Fireball Bomb that works like an A bomb Answered

zomg!! where'd you dig this up form?

. BTW, a BLEVE might work better and would be a LOT easier.

.see the publish date on this thing?

. Yep

Like the Los Almos manhole cover? The US was the first to plave a man-made object in space.

no your wrong there. it was the RUSSIANS who got a man made object in space first. you know? sputnik?

First object in orbit was Sputnik, first object in space was a manhole cover that was used by the Los Alamos project to cover a nuke that was being tested underground. When fired the manhole cover blew off, calculations show that it is hurtling through the solar system, and I think they picked it up on radar.

lol thats why the aliens arent replying. they think were all insane(and theyre right!)

I think if their reply might be a nuke sent back. The manhole cover hit their leader's ship and it sent them plummeting into Jupiter.

thanks for posting this now ive got yet another weapon in my bottomless arsenal. one thing though, if you know any iraqis DONT TELL THEM ABOUT THIS!

To late, anybody with an internet connection could find this =[

At anvil firings (100+ lb anvil) with a similar rig they get 75+ feet.

waste of an anvil

The technical term is ASO (Anvil Shaped Object). Most anvils are not made for blacksmithing, they are too soft-made of cast iron or the wrong steel. When a professional smith gets one of these ASOs, they end up as door stops, boat anchors, cement fill, ect-anything but the tool they look like.

ya the real ones are like 250 and it weighs about 170 lbs

Real anvils have hard faces. But they can be 1 pound (jewelers) to 1000+ pounds (for forge welding ship anchors). Old ones have a steel plate welded to a wrought iron body, new ones are cast steel. Good anvils bounce-a big ball bearing dropped on the surface will act like a supper ball and almost bounce back into your hand. The same test on a cast iron anvil will bounce about half way back.

Yep, a smithy working on a project, keeps his rhythm going by lightly dropping his hammer on the face and letting it bounce.

Some do and some don't. And some find it very annoying (like my teacher).

A "smithy's" anvil has a "plate" of properly tempered iron over the flat area. A nearly lost art is the Art of Anvil refacing sadly.

Or just use good steel in the first place : ) Yes, I know the history. But the fact is that most 'anvils' are currently made that shape for marketing reasons, and out of cast iron for economic reasons.

Ah yep. I just know I had to have a few resurfaced in my day :-) t'warnt an easy task either, but it sure is better then paying over $5/lb for a 170+ lb anvil. I miss the days I could swing a 26 lb sledge *sigh*

Sweet, what sort of rig?

Two anvils base to base (one up-side-down). There is a hole in the bottom one for the charge, making it a barrel-less mortar. Not sure of the charge, but they had to dig one anvil out of 3+ feet of soft soil when it landed.

ill do this. i have access to all the materials and im willing (possibly a little dumb and haphazard too) as for the reward ill take the very long hospital stay

Thanks!

It's not going to work (in the way you intend anyway). Otherwise I'm quite enthusiastic about fire and explosions. L

Are you saying you wish to give it a try?

If you used high explosive, you might have some luck. However, the gas would then only be a minor component. I don't thing black powder will burst the can. (No) L

Thanks dude. The only reason this isn't an Instructable, is because I never took any pictures or documentation of this experiment. Why? Because the cops know where to drive when they hear a bang. If anyone would be willing to make a collaboration on it with me, I'd be eternally gratefull.

Worthy collaborations are always welcome and desirable bro, except for the fact that we might be separated by a dozen longitudes. But we can always discuss projects here. :)

If you're going to set one off, use electrical ignition, and stand at least 50ft away.

It depends on the amount of firing explosive, thickness of casing,size of can, ect. The concrete top would probly come of with enough force to penetrate the underside of a small car. This thing is mostly incinderary, look at lemonie's instructable Big Explosion, Bang, Fireball, (the link is in the topic above). He managed to get a picture of a gas tank exploding. The Fireball bomb would detonatein a similar manner, except there would be flying cement everywhere. If your going to set one off, use electrical ignition (rocket engine ignitors, lots of wire, battery). I would not recomend standing within 50ft of this thing when it goes off. I like the idea of making a pressure switch, it would be excellent for booby traps.

There wouldn't be anything left of somebody to argue with. Since this things mainly incendiery, it make a good car destroyer. "Would the shopper with the Humvee taking up 3 parking spaces please come move their vehicle before we blow it up"

teaches them a lesson, tho but somewhat briefly and terminally

Oh yah, hope you didn't mind me using your Instructable.

Yes, your correct (as usual, are you Limies realy smarter than us Americans?) as to the mechanics of an A bomb. A H (thermonuclear) bomb works kind of the same as an A bomb, except that it uses fusion instead of fission. But to gain the amount of energy used to start the fussion reaction, a fission device is used.