A spolette is a type of artillery fuze or fuse used with artillery munitions. It is often used as a substitute for a time fuse and is commonly used in Italian style canister shells. Spolettes are used as the main fuse and as delay elements between the breaks
I have watched every video you made. Your attention to details are the best. In March 19' , I'm going to invest in a membership to your fire working site. I look forward to learning more. Gathering materials and supplies before I join. I especially like the tooling and machanical modifications like the tourque wrench and the PVC risers on the press. That makes this old man excited about your outside the box engineering. Going to binge watch all your videos again.
Ned, amazing channel. You gotta do a Japanese nishiki kamuro shell, I think making of the composition would be a very cool vid!! Just to see how the magic is made and put together.
Ned, is it safe to use my arbor press for whistle mix. Been testing small bottle rockets and finally having success and adding a little flash to my bp rockets. Want to try a few new things but want to be safe. ✊🏾power to the pyros 🧨💥🚀
I've never seen a ".3 tube, this is not the 1/4" tubes, is it a 5/16 tube? Skylighter and others sell what I've mentioned here... Where do you get .3 tubes.
I'm trying to modify an arbor press now to accept a torque wrench. Ran into what is now an obvious problem I didn't consider before. I have to pull down on (turn counterclockwise) the torque wrench to lower the ram. Don't torque wrenches only click in a clockwise direction?
it would appear the 3/8 drive one at harbor freight clicks in the other direction just fine. Thanks. I just put a bolt in the hole where the black thing was with some red loctite. Hopefully that works fine rather than grinding down the cylinder and fitting a socket around it. I want to do small 5/8 cohete style motors so I suppose I won't be needing enough force to snap the bolt head or break the teeth on the ram or spindle in the press.@@nedgorski
I like to put 7500 pri pressure on the comp, which would require 2300 pounds of force, so I'd want a press that could put out that much force, at least.
I came to see the mods of your press but whatever project your doing is so foreign to me... Spollet, spider something, I've never been so new to something so fascinating
Fireworking is a very "deep" art form, Patrick, with lots of complexities the deeper we go into it. But, it's possible to have good successes keeping it simple and relatively easy.
In our pressing, we refer to Force, in pounds applied by the press, and Pressure, in pounds per square inch on the composition. In this example, the press is applying 700 pounds of force to the tooling. @@georgecurtis6463
A spolette is a type of artillery fuze or fuse used with artillery munitions. It is often used as a substitute for a time fuse and is commonly used in Italian style canister shells. Spolettes are used as the main fuse and as delay elements between the breaks
I have watched every video you made. Your attention to details are the best. In March 19' , I'm going to invest in a membership to your fire working site. I look forward to learning more. Gathering materials and supplies before I join. I especially like the tooling and machanical modifications like the tourque wrench and the PVC risers on the press. That makes this old man excited about your outside the box engineering. Going to binge watch all your videos again.
Great idea Ned! Thanks for sharing
Nice work ned, I always enjoy your videos!
Really good videos i like that you give very good details on what you are doing and charing your experience !
Ned, amazing channel. You gotta do a Japanese nishiki kamuro shell, I think making of the composition would be a very cool vid!! Just to see how the magic is made and put together.
That;s a brilliant idea using the torque wrench...
Sweet! I’m trying to put together a hydraulic press and want to set up an arbor like yours as soon as I can.
roof dangle bungie cord to handle so it dosnt drop ? use wheel to raise handle stays in place?
Hello Ned , can you press 1 lb black powder or whistle rocket with that arbor press? Thanks...
For the BP in the spolette, do you use a standard 75/15/10 with "15" being airfloat.
Couldn’t come up with a better base for the arbor press?
Ned, is it safe to use my arbor press for whistle mix. Been testing small bottle rockets and finally having success and adding a little flash to my bp rockets. Want to try a few new things but want to be safe. ✊🏾power to the pyros 🧨💥🚀
Yes, that should be safe, MB. Never hand ram whistle, though.
ned gorski I won’t ned thanks. I listen to all the reports that say don’t 😁
I've never seen a ".3 tube, this is not the 1/4" tubes, is it a 5/16 tube? Skylighter and others sell what I've mentioned here... Where do you get .3 tubes.
Can it press whistle fuel and strobe? I've heard you need hydrolic for that
As long as enough pressure can be exerted on the comp, which depends on the size of the device, sure. Never hand ram whistle or strobe comp.
I'm trying to modify an arbor press now to accept a torque wrench. Ran into what is now an obvious problem I didn't consider before. I have to pull down on (turn counterclockwise) the torque wrench to lower the ram. Don't torque wrenches only click in a clockwise direction?
No, there are reversible torque wrenches. I got one. Just Google them, and you'll see them for sale. Enjoy the new machine.
it would appear the 3/8 drive one at harbor freight clicks in the other direction just fine. Thanks. I just put a bolt in the hole where the black thing was with some red loctite. Hopefully that works fine rather than grinding down the cylinder and fitting a socket around it. I want to do small 5/8 cohete style motors so I suppose I won't be needing enough force to snap the bolt head or break the teeth on the ram or spindle in the press.@@nedgorski
Cool. Good luck, Doc.@@dr.fillyblunt7505
Can you press a 5/8th sali mix rocket with you arbor press?
I like to put 7500 pri pressure on the comp, which would require 2300 pounds of force, so I'd want a press that could put out that much force, at least.
@@nedgorski thank you for your reply. Low-key answer is yes but definitely over maxing the arbor press a bit.
I came to see the mods of your press but whatever project your doing is so foreign to me... Spollet, spider something, I've never been so new to something so fascinating
Fireworking is a very "deep" art form, Patrick, with lots of complexities the deeper we go into it. But, it's possible to have good successes keeping it simple and relatively easy.
you are related to polish
700 lbs ?
Yep, the press is applying that 700 pounds of force at that setting.
@@nedgorski I should have written that better. 700 lbs vs 700 psi. I relate lbs as a torque measure. Psi as a pressing or or pressure measurement.
In our pressing, we refer to Force, in pounds applied by the press, and Pressure, in pounds per square inch on the composition. In this example, the press is applying 700 pounds of force to the tooling. @@georgecurtis6463
@@nedgorski ok, thanks !