Modifying fireworks

Ok...the 4th of July is coming up and there are all these things about fireworks safety. Well i dont care about that.

I saw this thing on the news about a Piccolo Pete (a whistling firework) that explodes when lit. My question is...how do they modify their Piccolo Pete to explode??? Do they hammer it a few times or what?? :screwy:

if you don't know then you are a n00b.

I never tried messing around with fireworks b4.

Try applying a lighter at both ends for a brief period to shorten the fuse.

You have to hold it in your hand tight after lighting it :lol:

If it's a "whisteling firework" u describe that must be shot into the air to whistle, it normally has propellent that is lit, and then after it reaches the end of the propellent, the flame ignites the explosive. The guys that have "modified it" most likely just stick the fuse from the delayed-burning propellent directly into the explosive.

Let us know how you get on if you still have your hands or face.

Fuck you guys, sparklers rule. :smokin:

http://www.dansdata.com/personal/Bombs.html

I thought you had to hold all fireworks in your hand? :confused:

I'm a n00b......j/k

Thats old, sparkler bombs are fun though, its easier to take a big long cup to make it in tho. Ive melted a glass cup by accident before though. I plan on blowing up many things with thousands of sparklers this year :)

Thats old, sparkler bombs are fun though


Yeah it is, I'm pretty sure that I found the link here on AF long long ago. I'm just now gonna do it this year though, there will be pics and I'll try to remain alive and full of fingers to share.

man...i don't recommend this at all.

i wasn't even MODIFYING anything...but i had one of those tiny little black cats last month on the 2-4 weekend, and i decided to light it and then chuck it. well little did i know something was wrong with the fuse and as soon as i lit it, it blew up in my hand not even a foot from my head.

i couldn't hear out of my left ear for 3 hours, and my left thumb lost all feeling in the finger-tip for about an hour afterwards, and REALLY HURT when it did get feeling back.

but hey, they're your extremeties. do as you please.

I just laughed when I read the thread title.

Your an idiot if you blew up a blackcat in ur hand lol

Like every single blackcat has a grey paper fuse that lasts like a tenth of a second, only way to throw em is to do it fast.

Your an idiot if you blew up a blackcat in ur hand lol

Like every single blackcat has a grey paper fuse that lasts like a tenth of a second, only way to throw em is to do it fast.


I've seen some fuses burn faster than others, and because of that stupid Chaos theory, you cannot be sure that this fuse is gonna burn at the same rate as another fuse "just because they look like every single other one".

In response to the piccolo pete thing. If you samsh them up, and lkight them they'll either

A. Whistle then blow up
B. Blow up immediatley
C. Not blow at all

They're good for a kick, but stick to sparkler bombs they're way better.

man...i don't recommend this at all.

i wasn't even MODIFYING anything...but i had one of those tiny little black cats last month on the 2-4 weekend, and i decided to light it and then chuck it. well little did i know something was wrong with the fuse and as soon as i lit it, it blew up in my hand not even a foot from my head.

i couldn't hear out of my left ear for 3 hours, and my left thumb lost all feeling in the finger-tip for about an hour afterwards, and REALLY HURT when it did get feeling back.

but hey, they're your extremeties. do as you please.
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Couple of years ago,
I had powder burns on my thumb and index finger (black dots where powder was embedded)
No hearing damage, underhand throw,
and yeah, some burn quicker, its the powder to paper ratio, and wind flow, we were throwing them into a coffee can, fun game I'd play again,

Gotta be quick though
Edit: I stepped on a smoke (mammoth/cammo smoke) bomb that same year, it took off across the driveway in a cloud of somke, and I mean took off, rocket type shit, tried repeating this process with like 5 more, without a similar result, also tried drilling into them,

man...i don't recommend this at all.

i wasn't even MODIFYING anything...but i had one of those tiny little black cats last month on the 2-4 weekend, and i decided to light it and then chuck it. well little did i know something was wrong with the fuse and as soon as i lit it, it blew up in my hand not even a foot from my head.

i couldn't hear out of my left ear for 3 hours, and my left thumb lost all feeling in the finger-tip for about an hour afterwards, and REALLY HURT when it did get feeling back.

but hey, they're your extremeties. do as you please.


I remember when i was in grade 5 or something... this kid trying to be cool, told us he would light a black cat in his hand. He just held it TIGHT in his hand and let it blow up, it was hilarious, he acted like nothing happened.

you can make sparklers explode. Tape a shit lode together real tight, then light them and run like hell.

Let us know how you get on if you still have your hands or face.

Well know because he will be able to type anyway unless its once of those speech type things or types with his nose if thats not gone.

