I forget the reason my shop teacher told me. Thanks
Lol to get a real expolsion you would need to use fiberglass mesh and epoxy resin all over your balloon or bag like paper machete, to hold the explosion in a little longer so that the expansion would be more spectacular. I think it would be more like a low pitched WOOF and a ball of fire without the back pressure wouldn't it?adantessr said:It becomes a very oxygen rich mixture and is actually a mini explosion . I could tell you how to make a bomb using oxy/acetylene and a garbage bag , but I won't .
Quart oil bottles work real good. just lay them on there side, fill em up, light the torch and stick the flame to the open mouth of the bottle.Dirty Biker said:Lol to get a real expolsion you would need to use fiberglass mesh and epoxy resin all over your balloon or bag like paper machete, to hold the explosion in a little longer so that the expansion would be more spectacular. I think it would be more like a low pitched WOOF and a ball of fire without the back pressure wouldn't it?
Kids: Don't try this at home. :nono:
Chris Kemp said:Quart oil bottles work real good. just lay them on there side, fill em up, light the torch and stick the flame to the open mouth of the bottle.
Kids: Don't try this at home.
But seriously IMO the best way to turn off the flame is by adding more oxygen. Blow it out with oxy and then turn the torches off.
You don't have to put the cap back on it. Oxygene and axcetalene is heavier then air and it will stay in the bottle for a little while.Dirty Biker said:Does it rupture the bottle or just blow the lid off and make the bottle take off like a rocket?
And tomorrows lesson will be how to make a big boom with sparklers :spank:Chris Kemp said:We need to quit this cause FBI will probably be knocking on our doors before the night is over.
LOL . That is why I didn't go into detail . Ohhh the stories I could tell you ! Did you know that surface miners are a crazy breed ? We were very creative in our mischief as a bunch of 30 something mechanics and welders back in the 70's. Did you know you can blow the windows out of a building from several hundred yards away with ??????? . HahahahaChris Kemp said:You don't have to put the cap back on it. Oxygene and axcetalene is heavier then air and it will stay in the bottle for a little while.
We need to quit this cause FBI will probably be knocking on our doors before the night is over.
Oh , Did you see that on utube also . A friend put it on facebook yesterday and I laughed until I cried . Holy Smokes ! ROFLMBOS10 Racer said:And tomorrows lesson will be how to make a big boom with sparklers :spank:
Yeah that's me for sure! 1970 I was 13 years old and I made gun cotton! Found out how to make it with the encyclopedia that Mom and Dad had bought for us to help with school work. Darn near blew my head off! Burnt all the hair off the front of my head (even my eyebrows and eye lashes) singed my eyeballs too and that night my eyes matted shut. The next morning after soaking my eyes wth a warm wash cloth, Mom made me go to the doctor. Her and Dad had to work so I had to go on my bicycle. I told the Doctor what I had done and he thought it was funny (I found out most doctors have to study chemistry also) we even compared notes. He gave me some salve for my eyes and asked me if learned anything. I told him that the next time I made some I wasn't going to let it dry in the sun and that I was going to keep my distance from it until I knew it was stable. He laughed and said "Have fun and be careful".adantessr said:LOL . That is why I didn't go into detail . Ohhh the stories I could tell you ! Did you know that surface miners are a crazy breed ? We were very creative in our mischief as a bunch of 30 something mechanics and welders back in the 70's. Did you know you can blow the windows out of a building from several hundred yards away with ??????? . Hahahaha
Reminds me of a story I would like to relate:Chris Kemp said:So let's have a Tea Party revolution. All of us mechanics will gang up and take out all of the machinery and then repair it for ourselves. He who can destroy/repair/rebuild rules! let me see Obama or Finstien do that!
adantessrtimothale said:correctly mixed a 10 inch ballon is close to a stick of dynamite DON'T TRY A GARBAGE BAG. you could knock a house down.
I sent several PMs to dirtybiker trying to explain this to him but I still don't think he is convinced . A snuff can will go about 40 ft in the air. I personally witnessed this several times. What a bang. About like a .357 magnum . We never tried anything bigger but did talk to some guys who were invloved in setting off a garbage bag full . The claimed it knocked the windows out of one side of the mine garage several hundred yards away . I don't doubt it having seen what just a snuff can full would do. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME !timothale said:correctly mixed a 10 inch ballon is close to a stick of dynamite DON'T TRY A GARBAGE BAG. you could knock a house down.
QUADRUPLE DITTO ! Right on the mark on all four comments .cobalt327 said:I make fireworks- so I know a little about energetic compounds. There are few things readily available that explode w/the violence of acetylene.
Now, everyone has been told don't do it- if anyone proceeds anyway, he does so at his own peril. It's called "Darwin at Work".
I would suggest changing subjects or this will surely get locked.
Lean mix = pop. ALWAYS turn the O2 off first. End of story, IMO.
Chris Kemp said:Home Land Security showed up at my house last night. They ran a back ground check on me and everything came back clean. Then we all set down down together had a few beers and watched CSI. LOL