Testing Sparkle Caltrops

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[@evilcanofdrpepper]

yeah just get a few packs of sparklers and a pair of wire cutters/side cutters. Don't waste your time taking the stuff off the metal, if you look up videos of bundles of sparklers it's the same if not better. Cut off the extra metal at the bottom place one or two sparklers to the side and commence cutting the rest in half until they are about 2-3 inches long. Bundle with duct tape leaving the top open using 5+ wraps and leave either a fuse or a longer sparkler out of the center of the top. putting a cap or zomething on the top just limits the speed and creates a chance of building pressure. It should be at least an inch in diameter but you probably want it taller than it is thick. You can also add a layer of tin foil or pack them into a Redbull can with the top cut off for more of a directed fountain. You might also want to look into the channel Tech Ingredients for some nice smoke bombs and look into having them come down to Texas for at least 2 weeks. You will need the time. He can also help build a cheap giant swamp cooler for the garage of the back if you want to tame the summer heat.

[@koneal2000]

You guys outta get in contact with the folks over at Ordnance Lab

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

I feel like a small bucket of water could have really helped out on this one. The first device had smoldering plastic... if it was dropped into water the fumes would have been contained. The failed devices could have been dropped in to be made safe. its a clean way to completely extinguish things almost instantly.

[@stealerob3420]

u guys were made to work together

[@stealerob3420]

best KZbin channell

[@TheMattCallahan]

For the record, I would totally buy a “That’s probably fine” shirt. I already say it all the time!

[@sebbruh4572]

Btw the Australian version of that's actually she'll be right and I do say that alot thought u might wanna know probs not tho

[@jamesnoland7821]

@@sebbruh4572 Oh! I'd buy a 'She'll be right.' shirt if I'd could find one in the states! New mission for next week! ;-)

[@currentlypooping]

Yes!!! Or one that some progression with quotes like "I don't think I put thermite in there, did I?" - "That's probably fine" - "We need to reset the injury counter"

[@jman1121]

That's probably fine ...

[@JRockySchmidt]

I mean it's either is or isn't

[@sethcarson5212]

I love that the "safe place" they set it off was next to a pile of dry brush.

[@SharienGaming]

yeah...i honestly was expecting a spreading fire any moment....

[@InfernalBanana]

Not to mention the wooden table inside they were using not five minutes prior.

[@GHOST25938]

I was looking For this comment 😂❤️

[@drewmbacon]

start the Morningstar next to the pile of brush, and then stand over there on a wide pile of gravel. You can tell they've become acclimated to catastrophic failure; they're anticipating it going wrong so picked the safer spot to stand, rather than starting the Morningstar on the gravel, and when things fail, they're standing next to the dry brush. Clever.

[@Dani-nx5dt]

Would you say it was a pile of... Brushwood?

[@RandallStephens397]

I love watching the rogues use a screwdriver for literally everything except turning screws.

[@JustinOwenthebeardedginger]

Screwdrivers. The Rogues duct tape.

[@etopsirhc]

at some point as a joke, they should have to unscrew something, and despite having a screwdriver at the table, go and grab a butter knife or something to unscrew it.

[@Wrenchfox]

thats why there's hammer and bigger hammer

[@Raincityroller]

"We should probably take this outside..." 5 minutes later: *lights fuse inside* Also, welders goggles are HIGHLY suggested for thermite ignitions. Youre not making retina smelters.

[@duncandixon6203]

Also places it next to dead wood

[@TartarusHimself]

@@duncandixon6203 they did call themselves out. Not that it makes it any better

[@MystLunarabne]

Grammarly would've helped you spot that missed apostrophe in "you're"

[@htmagic]

They might get more views if they kept it inside and it burned the place down! It would go viral! :-)

[@biosaber585]

@@htmagic there's footage out there somewhere of Jason slicing Brian's hand open with a RATHER large knife.

[@markmcculfor6113]

14:50 I love how Brian pulls up his face shield as it starts to burn to see it better 😂😂

[@InfernalBanana]

I love how they, especially Brian “literally wrote the book on fire eating” Brushwood, always use pyrotechnics on a wooden table.