:lol: :rofl: :lol:

I know a guy who made a sparkler bomb out of 15 packs of sparklers. His friends drove by his ex's house and threw it in the yard. Threw rocks and chipped all their windows and caught their yard on fire.

Anyway, last year a friend and me made a bottle rocket rifle. Works great :thumbsup:

Anyway, last year a friend and me made a bottle rocket rifle. Works great :thumbsup:

I got one of those... Uber-fun

Your an idiot if you blew up a blackcat in ur hand lol

Like every single blackcat has a grey paper fuse that lasts like a tenth of a second, only way to throw em is to do it fast.

thanks for calling me an idiot, asshole, but what you just said is exactly what i did. i lit it with my hand already in the backswing position so that when i lit it, i could throw it right away. but as soon as the lighter touched the fuse, it blew up beside my ear. so your advice wouldn't have done shit to help me. any other suggestions? :rolleyes:


anyways, you don't need to modify any fireworks and risk hurting yourself in order to have lots of fun.

have any of you ever gotten those tasmanian devil things? the little inch-long ones that, when lit, send a foot-long red and green flame out of one end and skitter around on the ground.

for instant fun, take one of these, and hold it just inside of the neck of an empty Corona bottle. light the fuse, drop the fire-work into the empty bottle, and back up a good 10-15 feet. once it goes off, the bottle will light up like a firefly, red and then green. then it'll fill completely with black smoke, and SMASH, the pressure from the heat of the fire work inside will cause the bottle to shatter into pieces. the cool thing is it's completely safe, because the bottle doesn't explode, it just shatters and falls onto the ground in pieces, so there's no risk of shrapnel.

me and my buddies did a bunch of these up at the cottage on May 2-4 weekend and every time, the bottle will shatter differently, so it doesn't get boring.

how about this: http://www.photodump.com/direct/chrismca/superfirecrackersmall.jpg

i bought it in france two years ago, its got 2,000 individual little banger things, an is about 20 foot long, its all one-piece. im waiting for a special occasion, 4th july doesn't count, i live in england.

That sucks you cant blow that thing up. I just wanted to know how to make a piccolo pete blow up because there is this one guy who lives in our town that got killed by one of those things.

Squeeze the middle of the piccolo Pete with some vise grips. Not to hard though. just enough to compress it so when it burn to the squished part, it explodes. I did this when I was in High School and put it in a abandonded wall locked. POW! set of the fire alarm and everything

how about this: http://www.photodump.com/direct/chrismca/superfirecrackersmall.jpg

i bought it in france two years ago, its got 2,000 individual little banger things, an is about 20 foot long, its all one-piece. im waiting for a special occasion, 4th july doesn't count, i live in england.

Guy Fawkes, duh :p

how about this: http://www.photodump.com/direct/chrismca/superfirecrackersmall.jpg

i bought it in france two years ago, its got 2,000 individual little banger things, an is about 20 foot long, its all one-piece. im waiting for a special occasion, 4th july doesn't count, i live in england.



BlackCat makes something like that, the fucker has to be three feet in diameter though, and I'm not sure if it's 50 feet or 50 yards, I'm kind of doubting the yards but I dunno, either way that'd be hell fun to lay around somebody's house and set that shit off, but I recall them being fairly expensive, but damn, if I had a couple of those I know where I would go with em. be kinda cool if they were water proof too. Fireworks just kick ass on so many levels, I'll never forget having bottle rocket wars with friends, shit that was stupid.

What ever happened to just plain ol bottle rocket fights or roman candle wars? Who needs modifying fireworks when you can shoot them at your friends.

What ever happened to just plain ol bottle rocket fights or roman candle wars? Who needs modifying fireworks when you can shoot them at your friends.

roman candle wars rivals the special effects that of Star Wars.

roman candle wars rivals the special effects that of Star Wars.

Especially when you got 30 kids that have bought all of the roman candles in nearly all the firework stands in town.

Dont listen to any of these guys. I have been modifying these picilo petes all my life. Take a set of channel lock pliars. Sqeuze the firework in the MIDDLE of it. Light and enjoy the explosion as soon as it hits the ceter of the picilo pete. Pretty fun shit. And the reason I do these thing is cause I am stupid enough and just care about having fun. Yes I probly will look back on it and think I was stupid but i dont care.

Dont listen to any of these guys. I have been modifying these picilo petes all my life. Take a set of channel lock pliars. Sqeuze the firework in the MIDDLE of it. Light and enjoy the explosion as soon as it hits the ceter of the picilo pete. Pretty fun shit. And the reason I do these thing is cause I am stupid enough and just care about having fun. Yes I probly will look back on it and think I was stupid but i dont care.

