All About Detonators and Blasting Caps

Jake, AKA the mad scientist, dives deep into the inner workings of the detonator, covering how they work, and the differences between them. Watch a few of them blow up and what their destructive force can do against random items. Though he is a genius in the lab and operating the camera, he isn't the greatest at presenting before the camera. Not everyone is perfect though.
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[@keithlucas6260]

Dad was 101st airborne on D-Day and was their explosives expert....he personally blew up several bridges along with anything else deemed essential to stopping the Nazis....his stories were incredible.

[@franksmith6683]

It would be facinating to hear those stories.

[@ablemagawitch]

I played his job in COD 1 & 2 That Train never had chance making it across the river... /joking and somewhat sad about how most people will understand from that for what you dad actually did

[@m1cklife168]

We fought the wrong enemy

[@keithlucas6260]

@@m1cklife168 Considering Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Rome and arrested the Pope for daring to claim he was "God on earth" and he alone had authority over scripture and the "bible," not to mention that people during the dark ages were forbidden to possess any scripture and burned at the stake for it..... Yep, the Vatican used Germany to eradicate the Jews because of their "replacement theology." They are that "little horn" in prophecy that plucked out the other three big horns from the ten horn beast. Those being the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths which were eliminated by the year 538 AD. This power was to arise between 476 AD and 538 AD.

[@keithlucas6260]

@@m1cklife168 Technically it was the Vatican who used Germany to eradicate the Jews in their replacement theology. Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Rome and arrested the Pope for his meddling in Europe's affairs. The Pope believes that he is God on earth and supersedes scripture, so much so as burning people at the stake for possession of scripture. (The dark ages). The papacy is the "little horn" in prophecy that up roots the 3 big horns of the 10, these are the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths which were eliminated by the year 538 AD. This power was to arise between 476 AD and 538 AD. This was the year they appointed a Pope to rule Rome.

[@eriklorentzen6510]

If you need to raise money, get a merch store, I’m a sucker for a “I’m definitely on a watch list” fitted baseball hat with “ordinance lab” on the back lol.

[@patriot2677]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Andrew-my1cp]

I NEVER buy merch but this would be the only exception lol

[@ajhubbell3754]

I would definitely buy that.

[@drquack4213]

Creative people and gun enthusiasts are always on a list lol

[@brodie7859]

Yup

[@The85F0X]

I'm an explosive breacher on a part time SWAT team. Your videos have been great for my education. I went to a Cherry Engineering school and it was great and gave me a strong foundation but I'm always trying to learn more. Thanks guys.

[@Bacon9064]

Well KZbin algorithm, if you insist.....

[@claytonjohnston25]

Right!

[@WhuDhat]

This is the FBI, we've been trying to contact you about your extended incarceration

[@timmatthews36]

In Nam, I humped the radio for a Recon Platoon and I always had to carry the box of blasting caps in the pouch behind my rucksack so the radio would protect me if they were detonated somehow. I was very emotionally conflicted about it. The guy behind me sure kept his distance tho.

[@I-LyenaPSN]

Let's be real, that radio wasn't going to be protecting you lol

[@timmatthews36]

@@I-LyenaPSN Dude, now you tell me!

[@I-LyenaPSN]

@@timmatthews36 I know, hate to have to be the one to spoil it for ye.

[@timmatthews36]

@@I-LyenaPSN Well shit, now the PTSD is kicking in again. It’s OK, I’ll buy another rifle for the bunker. I’ll be fine.

[@I-LyenaPSN]

@@timmatthews36 Fancy sending me one of them?

[@SteamShinobi]

As a combat engineer, this is exactly what I was curious about. Never knew how the dets I use actually worked.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

They didn't teach you how they work? That's weird. I would have googled it immediately.

[@ihatethegestapo7649]

What do you engineer then?

[@tryactin_user9312]

I'm looking to be EOD, is there much difference between a combat engineer and a explosives technician?

