what’s up guys we are back and today
we’re going to try and experiment making
a pull-tab pyrotechnic now I found a US
Army Handbook on Amazon and as I started
flipping through it I found a cool
tutorial on how to make a fuse igniter
from a book of matches the idea being
that you can start a fuse with a simple
flick of a wrist that seemed like a
pretty dang cool experiments I played
her outfit and I made a few
modifications to make it even simpler
and even more convenient now the
materials for this experiment are very
simple all we’re going to need is a book
of paper matches I know back in the day
you can find these at gas stations and
hotels but I just went down to the
grocery store where they sell them in
large packs of 50 for just a couple of
bucks
can’t beat that now to kick things off
we’re going to make just the igniter
itself from one single book of matches
it’s very easy and this is how it works
go ahead and open up your book of
matches that will reveal the four layers
of matches inside if you grab on to the
base and just give the cardboard a tug
it’ll separate off that staple and leave
your book of matches in two different
pieces if you look at the base of the
matches you’ll notice a little staple
and that needs to come out you can use
your fingernails your teeth a pair of
pliers might be a better way to go or
you can just grab the two cardboard
bases at the bottom of the matches and
give it a gentle tug we’re going to do
next is take the actual cardboard
housing for the match books we’re going
to lay it down on the table so that the
striker strip is facing up then we’re
going to take both edges and fold them
in toward the center until they meet in
the middle the two edges of the
cardboard should butt up nicely against
each other and now to hold them in place
let’s just take a piece of electrical
tape and wrap it around where the
striker strip would be on the inside now
you can see this forms a little funnel
shape where it’s nice and open at the
top closes off or on the striker strip
and then pinches off and gets nice and
tight at the bottom that’s all we need
to do with this piece for now so let’s
set that to the side and move on to the
matches next now working with our
matches is going to be even simpler all
we have to do is take one of the sets
and lay it flat on the table and then
take both edges and fold them a little
past center so the cardboard folds up
into thirds the matches will want to
unravel so to hold them in place take a
piece of tape and wrap it around the
bundle about a quarter inch down from
the match
and that right there is really about it
all we have to do now is take our bundle
of matches insert it down into the
striker tube and fold it all up now as
you push the bundle of matches down into
the striker tube you don’t want to go
too far you want the heads of the
matches to stop above the striker strip
and you’ll know you’re there when your
bundle sticks out about a quarter to
half an inch now from here what we’re
going to do is form a pull tab and to do
that we’re just going to take the top of
the striker tube place our finger right
in the center and loop the tip over
until it wraps around and touches the
first piece of tape use another piece of
tape to hold the tip in place and you’ll
end up with something looking like this
a little pyrotechnic whistle so check it
out guys using nothing but a book of
paper matches and a little bit of tape
we create ourselves a really cool
looking ring pool initiator question is
does it work
i base this off the idea of a ring pull
grenade and all you have to do to
activate it is stick your finger through
the loop grab the base of the bundle
firmly with your other hand and pull it
really is just as simple as that
and to get this thing to ignite a fuse
really is pretty simple as well you can
see when you pull the two apart the
friction from the striker strip on the
inside ignites all the match heads and
once that delivers a lot of heat and a
lot of energy in one single burst I love
the way these things light off and with
a little bit of practice you can get
them to work every time now I should
mention if you wrap the casings on too
tight it’s going to take a lot of force
to pull them apart but even just a
little ass bit of friction will set them
off but conversely if you don’t wrap
them tight enough there’s a good chance
that when you pull them apart they don’t
let off at all huh fail so I personally
think it’s better to err err on the side
of caution and wrap them a little bit
tighter alright moving on to the fuses
the kind of fuse I like to use is called
visco fuse this is a safety firework
fuse that I got from a firework supply
company it takes about a second and an
open flame for the stuff to light off to
get this stuff to light off with our
pull start pyro we all have to make one
simple modification and that’s to tie a
small knot in the top now to get the
fuses to work with our system all we
have to do is take the knotted end and
stick it at the top of our match heads
on the bundle and start rolling it up
from the side once we’ve got it all
rolled up you’re going to notice it
makes a nice little pyrotechnic bouquet
of match heads with the knotted fuse to
the top and once we put a little bit of
tape around here we’ll be able to tug on
that fuse
not will not slide through now go ahead
and make the striker casing like you did
before but this time take the end of
your fuse and push it through first now
we can go ahead and wrap the loop back
into position the same way we did before
