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"smoke test " :-S
« on: May 09, 2013, 12:17:41 am »
hi guys . i work for a firework company . and im always blowing things up and making things go bang . so after some thought i come up with a "powder smoke machine " let me know what you think of my first attempt ! . it needs some work on it tho lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzUzxXFqUF0&feature=youtu.be



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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 01:02:53 am »
Dont think elf n safety would like that much! :o certainly does what you said it does...smoke! :-))
Not sure I would want it my boat in that form! Back to the drawing board {-) %% %% %%
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 01:24:48 am »
hmmm. well i can say it certainly gave off plenty of smoke. might need dialing down a little unless you plan in imitating a boat fire,  {-) O0
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Re: "smoke test " :-S
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2013, 01:56:15 am »
It does produce smoke, but I think you would require a indoor pyrotechnics license to use it, and mine is long expired.
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 07:51:05 am »
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2013, 09:09:42 am »
I have to say I think if that had been me my first test would have been outdoors...
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 09:39:53 am »
Language Timothy!
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Re: "smoke test " :-S
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2013, 10:58:04 am »

Ian knows what he's doing........ !   {:-{


Quote from: grendel on May 09, 2013, 09:09:42 am
I have to say I think if that had been me my first test would have been outdoors...
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Re: "smoke test " :-S
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2013, 04:16:17 pm »
It smoked okay, Potassium Nitrate, Sulphur and some other things added me thinks.
 
What are using it for, a smoke source from a smoke stack in a boat? Or as a display effect-boat on fire kind of thing?
 
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2013, 06:45:34 pm »
Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 09, 2013, 10:58:04 am

Ian knows what he's doing........ !   {:-{
i sure do martin .... :-) i think im going to make it lass potent and maybe try a liquid form of it

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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2013, 06:52:58 pm »
and the ingredients i used was


potassium chlorate (KClO3 - oxidizer), sugar (sucrose or dextrin - fuel), sodium bicarbonate (otherwise known as baking soda) :-) oh and a little water %%
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2013, 07:53:57 pm »
Surprised you did that indoors. :((   However the Holy Grail is BLACK smoke.    Model aircraft have suppliers of coloured, red, yellow, orange, blue etc smoke pellets but the "black" is a sort of purpleish non-scale colour.  Metal tube holder essential. Average burn time 90 seconds. I have halved them and put two sections end to end and got twice the time.
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2013, 08:04:21 pm »
Ye I have seen them pellet type. And they are crap
I'm aiming to get this in to a liquid form so we will see how it goes over the next week or so
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2013, 08:10:55 pm »
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmtb89hFdUI   this is half a small pellet from Robot Birds.  What about black, is it possible ?
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2013, 08:24:39 pm »
Black is possible !! And a few people know about it. However the " thing/substance " that is used to produce black smoke has very cancerous properties there for I will be staying well away from it. It's that bad I won't actually mention the name of it in here. It's a no no
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« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2013, 10:14:59 am »
No new Pope then !
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« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2013, 03:57:23 pm »
Quote from: boatmadman on May 09, 2013, 07:51:05 am
I s this you then, Ian?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMTj2FTMWU
Ian said he worked for a fireworks company, so I don't think the candidate for the Darwin Award shown in the video would be him.
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Re: "smoke test " :-S
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2013, 10:57:50 pm »
Quote from: steamboatmodel on May 10, 2013, 03:57:23 pm
Ian said he worked for a fireworks company, so I don't think the candidate for the Darwin Award shown in the video would be him.
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Actually yes that is me in the video lol. In my little shed at home
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