Skylighter Fireworks Making

Making 1.75-Inch Bag & Piston Mines

This nifty new project shows you two methods for making mines. To make this project, you need: The supplies shown in the project below. Black powder, which you can make or buy locally. If you want to make your own, check out the Red Gum Black Powder project. Stars. This particular mine is small, and uses 3/8" stars. The two projects for making Rubber Stars are perfect for these, but any small stars will work.

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What ARE you gonna do with all those Rubber Stars you’ll be making? Huh?

If you don't already have specific plans for them, you're gonna love the next fireworks projects from Ned Gorski. They can all use your new Rubber Stars. For Ned’s next act this week, he's gonna show you how to make two different kindsa mines.

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How to Make a Rainbow of Rubber Stars

The "rainbow" of star colors I'll be discussing here builds on the methods detailed in the How to Make Screen-Sliced Brilliant-Red Rubber Stars project to expand your color palette of star choices. Note: Be sure you learn and are familiar with that new way of making and priming stars before starting on this project! The screen-sliced rubber stars production method has significant advantages for the small-scale hobbyist:

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