Powder video

[Brian Ski]

I know about powders. Not sure if this is the right subforum for this.

I thought the video was interesting. (Mostly because of its age.) Not sure where it might have been shown before. It looks pretty old. But a short neat clip.

powder video

 

[Michigan Slim]

Nothing like touching powder of a food from your full measure. Wowsers. A different time I guess.

 

[cg21]

He didn’t even put the cap back on

 

[bwframe]

The boys I used to work with powered their potato guns with hair spray.

 

[Brian Ski]

The boys I used to work with powered their potato guns with hair spray.

I built some that fired with air pressure. Never tried the ones that used hair spray. It would be interesting to compare.

 

[bgcatty]

An amazing video from a different era! Safety measures? What safety measures?
Gotta love these old videos!

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Butane

 

[Creedmoor]

Butane

For a brief period we used oxygen & acetylene.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

For a brief period we used oxygen & acetylene.

We all had butane lighters, so it was already there...

 

[Brian Ski]

For a brief period we used oxygen & acetylene.

Very brief. I think that is why we cannot have nice things.

 

[Creedmoor]

Very brief. I think that is why we cannot have nice things.

LOL, your not supposed to get caught.

 

[Brian Ski]

LOL, your not supposed to get caught.

Or hurt...

 

[billybob44]

Ha==Has anyone heard HOW Joyce Hornady passed away???

Small fire??By chance???

 

[indyblue]

The boys I used to work with powered their potato guns with hair spray.

As a kid, I built lighter fluid cannons out of soda cans. I'd cut the tops and bottoms out of 7 cans as the barrel and the 8th bottom can just had a 1/8" hole poked int it. Tape all the cans together with the can with hole in it at the bottom as the "chamber" with duct tape. Put 3-4 drops of lighter fluid in the hole, swing the cannon around a few times to mix the fluid with air and touch it off with a match. It would produce a very loud report but otherwise a relatively safe device as long as you didn't attempt to put anything into the barrel. We did occasionally put tennis balls loosely in them sometimes, AKA tennis ball cannon.

With the new aluminum can designs that no longer works as AL is too weak and the cans are formed with no bottom to cut off. Could probably use soup or broth cans though.

 

[Brian Ski]

As a kid, I built lighter fluid cannons out of soda cans. I'd cut the tops and bottoms out of 7 cans as the barrel and the 8th bottom can just had a 1/8" hole poked int it. Tape all the cans together with the can with hole in it at the bottom as the "chamber" with duct tape. Put 3-4 drops of lighter fluid in the hole, swing the cannon around a few times to mix the fluid with air and touch it off with a match. It would produce a very loud report but otherwise a relatively safe device as long as you didn't attempt to put anything into the barrel. We did occasionally put tennis balls loosely in them sometimes, AKA tennis ball cannon.

I tried, never worked for me... I would just catch everything on fire. Probably to much lighter fluid.

 

[Gaffer]

Ha==Has anyone heard HOW Joyce Hornady passed away???

Small fire??By chance???

Plane crash.

 

[Creedmoor]

Or hurt...

Lol, our father was Navy UDT.

 

[Creedmoor]

Plane crash.

40 years ago.

 

[VinceU1]

When I was a mere lad of 8 or 9, I would regularly get my ass whooped for using my mom's hair spray as a flame thrower. I found that Aqua-Net put out the hottest flame that would travel the farthest.
Yeah, ok, the ass-whooping hurt some, but way less the the flame thrower was fun!

 

[Brian Ski]

I found that Aqua-Net put out the hottest flame that would travel the farthest.

That was ok, but I am lucky I did not burn the house down or get maimed. I learned a lot how flammable gasoline was.... Several times. Ahh the smell of singed hair and remember Mom bringing out the scissors to trim up my hair. Kids now a days have nothing on us.