We never had ready access to explosives as a kid, and we knew better than to play with gasoline or real fuel- so for us it was mostly playing with fire. You know, throwing spray cans into bonfires, dousing our hands in hand sanitizer and igniting them to see who could stand the heat the longest, aerosol flame throwers, the usual. Man, Boy Scouts was a fun time.
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Finding the Henley's book was a lucky find. We were blowing stuff up for years before that. That just moved us up the expertise chain. When the other kids were still packing powder into pipes, we had TNP (aka picric acid).
I started on my own too, but in NYC gun powder is hard to come by. Emptying out fireworks to get powder was the usual route. Fireworks are totally illegal in NYC, bur are easy to get because every low-level thug is selling them starting right after Easter.
Some of the chemicals were easier to get than others. Cannon fuse was impossible to get, so we made our own which worked most of the time. Potassium nitrate was not available, but nitric acid and sulfuric acid were a little easier to find.
We'd shoot stuff off under the el so it would echo for miles, but be difficult to pinpoint the origin of the blast. That also put us in contact with the graffiti people. Our definition of "bombing" didn't quite mesh with their definition of "bombing".
Many years later at a wedding, the groom was well-known graffiti artist and he introduced me to his new wife as: "this is the firebomb guy I told you about."
Powdered coffee creamer is wicked stuff.
now as for fuse, Will grandfather was one of the guys who rigged the charges in the mines where I live... yeah, we had that covered. The shit would burn under water. Ever gone fishing with explosives?
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Re: What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? <Reply # 22 on 4/2/2019 3:44 PM >
now as for fuse, Will grandfather was one of the guys who rigged the charges in the mines where I live... yeah, we had that covered. The shit would burn under water. Ever gone fishing with explosives?
That was a Nam pastime. My friend greatly enjoyed doing that over there with frags.
1# of Calcuim carbide + water + a heavy duty metal trash can/lid and a spark gap inside*.
My tendency with bottle rockets was to fire them horizontal and they go quit well under water. Nothing like weaponized tubing on the Brandiwine river. And the roman candle fights...
*blackhawk recommends you don't try this... but I did Nice pressure wave that literally pushed me back in a doorway. Fortunately the windows were open
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That was a Nam pastime. My friend greatly enjoyed doing that over there with frags.
1# of Calcuim carbide + water + a heavy duty metal trash can/lid and a spark gap inside*.
My tendency with bottle rockets was to fire them horizontal and they go quit well under water. Nothing like weaponized tubing on the Brandiwine river. And the roman candle fights...
*blackhawk recommends you don't try this... but I did Nice pressure wave that literally pushed me back in a doorway. Fortunately the windows were open
the depth charge of choice was a sealed country crock butter dish (the family sized one for most effect) filled with gunpowder, nuts, bolts, washers (your basic homemade shrapnel) with enough fuse to allow for maybe 17 seconds of burn time. Toss into the water and wait... the kaboom was a beautiful blue and it threw a water column about twenty five feet in the air... sure it was the Crossroads Test-quality water column, but we thought it was funny as hell and had trout for dinner to go with our bargain basement beerage.
the depth charge of choice was a sealed country crock butter dish (the family sized one for most effect) filled with gunpowder, nuts, bolts, washers (your basic homemade shrapnel) with enough fuse to allow for maybe 17 seconds of burn time. Toss into the water and wait... the kaboom was a beautiful blue and it threw a water column about twenty five feet in the air... sure it was the Crossroads Test-quality water column, but we thought it was funny as hell and had trout for dinner to go with our bargain basement beerage.
LMAO, watch out for the bones and bolts
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Posted by Thats_abandoned Me* makes a joke People in the thread*makes fun of me because they didn’t realize it was a joke :’D Alrighty then
amigo, my advice to you is to grow a thicker skin. this isn't a country club and this isn't facebook. some people here are rough, gruff and difficult to know. That's just the way it is. Sorry.
if you can get past that, you'll have a good time here. if not, well... what can I say?
You’re telling me my question about what I found exploring isn’t what the forums for but there’s people asking where to park my car on it?
People aren't poking fun at you for asking what you found, they're poking fun at you for insinuating that it might be a bomb. Your chances of finding a bomb in an abandonment are very, very, very low. Also, parking is a very practical issue- parking in the wrong place can get you caught by security or the cops.
Just let this topic die and nobody will remember it in a month. Everyone's said stupid stuff. It's the people who say stupid stuff then keep bringing the thread back that become the next UER drama.
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Re: What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? <Reply # 30 on 4/3/2019 3:29 PM >
now as for fuse, Will grandfather was one of the guys who rigged the charges in the mines where I live... yeah, we had that covered. The shit would burn under water. Ever gone fishing with explosives?
We could harvest waterproof fuse from giant firecrackers that we called "blockbusters". IIRC, in Detroit they're called "quarter sticks".
Talk about a ticking time bomb, Me and a pal found a full tank of Adelaide and a half-full container of industrial-grade sodium cyanide for electroplating metals.
I'll be fuckin' around in the mills
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Re: What did I find while exploring? Bomb? Bird feeder? <Reply # 33 on 8/22/2019 12:12 AM >
Posted by G10 Photography Talk about a ticking time bomb, Me and a pal found a full tank of Adelaide and a half-full container of industrial-grade sodium cyanide for electroplating metals.
Watch what you touch... keep your hands away from your face and don't smoke. Do not stir up dust. Chromates are very toxic as well.
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There is no reason it "cant" be a bomb. Who knows, some slob hunter may have rigged it full of PETN or other military grade explosive and 5 gallon bucket full could hold enough to have a kill radius of, well, maybe 160yds depending on the size of the nuts and bolts or ball bearings used for shrapnel, but the deer (or urbexorz) will be killed outright by the concussion no matter what
Its a Wildlife BOOBY TRAP muthafukas ! Comes in Real TreeTM Mossy OakTM and some other designer camouflage colors like Muddy Girl PinkTM for the ladies oh yeah hahaha!
This is a great PSA type post thanks Thats_abandoned. How many more urbexors need to die due to IWFED (improvised wildlife feeder explosive device) violence before congress passes some common sense feeder laws?
Posted by 2Xplorations There is no reason it "cant" be a bomb. Who knows, some slob hunter may have rigged it full of PETN or other military grade explosive and 5 gallon bucket full could hold enough to have a kill radius of, well, maybe 160yds depending on the size of the nuts and bolts or ball bearings used for shrapnel, but the deer (or urbexorz) will be killed outright by the concussion no matter what
Sometimes a bird feeder is just a bird feeder...
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