Slow-mo filming of the magic smoke coming out !

[fpgt72]

All I can say is if you are in your garage, in town and that happens police will be paying you a visit even in the 1970's.

Sounded like a bomb went off, it was way louder then the acetylene balloon we made.

I think part of the problem today is too many stupid and unlucky kids survive childhood. You need to be one of two things to be an adult, lucky or smart, and you become smart by playing with trashbags full of acetylene gas and making them go boom. You don't do that again. Smart and lucky, I only blew out a few windows in the shop. That is another thing I still feel to this day. You learn not to do that again. Everything you did stupid had a price that had to be paid.

But man it was so cool.

 

[Hedges]

Propane, then propane/air, in bags.

Saltpeter, carbon, sulfur.

Gunpowder, fishing sinker, eyedropper (small opening serves like opening to chamber of flintlock.)

Survived, still have all fingers and eyes.
(Untrained Amateur. Children, don't try this at home.)

 

[Tomthumb62]

All I can say is if you are in your garage, in town and that happens police will be paying you a visit even in the 1970's.

Sounded like a bomb went off, it was way louder then the acetylene balloon we made.

I think part of the problem today is too many stupid and unlucky kids survive childhood. You need to be one of two things to be an adult, lucky or smart, and you become smart by playing with trashbags full of acetylene gas and making them go boom. You don't do that again. Smart and lucky, I only blew out a few windows in the shop. That is another thing I still feel to this day. You learn not to do that again. Everything you did stupid had a price that had to be paid.

But man it was so cool.

lol. Life without a bit of real danger is lifeless. Just don’t die in the process as you said.

 

[OffGridForGood]

chemistry sets, garage full of tools, and scrap to work with, oxy-acetylene!, big yard and lots of free time as a youngster...whoa the dangers and learning experiences.
all fingers and toes, eyes, ears in tact and lived to tell the story!

 

[Crowz]

I had a tech that worked for me repairing vcr's and stuff one time. He would take the lithium batteries off of any bad board that was laying around which was mainly off of dead computer motherboards and solder a wire to the two poles then twist the ends together and chuck them out the back door of the shop. We always knew when he was playing since there would be a loud bang from the alley behind the store. Pretty loud on its own but hella loud in that alley

 

[SparkyJJO]

I wouldn't have expected a coin cell to blow like that.

 

[Crowz]

These aren't the modern coin batteries. These were those barrel shaped ones that predated those.

I think they are alkaline actually but not sure.