Lets make us some fuse!

[1983]

Long story short I'm Canadian and for some reason you need license to get Visco fuse in Canada unless you pilfer it from fireworks.

As is in other countries they seem to have the same problem as well so I say we fix this by making a visco and fuse information thread where any and all information can be gathered towards the safety of our fingers and well being.

So lets get this ball rolling.

Home made Visco Machine
http://tutorialtub.com/info/how-to-build-a-visco-fuse-machine

Al

[nuclearrabbit]

Those visco machines are good if you have the patience and commitment to build one. I, for one, do not.

YouTube - Ghetto fuse
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=fy00z.mp4
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=Ghetto_Fuse.mp4
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=o_shiiii.mp4
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=rokit.mp4

This is a trail of BP down a length of Al foil. It makes a quick easy fuse. It's never failed me.

For times when I need to ignite something underwater I use KNO3/Su in a cardboard tube. It's not the best but works most of the time.

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=god_fucking_damnit.mp4
There's a time where it went out

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=unterwasser.mp4
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=BPNC_underwater.mp4
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/nuclearrabbit/?action=view&current=fishies.mp4
There's some where it works great.

[Super Black God]

You can mix elmers glue with golden powder for a pretty flexible fuse. Golden powder is water soluble so it dissolves in the glue. Just get some strips of cloth, coat it with the sticky paste and let it dry. You may have to experiment with the ratios, possibly add more baking soda to slow the burn rate.

[nuclearrabbit]

You can mix elmers glue with golden powder for a pretty flexible fuse. Golden powder is water soluble so it dissolves in the glue. Just get some strips of cloth, coat it with the sticky paste and let it dry. You may have to experiment with the ratios, possibly add more baking soda to slow the burn rate.

Silicone caulk and KMnO4 also has been used for flexifuse. :)

[Super Black God]

Silicone caulk and KMnO4 also has been used for flexifuse. :)

That may work better, too, but it's much more toxic and harder to obtain the ingredients for.

[Super Black God]

Anyway, it should work fine if there's enough glue so that the mixture looks like brown/redish glue, rather than clumpy. This way you know the golden powder has dissolved well. But I haven't tried it in a long time so it may not work.

For the noobs, golden powder's ingredients ratio is 60% potassium nitrate(stump remover/salt petre), 37% ascorbic acid(vitamin c) and 3% sodium bicarbonate(baking soda).

The mixture is heated in water until the ingredients dissolve, then heated at a low temperature in a dish until all water evaporates and it rises like a cake and can be crushed with a spoon into a fine powder.


The one time I tried this fuse mix it worked so well, very unlikely to go out on its own and very steady burn rate. Great for if you want a fuse that burns slowly but reliably.

[virgil caine]

Anyway, it should work fine if there's enough glue so that the mixture looks like brown/redish glue, rather than clumpy. This way you know the golden powder has dissolved well. But I haven't tried it in a long time so it may not work.

For the noobs, golden powder's ingredients ratio is 60% potassium nitrate(stump remover/salt petre), 37% ascorbic acid(vitamin c) and 3% sodium bicarbonate(baking soda).

The mixture is heated in water until the ingredients dissolve, then heated at a low temperature in a dish until all water evaporates and it rises like a cake and can be crushed with a spoon into a fine powder.


The one time I tried this fuse mix it worked so well, very unlikely to go out on its own and very steady burn rate. Great for if you want a fuse that burns slowly but reliably.



i would not try to dry the golden powder on a stove i had a bad incident where about 2 lbs of the shit went up in my kitchen while attempting sutch a thing