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quickmatch fuse

Ever wonder how to make a simple fuse that actually works? Here are some easy instructions on how to make one that really does work. All the credit for this goes to skylighter.

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Step 1Materials

For this project, you'll need:

scissors
2" wide masking tape
paper
smoke powder/ gunpowder/ etc. (I used smoke powder)

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43 comments

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Jun 15, 2008. 10:20 PMThe Mollusk says:

my dad showed me how his cell mates used to do this in prison with rolling papers and matches to make "snitch bombs"

May 21, 2009. 8:19 AMsharlston says:

your dad was in prison why? ps if you got upset i dint mean to sorry

May 21, 2009. 5:27 PMThe Mollusk says:

He went a few times. He never really told me why though. I know one of them was large-scale theft.

May 22, 2009. 3:04 AMsharlston says:

kk i dont mean to upset you or owt

Oct 15, 2009. 8:16 PMThe Mollusk says:

Its fine. He wasn't really around when I was little so I thought it wasnormal for someones dad to not be around.

Dec 9, 2009. 9:10 PM

dla888 says:

How'd they make snitch bombs? How'd the bombs get their name?

Jan 3, 2010. 11:24 AMpyrorower says:

not sure how they were made, but they probably got their names because they would be used on people in the prison who were "snitching" to the guards on other prisoners

Nov 26, 2008. 1:56 PMiloveairsoftstuff says:

dude, sireusle lern too speel, i kan hardle reed yor instruktabole

Nov 12, 2009. 2:10 AMTombini says:

sarcasm? Troll?

Nov 4, 2009. 6:42 PMColonel88 says:

ARGHHH my head hurts from YOUR spelling.

Oct 20, 2009. 10:39 PM

dla888 says:

I don't mean to be offensive, and please forgive me if I am, but I think you need to learn to spell. I thought he used plain normal english. But then again if you are just learning english, that's ok.

Oct 18, 2009. 8:23 PM

Jaycub says:

This will be useful, I only have a few dixie-whistler fuses left from the fourth of July.

Sep 9, 2009. 12:11 PMdr.goertz says:

how fast does this burn? i use black match. if this burns slower, which it should, it seems like a great alternative.

Feb 4, 2009. 2:32 AMardo6969 says:

is smoke powder pottasium nitrate

Aug 28, 2009. 1:31 PMBeeno123 says:

duh

Feb 7, 2009. 6:43 AMrecyclebin (author) says:

potassium nitrate mixed with sugar

Mar 21, 2009. 5:50 PMabsolute zero says:

a smoke bomb just waiting to be lit =P

Aug 14, 2009. 11:02 AMquitdrooling says:

where do u get smoke powder

Jun 17, 2009. 9:48 AMPapa Sprinkles says:

What type of glue? School liquid glue? Hot glue from a glue gun?

Jul 8, 2009. 1:38 PMdagenius says:

i would use elmers glue. try hot glueing peices of paper together... doesn't quite work, does it?

Nov 13, 2008. 4:26 PMvolquete says:

wtf does being a Canadian have 2 do with your suggestion?

Feb 7, 2009. 7:23 AMmaruawe says:

It has to work in the cold

Feb 8, 2009. 5:54 AMmaruawe says:

I do a lot of camping in the mountains and the moisture content of the air gets into everything. In the Canadian mountains it seems to be worse than in the states esp. above 8000 or 9000 feet. This combination works for me ,it may not work for everyone. I love the mountains in Canada and want ways to do things in every locality that I go into.

Aug 7, 2008. 12:35 PMGlueyMcGee says:

you know you can get masking tape in canada..right? I live there and its extremely easy to get...and its canadian not canadien.

Aug 22, 2008. 1:08 PMGlueyMcGee says:

:| Canadien is French: tu est canadien. and Canadian is english: you are canadian.

Jul 8, 2009. 1:40 PMdagenius says:

not "tu est canadien", "tu es canadien" and i learned that from 1 year in school!

Jul 8, 2009. 2:37 PMGlueyMcGee says:

you are right, i mispelled it XD and I live in Quebec

Aug 24, 2008. 1:42 PM

ac1D says:

je suis canadiena aussi :) About fuse, we (me and my friend) take a 1cm strip of news paper, we take the red powder of a firework, put it in the newspaper, and roll it. with a firecracker we can make 10 5cm fuse or one 50cm fuse. its good, and a 5cm fuse take about 3 secondes to burn.

Jun 9, 2009. 11:41 PMadrian116 says:

dont use matches it wont work burns in like a tenth of a second but it works as a sky rocket!!!

Jul 8, 2009. 10:45 AMmatstermind says:

what do you mean?

Jul 6, 2009. 4:24 PMclarkshooter says:

good idea

Mar 7, 2009. 6:30 PMrecyclebin (author) says:

How dare you ask me to add a coment.I will do nothing of the sort.

Jan 19, 2009. 11:21 AMpaperismyfriend says:

cud i use match tips?

Feb 7, 2009. 6:40 AMrecyclebin (author) says:

yeah i'm shure they would

Mar 7, 2009. 6:27 PMrecyclebin (author) says:

work

Jan 21, 2009. 12:59 PMi farted says:

i just fold a small piece of tissue paper and put potassium nitrate with sugar on it it works but i never showed the vid of lighting it up. =p

Dec 21, 2008. 9:58 AM

LoneWolf says:

nice job, I really like the fuse. I tried this one and it works great.

Oct 23, 2008. 1:20 PMThelonelysandwitch says:

I use a trail of alcohol or a trail of gun powder if I have some.

Jun 8, 2008. 10:01 PMjuggalo_assassin183 says:

i understand how this would work as a simple fuse but i dont understand how it qualifies as quickmatch last i knew quickmatch was just blackmatch in a small paper tube to compress the gases and make it burn super fast

Jun 10, 2008. 5:51 AMrecyclebin (author) says:

it's quickmatch because it burns on the inside

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