[@lokithecat7225]

Seems safe, if there's a Fire he can always eat it.

[@Kurse_of_Kall]

It isn't as stupid as you might think. What are the typical table options? Metal, wood, plastic. Metal won't get lit on fire by whatever you're doing, but it also conducts heat *really* well, which could lead to having hotspots in the table long after the fire or whatever explosives are out and cooled. Easy way to burn yourself if you touch the surface too soon. Also the heat could potentially catch or melt other things on the table. Not great. Plastic isn't quite as good a conductor of heat as metal, but it is alright at it. So you have some of the metal problems, but also the issue of the plastic actually melting underneath the pyrotechnics. And once it melts, it could have a surface where bits of the plastic could catch fire as well. Wood doesn't conduct heat hardly at all. And while yes, obviously wood burns, it will never melt. So you can expose it to very high temperatures and not have to worry about the surface remaining super hot or being damaged aside from some small char marks. It can technically catch fire, but since it doesn't melt, the surface is always going to be flat and very solid & dense. Starting a fire on such a material, especially when the source of the flame is ABOVE the material is really quite difficult. It would be like trying to light a campfire by setting out a massive log and placing a lit match on top of it. That's never going to work. Obviously going outside and using a dirt or cement etc. base for the more dangerous stuff is smarter, but for small things like these, wood is perfectly fine, and actually the safest of the available materials.

[@BlackSoap361]

@@Kurse_of_Kall glass table? Concrete?

[@Kurse_of_Kall]

@@BlackSoap361 Glass and sudden and extreme temperature changes aren't a good mix. Also have you seen these guys? They smack things with hammers all the time. Concrete isn't really a table, but it would work alright. You'd still have some of the conducting heat issues though.

[@BlackSoap361]

@@Kurse_of_Kall but it might look cool. And there are plenty of concrete tables.

[@CircleThinker]

Brian, holding a fire extinguisher, and blowing the burning plastic out, as standard.

[@zinaidanitikin4886]

The basic ingredients are aluminum powder, steel powder for branching sparks, an oxidizer, and a binder, usually gum Arabic or CMC. Roughly: Barium Nitrate 50% Dextrin 10% Steel powder 30% Aluminum powder 8% Charcoal, 150 mesh 0.5% Boric acid 1.5% The boric acid is a neutralizer to stop the aluminum reacting with the barium nitrate in the wet slurry. It takes no part in the sparkler action. Some high end sparklers use titanium powder for an even more intense white, and magnalium (a 50:50 alloy of aluminum and magnesium) can also be used. The oxidizer is often a mixture of two parts potassium nitrate to one part barium nitrate - barium nitrate gives a more intense white light than most oxidizers. Aluminium or magnesium or magnalium, producing white sparks Iron, producing orange branching sparks Titanium, producing rich white sparks Ferrotitanium, for yellow-gold sparkles

[@justsomeguy-yd3yw]

Dude how many government lists are you on?

[@zinaidanitikin4886]

@@justsomeguy-yd3yw at least 3... have fun xD

[@implodingbaby]

Lmao

[@ephwurd2yurMother]

@@zinaidanitikin4886 lol yea you definitely didn't copy and paste straight from Google

[@GrilloXGaming]

MR: We have a maybe b word, where should we light it? Also MR: Oh next to the pile of dry wood, that sounds safe

[@Sniperboy5551]

It’s okay, they had very small fire extinguishers!

[@xanderpendas3]

Can we just appreciate the fact that they went to the trouble of going to do it outside, just to set the whole thing up next to a massive pile of what looks to be dead wood and brush?

[@Ithirahad]

The dead brushwood seems like a REALLY on-the-nose omen, but they ignored it.