[@libiorodriguez925]

One is trained to think and understand explosives and explosive effects, the other isn’t. That’s the way I see it 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@cmbtgenie]

@@tryactin_user9312 All Combat engineers are basic demolitions qualified at least in Canada. Using blasting caps, electric and non electric, time fuse, beehives, trigraine, c4, learn to removed barriers such as concrete, brick, walls doors trees jersey barriers and basic Cmd. Then the next step up is to do your 5s course we call it, then you get into really working with all types of ordnance from pressure plates to grenades rpgs anti tank and anti pers mines how to disarm them what the hazards and fuses are ect and learnt to be a infantry platoon or sections explosive breacher as well as second in command in the engineer section.Then next step is EOD if you're in the top percentile for this type of work. Then we get sent to do a course in the united states its about 6 months long and work with all different militaries on a course together. Graduate that then you are EOD. 5s qualified is a pretty high achievement to reach itself though a lot fail of. Exam pass marks are almost all 100% or 1 minor allowed on some or else its a fail. You get rtu.

[@vincno3013]

Anyone: making coleslaw takes too long Ordnance lab: hold my beer

[@jlambuth]

I pride myself in speeding up the process of making coleslaw in a more fun manner.

[@THECQBKING]

Lol I didn’t get this comment at first then I saw them blow up the cabbage and remembered the comment😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickv7824]

Beer n blastin don't mix.

[@OldManMontgomery]

@@nickv7824 Beer and reading. That's about it. Explosives - high and low, driving - cars. motorcycles and bicycles, guns, power tools - especial ones that cut stuff, and negotiations with significant others; not so much.

[@OldManMontgomery]

@Donald J That hurts way over here!

[@Esper320]

Gotta say as a former tech this channel really makes me happy. The schoolhouse at Lee and Eglin may have seemed long but I loved the history and scientific stuff as much as the multi-10k code H blasts. Love what you folks do and the attitude about it.

[@hippie430]

I've seen a thousand documentaries about stuff like railways construction and the Eisenhower interstate system and mining and other civil engineering which all have this technology at it's heart. Thanks for breaking it down.

[@musasizigodfreydixion6231]

Share with me [e-mail].

[@dalecarter923]

Fun video. I think most people enjoy explosions as long as they are controlled and non-malicious. I really enjoy watching slow motion video of explosions as well as lead bullets hitting steel plates.

[@robertwoods3701]

Hi, I used to have a friend that participated in civil war reenactments. They used a type of cap to fire their cannons. It had a wire that came out at one end at a 90 degree angle. They hooked the lanyard to the loop in the end of that wire. Ofcourse they jerk the wire out and ignition. The pyrotechnics at those reenactments were always awesome. Very realistic. Nothin like a brisk concussion with your coffee in the mornin. Haha. Just found your channel. Yes I'm enjoying it. Thank you.

[@markgamblin1366]

Friction Primers

[@justadbeer]

I remember as a kid back in the 60's the constant TV PSA's about blasting caps. Apparently kids were finding these things laying around. I recall one of my friends little brothers found one, and like kids do, he picked it up and was carrying it around in his pocket for a week!, until his dad saw it and nearly crapped himself.

[@RickLowrance]

I remember those ads. Even as a kid I thought it was strange that the problem was big enough to warrant a TV campaign.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Me too i remember those dont touch commrrcials. Iremember ciggarette comercials and when the news quit showin the gore of the war. I remember when grocery stores smoked.

[@ball7066]

When I was a kid growing up in rural Missouri in the 1960's we use to have a yearly class on the dangers of blasting caps. We were shown what they look like, and told very sternly to never touch one, to contact law enforcement and let them deal with it. Kids had been known to have whole hands blown off by the caps so we were told. I never came across one during my childhood, probably just as well.

[@rogertycholiz2218]

Ball - When we were young fellows we knew a kid who wired one to his bicycle headlight generator. Yes--he blew his hand off!

[@philllax1719]

My dad showed me the Willie mays public service announcement. How many blasting caps were just lying around in the 60s

[@darylcheshire1618]

When I was a kid, we were warned about railway detonators, I never did see one.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@darylcheshire1618 I think you meant rail road torpedo? I found one years ago, as they were used to signal the train crew when the last car reached a certain point on the track and to stop. It was a square package with lead straps to attach it to the track. It was much louder than an M-80 report, and my ears still ring from it!

[@JonesingUSAF]

I really appreciate the unedited narrative. Everything KZbin is now so polished and edited like everyone is a super professional speaker.

[@jlambuth]

I'm not a professional narrator and never was great at presenting. I figured I might as well present it like I do it in person: rough as heck.

