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[newtoolsmith]

Hi friends,

in several threads I read something about so called palomas.

Theiyshould be firecrackers but nowhere is told how to make them or how they look like!?

Can anybode tell me more about them?

MfG
newtoolsmith

[Creepin_pyro]

If you spell it right, I'm sure google wil be able to help you find what you're looking for.

The correct spelling is polumna.

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Actually the correct term actually was paloma which in spanish IIRC mean dove. But the pyro community adopted the name polumna.

Polumnas are great if you're looking for a quick bang. They are made by folding a long but narrow piece of paper in a triangular fashion. You then fill the polumna on the third fold i belive.

[alany]

No, the correct spelling is "paloma". It is Spanish for dove. It is just those silly kewl books and sites that have perpetuated the incorrect spelling. Unfortunately it has become the defacto term for the device.

They look like this:

http://nexus.cable.n...90/p0004161.jpg

The pictures on kkpaul's site describes the construction pretty well, even if the text isn't English I am sure you will get the gist:

http://kkpaul.rpgame...mna/polumna.htm

[Creepin_pyro]

Actually the correct term actually was paloma which in spanish IIRC mean dove. But the pyro community adopted the name polumna.

Thanks for the correction PGF. Very interesting... Sad to hear the original name was lost - but still, if you're searching for information on them, the keyword Paloma isn't going to get you very far : )

[newtoolsmith]

Hi friends,

now I know what was ment but I fear it wasnt a great help.

Why?

Look here:

http://picture.digim...26_phplHEG1.jpg

This little thing was finished a few days ago.

Lets summarize, we found another name for the same thing.

Nevertheless, thanks you all for your help.

As you can see, the visco-machine is working very well.

Well, german sites are better for me, looking left will explain.


P.S.: Any idea for a even better and easy to make bang?

MfG
newtoolsmith

Edited by newtoolsmith, 18 January 2006 - 06:02 PM.

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P.S.: Any idea for a even better and easy to make bang?

Well polumnas generaly are the easiest things to manufacture for a quick bang, but if you are prepared to invest a little more time in the construction you might want to consider a banger type device. If you would care to take a look here you will find some information on what is use to make a bang.

And i just love too make these. It makes a deep BOOM, which is uniqe for a BP banger, that will echoe for several seconds.

Not exactly a time saving thing to build but worth the effort.

[Kevin J]

I have tried palomas on a few ocaissions but they never gave me a good bang. I just roll a piece of paper mabye three inches wide arund a pencil or something like that, fold one end over and tape it, fill it to within about one centimeter of the end with black powder, fold that end over and tape it, and then drill a fuse hole somewhere and stick a fuse in. it works very well for me, especially if you use good black powder.

[newtoolsmith]

Nice tips, witch are worth to try...

I will post my impressions later.

MfG
newtoolsmith