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Step 6Cutting and storing the fuse, and clean up
Once the fuse is dried you should probably cut it, cutting it into 8 in. segments makes it easy to store and convenient to use. You can either cut it while it is still hanging, or take it down and cut it, whichever is easier. Not all of the fuse is going to be perfect so you will have to inspect it as you go along making sure to cut out any parts that arent coated enough, or where the strings didnt stay stuck together.
Once you have the 8 inch segments you can store them in a plastic ziplock bag for future use. Make sure the bag is airtight though so the fuse dosent absorb any moisture from the air.
Cleanup:
When you are done making your fuse you should be left with a bunch of paper with black dots of gunpowder on it. The safest way to dispose of this is probably by crumbling everything up into a big ball and stuffing it in a plastic food shopping bag, taking it outside, soaking it with your hose, and then throwing it in the garbage. (Or if you have a fireplace I suppose you could burn stuff a little at a time)
As you can see in the photo those paper towels sacraficed themselves for the greater good of protecting my town map rug... I dont know what I would do without that rug.
Once you have the 8 inch segments you can store them in a plastic ziplock bag for future use. Make sure the bag is airtight though so the fuse dosent absorb any moisture from the air.
Cleanup:
When you are done making your fuse you should be left with a bunch of paper with black dots of gunpowder on it. The safest way to dispose of this is probably by crumbling everything up into a big ball and stuffing it in a plastic food shopping bag, taking it outside, soaking it with your hose, and then throwing it in the garbage. (Or if you have a fireplace I suppose you could burn stuff a little at a time)
As you can see in the photo those paper towels sacraficed themselves for the greater good of protecting my town map rug... I dont know what I would do without that rug.
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But aside from that, nice instructable, very enjoyable.
such an environment may be found in the highly confined hole that a fuse must burn through to reach the insideds of a firecracker
also, have you ever just used potassium nitrate for the fuse, with dextrin? and if so , what are portions you should add inorder to aquire a a fuse that is capable of supplying its own oxygen source for burning.
so far i have not been able to make a fuse, other than with matches ( with the fuse being about as dense as the actual match heads due to the large amounts of match powder used), that could burn through confined holes, and thus have wasted alot of precious resorces in making these fail matches.
This might be helpfull to more people than just you, but you are the only one asking this question it seems.
Most (If not all fuses) covered here and in anarchy cook books follow this or similar method. The problem with these methods is that it just burns on the surace, thus when pushing it trough a tight hole, burning will stop at the hole. The two strings twisted together is about as close to a solve I have seen...
The method I use is simple:
Get some rice paper and cut to length if you prefere, but keep it a few centimeters wide (An inch or two wide).. Now coat the ONE SIDE with the blackpowder-water mixture as mixed in this instructable (it works) and roll the rice paper up as tightly as you can keeping the blackpowder in the inside of the roll (Much like roling a joint)...
Now coat the exterior with the blackpowder mix aswell if you deem it necessary. Hang to dry..
You can also use that thin material used to cover up wounds before a bandage is applied. Just remember to use a single layer, this seem to work the best.
Hope this helps some of you folks. Cherz
i cant believe i overlooked that!