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HOW TO - Make a sparkler & a geek's guide to fireworks

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George writes "Spark it up for the Fourth with your own home brewed sparklers! United Nuclear has the goods you'll need." - Link & Wired has a geek fireworks guide, from detonators to taking photos - Link.

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Posted by: superamit on July 1, 2006 at 10:02 PM

We've got a great guide on taking Fireworks Photos over at Photojojo

11 Tips for Sparkling Fireworks Photos
http://www.photojojo.com/content/guides/11-tips-for-sparkling-fireworks-photos/

Amit

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Posted by: Oracle1729 on July 1, 2006 at 10:53 PM

Now might be a good time to mention this wired article. http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/chemistry.html

The company (United Nuclear) in the summary was raided by the federal government and the owners are facing huge fine and prison time, specifically for selling the products mentioned in the article.

There's a strong sentiment in the US government that nobody does home chemistry and the only people buying this stuff are meth makers and terrorists.

As we makers know, this is a horrible situation.

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Posted by: bxmas13 on July 2, 2006 at 12:06 AM

If you want proper prices for chemicals, I would suggest going to skylighter.com

Case in point; United Nuclear wants $8.00 for 8 OUNCES of Charcoal powder.
skylighter.com has 5 POUNDS for $3.95(which is a higher quality than United Nuclear).

Hope that helps!

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Posted by: bxmas13 on July 2, 2006 at 12:07 AM

If you want proper prices for chemicals, I would suggest going to skylighter.com

Case in point; United Nuclear wants $8.00 for 8 OUNCES of Charcoal powder.
skylighter.com has 5 POUNDS for $3.95(which is a higher quality than United Nuclear).

Hope that helps!

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Posted by: bxmas13 on July 2, 2006 at 12:09 AM

If you want proper prices for chemicals, I would suggest going to skylighter.com

Case in point; United Nuclear wants $8.00 for 8 OUNCES of Charcoal powder.
skylighter.com has 5 POUNDS for $3.95(which is a higher quality than United Nuclear).

Hope that helps!

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Posted by: Sallyisageek on July 3, 2006 at 7:19 PM

Definitely not recommended unless under supervision of adults.

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