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- This is a phile on making a smoke bomb. There are several ways to do it, but
- I think this is about the best. After the end of the formula, I'll put some
- varyations. Here's what you do:
- Requirements-
- Sugar (powdered works best, but any will do)
- Saltpeter (you can get this at a hardware store)
-
- OK, take 4 ounces of sugar and 6 ounces of saltpeter (you can use more, but
- keep the porportions right) and put them in a pot. Heat them over a low flame,
- stirring constantly, until it is liquid. Pour it into a container (more on
- this later) and let it harden.
- What kind of container, you ask? Well, that depends on the circumstances. You
- can just put it into a paper cup and light the cup, if you want. Or, you could
- put it in a glass jar with a hole in the top for the fuse and seal the hole
- around the fuse. Another way to do it is to pour it into a mold, stick a fuse
- in, and wait till it hardens.
- How do I make a fuse? Very simple. Take some sturdy string and dip it in wax.
- You now have a fuse suitable for a smoke bomb.
- Which bomb should I use? The paper cup is good to just light it and chuck it.
- The glass jar (if made right) will shatter as the smoke builds up. I'd advise
- against that, cause it sends shards of glass everywhere, and it doesn't work
- unless you do it perfectly right. What you need to do is stop the hole with
- wax after you put the fuse in. then, when the fuse burns down to there, the
- wax melts and fills over the hole. More often than not, either the hole isn't
- filled properly or the wax gets popped out instead of the jar breaking.
- Anyway, the mold is nice if you want to make a small, professional looking
- bomb. You can use almost anything for the mold. I like to take liquid rubber
- (you can get it at a hobby shop) and brush it over something like a pencil or
- whatever and paint it so it looks real (from a VERY great distance). You can
- also just pour it into an ice cream scoop or something. Stick the fuse in
- right after you pour the mixture. You should use a fuse about 1 1/2 inches
- long, with an inch sticking out.
- Now that I have the bomb, what do I do with it? Easy. You light it and put
- it somewhere where it will cause trouble. You can light it and drop it near
- a smoke detector, or put it in a heating vent at your school. Now, if getting
- caught is a problem, you can do one of two things:
- 1) use a really long fuse, and dip it more than once in the wax, or
- 2) make a timer.
- Making the timer:
- Requirements-
- Analog alarm clock (you can do it with a watch, but it's more difficult to work
- with the small parts. Wind up or b/o is best)
- wire
- hot melt glue gun and/or solder and soldering iron
- nine volt battery and terminal (you can get a pack of terminals at Radio Shit
- for like $1, or you can just take something that uses a 9 v battery and cut it
- off there)
- iron nail
- Minimal intelligence ( if you don't have this, forget the whole thing)
-
- Here's what you do:
- Take the clock and knock the glass off. If the hands are metal, just solder
- the end of 1 wire to the hour or minute hand (depending on how long you want
- it to wait) and the other to the attery terminal. If it's not metal, glue the
- wire to the hand so the exposed part sticks out over the end of the hand. Then
- take another wire and solder ot to the end or the nail. solder the other end
- to the other battery terminal. Now take another wire and glue or solder the
- end of it to the clock face at 6 so that the hand with the wire (or the wire
- glued to it) will touch it. You may need to bend the minute hand up so that
- it won't knock the wire over if you are using the hour hand as the live hand.
- Now solder the other end of that wire to the end of the nail. When the wire
- on the hand and the wire at 6 touch, the circuit will be made and the nail will
- heat up. When you make the bomb, put the nail in in place of the fuse. Set
- the clock so you have as much time as you need (if you want it to go off 5
- minutes later, put the wire on the minute hand and set the clock at 12:25) and
- place the bomb.
-
- That'll do it for this phile. Remember, explosives are dangerous (even smoke
- bombs) and the glass jar method is VERY dangerous. It will send shrapnel
- flying at speeds high enough to go right through people. It looks cool from a
- distance, but make sure you are experienced enough to do it, and make sure no
- one is around to get hit by the glass.
- Disclaimer: This phile was written for information purposes only, and the
- author does not condone the construction or use of explosives. I take no
- responsibility for and damages caused by lamers who read this.
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