Hello firework freaks,the chatroom can be used
whenever you want to talk fireworks,if you wish to make a
time for chat,e mail me at Pepine7610@...,and I
will set a schedual up for you,enjoy.MissLiberty.

Ms Liberty wrote:<br><br>>Hello fireworks
freaks.I know how a [shell is >made],what they do,is
have a sphere[round >shape],shell,but in one part
of the shell,they >put pellets,clay one I
think,but the pellets are >added,and they seal it with a
[gum parobic],and >the complete shell looks almost
like a ball on a >bed post,that round.<br><br>WHOH,
here, MsL.... There's a lot of mis information there in
your description!<br><br>A fireworks shell can be
either cylindrical or spherical, and is usually made
with paper or plastic half-spheres, filled with cut or
extruded stars (the pellets you wrote about) that are made
from a wide variety of chemical mixtures. These
different mixtures create the different colors in the
bursts.<br><br>Some shells may have inert pellets (likely clay) to
create special effects such as the ring shapes. Most
shells are completely filled with pyrogenic stars,
though. <br><br>A burst charge of black powder (usually)
is added to the shell and a time delay fuse allows
the shell to reach apogy prior to its' bursting to
create the effect desired.<br><br>The halves are
carefully assembled and pasted over with strips of paper
till they are of the correct diameter for the mortar
tube, which automatically creates the correct thickness
of shell allowing for maximum spread of the stars to
give best effects in the sky.<br><br>Furthermore, they
come in a wide variety of sizes. I have personally
fired shells of 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 inches
diameter. I know of shells as large as 24 inches
diameter!<br><br>And we haven't even touched on salutes or
double,triple,or other multi-break shells yet....<br><br>>I
will,on occasion,share some stuff with my
>members,especially if they don't know much about >them.<br><br>I
hope you'll do a bit more research on them before you
post, though. Misinformation is MUCH worse than no
information, IMHO....<br><br>BrwMeistr9<br>SC Pyrotechnician
Licensee

Hi BrwMeistr9,thank you for posting the info.I
also thank you for pointing out my mistakes,as you
see.I am a huge fan,but don't know much,if you have any
detailed info that you want to send me.I hope you will
post it on the board,or mail me at my MissLiberty ID.I
have a mailbox.Thanks again.I can start some sort of
research,well,the beginning anyway,your friend and hostess
MissLiberty.

Miss L,<br><br>You might want to find a copy of
"Pyrotechnics" by Weingardt. It's almost a cookbook, but I have
to stress a couple things. <br><br>First, homemade
fireworks are much better known as BOMBS!!!!! They are
extremely dangerous unless you really know what you're
doing!<br><br>Second, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
takes a very dim view on folks building explosives of
ANY type without the proper licenses and without
following the laws which provide safety for both the
manufacturer and others who are not concerned with the
manufacture.<br><br>The book should be considered as being for
educational purposes only!!! And stay away from Anarchist's
Cookbooks and that ilk. Many of those books have not only
incorrect formulas, but truly DANGEROUS ones!<br><br>My
best to you!<br><br>BrwMeistr9<br>Specific Impulse
Brewing and Rocket Farm

I will consider that thanks,where can you find
it?I know of a couple of Barnes and Nobel Stores
around,or do I need to go to a special store?I am doing
research on fireworks,what you explained in my club I will
copy in my [Fireworks Folder],so I can have a base on
my research,and thank you,you have done me a great
favor,enjoy my club,and thanks again!your friend and hostess
MissL

I'd suggest doing a search on-line for it,
perhaps at amazon.com or barnes & noble's page. I got my
copy years and years ago, so I don't remember where it
came from.<br><br>G'luck, be safe!<br><br>BrwMeistr9

Hello BrwMeistr9,thank you again,this is really helping me,my dream of research
is now coming true,thank you.God bless.MissL.

Hundreds Injured In Firecracker
Fiesta<br><br>ELX, Spain (Reuters) - Nearly 250 people were injured
in a traditional firecracker battle in the
southeastern Spanish town of Elx, state radio reported
Saturday.<br><br>Most of the injuries were slight, but a dozen people
were admitted to hospital in the early hours of
Saturday morning with serious burns and one man suffered
burns on 70 percent of his body after a firecracker
ignited his clothes, the report said.<br><br>The annual
battle was part of the celebrations culminating in the
Misteri d'Elx, a spectacular medieval lyric drama
performed in the town's cathedral on August 14 and 15.

Joe,thank you for posting that,oh my goodness,that is not good,don't people
realize how dangerous fireworks are in the wrong hands?I hope people who read
this learn a lesson.OUCH is right.

Hello fans and pyrotechnicians.I created a new
club.I hope you will stop in it to see what it is,this
club is open to all pyrotechnicians who wish to share
info and also give info on what shows people are
doing,pyros,this club is completely yours,enjoy,please join and
post messages,if you have any comments or
questions,just post them in this club,or the other
club,thanks,and welcome,enjoy.MissLiberty.

