I just tried your formula and only did a tiny ten gram batch to test and i used potassium perchlorate instead of chlorate, because thats just what i had and oh my. Such a vibrant red. Wonderful formula. Lit two stars unprimed. Going to prime the other 3 romorrow to finish the test. Just made it into a dough and hand rolled a few. Thanks again!! Ill post a video on my page tomorrow making a small batch of the stars and ogniting a few of them, ill do a shout out for you. Thx again for the detailed video! First star i ever made.
Yeah star plates are where the budget goes way up, my next project is going to be making some crossette tooling. Using hdpe. Good video, look forward to building some shells.
If I had the time I would try and make some star plates. It would take a lot of precision drilling for that though. They're easy to bind up. You could even do crossettes by filing a hard wood dowel. It would hold up awhile just pressing compound.
This may seem far out of the box but can I take a pump jerky gun and fill it with the star comp in a dough form and use the snack stick tip which is about 3/8 round and pump it out and then cut each to length then prime?
Got your idea from the FB group, and am going to try it out today. Don't see why it wouldn't work. Have you done any testing on it? Funny to see the same question on here and FB! ;)
So the big difference between "pumped" stars and "cut" stars is that you can turn out a ton of cut stars quicker. But I'm wondering if the pumped stars perform better. Seems to me they would be more dense and would burn more consistently and possibly longer than the cut stars. Have you found that to be the case? And if so, does one have a different application than the other? i.e. a different type of effect. Or is it pretty much a wash between the two?
It would stand to reason that the pumped stars are denser, and thus would burn better. They both dry hard but I have found that they do blow apart easier than pumped ones given hard breaks.
@@joeestes8114 This. ^^^ 3 inch shells and smaller are great for cut stars. But large cut stars tend to break apart and blow more blind if you aren't careful. This is where denser pumped stars work better. They handle the more violent breaks of larger shells and burn longer in the sky, which you need with a larger shell that goes much higher.
They are nice and hard. But I don't think I was using enough bp. I used your method and now they have a nice fried chicken nugget coating. I had one partial success (the rocket lawn darted and the shell detonated on the ground. But the stars lit!)
Why can't you prime the cut stars the same way as the pump ones? I have a variable speed priming bucket that sits at a slight angle with on open end. If I run cut stars in it will they round off or break Up? Also can I prime this way?
You ca definitely do them the same as pumped. The cut stars are softer than the pumped ones so it's not as easy to get them on a drying rack. You can tumble them after drying and the corners will round, but you are losing some of the star when that happens, although it should mix with the prime.
John, the shipping can get expensive, the cheapest place I've bought chemicals from is pyro chem source. If you make a order with several chemicals the shipping is a per order charge. My advice would be order the chemicals all on one order.
Thanks for uploading the series of videos for newly born pyrotechnician ( like me). My name is Digant and I am from India. I have a question related stars making formula at 2:25 minutes you show the formula for make red color my problem is with Potassium chlorate or perchlorate, can you please share a new formula using potassium Nitrate ? because in India the potassium chlorate is ban or very very difficult to get. My humble request to you to please share the potassium Nitrate base formula for making stars.
Anyone know of the Japanese do that color changing effect in their stars? Do they layer them in different recipes gradually as they're rolling them each day?
This video was very informative. I've been into making fireworks for about a year now. Can you tell me where you bought your star plates and pumps? I have a 20 ton hydraulic press already
Nice video man. I like how you explained everything with the detail you did. It will be very helpful to new pyros trying to get started.
That method of priming is so clever. I never though about that haha, thanks!
I just found you channel and subscribed. One of the best explanations of all the videos I've watched. Thank you from a new guy looking to learn
Great video! Thanks for sharing
I just tried your formula and only did a tiny ten gram batch to test and i used potassium perchlorate instead of chlorate, because thats just what i had and oh my. Such a vibrant red. Wonderful formula. Lit two stars unprimed. Going to prime the other 3 romorrow to finish the test. Just made it into a dough and hand rolled a few. Thanks again!! Ill post a video on my page tomorrow making a small batch of the stars and ogniting a few of them, ill do a shout out for you. Thx again for the detailed video! First star i ever made.
so you can use perchlorate, intresting. did you need to change the ratio/percentages?
Very informative video, I really enjoy your content!
Enjoy watching your videos.
Priming process is very clever and beautiful
I love this content mate.
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This is great content
Yeah star plates are where the budget goes way up, my next project is going to be making some crossette tooling. Using hdpe. Good video, look forward to building some shells.
If I had the time I would try and make some star plates. It would take a lot of precision drilling for that though. They're easy to bind up. You could even do crossettes by filing a hard wood dowel. It would hold up awhile just pressing compound.
Great video.I just sub your channel.Keep going you have my like always
Can you use rifle black powder granuals for primer?
Do you know the ingredients and measurements for the black copper oxide crackle stars..?