[@lowercherty]

60+ years ago some local kids got their hands mangled up by blasting caps from the local mines, back when things weren't so regulated. Even in first grade they taught us what the common ones looked like and to leave them alone if we saw any. Now the ones for the gel in 16 inch holes are the size of 3 pound coffee cans and storage magazines and use are very tightly regulated.

[@tm6067]

Am I on a watchlist now?

[@Barskor1]

Yes now dance for NSA Bob he is lonely.

[@smartacus88]

If you have a smartphone you're already being observed and tracked. Everyone is. Stuff like this moves you closer to the top of the list I'm sure.

[@sanguinemoon9201]

Don't worry. I've been on several "lists" since before 9/11. Never seen a fed get out of the van across the street. Not even once. 😊

[@THECQBKING]

Welcome to the club bro!

[@andreadavide]

It was time you realised it!

[@sr633]

When I went to college in West Virginia years ago TV used to have warnings on found blasting caps and their dangers.

[@donaldbarden6294]

Same in Pennsylvania. Late 60’s early 70’s.

[@douglasrjohnson1]

Pittsburgh area - same. I remember PSAs when I was a kid.

[@KilalaFW]

The only way im making salad from here on out

[@fchanMSI]

And invite the BATFE for dinner.

[@markmayer2029]

@@fchanMSI Don't forget to pick out the shrapnel.

[@RickLowrance]

When my friend and I used to make bombs as kids we used a home-made electric detonator. One of our bombs went off by itself once when we left it on a metal surface in the bright sunlight. We believed that the sun heated the exposed bare wire enough to fire the internal explosive. No one was near it so no injuries. However, that experience scared us so badly that we lost interest in bomb making. This was likely a good thing as I am now an old man alive to type this.

[@dannydetonator]

Oh yeah, schooltime bombmaking, massive nostalgia for me. Saying that i was more than lucky to survive my hobby a few times. One occasion, very simplified: me and my accomplice loved experimenting so much, we dreamt up a chemical fuse. It consisted of KMnNO3 and glycerine. We tried it in open air just wetting the KMnNO3 and it worked in around 2minutes just as advertised. We put the purple stuff right in centre of our 1/2Kg deflagration granade (staple of soviet railway ground resistor cast-iron housing , a half-sphere hollow with steel screw-top). Around KMnNO3 we just put some primer anf kind of tannerite variation for the blast. Drilled a suitable hole i on the side of ~15mm thick casing and epoxied a syringe needle inwards, that it reached the centre with reagent and primer. I got the honors of taking it to the woods behind our school on tge lunchbreak, stuck it in the ground beneth a tree and took the glycerine syringe to it. To add to the mayhem, most of my class followed us, some of them refusing to keep the stones-throw distance i asked for, hiding behind ntrees next to device. Well, i connected syringe to the needle, tried to inject for few seconds, seemed like it's too compressed inside, but on harder press it seemed to move some liquid, so i rose,, warning the clisest daredevils to run, took two steps, and at that moment, few seconds after taking my handd off the granade, yes, it hit mr from behind like a.. well, blast wave. We were all in shock, covered in thick smoke,

[@RR67890]

I never have heard anyone pronounce "centimeter" the way he did.

[@runbychews134]

That's all I kept saying after he said it, what the hell was that word.

[@treedrama]

I feel so vindicated that I heard that, scrolled down and immediately saw this comment

[@axelBr1]

You've got to love Americans and their way of pronouncing. I was watching Dustin's "Smarter Every Day" (he's from Alabama) and earlier this year he was on a USN submarine and kept referring to the submariners as "sub-marine-ers".

[@ZephyrNW]

@@axelBr1 Its Destin, at SED, and, knowing several submariners, the word can be pronounced either way. Cheers.

[@tetrazolelover]

You describe things in a very pleasant style. Though you could go into more obscure territories in the description of (improvised) detonators :)

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Those are certainly something that guys like us know about.

[@OrignalRecipe92]

The sound of the cap going off against the steel plate is rather satisfying. Thanks OL!

[@lunam7249]

prevert...😂😂😂

[@ZaelGaming]

I was in the Army when they move the home of ordinance from Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland to Fort Lee Virginia I got the experience both museums. Go Ordnance The Man Behind The Man Behind the gun.

[@toolmakerbest1584]

I remember in the past, when traveling through a blast zone, signs instructed that all transmitting radios be turned off. What type of caps/initiator were in use?

