were interesting they were my first pix and so easy to make you all made have seen many like them
this is a base formula in SLO's glitter book in small 1/4 inch open tube

http://eseephoto.com...9294_200071.jpg

http://eseephoto.com...9294_200072.jpg

What kind of Aluminium? That is an unusually bushy flash reaction.

Love the smoke rings too.

[gilbert pinkston]

the Al is just 325m atomized from firefox
i guess i never seen so detailed a pix of glitter you can see the orange streaks of molten material and the following flash clearly in one pix in the lower left it looks like the first micro second of a burst i have another camera that may take better pix if i can figure it out
it looks like i need more delay to get rid of the high concentration of flashes at the mouth of the tube
i added a little homemade MG/Al to this base mix and the effect was totally different ..... seemed like smaller flashes more delayed not so bright but each throwing off orange sparks in a radial pattern i think this base mix and adding components one at a time for effect is a good idea
my main goal is to make stars and this is no garantee how they will preform but it is fun

[alany]

Compare to this D1 glitter:

http://www.vk2zay.ne...ment.php?id=681

Its flashes aren't very bushy and are quite symmetric.

[paul]

Gilbert compressed the composition into a tube with a choke. You did not. Maybe this explains the more bushy effect.

with best regards


paul

[sasman]

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You don't have permission to access /albums/47156/019294_200072.jpg on this server."

Any ideas why? Would love to see the photos...

Creepin_pyro Click the link and when you get a error Msg just Highlight the address in the web page and press enter? .. I think that site doesnt allow direct linking? but if you type the full address it works...