[@TryAThingLearnAThing]

Made these as kids at family gatherings and Christmas parties, good to know the rogue has always been a part of me lol

[@RogueMandoGaming]

"We should take this outside" Eventually goes outside and burns shit NEXT TO A PILE OF DRY WOOD I am 100% sure they're trying to burn down the HQ for insurance purpose, forgetting that the insurance company probably watches their show

[@thechessimist]

"Thermite probably makes it safer" what a time to be alive

[@kalenbogart4482]

Small note, use wooden or other non-sparking tools when crushing flammables like sparklers. Kinda dangerous to mash metal sticks with metal pliers when dealing with oxidizers and fuels.

[@AdriaanZwemer]

Wasn't the back of the screwdriver plastic?

[@thomasminnick7019]

@@AdriaanZwemer yes, but the pliers werent

[@AdriaanZwemer]

@@thomasminnick7019 ah

[@RichardCranium321]

yeah, god forbid the sparklers ignite.... y'all are laughable. this isnt black powder. its a SPARKLER! they couldnt even get ignition without the blowtorch, pretty sure the pliers arent going to do sh*t

[@kalenbogart4482]

@@RichardCranium321 sparklers going off themselves isn’t exactly the end of the world, at worst you’re looking at eye damage or burns to the hands, and the risks are pretty low of either. It would take a pretty unlikely confluence of circumstances for that to be a problem. But safety is about consistency. That’s critically important. You need to establish good habits so that you’re not counting on perfect foresight every time to undertake a potentially dangerous action. I work in industrial automation, for example, and just because I’ve locked out a breaker doesn’t mean I don’t test the circuit before I handle it. Is it likely for a breaker to be mislabeled so badly as to confuse me? No. Is it likely that some sort of voltage storage could exist on the circuit without my knowledge? No, people don’t usually stick batteries or capacitor banks on circuits that don’t require them. But why chance it? What value is extracted from doing something badly when doing it correctly takes no appreciable extra effort? What benefit do metal pliers give that any wooden tool, or even taped plier ends wouldn’t? Is there some huge materials cost to a wooden roller or electrical tape that I’m unaware of? Doing things the risky way because 10 seconds of extra effort seems like too much is a bad idea. And yeah, this time it’s a sparkler, it’s junior grade thermite, it’s not like it’s massively risky. But these guys wear face shields to fire alcohol rockets, they’re clearly concerned with safety, they just missed this one. So, I pointed it out. That way they know a best practice if they ever make anything more dangerous, like an explosive.

[@MiWill1988]

7:28 absolutely my favorite part of this video is that Jason has to leave to get the fuses. When he said 'do you want to try a fuse? we have fuses' that wasn't him saying 'I bought fuses for this project', it was him saying that they keep fuses in stock on the premises and he can go get them

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Like, okay you have and can can go get them... what where you planning to do before he asked?

[@mollymauktealeaf]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Use bits of sparkler like the original 'hack' did.

[@BlackSoap361]

Who doesn’t keep cannon fuses in stock?

[@ednutter7653]

"What do you use them for?" "My cannon..." (Tremors)

[@gremlinman9724]

"my time in the fireworks stand" he says as if it were a prison sentence

[@TheRealAlpha2]

From all the things I hear about Texas it could be community service at the very least.

[@user-gv4mw9nh9m]

*takes drag from cigarette* it changes you, man- my wife didn’t look me in the *eyes* after my time…

[@imTEHninja1]

"It doesn't have just thermite in there...." lol my favorite sentence

[@lokithecat7225]

Seems like we're getting close to testing out "Ye Olde" Anarchists Handbook, and see how well turning Pens into IEDs works.

[@dude11579]

I mean they made a pen smokescreen

[@pennyforyourthots]

From what I remember, most of the stuff in the AH Just straight-up doesn't work or is an incomplete version of something that does work, so it won't work and it'll blow up.

[@lokithecat7225]

@@pennyforyourthots So, completely on Brand for Modern Rogue?

[@Potacintvervs]

@@pennyforyourthots isn't that what you want for an IED?

