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! HOW TO MAKE M-80'S !
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This file deals with how to make M-80's or similair type small explos- ive
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charges that make LOUD noises.
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The hardest part with making M-80's is the powder. The kind of powder that you
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want is the silver type used in firecrackers. It is made of Potassium
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Perchlorate KCIO , Aluminium & Sulfur.
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4
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You can take apart firecrackers...or, you can make it out of the above ingre-
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dients. Get each of these in as fine of powder as you can. Obtain a postage
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or any small scale and mix them BY WEIGHT in the folloing ratios.
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1 pt. - Powdered sulfur
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1 pt. - Powdered Aluminium
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2 pts. - Potassium Perchlorate KCIO
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4
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DO NOT use potassium chlorate, it will explode violently when mixed with
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sulfur.
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Stir the powder well with a piece of wood in a plastic bowl.
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Next, you will need something to contain the powder in. Get some thick
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cardboard tubing with a diameter of 1/2 to 3/4" You can find tubing anywhere.
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I have found a gold mine where I work, I just grab the Cardboard tubes regis-
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ter receipt tape is wrapped around. The thicker the sides of the tube are, the
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better. The actual M-80 I have. (Not Home Made) is 1 1/2" long and has a
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diameter of 1/2".
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Third, you will need fuse, where I live, a sporting goods store sells it under
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the name to cannon fuse for 15 cents a foot, but it really should be Waterproof
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fuse. You can pull it out of any number of fireworks.
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If you have gotten all that, now you need end-plugs. I personally use one of
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those hot melt glue guns. Works great. You can use Elmers Glue-All but it
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takes a long time to dry. Or, you can get a piece of wood dowel that
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telescopes into your tube, cut 1/4" thick discs and smear Elmer's on them
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To Assemble:
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Put in one endplug, with whatever method you are using, let it dry, harden or
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whatever it has to do. Drill your fuse hole in the center of the tube. Put in
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the fuse and pour the powder in. Put in the other endplug. Glue or whatever
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and Viola, a M-80. Don't worry about pouring hot glue on the powder mixture,
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it won't ignite.
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I have never had a homemade M-80 I wasn't proud of. The powder mixture
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detailed above has some astonishing capabillity. Use the above well, and try
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not to hurt yourself (or anyone else.) unless you hate them that is...
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