You have a very interesting hobby and skills that would be good to have in a SHTF world.

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy:) Thats one reason Im showing what I can about these skills - people need to learn this stuff or parts of it and how to also use it as defense blah blah blah...:)

So cool!

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug!!!

Like it real!

Question, some of the grains look long and stringy, as opposed to pelletized, because of the way they were pushed through the screen. Does this affect in any way the effectiveness of the burn? Also what is the grain size? I'm an amateur, but most of these vids have guys making 2F-3F grained powder. Yet they never do a close up like you did (thanks for that, btw.)

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly I think it ended up approx 3fg. The longer grains break up after it dries - sometimes I will screen it again to remove larger grains. As far as burn rate yes different sized grains burn different. If your want to use for fireworks Skylighter has a chart that gives grain sizes & uses

How does this powder compare in density compared to corned powder?

@houseoffire72

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously the density would be much less since its not pressed.

Good lift powder!!!

@houseoffire72

6 жыл бұрын

Casey Gray It is bud😀 thanks for checking it out

how much dextrin do you use? what's the standard amount used for granulating a 100 gram batch?

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

PyRoOWL 1995 I use 2g for every 100g made

@caseygray6028

6 жыл бұрын

PyRoOWL 1995 about 5 to 10 grams

@jamesluck2969

2 жыл бұрын

@@caseygray6028 5-10g is too much, the standard is 1-5g with most makers using no more than 3g. Once you get up to 5g your dec starts to slow the mix. Per 100 grams

Looks good to me!!! ;-)

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr. Bill:) hopefully tomarrow I can do a burn test...

looks decently easy, How FAST was the BURN TEST?

@houseoffire72

2 жыл бұрын

All my pine charcoal based BP has been very quick

@BillyBob-bd1hj

Жыл бұрын

why DO you capitalize random WORDS?

@oldmanpatriot1490

Жыл бұрын

@@BillyBob-bd1hj Because he was formally educated to know that when you abbreviate something it should be capitalized.... Or when you start a sentence it should be capitalized.... Word of the wise for stupid people..... Fireworking requires a lot of math... If you learned Common core math,,,,, You should find a new hobby. Like collecting stamps.... They have pictures on them and they wont blow your fingers off

hello,how long you ball milled bp?i only use 95%alcohol to granulated it's very good.But Particles are not hard

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

杨鑫龙 I have it down to 3-4 hours max. My granuals are very hard I add 2% dextrin to the comp & mix with 50/50 alcohol.

@user-kz8dp7ul9j

7 жыл бұрын

houseoffire72 thank you.What is the difference between 50%, 75%, and 95% alcohol?

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

杨鑫龙 water to alcohol ratio... I use about 2% dextrin to ensure my granuals are rock hard. 2grams per 100grams.

@user-kz8dp7ul9j

7 жыл бұрын

houseoffire72 好的，非常感谢！

What number screen do you use

@houseoffire72

2 жыл бұрын

4 mesh

I always wanted to ask how much dextrin do you add per100gram of GP??

@houseoffire72

4 жыл бұрын

I never add more than 2% for total batch weight. Sometimes less.

@ArChemistry124

4 жыл бұрын

@@houseoffire72 but doesn't 2% broke pieces into powder again easily?

@ArChemistry124

4 жыл бұрын

@@houseoffire72 and one more question is you use white dextrin or yellow dextrin? which is better?

@houseoffire72

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArChemistry124 i had that issue a cpl times in the beginning but I learned to wet the BP with a 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and letting it sit in a covered container for 15-20 mins to activate the dextrin... Of course this is after the ball milling process and making sure the wet BP is like a wet ball ball of play doe...

@houseoffire72

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArChemistry124 Never heard of white dextrin ever... All ive ever used is yellow... i found that adding up to 5% can work but just the same the more you add the slower the BP... Another process is called corning... Its where the the dampened BP is pressed into a puck with a hydrolic press under tims of pressure... Max water sparayed into mix is 7-10% of total comp weight... Then it's broke into grains amd screened to seperate

where is the test?

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

juan david cardenas navas Somewhere in my list of vids after this one

Oh i wonder this is work as well enough

+houseoffire72 The powder for what must stay under water and alcohol?

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Volpiana Using rubbing alcohol which contains both water & alcohol helps break the surface tension of the water making it easier. The water activates the dextrin to help harden the grains

@francesco3526

7 жыл бұрын

But I have to leave the wet powder for a few days?

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Volpiana No I let it for a few mins maybe 10 max. I have left it sit for a day covered in an air tight container once... No difference really except I had to add more alcohol.

@houseoffire72

7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Volpiana No I let it for a few mins maybe 10 max. I have left it sit for a day covered in an air tight container once... No difference really except I had to add more alcohol.

@francesco3526

7 жыл бұрын

So on a wet day with water and alchol and then I dry?

learning to make granulated black powder with Will Forte

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

And who is that..?

@TheGayestPersononYouTube

8 жыл бұрын

+houseoffire72 he's an actor that's in a few shows at the moment, you sound a lot like him is all - no insult or anything. In more on topic news this video helped me a lot getting ready to do the same thing so thank you, someone who may or may not be Will Forte. 😎

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith lol I googled him just to see... I guess the actor/radio voice he has would then be a compliment so thanks haha:) Glad I could help - Its one of MANY ways to do it - this one works good for my set up... Hope to get a press soon so I can corn it

@TheGayestPersononYouTube

8 жыл бұрын

yup! you hit it right! by the way your method worked great, mentioning to comb the powder as it dried saved me a big headache

@houseoffire72

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith Glad I could help bud..! I would like to see how yours turned out & what your using for if possible..? Video..?

Dextrin takes the punch out of black powder so I stopped using it a long time ago

@houseoffire72

2 жыл бұрын

Then you were using to much.

Can i replace isopropanol with acetone?

Corrections what you are demonstrating here is actually" corning" not gaining nor granulating this is 15 to 16 TH century corned powder. Grained or granulated powder is 18 TH century up to modern day black powder and requires compression into cakes under high pressure and then grinding into grains of different sizes such as FFg or FFFg as needed. Also you will never make a very good powder with pine charcoal with the exception of balsa pine, willow or grape vine is recommended with a few others.

@phil12550

5 жыл бұрын

donald barnett I’m glad you bring up the FFG and the FFFG. I’ve recently been very interested in making my own black powder. The one question that I can’t seem to find answers for is how do you make and separate FFG from FFFG. Also I see that you mentioned about compression. I’ve seen a couple videos were people compress the powder very hard with their palms to make the pucks or cakes as you mentioned. What I was wondering is if you can make a compression Device to help really compress the powder, would this work? If you really compress the powder, does it help with the granular process? Thank you for any insight to this

@houseoffire72

4 жыл бұрын

Corning is done after its pressed into pucks under great pressures... Then it is granulated... I skipped the corning process since ive been doing it this way for MANY years and works great for my purpose... And yes pine charcoal makes fantastic BP if done right... In all my burn test even on tissue paper its left zero burns or char...

Horrible many different shapes to much work very messy job no thanks ✌🏾