[@mattesr.8680]

"Hey, lets test DIY pyrotechnics!" "Good Idea! But we need to be safe so let's do it indoors and on a wooden table" Brian and Jason (probably)

[@jacobquirk1797]

Why would someone make these? Because in Australia, fireworks aren’t exactly readily available to the general public… so we make our own 😍

[@animula6908]

Australia almost always seems supercool…and then there are these times when I want to offer to rescue them

[@grayeaglej]

Same in alot of the United States where local regulations outlaw anything much more than sparkles :/

[@Fragger-1]

Making your own fireworks is the most American sounding non American thing

[@sludgypanda9264]

dude i remember making these in like year 8 out of a red bull can duct tape and some ungodly amount of sparklers

[@RichardCranium321]

@@Fragger-1 yeah, it's not like China has been doing it for close to a millennia or anything... 😅

[@moortak]

The classic way to use sparklers is to tape up a few packages together with one sticking up as a fuse. Tape them tightly around the metal handles rather than the active section. You get a fast high flare. Do not use indoors or next to dry dead brush under any circumstances.

[@jerryhuff4767]

I disagree, tape the active section with many layers and it shoots up far higher

[@jacobyspurnger8488]

Just rebrand it as "survival fire starter" and you're good.

[@calder-d]

So, at what point. did you decide it was a good idea to light all the really sparky/fire-y/explodey things immediately next to the huge pile of dry twigs and branches? It seems there was plenty of other wide open spaces in the near vicinity available to choose from, but no .... right next to the huge dry pile of kindling.... that's definitely the best option.

[@OlaMagnusLie]

Sponsored by Grammarly, starts with Jason saying "I stoled (so many fireworks)".

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

I don't hear the D. 0:46 onward?

[@OlaMagnusLie]

@@GirishManjunathMusic Ok.

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

@@OlaMagnusLie ok.

[@travismurtland3257]

Don't forget the massive run-on sentence

[@naolmstead]

As teenagers my cousin and I dismantled like 6 or more boxes of sparklers and then we just piled up all the dust. It shot sparks a few feet into the air, and towards all the flammable stuff around us. It was very pretty but also super stressful trying to not burn down the garage because idiot me thought it would be a good idea to do this inside. Also handfuls of sparkler dust throw into a campfire can be fun. Don't remember that being any more dangerous than the bottle rockets and firecrackers that also got tossed in the campfire.

[@hunterd78]

now u just need a self lighting fuse contraption and some way to have them land upright all the time if you were to throw them, some kind of weight in the bottom, or a different container that will land upright.

[@marcomotroni]

It's a good day when Modern Rogue uploads a good ol' fashioned 'guys doin dumb stuff' video!

[@rich692351]

I love how it ends up where they just poke it with a stick just before trying to light it on fire again... modern caveman lol 😆

[@paladonis]

lol. "Let's go outside" Then proceeds to burn an unknown item next to a very DEAD bush....

[@antivanti]

Looks like an instant bonfire

[@techfreak244]

it's Brian and Jason. would you have wanted a safer outcome from these two? lol

[@paladonis]

@@techfreak244 Hahaha not at all.

[@SirWonkotheSane]

Watched the last three quarters of the premiere. Now to go back and watch the begining.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I usually just rewind the the video and play it from the beginning before it's over rather than watch out of sequence.

[@2.5cogs]

I would love to see them have a series of taking an idea and developing it to perfection like making a fairly large trebuchet and going through a couple iteration to get the max range and then developing their own payloads and having competitions to see who’s can start a fire the best or knock down a brick wall the best so one and so forth

[@BruceCinema1337]

I used to make these all the time as a kid for new years. One thing I learned is that keeping the crushed up sparklers in chunks made for a bigger display than crushing it into a fine powder. Must be because in chunks it has more gaps for trapped oxygen to help with the burning.

[@lvcsslacker]

MR: setting stuff on fire on a wood table MR: also setting stuff on fire next to a pile of dead dry wood. me: hehe fire go brr

[@thespartan2224]

Yeah, so we make these down here in Australia and we tend to use cans (milo tin, cleaned out fruit tin, etc) to store the sparkler powder in. Then we'll usually just have a piece of paper or no lid and use a long sparkler to act as a fuse. This avoids the problem you ran into of the plastic melting as it burns down. The metal of the can/tin is a bit more resistant to the heat.

