Simple Firecracker

This is a simple / cheap firecracker you can make with four items and 5 minutes of your time.

First of all, I want to remind you that fireworks are dangerous .. even the cheap ones. I am not responsible for your actions.

With that said, let's get started.

Step 1 What you need:

- Tape ( any kind ... duct tape, masking tape .. etc ... but scotch tape worked the best for me)
- Two nickels
- Roll of caps ( caps that you put in cap guns)


*Note: I got these caps at walmart and on each roll is 5 separate strips which is all you need for one product.

Comments

[windstalker1992]

scotchtape is simply a strip of plastic with glue on it and ducttape is woven so where scotchtape suddely breaks with that nice hard sound the fibers in the ducttape restraint the energy and break only slightly

[BstnRedSox3312]

i through TNT in a fire once .... my friend died

[yeolddingdong]

first of all is that true ? and if not knock it ,off death is not funny

[BOOM5601]

You need a blasting cap to ignite trinitrotoluene.

[Scar16]

yeh well mine dide to so shut up

[jordanw343]

Yeah right BstnRed Sox 3312

[ilpug]

its hard to light tnt with fire, and even when lit, it doesnt explode much morethan an equal wirhgt of gunpowder. what really makes tnt blow is the explosive force of a blasting cap that compresses the molecules and make them react violently, ie, explode. if your frind died, that sucks, but give proof or i wont believe u. also, how hte hell did u get your mitts on TNT?

[matt7]

yay right

[russian5]

Nice ible. I've got a suggestion for the folks on here. Take a buttload of sparklers and empty them into a film canister. pack it in really tight. Make a hole in the cap and use whatever you want for a fuse. I got a white flame that went up at least 10 feet. There wasn't even a trace of the canister left, it was obliterated. And it burned the sidewalk. Oh yeah, wear sunglasses.

[zack247]

awesome. im gonna try putting that into a toy hummer, and seeing how much damage that causes (i might try 2, not sure)

[russian5]

Good idea. I'm going to try putting one of 'em into something metal and see what happens.

[zack247]

awesome. i cant wait to see the results

[YummyPancakes]

hehe...
hahaha...

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Sorry... bit of a pyromaniac.

[ilpug]

i can relate to that...

[zack247]

yes. my favourite part is the destruction

[dasandmankilla]

holy crap this rocks works also with long small rocks!!! it woke my baby up he was inside and I was out at the end of the culdasack

[clayball97]

what happens if you set one on fire like a real firecrackers

[fade400]

haven't tried .. haven't made one in a while either. but you should try and let us know how it goes =)

[macgyver603]

You could stick a sparkler in the end and light that as a fuse.

[clayball97]

good idea i could use that soon with 4th of July coming up

[codongolev]

I've seen it done where the caps are wrapped around a sparkler and taped in place. that way there's a fuse.

[Jupitane]

Is this a firecracker???

[matt7]

its easier to just take all five and drop a brick on them or put a brick on the and jump ont it

[fade400]

just cuz it's easier doesn't make it more or less interesting.

[wiiman07]

it was three am at scout camp i couldn't fall asleep so i made one of these and chucked it into the fire it was so loud that everyone at my camp site woke up GREAT INSTRUCTABLE!!!!!!!

[goeon]

camp gardener?

[mazeka.14]

sounds lik you enjoy camp:D

[mazeka.14]

miss spelled.

[AnarchistAsian]

it's probably louder with scotch tape, because it tears faster and holds more pressure than duct tape =>

[Pyro Master]

Were do i get caps

[skimboarder33]

1$ store

[EviLNinJa]

WTF PYRO MASTER DOESNT KNOW WHERE TO GET CAPS?????????

[rownhunt]

dont dis him not everyone knows were to get caps

[slipknotFTW]

lol i know. but i dont know where to get those caps either. well i didnt until now

[fade400]

I got mine at walmart. But I have also seen them at the dollar store. You should be able to find them at any place that sells cap guns.

[mechamaggot]

could i launch this out of a potatoe gun or would it go of in the barrel?

[zack247]

you probably could if you put something behind it to absorb the shock

[gschoppe]

the most economical way to do this effect is with two bolts and one extra long nut... you screw one bolt half way onto the nut, place a single, or stack of caps in the center of the nut, and screw the other bolt on over them tightly... that way you have bolt-cap-bolt, surrounded by the nut... when you throw it and it goes off, the gas has to escape through the threading, and it appears to vield a more satisfactory "pop" than my earlier experiments with rocks... btw its economical because its reusable, and only uses 1-4 caps

[fade400]

do you have a picture. im not sure i understand exactly.

[PKM]

Nice variant on one of my childhood favourites. The recipe I used:
- fold caps in half down the middle
- assuming you have 100 caps per roll, count out twenty and fold the strip over on itself so you have five rows of twenty next to each other
- press tightly together and wrap tightly with packing tape, leaving the paper end of the cap roll sticking out as a fuse. I know masking tape doesn't work, we never tried duct but packing tape is the undisputed king.

Tape to a wall or something vertical in a non-flammable area (possible danger of burning fragments, keep away from dry vegetation etc.) with the fuse sticking out downwards. Light fuse and get at least a couple of metres away. This will really, really make your ears ring closer than that.