I have to say I think this video is brilliant. Not only does it show very clearly how to create a Pop engine from found materials (apart fro a bit of epoxy)...
Hello Slater, I just finished my motor based on your design and I have to tell you that it runs great. What a spirited little engine! I'm just amazed at the...
Ditto! We need to talk the manufacturer into making a squattier "pop-pop" version. Pete How Do Trick Birthday Candles Work? By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. ...
We can try making our own. Since the magic is in the wick, melting the wax off the wick and casting a new candle, perhaps with multiple trick wicks since they...
I wonder if the answer is to make our own wicks using magnesium filings. We could roll our own magnesium wicks by dipping normal wick material in molten wax...
Hey you guys/gals .... The aussie is still here but nowhere near as clever as you on the Popp pops so I just watch ... BUT why reinvent the bloody wheel.. if...
Hi Lee, Australia!? Visiting Australia is on my "bucket list". I hope you are able to endure the heat for now. I'm afraid to ask about the fire situation. ...
Gang, Thank you all for your words of encouragement (re: the pop pop instructional video. I love this group--even though I detect some smoldering pyromania...
Hi all, I agree with len, just buy the candles. However, I can't resist tinkering (what else is this group about) so a few suggestions. 1 try soaking the wick...
Dick as we say "You are a clever dick " ... Number 4 brings back memories as when a kid my Dad was a welder. Every fireworks night he brought home a small...
Hi All, I added a link to The Apologetics Index which is described as providing 39,925 + pages of resources on cults, sects, movements, alternative religions,...
Len, I can remember owning a carbide cannon as a youngster. We shot it of during the 4th of July here in the states. The cannon had a small water resevoir at...
Ye Carbide was my toy ... I put in it tins and soldered on the lid and punched a small hole in it and weighted it down in the creek ... geees we scared a few...
... From: "Richard Mundy" <coracles18@...> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 4:40 PM ... For safety, the tank need a proper pressure test to quite a...
Safety! Hey we are all professionals here. Magnesium candles,home made butane tanks, no problem. The mention of acetylene explosions brought back fond memories...
... I actually owned a carbide lamp in my high school days -- they were still popular with spelunkers long after they were banned in mining (no flammable gas...
Donald, Thanks for the carbide lamp explanation. most likely more concise than a Google explanation. I know how the carbide cannons work but wasn't quite sure...
Hi All, You don't really need a cannon or lamp to have fun with Calcium Carbide. When I was doing hard time in a military type boarding school I would put the...
Couldn't "someone " write a book on "The things Kids Did in the old days ". what a hoot Len ( the aussie ) Geees there were some bad buggers about in them days...
... wrote: "Geees there were some bad buggers about in them days" At least Old Frank was! He's toned down these days. The kids for the past 50 years drop lit...
Hi all, anyone ever played around with sodium chlorate weedkiller and sugar? with the help of the next door neighbour I made a rocket car out of meccano and a...
Hi All, After reading Dick's post I did a bit of web surfing in order to add a link to information about the Texas City Disaster. It might serve as a warning...
No but I watched my granddad as a kid dig a hole looking for water . When he got down to the spot and hit water he decided to drop a little stick of Jelly down...
Weedkiller and sugar were the basic ingredients of the propellant for the Inter Wing Ballistic Missile, developed by the senior entry of apprentices at RAF...
"This is the any topic, no rules and not much discussion group where development of pop-pop steamboats and engines is occasionally mentioned." It looks like we...
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