[@JM-zu2pd]

Same thing happens if you get a lot of the old sparklers (not the ones with the wooden handle) and tape them all together in a tight bundle. Leaving one slightly farther up then the rest to use as a fuse. You're going to want to light the tip top of it and run.

[@Thorunge]

We used to bend the end of about 9 small sparklers, put them in a small pvc tube slightly shorter than the sparklers (basically filling up the tube), and use one as a fuse to light them on the top end. This created a very dense smoke, but I wouldn't know if it's from the plastic tubing, or the confined sparklers (haven't tried it for 20 years or so).

[@TheAttacker732]

Even semi-confined in a metal tube, sparklers tend to throw off a lot of smoke.

[@stevek.1711]

Safety Advice from a pyrotechnition! Fuse should be cut using an anvil cutter or utility knife instead of scissors. Scissors or shears can cause a premature ignition because of the high point of friction where the blades touch. Anvil cutters are best. Metal blade and plastic anvil. Just a tip to help ensure that you guys can keep counting to 10...without taking off your Crocs. Love the channel!

[@mollymauktealeaf]

In terms of the practicality of them, they could work well as a distraction against someone you were running from since they wouldn't know what they were. It's a small container with a lit fuse, 'ooo, pretty' probably isn't the first thought someone would have.

[@tallonaseves5841]

Dibs on Sparky Caltrops as the name for my next DnD character. I think he should be a goblin artificer.

[@FailurePolice]

My brother and I used to make similar every year, a full box of sparklers in a tennis ball, cut a hole width about half an inch (leave open) fill with powder and one cut sparkler as fuse. find a good foothold to place in, light and watch a huge fountain of sparkles.

[@Larper64]

As a kid I hated loud noises, but loved fireworks that were quiet, so I got really familiar with sparklers and those little balls that when lit would produce smoke [leaving out actual name for obvious reasons]. Some of the best sparklers to breakdown for other uses are those wrapped in paper, as they are basically already powder wrapped around a wooden stick, no crushing necessary. I used to use that for a trick around my friends to, "light water on fire."

[@NInjaTunazier]

I mean, safety wise, so many things went wrong in this vid dads xD I do love it BUT... here are some of my highlights!! 1) Flammable table where you test the "firecrackers" 2) You take the safety glasses/mask off to "See better and more close" what is going on when something is NOT igniting immediately. The rule is, more closer you are something ignitable/burning stuff, more safety gear you should have ON. This happened multiple times, indoors and outdoors :D 3) When outdoors and making the fire, definitely stay on the sandy, rocky ground, not in front of a dry brush. 4) and if you really, really need to go poke something "on fire" or smoldering, don't do it with the dry wooden sticks :D 5) Where are the gloves??

[@michaeljones2099]

All about Nozzle pressure. More pressure in small nozzle = Bigger flame. Big bottle will melt the plastic so no pressure will build up. Also most flammable things that are non explosive will slow down the sparkler reaction. Thermite g powder and match heads add to the flame most other things will slow it down.

[@ogzephyr4166]

This is one of the few channels I’ve been subbed to since it’s infancy, never thought I’d see them get so many subs/likes/views!

[@ModernRogue]

thanks!

[@nine4t4]

I've played with "sparkler dust" and the metal is normal (IT STAYS HOT). Like gunpowder, the grain size affects the burn rate. Gun powder (black or smokeless) actually works better when its not too fine NOT A LAWYER but the container is USUALLY more of an issue. If gunpowder possession is legal in your area, burning a pile is fine. BUT, if you seal it in a pipe. Around my area putting dry ice in a pop bottle even though its not a true explosion could land you in front of a judge.

[@Kitsune-665]

have you guys ever tried making "diy" thermite? you basically remove the contents of a hand warmer (iron oxide) and then you mix that with some fine bits of aluminum foil (putting it in a blender works pretty good to get the pieces small). the effect is pretty good and gets at least hot enough to melt locks and stuff like that

[@AdolfHitler-pm3lc]

They have an episode where they cook steak with thermite

[@502deth]

brian: puts on face shield to protect himself from fire lights fuse raises face shield as fire starts.