[@mahashma449]

That's because remotely detonated explosives can be accidentally triggered by stray RF transmissions on the right frequencies. It's annoying when your neighbor's garage remote opens your door; it's fatal if a radio squawk initiates a detonator while you're in the blast radius. In my (limited) experience using radio dets meant being able to set off a charge without needing to run 100' of wire through the brush to a safe location when using electric dets.

[@FlyinZX10R]

We were told if we found anything suspicious, bomb looking etc to use a landline or send a runner to report it. The security police would sometimes try and sneak into our area and plant fake looking bombs to see if we noticed them. They usually consisted of some road flares with wires sticking out of them and a wristwatch strapped to them.

[@MrVeryCranky]

I have seen on a "range day" the damage caused to a 44 gallon drum by a single detonator. The entire perimeter was peppered with thousands of tiny holes through the steel. I won't go anywhere near them!

[@Flightstar]

Nonel tubing, according to specification, is a hollow tube that has an extremely light coating of HMX and aluminum powder. which probably has a much smaller critical diameter than PETN . Talking food and explosives. I think myth busters did a spot on tenderizing steak by submerging, both the steaks and a stick of dynamite in a barrel of water. Imagine doing a cooking show with (tongue in cheek humor) where foods where prepared using explosives. It would be a hit. The cook would wear a hat like a mushroom cloud,. he would cook on an open flame using RDX plastique, which apparently is a great heating fuel . Soups , salads, meat loaf, puddings could be good candidates.

[@richardkuhn9795]

THANK YOU. 4.5 k underground shifts in the deep South African gold mines and I have learnt about using powder. Years of surface mining I have learnt a bit more. I refering your channel to new blasters. You explain things very well.

[@kevinsaltz7849]

Glad I found you guys this channel is awesome not stuff people get to do every day

[@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami]

How about a video of everyone talking about their history/background

[@jlambuth]

That is in the works. We are just swamped with 15 different projects!

[@lutherthemonkey]

You tricked me with a thumb nail of a cat. Now my wife want to know why I need a bomb.

[@howiedewin3688]

If you're going to let the cat play with caps, make sure it's outdoors.

[@eriklorentzen6510]

Cats and blasting caps. Best brush up on your Rocco impersonation from boondock saints. Lol

[@lutherthemonkey]

@@eriklorentzen6510 what was the cats name.....

[@itsmecarter2]

The most informative channel out there. So interesting

[@wordcarr8750]

Placing a blasting cap in water causes a shock wave many times stronger than in air as illustrated in this video. I had the chance to witness sort of the same thing when, as a boy scout, way back in the last century, one of my fellow scouts somehow had acquired (I believe at that time they were made of mercury fulminate) blasting caps. He put one in the water of the toilet in a modern outdoor latrine, closed the lid and proceeded to blow it apart. The broken porcelain was strewn all over the floor. [needless to say I was impressed by the damage, and intimidated to stay quiet, I suspect he was never caught for this act]

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Seems like the right place to post this. So if I'm understanding it right, in the case of PE, the blasting cap sets off the base explosive inside of it, which has enough concentrated force to set off the plastic explosive, right? And that typical movie methods of setting it off (Shooting it or setting it on fire) don't provide enough concentrated force.

[@mahashma449]

You can literally set C4 on fire and it won't explode. Bullets don't hit fast enough. (As he says in the video, the blast front of a detonator is moving ~7,000fps or around 2-3x faster than a bullet).

[@nicolasparadis1407]

Hahaha! He looked shy and embarrassed when it was the time to talk about donatiom or "pay"-treons!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@NOorah-oj8gt]

Great video 👍 the moral of the story is: don't mess with explosives!

[@jfnuyen]

That was very interesting. I wondered just how powerful these blasting caps were by themselves. Now I know.

[@interestingstories2835]

The thumbnail is legendary

[@andreadavide]

A+ for having correctly pronounced "Ascanio Sobrero"

[@sedalia9356]

and centimeter?

[@kenlane6655]

Came across this by accident. Loved the cabbage salad line, hehe.

