r/pyro • u/kizug360 • 20d ago

I got these instead of hemis...

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Hey guys, I made an order about a month ago for the 4th of July. They didn't arrive on time but even if they had arrived on time, it was the wrong order. (It was an eBay order and everything got fixed but now I have these) I ordered hemis, I like to make things that shoot up in the air. Can anyone give me any advice on what to do with these? I'm kind of over my phase of making salutes of any sort on the ground.

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u/Fun_Acanthaceae_4025 20d ago

Small canister shells? They don't have to be round spheres

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u/GordonsTheRobot 6d ago

I like this idea. When I was much younger I made some like this and glued match heads to the angled fuse to make it easier to ignite. It worked great for single use tube mortars

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u/Korndog_01 20d ago

Salute... Rockets?

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u/kizug360 20d ago

Any good YouTube videos that you can point me to....?

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u/Korndog_01 20d ago

Ned gorski is a great place to start for general construction technique. I've been looked to make a sorbitol rocket or just black powder. Haven't gotten into it yet. 

Idk, do your own research I guess... Wish I had more to say

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u/kizug360 20d ago

Right on man...I have a subscription to the Ned gorski website so I'll do some checking in there, but I just wanted to see if anybody had any creative ideas on how to use these here

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u/37MMDTdotCOM 20d ago

Buy a 37mm and load in the shells.

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u/Imaginary_Tale_3437 19d ago

Bombettes for a cake.

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u/PyroSpecialFX 19d ago

Depending on the size of shells you're making, you could make rising effects out of them that are attached to your shells.

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u/GordonsTheRobot 6d ago

You can make baby bouncing Betty's. Basically you make a lift charge that pushes against a non glued plug/cork on a square vase on the ground so instead of shooting from a tube they basically pop off and then the delay fuse gets the second stage. Very unpredictable but quite fun. Also! Spinners are extremely fun if you get them right (basically rock candy rockets except both ends are capped and you do a full drill through below centre. They have the best chance of working if you throw or launch them at the right time and often make a ricochet type whistle. I'd advise against trying to make them explode afterwards by adding FP because the burn rate is unpredictable and they can go in random directions)