[@chubby_deity3143]

I'm wondering if this can be refitted as a campfire starter, like light it and toss it into a fire pit or something and see if it can light, idk...

[@jacobgillispie1175]

On a episode y'all did 3 years ago about Mongolian archery they will meet a joke about fermenting horse milk whilst riding. I'm calling y'all out! I wanna see it. Love the channel!

[@bluerun22]

When cinnamon is aerosolized it produces really awesome sparks

[@justinbanks2380]

I love that they are trying these out burning inside and on a big wooden bench... Lol Man I love the Rogues!

[@matthewzeleskey4044]

I don't have any experience with this, but some suggested improvements would be using a metal can like a soup can, and make a bigger opening for the sparkler fuse. The sparkler may actually be blocking any air from entering the container and snuffing itself out, while the fuse was completely burning itself away so there was nothing blocking the oxygen from entering. You could also try multiple holes at the top to allow for air or for the sparks to exit.

[@ItzSubliminal]

Jason's laugh at 20:34 is just so perfect.

[@ryanm7832]

Your artillery firework Vietnam story reminded me of a similar experience when I was a kid. My dad thought it would be cool to launch TWO shells, simultaneously, from the same tube...he just dropped one in on top of the other and held the fuses together as he lit them. The fuses burned unevenly, first one went off and knocked the tube over. It was aimed directly at me, and even though I didnt know the science at the time, I knew it wasn't good. Lol. I just remember realizing my fate, turning around and sprinting away, and then hearing the *thump* of the shell launching, I risked a look back while still running, and as my head swiveled back to the front it detonated about 5 ft from the back of my head and yellow fiery streaks flew through my vision, seemingly from all sides. I just kept running til I heard my dad laughing his ass off. Definitely felt like a Platoon scene. 😂

[@teddymasters1347]

brian: Is holding a fire extinguisher also brian: Blows out a fire with his breath

[@nephicus339]

Totally adding Sparkle-trops to my D&D campaigns now. Thanks!

[@mbirth]

Now take a spent CO2 cartridge and fill it up with the sparkler dust, light with another sparkler. If the opening is pointed down, it'll go off like a rocket. If it's pointing up, you first have a funny sparkler until the opening gets clogged. When that happens, be away from it and cover your ears.

[@superalvin7208]

Yeah make a mini pipe bomb what could go wrong

[@noobnoman4407]

I know something that me and my older brother used to do we had pop it the ones you through on the ground and explode so we took the paper off of at least a thousand and put the rocks in side of a spice can and the sound was so loud it sounded like a g-u-n shot super fun but you should make the hole in the lid a little bigger so oxygen can make the sparks bigger. I know it’s time consuming but get a pop can empty the contents and fill it with (trade marked) spark dust to the brim and put the fuse a bit lower kind of like a rocket. A wise man told me go big or die trying. I think that’s how he said it. It might of been go big or go home but I like to think it was the other one.

[@etopsirhc]

get a tube, about 3/4 inch diameter and as long as you feel comfortable with. glue that very solidly to a board. that's the housing. now mash up a bunch of those sparklers, 2/3 of it should be very fine, and 1/3 should be chunky. mix that all together on a paper then pour it in, making sure the chunky bits are reasonably spaced though out the mix. put a fuse a little ways in, then tamp down the mixture firmly. when lit this should send sparks flying and have miniature spark balls shoot out with it. tamping down the mixture is to make sure the reaction doesn't go too fast for the hole at the top to accommodate causing it to go boom.

[@juzzybro2671]

You should make darts with tips that either explode or get fired forward into the target on impact with armstrong's mix.

[@AdolfHitler-pm3lc]

Isn't this just their Armstrong's mix and need dart episode?