[@robbiekipping1124]

We are the sum of our life experiences. These experiences and education help form our character. Just like an ignition chain. Thus even though we may be equipped to act we learn to discern what is wise. Thank you for those basic thoughts. Dr. K

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: This is an excellent video. Allot of my subscribers ask many questions regarding detonators and there use in mining. Since explosives are a big part of hard rock mining and your content answers allot of questions about these devices I’ve subscribed and added your channel to my channels tab. I’ll refer my subscribers to some of your videos in the future if there’s ever a question regarding these devices. I held a 20 year career in explosives regulatory myself (primarily professional display fireworks) but I don’t have time to create a second channel to cover these topics for my subscribers. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@smithnwesson990]

What kind of Fuse is that red one being used at 4:27? And what Explosive did you use in the 5.56 case amateur cap? Interested since it didn't set off the set chord.

[@ludvik4867]

A great demonstration for the effect of the blastic cap is to place an open ammo box with no lid upside down on top of a No.8 blasting cap. Seal off the bottom lightly with soil and watch it fly many meters into the air! Additionaly you can observe fragmentation effects inside the box

[@joshuaparque5486]

Never thought this channel would be my source for a new coleslaw recipe

[@richgallegos5807]

I'll be honest, the Snowshoe Siamese in the thumbnail brought me to the video.

[@jlambuth]

His name is Buddy and is the HR director of Ordnance Lab.

[@keithjurena9319]

Blasting caps for insensitive explosives like C4 utilize the Monroe effect with a concave end. Insensitive explosives are used in front line combat so rifle fire will not usually initiate detonation. Using an incorrect initiator on C4 results in something like that cabbage, C4 is sent flying.

[@johnny6148]

had all the caps i wanted when i worked a mine. no control of the dynamite or caps.

[@grayeaglej]

Im annoyed that I cant just buy a box of these at the hardware store. I dont think most people realize that Explosives, just like any other tool or weapon, are covered under 2A and restricting them is a violation, but besides that there are a lot of jobs that would be made easier that you just cant do as well with say, fireworks, gasoline, or gunpowder. Especially if you live on a farm like I do.

[@chapiit08]

Fifty years ago dynamite, blasting caps, fuses, etc. were sold over the counter at farm and hardware stores. There's no better tool than explosives to remove tree stumps and large rocks.

[@grayeaglej]

@@chapiit08 Tree stumps was my first thought. Also the soil here is mostly clay (South West Iowa, thanks DustBowl) so digging without power equipment is extremely difficult. :/ Yes 50 to 100 years ago many things were available at local stores that are completely banned and impossible to attain anymore. Even information is restricted. Sad what has become of this country.

[@chapiit08]

@@grayeaglej What had become of this country??? What had become of the world!!! Even if you obtained the information to make your own stuff at home for the purposes mentioned, as soon as one explosion is heard you would have an army of Feds riding your property. We live in an Owellian world.

[@grayeaglej]

@@chapiit08 I suppose one would have to do all their demolition/digging on the 4th of July/New Years, assuming you even live in a state where "popping" fireworks are legal. :/

[@grayeaglej]

@Joseph S For the most part it seems you are right. For over 130 years the rights of Americans, and humans in general, have been infringed and trampled until the Constitution and Bill of Rights are no longer recognizable due to the massive rips and tears they have suffered. The time to stand up and demand those in power do as they are meant to was at least two or three generations ago, but now its on the shoulders of the "adults" of today. The loudest of whom have been brainwashed by the "education system" into becoming fascistic communist mobs trying to tear down society one burntout looted store at a time.

[@michaelripley4528]

As an explosives expert from scandinavia, Im very surprised at your Price of detonators!!! We pay like 5-7$ a piece Nonel/Exel are a little more expensive

[@stevenbigelow7599]

When I was working at small underground mine: caps and non-el detonators were the single biggest cost after diesel. That’s wild y’all are making your own.

[@chaz-mi1ch]

Thank you for your service!

[@marqueswilsonn]

Two strand wire. Clip one side an inch shorter than the other. Strip short side by 16th inch, long side strip 3/4inch. Clip long end of all copper strands except one or two copper strands. Wrap the strands around it’s insulator back to the short end and solder to the short ends lead. Stick it in your fun plug of choice and go

[@smartacus88]

I can't believe this channel is a thing lol. It's awesome, don't get me wrong. I am fascinated with ordinance and have been since my childhood. Still, I feel like Big Brother is watching me because I subscribed.