So is it perfectly safe to pump moist chlorate based star compositions. Great video btw I found it really helpful.
As far as I'm concerned, yes. Don't believe you can compress the star composition unless it's moist.
This may seem far out of the box but can I take a pump jerky gun and fill it with the star comp in a dough form and use the snack stick tip which is about 3/8 round and pump it out and then cut each to length then prime?
Got your idea from the FB group, and am going to try it out today. Don't see why it wouldn't work. Have you done any testing on it? Funny to see the same question on here and FB! ;)
Can I have a recipe for making star-burning stars?
So the big difference between "pumped" stars and "cut" stars is that you can turn out a ton of cut stars quicker. But I'm wondering if the pumped stars perform better. Seems to me they would be more dense and would burn more consistently and possibly longer than the cut stars. Have you found that to be the case? And if so, does one have a different application than the other? i.e. a different type of effect. Or is it pretty much a wash between the two?
It would stand to reason that the pumped stars are denser, and thus would burn better. They both dry hard but I have found that they do blow apart easier than pumped ones given hard breaks.
Seeing that pumped stars are compressed, whereas cut stars aren't really compressed, it also makes sense that they burn longer and more dense
I have found the cut stars are great for smaller shells whereas the pumped stars are better for larger shells.
@@joeestes8114 This. ^^^ 3 inch shells and smaller are great for cut stars. But large cut stars tend to break apart and blow more blind if you aren't careful. This is where denser pumped stars work better. They handle the more violent breaks of larger shells and burn longer in the sky, which you need with a larger shell that goes much higher.
I did the cut star method although I probably did not use as much BP as Tarheel. A lot of mine are blown blind upon shell detonation.
Are you're finished stars hard? Could be that or too much break. Also watch that you don't put too large of stars.
They are nice and hard. But I don't think I was using enough bp. I used your method and now they have a nice fried chicken nugget coating. I had one partial success (the rocket lawn darted and the shell detonated on the ground. But the stars lit!)
Where did u learn the art of making fireworks. It's something that's always interested me
Skylighter.com
Why can't you prime the cut stars the same way as the pump ones? I have a variable speed priming bucket that sits at a slight angle with on open end. If I run cut stars in it will they round off or break Up? Also can I prime this way?
You ca definitely do them the same as pumped. The cut stars are softer than the pumped ones so it's not as easy to get them on a drying rack. You can tumble them after drying and the corners will round, but you are losing some of
the star when that happens, although it should mix with the prime.
What kind of dryer do you use? Can you use a food dehydrator? Thanks
Look at my black powder video. I show the drying box I made. Have to be careful about the heat source.
I would definitely appreciate some advice of ordering chems cause iv tried an the shipping cost is more than the product.
John, the shipping can get expensive, the cheapest place I've bought chemicals from is pyro chem source. If you make a order with several chemicals the shipping is a per order charge. My advice would be order the chemicals all on one order.
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What kind of alcohol are you using? For the drying process, how long do you let them dry?
I use denatured alcohol. If they’re small stars usually drying overnight seems ok. Larger ones up to 24 hours.
@@TarheelPyroChannel Thank you Tarhell. Happy new year. Regards
Thanks for uploading the series of videos for newly born pyrotechnician ( like me). My name is Digant and I am from India. I have a question related stars making formula at 2:25 minutes you show the formula for make red color my problem is with Potassium chlorate or perchlorate, can you please share a new formula using potassium Nitrate ? because in India the potassium chlorate is ban or very very difficult to get. My humble request to you to please share the potassium Nitrate base formula for making stars.
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Anyone know of the Japanese do that color changing effect in their stars? Do they layer them in different recipes gradually as they're rolling them each day?
Yes. They layer the colors.
sir can you tell me how making blue and golden stars formula. ....?
Go to fireworkscookbook.com for these
hello sir, I want to ask what redgum is made of, is it really resin ?, please answer
It's a natural vegetable gum made from the secretions of Grass Trees native to Australia.
This video was very informative. I've been into making fireworks for about a year now. Can you tell me where you bought your star plates and pumps? I have a 20 ton hydraulic press already
Pyroworks.us has most of them
Why use dextrin and red gum together? They are both gluing substances.
Нестор Блюм red gum is fuel
Clorat-->kclo³
Carbons-->C
Red Gum->>!?...???!
literally red gum
can you give me horse tail recipe? please?
Try This one.
Charcoal, airfloat 0.320
Potassium Nitrate 0.291
Ferro-titanium, 60:40, (40-325 mesh) 0.136
Titanium, spherical (30-100 mesh) 0.091
Aluminum, atomized 325-mesh 0.046
Sulfur 0.065
Dextrin 0.051
You really are adding to much liquid to your mix. never go over 5% on pressed stars. On cut stars use about 10 -15 %
Why on earth is this not fit for South Korean viewing?