[@frederikja2210]

A couple of things here First of all, it really doesn't help lighting stuff outside if you do it right next to a bunch of dry sticks. That stuff will light up real fast. Good thing you had those fire extinguishers though. Secondly, i think the morning star burned too hot. It melted the metals instead of lighting them on fire. Now im not a fireworks specialist or anything, but i would imagine that is what was happening from just the visuals.

[@magoshighlands4074]

What you've done there is a DIY anti-IR defence flare like they use on combat jets, so a hand full of them all going off at once would probably play merry hell with an IR sensor/camera system, and probably any LowLight/NV gear too

[@umbraelegios4130]

"Please don't try this at home, we're what you call idiots, we have no experience to keep us safe." To paraphrase Mythbusters.

[@lkzprd]

I love this channel so much! The content, the format, the banter. I have been following for many years. Never change :)

[@nanaki-seto]

Finer powder faster burn chunks slower burn. I doubt you could ever get just sparkler compound to explode unless the binder agent is removed. If you pack it tight with the binder still mixed in heat just from the pressure will rebind it in to a sparkler. So a bunch of them crushed in to a fine powder place in to a 1/2 in id pvc pipe 1 half inch slightly sanded wooden dow rod. Use it to compress the powder back in to a semi solid. Then press the solid out and light it. You should get a very large sparkler. You could mix in some of the various chemicals to add colors such as well red and blue in stipes with no color for the colors of the usa :) Sparklers crushed up are fairly gummy so making them rebind is easy enough. Probably end up needing some wax paper i bet. But should still be pretty simple and easy

[@incrediblemichael]

guys the mix on sparklers is already thermite aluminum and iron last for the sparks and a pinch of barium so if you ignite a big amount of that mixture it will also burn under water because in the mix is a oxidizer too

[@jillthecivic5650]

So do another bottle one the same but use a glass bottle cause when it melts it’ll fuse to the sandbox, put thermite in the mix too but you have to layer the colors to see them burn properly, like when mortars explode they do it in patterns from timed layers and such, make sure to fill it as tightly as possible starting with plenty of fuse and try to re cap the bottle with a hole for the fuse to come out of.

[@HELLACRY]

3:57 hit the plastic cap so hard, the rubber band busted... Literally... 😂😂

[@bensonprice4027]

I love Jason's D&D references. I'm here for it

[@Ewaliciouss]

Thanks to Grammarly, I now type like a gentleman! Excellent work, chaps!

[@Grayson.P]

This reminds me of the time I crushed up sparklers, gutted capgun caps and mixed the 2 together to overstuff capguns and make extra loud bangs. Ended up having some of it go off and had sparks fly into my eye. Can still see so its all good.

[@vickanis2234]

all of a sudden Brian looks like the sidekick because of his hat. bring back the darth maul look

[@ThunderChunky101]

I used to do this as a kid, then I'd crush match heads, scrape out caps, and then the mercury fulminate you get in little snappers, then mix it all together in some kitchen roll. Worked a treat!

[@NeoTokyo22]

ya see what you wanna do is get a BUNCH of sparklers (the more the better) wrap them in a bundle with tape around the sticks as tight as possible leaving one in the middle sticking up 3-4" over the rest Find something to put it in so it sticks straight up and wont tip (PVC cut to length as close to the bundle size as possible with a base works well) and light the sparkler in the middle. It makes what can best be described as a spark beam or spark cannon a good distance in the air

[@JayWest14]

West Texan here, so yes!! Those summers can be brutal!!!

[@krypticviper1613]

If your not fully filling the bottle you don’t need to have it big so with the caps it worked well because the powder filled up to the top and could force itself out of the hole so if you try to recreate this and make it better get a mini water bottle and fill it up half or full whatever put a hole in the cap tape the cap then fuse it boom sparkle caltrop

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

The "science adjacent" clip immediately made me think of Evan and Katelyn 😂 You guys teaming up with them would be a very interesting cross over 🤣

[@TheNukedNacho]

You mean like their air cannon episode?