[@matthayward7889]

Brilliant, informative videos 👍

[@louisphoenix8941]

I liked your video. It was very educational. I'd like to suggest using a raw chicken to emphasize how destructive a cap can be to flesh. Folks need to realize these are not toys but serious tools.

[@danjarvis6980]

I’m not a professional blaster-my granddad was. RULE No.1- When using non electric caps and cord type powder train fuse, when you start using a different or new roll ALWAYS cut off approximately the first 6 inches or more and discard it. Reason-the end may have been exposed to high humidity contaminating the center powder train, vibration and handling may have loosened the powder granules affecting the burn rate. RULE No.2-ALWAYS verify the burn rate by a measured piece of fuse. Burn rate is (or was years ago) approximately 120 seconds per yard or 40 seconds per foot. **[NEVER TO BE TRUSTED]** but time checked accurately with each new roll of fuse. An older article in a book about 10 survival stories related that during a drought in Africa a man volunteered to dynamite for fish to feed a native village. He was in a boat alone with dynamite, fuse and caps, lighting then throwing the dynamite with a small weight attached which would detonate below surface sending the stunned fish to the surface to be gathered by native tribesmen for the villagers. Having used up the old fuse he started on a new roll, either unknowingly or in haste he ignored rules #1&2 . Having dynamite and cap in one hand he lit the new fuse which made a strange sound and within seconds had burned down almost to the cap. He stood up quickly, cocked his arm back to throw and get rid of it-BAM!!-it exploded in his hand…the next thing he knew.. he was in the water..the boat was gone..where his hand had been only bone splinters remained.. the natives in other boats, thinking him dead, took off and left him alone out of fear of being involved in his death. He survived a dangerous swim to shore in waters with crocodiles. Wish I had the book name and author for you guys but it got away from me like good books have a way of doing. Moral of story - you had better learn some basic rules about handling explosives 🧨 or stay away from them until you do.

[@M4jeff]

Fascinating video, thank you for posting.

[@jebbkinney8516]

Cool video, especially for those who don't know anything about this. My old man was a powder monkey so I got to see all these things growing up, unfortunately times have changed a lot to where you can't just go blasting old growth stumps and such with nitro anymore,..lol. Keep the videos rolling brother!

[@dannydetonator]

I did that and more as late as 2000's without person batting an eyelid. Mind you, it was the Eastern Europe school hobby..

[@randydewees7338]

The cabbage range, took me back 60 years to a backyard in West Covina.

[@Brees1986]

I was taught that the detonators are the most dangerous item to deal with. C4 won’t accidentally explode while handling it. Detonators, however, can be set off by a static electric charge. Bye bye fingers…

[@wohasl4128]

ayy U POSTED THIS ON MY B-DAY

[@EdgexX4]

These speed cooking tutorials are very informative 👌

[@308alaska]

I've got to break some rock for a footer. It's been 15 yrs from the last time I had to clear out rock for a basement. Thanks for the video.

[@fredboat]

Enjoyed the video, Got a bang out of it, lol , have always been a fan of explosives, I saw Dynamite used many ,many years ago . What no U 235.? O I hope not. later from Texas.

[@johnhartman3149]

Interesting, thank you for the education!

[@robertboykin1828]

I"m gonna watch this, even with the suspence about the atf, fbi and the secret service banging down my door to arrest me for watching this.

[@pernykvist3442]

Remember a kid in school who got hold of some plastic det caps. He lost parts of his fingers. So they aint nothing like firecrackers.

[@GassonTeddy]

Pretty cool stuff brother.👍👍

[@omcara1]

So you can make instant coleslaw with a single blasting cap... Will it also work to make guacamole? Man, I've been going about it the wrong way all these years.

[@ZeeCaptainRon]

There are very few problems that cannot be solved by a suitable application of high explosives.

[@user-hp6uk5ht8j]

Saving this for the apocalypse

[@darylcheshire1618]

my teacher made a thermite mixture in a porclain evapoating dish on an asbestos mat, on top was some sodium peroxide and a magnesium ribbon stuck in it. He went to turn off the light and the mixture set off by itself. It flared up with the reaction creating molten iron. It didn’t actually explode. I know that sodium peroxide can react with moisture in the air to burn whatever it was mixed with. In this case magnesium.

[@rondenham7624]

You guys need to join the revolution when it comes.

