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| 1 2 | UER Forum > UE Main > What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? (Viewed 6556 times) |
Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
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| | | Re: What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? < Reply # 21 on 4/2/2019 12:40 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Radio2600
Finding the Henley's book was a lucky find. We were blowing stuff up for years before that. That just moved us up the expertise chain. When the other kids were still packing powder into pipes, we had TNP (aka picric acid). I started on my own too, but in NYC gun powder is hard to come by. Emptying out fireworks to get powder was the usual route. Fireworks are totally illegal in NYC, bur are easy to get because every low-level thug is selling them starting right after Easter. Some of the chemicals were easier to get than others. Cannon fuse was impossible to get, so we made our own which worked most of the time. Potassium nitrate was not available, but nitric acid and sulfuric acid were a little easier to find. We'd shoot stuff off under the el so it would echo for miles, but be difficult to pinpoint the origin of the blast. That also put us in contact with the graffiti people. Our definition of "bombing" didn't quite mesh with their definition of "bombing". Many years later at a wedding, the groom was well-known graffiti artist and he introduced me to his new wife as: "this is the firebomb guy I told you about." Powdered coffee creamer is wicked stuff.
| now as for fuse, Will grandfather was one of the guys who rigged the charges in the mines where I live... yeah, we had that covered. The shit would burn under water. Ever gone fishing with explosives?
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| | | | Re: What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? < Reply # 22 on 4/2/2019 3:44 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Samurai
now as for fuse, Will grandfather was one of the guys who rigged the charges in the mines where I live... yeah, we had that covered. The shit would burn under water. Ever gone fishing with explosives?
| That was a Nam pastime. My friend greatly enjoyed doing that over there with frags. 1# of Calcuim carbide + water + a heavy duty metal trash can/lid and a spark gap inside*. My tendency with bottle rockets was to fire them horizontal and they go quit well under water. Nothing like weaponized tubing on the Brandiwine river. And the roman candle fights... *blackhawk recommends you don't try this... but I did Nice pressure wave that literally pushed me back in a doorway. Fortunately the windows were open
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