Tube salutes having been the only real LE devices I've made, I was thinking I'd like to try making a cherry bomb. I remember United Nuclear's old Cherry Bomb page using paper cups tumbled in sodium silicate solution and sawdust, but I don't have any tumbler/ball mill to accomplish this with.

Rat_Bastard has the neat idea of using beer bottle widgets as casings, but I'm wary of the shrapnel possibly created by plastic casings. Any suggestions?

cherry bomb made out crackle ball casings are pretty good if in a rush. take the dragons eggs out of the casing and fill the casing 1/2 to 3/4 full of your favorite explosive. then add the fuse or a sparkler and then you could either wrap it in duct tape or give it a few layers of plastic model cement. the size of the casing is perfect for an immatation cherry bomb.

methode the second you could use a round smoke ball. all you have to do is light the smoke ball and then take a screwdriver and hollow out the insides. fill with explosive. this may help a bit. copy and paste. option cover it with white glue and sawdust then paint it red. http://www.geocities.com/kingpyro2002/smokeballsbefore.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/kingpyro2002/cherrybombsafter.jpg

Chances are pretty good you wont have to worry about shrapnel from the beer widget cherry bombs, but you should still get back (common sense) and you won't have to worry about it.

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I have a page on how to make cherry bombs. I use ping pong balls now instead of paper cups, since they are much larger, and they hold a lot more powder.

Cannonfuse.com (http://Cannonfuse.com) has these new plastic ball shells that can be used to cherry bombs, well actually they are meant for it

Using a paper casing and palstic casing will provide different results. I highly suggest paper over plastic with cherry bombs.

It isn't too hard and you don't really need a ball mill grinder.

There instructions somewhere on Pyro Supreme www.angelfire.com/theforce/highexplosives (http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/highexplosives)

I should be getting my plastic cherry bomb balls tommaro, so I will tell you how they are, and if they work alright.

All im going to do is spray paint them red, for effect... and maybe wrap them around in electric tape.

I use UN's method with my homemade paper cups. Instead of putting them in a rock tumbler, I mix a 1/1 ratio of sawdust and Elmer's glue and mold it over the paper cups(of course with the flash and fuse in them). So far I've made seven. I shall have some pics and vids soon.

Cool, how much flash do you put in them anyhow ?

I haven't measured yet, but it's prolly' around a gram.

Only a gram ??

I put about 7 grams in my 1 2/4" M-80 and it was only 3/4 filled.

Dam I think I should use alot less flash next time lol.

Well thats all I could fit. And thats all thats suppossed to fit.

As for flash salutes, I usally put around 2-10 grams in those.(The amount varies depending on the purpose)

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quote:Originally posted by IcEColdPlaYA:



I use ping pong balls now instead of paper cups, since they are much larger, and they hold a lot more powder.

As discussed in Rat_Bastard's section about cherry bombs, ping pong balls are a very weak container even when coated with epoxy or duct tape (even though it retracts from the aesthetics).

quote:Originally posted by And1Drew:



Cannonfuse.com has these new plastic ball shells that can be used to cherry bombs, well actually they are meant for it

Cannonfuse's plastic ball shells are crap.

They are the EXACT same plastic ball shells as pyrotek.org, but with *incredibly* higher pricing.

7/8" diameter? That's barely enough for a gram, packed.

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I know the ping pong cases are weak, but put 8 grams of black powder and a 1/4 inch thick wall of wood glue and saw dust all the way around the ball and you will get a noise just as loud as UNs beefy tubes filled with 7/3 flash powder.

By the way, there are instructions on my site on how to make cherry bombs.

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