[@skimbulshanks]

Your snowshoe cat in the thumbnail brought me here. It looks just like ours.

[@scottsummers6357]

I love the way Chef Jake makes salad!

[@RT42069]

He could teach Gordon Ramsay a thing or two

[@grimchildish]

Loved video, love the info. I don't really know what else to say other than thank you for a great video.

[@damonthomas8955]

Awesome, keep it coming, subscribed.

[@OldManMontgomery]

Famous quote by anonymous explosives researcher: "Alfred Noble must have gone through a lot of eyebrows." A question: Does the blasting cap affect the taste of the cabbage or lettuce?

[@bomberfliegen]

About your question: I guess share the same idea ;-)

[@nemoexnuqual3643]

Schrodinger was wondering where his cat went, I guess it didn’t blow up but somehow escaped the bunker

[@markrowland1366]

The black powder photograph, presented as being the first made over a thousand years back, was not. Several hundred years back the fine, dust powder was made into tiny pallets rolled in shellac. This was water resistant and with gaps to allow the propergation of flame front, much faster burning. Not yet a high explosive.

[@Xray03]

what was the explosive used in the 5.56 round?

[@ctrip34]

I love this type of stuff.. I find it really interesting to know how it all works. I'm sure that's the case with a lot of ppl on here. I'm not gna be going & making anything but I like having the knowledge just in case. Alot of application. It sucks that I'm most likely on a watchlist now.

[@wat8437]

Shock tube use a thin layer of a combination of HMX & aluminium

[@jamesmurray8558]

I remember in school we were told to stay from those and blasting caps.How they were so careless, I don't know?

[@DMor-qj1ie]

Det Cord and Nonel caps are great for daisychaining M18 claymores in the bushes. Tay Ninh Province.'71.

[@curtissteenbruggen1491]

The way he said centimeters is hilarious

[@dannydetonator]

Despite knowing most of this, i wholehartedly aproove!)))

[@joshuuuuuu3299]

ist tatp also used as primary explosives

[@chrisbrent7487]

They reliably launch bricks into the air. We used to have a heap of detonators at a house i lived in when i was young. The bricks would make it abut 4 metres in the air sometimes. The golfers on the course that was next door to us hated us though they never called the cops for that.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

I explore abandoned mines, how sensitive are pre 60s blasting caps? would stepping on one set it off? would it blow a hiking boot toe off ?

[@cpongebob]

i love explosions, i just hope i dont end up on some watchlist for this hobby even if ill never do malicious shit with it not tryna throw away my life bro

[@dfgdfdfgdfg1039]

there will be a very explanatory video / well, my question will be, I don't know English very well, but I couldn't understand much from the video, but the detonator we made needs to create a hard substance on the cap, as far as I understand, you tried to teach this in this video, my friend

[@asmasiddiqui2596]

Can you please let me know what type of ICs are used in Electronic Detonator? Any specific requirement of these ICs? Any particular supplier/manufacturer?

[@pyroactivatorandsensorydev9817]

I made my own electric matches, using soft copper shooting wire, looping around a needle then using a steel scrubber micron wire true the loops, and crimping, folding over, twisting the wire together, and insulating by cutting the loop. using a 9-volt battery to fire them. the pyrogen has a very small amount of thinned cellulose to prevent corrosion on the nichrome wire in storage. if I was in Australia I would be arrested again for sharing this information.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

I won't mess with fulminated metals either. There are only two that are easy to make. The first one might self detonate while you're making it making it a no go, and the other uses toxic heavy metals that if you aren't prepared to properly dispose or neutralise the waste, dont bother.

[@jdude9922]

I know you guys are the experts but you’re wrong about the 5.56 casing. You have the fuse in backwards. Illustrated in the TM 31-210 US army manual it calls for the primer to be drilled out and the fuse tightly pulled through. The explosive is tightly packed and the open end is pressed into the explosive.

[@StreetbeatDesigns67]

Hey thanks ATF

[@Justin-zv4cm]

That cabbage part was slawsome.

[@Zecr]

I read: "All about detonaters and blasting cats" because of the thumbnail...

[@ATruckCampbell]

So many comments about older folks seeing blasting cap PSAs, where the hell did you just find these laying around?

[@superiorwindowcleaning5245]

I agree with the merch idea