Sunday August 23rd I & several of my Professional
Friends will be shooting a $20,000 Display on Revere
Beach in Revere Mass. I have the program right in front
of me & we will be firing over 2000 shells all of
them 3" and larger. We will be shooting up to 8 inch
shells. That's a bit down from last year because on the
state adopting the NFPA 1123 rules for Display
fireworks. <br><br>This will be a nice show! It will be
worth a 2 hour drive if you love fireworks. I don't
know the shoot time yet, but it is dark at 8:30 these
days. Come by then & get a good
seat.<br><br>Joe<br>aka<br>Pyrotechnician Magician

Hello all.Miss Liberty here.I have a new website.I just created it,just press
the link.Enjoy!<br><a href=http://anexa.com/fireworksohfireworks/index.lhtml
target=new>http://anexa.com/fireworksohfireworks/index.lhtml</a>

Hello club members.Miss Liberty here with a
report on [Lowell]first night
fireworks.JoeDiver95<br>and his pyro friends rocked Lowell Ma on Dec 31st
1999,with the best fireworks display Lowell has ever
seen,the shells were big and colorful,and the salutes were
nice and loud.Teriffic show guys,thank you so
much,please come back again to rock our city.God bless and
thanks for the memories.MissLiberty of Lowell.

The last 2 years I have helped with a firework
show for the 4th of July(but I have kind of helped
with a couple other shows).And it is a good show.We
have every thing from 3 in. to 6in. shells.We have a
ground display which is really cool.When I get more info
on it,I will post more.

ok you know on the first page of this club the rocket oicture with the many
colors what is that called?

Hi,if your relating to my club pic,no I don't
know the name of firework type,but it looks like a
[boys haircut]I forget the name.I found out about a few
different shapes on George Plimptons
[Fireworks]documentery,if I am wrong,you may correct me.

Hi , i'am a belgium pyrotechnicus, and we are the biggest firm in belgium who
displays fireworks on all events.  Congrats with your club<br><br>I think i will
enjoy it en will post many pictures

Hello chrysantium,welcome to my fireworks club.I
hope you enjoy your stay here,as you see I am an
obsessive fireworks fan.I don't work with them,but I am a
huge,and I mean huge fireworks fan.I love the big loud
bangs,and the wonderful colors.I can't wait til
Tuesday,July 4th.Have a great 4th,stay safe and God bless
you.Miss Liberty.

i love fireworks my dad has shot fireworks for
the president..no not Bill Clinton he has been in
buisness since 1975! i am 15 and have been around
fireworks my whole life and not to mention hot guys. hehe!
if you want a fireworks show for let's say at a
college,a b-day,wedding ect.e-mail me @
kristi9698@... For more info!!!!!!!!!

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what president?

The KGB SKYSHOW is THE BEST fireworks display in
thw whole world. Even better than the 4th of July
celebrations. 101 KGB FM (the best station in SD)in San Diego
has put together The KGB SKYSHOW for 25 straight
years. It is done at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego after
the San Diego Padres Baseball Game. And is a
tradition. This year was the best, over 28,000 shells in the
finally. It was so loud it made you pratically go deaf. It
is a huge pyrotechnic display played to Music
(classic Rock always with a theme to it) a laser light
show and also fireworks from inside the stadium. They
had a guy playing a piano with fireworks inside. As
he played, fireworks came out of the piano. Soon the
piano bursted open and an awesome display of fireworks
from the infield of the stadium erupted. The SKYSHOW
IS THE BEST.. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.. IT
GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR....

ever
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the worst accidents associated with
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Hi san_diego_45_87,welcome to my fireworks
fanclub,as you know.July 4th is coming,that means money for
the pyrotechnicians,all pyros must love July 4th,the
biggest fireworks day of the year.I happen to be a big
obsessive fireworks fan,no,make that fireworks
freak,bigtime fan,in fact,by the end of the year I can say I
have seen at leat 3 fireworks shows,or 4 counting New
Year's Eve.I go to a carnival at my home city,and they
have 2 fireworks nights.I try to make at least one of
them,I go July 4th of course,and New Year's
Eve,sometimes I go to both carnival fireworks,it depends on the
situation.Fireworks are my biggest obsession.I love the loud bangs
and the crackling,it's wonderful.

Have you got any tips for shooting pics of
fireworks? I have tried for a long time and they never turn
out right. I am gonna use my mom's old 35mm where I
can set the aperture and stuff manually...so help
me...I really LOVE firewords-I am doing the firework hat
trick-=three shows in three nights! Thanks!

george bush ha!

im not much of a camera person,but i have found
that you can take good fireworks pics with a decent
autofocus camera if you wait till the finale or any other
time the display is so bright that the flash unit isnt
needed.went to the PGI convention last year and found that i
didnt need a flash most of the time-whew! i thought i
was going to get a sunburn from the better displays!

join the PGI(pyrotechnics guild international),go
to the convention next summer(in
plover,wisconsin),and see 3 displys a night for six nights,each better
than the last,all from 100 yards away. i guarantee you
will forget all about public displays!they even have
workshops to learn how to make your own display shells and
get licensed to do displays yourself.

too bad we cant have fireworks in georgia ...another dumb law made by the
political pricks in georgia i thaught we were celebrating freedom!

Hello all.I would like to wish all members and visitors a very happy,healty and
safe July 4th,enjoy those fireworks,wherever you may be.Stay safe.Happy July 4th
to you all.