[@judebug680]

“Running through the streets of Waterdeep.” Lmao

[@darklordofapathy]

Take a handful of sparklers, with a fuse in the center. Wrap them tightly with an abundance of electrical tape, followed by duct tape, then light, back far away and enjoy! I would advise using the sparklers with wood sticks.

[@scootinand]

Me and a couple friends back in high school went to the local outlet that had cheap, piddly fireworks and bought a couple hundred sparklers and some fuse wire. Ground up the sparklers, put it in a coffee can with the fuse wire, set a ceramic flower pot, with an army man we had found melted to the side of an electrical pole, on a wire frame above it, and lit the fuse. The whole thing went up like crazy, completely vaporized the plastic army guy. In hindsight, we took no precaution as to avoiding static electricity as we ground up the sparklers by hand, and that could have been an oopsie.

[@jerryhuff4767]

For a better result, get as many sparklers as you can and tape them together. You want it to be ~15 or 20cm across and lots of layers of tape, then poke one in the top, light and enjoy.

[@opsports50]

3:45 I love the thought but dude, it was already gun powder. Exact same ingredients save the glue and sparkey bits.

[@SuperMarksman2010]

Thermite starts igniting-- Brian immediately pulls up his face shield XD

[@tsmithkc]

For future reference, if you think you may have inadvertently created a B-word that fails to "do the thing," DO NOT cover it with a potential source of SHRAPNEL in case your B-word becomes an angry B-word!

[@PhillipBurbo]

Jason: “I stole SO MANY fireworks!!!” Brian: “Next week tune in for an episode about statute of limitations!”

[@BeeCeeJay]

If you packed the sand down into the cinderblock, more of the reaction would be forced upward. Sand by itself isn't particularly dense, which is why you can dig in it easily at the beach, and therefore why it couldn't contain the reaction.

[@Dragon22078]

As a kid I used to make badass sparkler bombs and bottle rockets with nothing but sparklers and duct tape. I'd cut the excess wood or metal off and wrap them tightly in duct tape with a sparkler sticking out for the fuse. The amount of layers and tightness on the fuse end would determine if it was going to explode or propel.

[@bennyfactor]

"Yes, yes! Do the thing, do the thing!" [trips over a sandbag]

[@moose43h]

Those fire extinguishers are crazy

[@islackalot9277]

So first of all, start an unpredictable fire next to a dry brush pile then if in doubt, poke it with a stick. Great stuff!

[@LaskyLabs]

"I stole *so* many fireworks!" -Jason Murphy - 2021

[@kanmeridoc1784]

Hey, I've experienced that same situation with a mortar. Although on mine the fuse unwound when I dropped it into the tube and caught on the lip. I tried to get it to fall on into the tube, but instead it ended up lighting a much closer portion of the fuse and went off approximately a foot in front of my face. Instead of launching like it should've it just stayed in place spinning. Shellshock is fun.

[@blinde_tapes]

Brian keeps a pocketful to throw at any sneaky mayonaise containers he encounters

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Jason the secret alien robot has the power to make blowtorches appear out of nowhere!

[@bradecurrencyfarman2164]

As soon as I saw this I immediately thought of a soda bottle. Bless Jason

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

15:02 _thermite burning_ Brian: _takes off face protection_

[@driverjayne]

I too worked in a fireworks stand in Texas in July once. Once. It was indeed hell on earth.

[@michaelgatlin8298]

Fireworks story for ya I had the same thing happen with the plastic mortar things, except it melted the bottom enough to fall over pointed almost directly at some friends and I, who were sitting in front of a wall. It made impact with the wall about 5 feet from me and spun for a few seconds, and all we could really do was cover our heads (and ears) and hope for the best. Needless to say, it could've come directly at us and we could've been injured.

[@SpidermanFan92]

On the days after the 4th of July, fireworks have last minute blow out sales. My parents would regularly buy fireworks after the 4th and save them for the next year. One year our garage flooded and the fireworks got wet, but had dried out by the 4th of July. It was supposed to shoot off individual spinning rockets one after the other. Instead the whole thing blew up in a giant ball of fire sending rockets screaming out in every direction.