:wtf:

someone already suggested that method.

reading t3h thread>j00

compressing? no.
when you hammer a piccolo pete, you are not compressing it so it explodes. you are loosening the packed powder so that you form an air pocket. when you have an air pocket, it lets the powder burn faster and in more places building up pressure--explosion.

best way to make it explode is to beat the hell out of the thing with a hammer at the bottom. (the bottom 1/3 is good) its really fun to hammer it at both the top and bottom. dont hammer too much though when you do it and you can make it explode twice. its funny to see it go EEEEE boom EEEEE BOOOM.

also, use a block of wood to hammer it on. if you miss and hit concrete with a steel hammer, it could spark. i serisously doubt it would be enough to catch the thing, but hey, lets not take any chances?

also, the soda bottle thing is fun. take all the powder out of a piccolo pete, put it in a bit of saran wrap, put it in a bottle, light it. put the saran wrap in the neck of the bottle and put the powder in there. screw the lid on over it. poke a hole in the cap, put the fuse from the piccolo pete in it, light fuse and run. its a pretty small explosion but quite loud because of the bottle.
have fun and most of all, be safe!

Hey thanks guys. Hope i wont blow off my hand. ;)

i love blow-stuff-up day. in cali i can only get "safe and sane" fireworks and im too lazy to drive out of state this year. just piccolo pete hammering for me this year. lemons (and any other fruit i imagine-we have a lemon tree so they're free) blow up great. sent chunks of lemon everywhere. we also have a snail problem. so we stuck a few snails to the side of a piccolo pete and now there are entrails all over our shed. now THAT's pesticide--who needs snail-b-gone?

^you're one sick dude. Im going blow my hand off and say "the guys at AF told how to do it" since there is no disclaimer warning. Not really.

The Tasmanian Devil type fireworks. The ones that spin and shoot colors out of each side, if you stomp on them right before the go out they will explode. but not enough to burn you or hurt you its just a loud POW and a bright flash of colors!!

I need some fun ideas to do with bottle rockets and those little Popper Balls. Thats pretty much all I got left. Got a few smoke bombs too if that helps.

I need some fun ideas to do with bottle rockets and those little Popper Balls. Thats pretty much all I got left. Got a few smoke bombs too if that helps.

Bottle rocket wars.
1. Light up cigarette/cigar/doobie
2. Pick up bottle rocket
3. Light bottle rocket with smoke of choice
4. Just before bottle rocket lights throw bottle rocket at friend/enemy/neighbors cat
If you timed it right it will go shooting off straight for whatever you are trying to hit. However your first few times you will probably get a few going random directions and if your lucky you will hit yourself a few times, thats why its more fun if your drunk.

Smoke bombs, public places, public bathrooms would be better. Ive always wanted to light one in my car while at a red light beside a cop car and ask him if he wants a hit...

pop-pops/snappers,

The little paper balls that have flint/powder inside that kids always throw at eachother....

anyway take several full packs
remove all the sawdust so all you have is the poppers
carefully open each one and put the little rocks on/in foil, better to do this outside and with a helper, if you empty the contents too quickly it makes a deafening pop

if you have 3 or more boxes done like this it makes a pretty good bang (compared to the normal poppers)

how about this: http://www.photodump.com/direct/chrismca/superfirecrackersmall.jpg

i bought it in france two years ago, its got 2,000 individual little banger things, an is about 20 foot long, its all one-piece. im waiting for a special occasion, 4th july doesn't count, i live in england.



:rolleyes:
WEAK...

blackcat sells the 1,000 shot rolls for like $10


OOOOOOOO.... but I saw a 10,000 shot roll looks like a giant blackcat with a rope for a fuse,

that would be going off for like 10 minutes...

That roll you got there from france has a hell of a lot more than 2,000 in it. Prolly like 10,000. You wanna see something really impresive, check this out. http://www.fireworks.com/fireworks_gallery/photo.asp?pid=52

16,000 firecrackers. Takes about 45min to go off and your neighbors WILL call the cops on you. Peace-

what about those huge professional ones that like rattle windows and stop your heart. i want one of those

what about those huge professional ones that like rattle windows and stop your heart. i want one of those

There was a chemical company that advertised in the classified section of popular science(or mechanics) that sold all of the ingredients to make professional fireworks. was a couple of years ago when I checked them out so they might not still be in buisness, but you don't need any sort of license to order from them and they ship to the 38 states. Be carefull though if ordering from them. I sure as shit wouldn't want ATF and FBI breaking down my door for some stupid shit to make fireworks out of. Peace-