Skylighter Fireworks Making

Charlie’s Secret Green Stars

Charley stored all the fireworks he made in a big chest-type magazine. Right out in the middle of his backyard. It was the middle of a nice July afternoon in 1996. And Charlie was in the mood to tell some secrets... And I was a fireworks newbie itching to find out whatever I could from this old fireworks pro.

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The Explosive National Sport of Colombia

By Harry Gilliam Okay, I ran across this great game in the Washington Post (August 17, 2001). Click the link for a pdf of the article. Without going into all the rules and gory details, the game is played by tossing a steel slug 60 feet towards a slanted mud bank in order to hit the center ring (the bull's-eye). One of the ways you make points is by hitting a triangularly-shaped paper packet of so-called "gunpowder." The packets are called "mechas." More on those in a minute. Who'd a thunk it? It reminds me of horseshoes, kinda sorta. But mo-bettah, because something actually explodes when you hit it. And of course, as you will see in this video, because it is actually encouraged to play this wonderful sport while drinking. (click the video to play)

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Why We Do Fireworks…

“I often use the word “joy” when describing fireworks. It is a considered word, deliberate in choice. Not just amusement, entertainment, or astonishment, but joy. Our art makes us all into children again for awhile. We become one in our experience for the moment, lost in the sound and color and light. We see large [...]

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Making 1.75-Inch Bag & Piston Mines

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How to Make a Rainbow of Rubber Stars

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How to Make Screen-Sliced, Brilliant-Red Rubber Stars

Overview At a certain point, whether for fireworks aerial-shells, mines, roman candles, or rocket headings (or all of these), you’re going to need stars, and lots of them. In addition to spark-producing charcoal and glitter stars, you are going to want to be able to produce brightly colored stars to enhance and add variety to [...]

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Insane Fireworks in Tultepec

Every year about this time, the good people of Tultepec (about an hour north of Mexico City) stage the wildest and craziest fireworks event literally on the planet Earth. Click here: TultepecFireworks A whole buncha my pyro pals from the Florida Club are down there as I write this. And I am NOT. I HATE [...]

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Fireworks Chemical Milling – Fast

Chemical milling, that is, reducing the particle size of powdered chemicals is part of fireworks making. No matter how find and free flowing chemicals are when you first buy then, many of them can and will turn to stone like blocks over time. And as you can read from the little lesson above, they can [...]

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Turbo Pyro goes LIVE at 12:00 Noon Eastern time today, June 19th

Turbo Pyro goes LIVE at 12:00 Noon Eastern time today, June 19th. You’ll be able to get in then. Here’s your link for Turbo Pyro: http://www.turbopyro.com ———————————————————————- I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU HEARD THIS YET ———————————————————————- I’ve added *more* stuff to Turbo Pyro. I want to make sure you have fun with your projects, so [...]

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2 New Bonuses Added to Turbo Pyro

Turbo Pyro Kit bonus products and projects revealed.

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