and our pull string fuse igniter is
complete so I’m going to put it to the
test for you so we can see how it works
see look at that I can’t even get my
barbeque igniter to light anyway but
that’s okay because we’ve got pull start
ignition glasses on for safety so
theoretically we stick our finger on the
loop grab on to the other side and pull
whoo yeah you see my hand just pulling
off that sheathing and there it goes
one match lights it looks like it lights
the other ones and then within about a
second or less these lights off so it
looks like if the error on the side of
making them a little bit tighter there’s
a higher chance that your handle will
break off but a lot higher chance that
your fuse will actually tonight as well
I love this stuff the fever’s work guys
that was amazing that’s really good news
that’s very encouraging let’s try that
again what I’m actually really curious
to know is how slowly can we pull this
thing and still have it go off I’m going
to pull it extremely slowly let’s do
what happens building quite a bit of
tension right now
whoa that worked and the mat just fell
off but they’re still going but that
definitely work that definitely works
and you see the match heads light off
and within a fraction of a second the
fuse ignites as well that gets hot
really fast guys sweet and how bright
that fire is Natalie does send up a
shower sparks at night that’s what I’m
talking about right there
and that is success I love to see things
work so there you have a guys apparently
with a simple book of paper matches and
a little bit of tape we now have the
power to ignite pyrotechnics with a
flick of a finger whoa hey thanks for
joining me for this experiment guys I’ll
be looking for you the next one talk to
you then thanks Tammuz on for the book
I’ll be sending 25 bucks oh wait I
already did
hey guys thanks for watching and
remember I’m giving away prizes now on
every new video all you have to do to
qualify is subscribe to my channel ring
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we’re going to try and experiment making
a pull-tab pyrotechnic now I found a US
Army Handbook on Amazon and as I started
flipping through it I found a cool
tutorial on how to make a fuse igniter
from a book of matches the idea being
that you can start a fuse with a simple
flick of a wrist that seemed like a
pretty dang cool experiments I played
her outfit and I made a few
modifications to make it even simpler
and even more convenient now the
materials for this experiment are very
simple all we’re going to need is a book
of paper matches I know back in the day
you can find these at gas stations and
hotels but I just went down to the
grocery store where they sell them in
large packs of 50 for just a couple of
bucks
can’t beat that now to kick things off
we’re going to make just the igniter
itself from one single book of matches
it’s very easy and this is how it works
go ahead and open up your book of
matches that will reveal the four layers
of matches inside if you grab on to the
base and just give the cardboard a tug
it’ll separate off that staple and leave
your book of matches in two different
pieces if you look at the base of the
matches you’ll notice a little staple
and that needs to come out you can use
your fingernails your teeth a pair of
pliers might be a better way to go or
you can just grab the two cardboard
bases at the bottom of the matches and
give it a gentle tug we’re going to do
next is take the actual cardboard
housing for the match books we’re going
to lay it down on the table so that the
striker strip is facing up then we’re
going to take both edges and fold them
in toward the center until they meet in
the middle the two edges of the
cardboard should butt up nicely against
each other and now to hold them in place
let’s just take a piece of electrical
tape and wrap it around where the
striker strip would be on the inside now
you can see this forms a little funnel
shape where it’s nice and open at the
top closes off or on the striker strip
and then pinches off and gets nice and
tight at the bottom that’s all we need
to do with this piece for now so let’s
set that to the side and move on to the
matches next now working with our
matches is going to be even simpler all
we have to do is take one of the sets
and lay it flat on the table and then
take both edges and fold them a little
past center so the cardboard folds up
into thirds the matches will want to
unravel so to hold them in place take a
piece of tape and wrap it around the
bundle about a quarter inch down from
the match
and that right there is really about it
all we have to do now is take our bundle
of matches insert it down into the
striker tube and fold it all up now as
you push the bundle of matches down into
the striker tube you don’t want to go
too far you want the heads of the
matches to stop above the striker strip
and you’ll know you’re there when your
bundle sticks out about a quarter to
half an inch now from here what we’re
going to do is form a pull tab and to do
that we’re just going to take the top of
the striker tube place our finger right
in the center and loop the tip over
until it wraps around and touches the
first piece of tape use another piece of
tape to hold the tip in place and you’ll
end up with something looking like this
a little pyrotechnic whistle so check it
out guys using nothing but a book of
paper matches and a little bit of tape
we create ourselves a really cool
looking ring pool initiator question is
does it work
i base this off the idea of a ring pull
grenade and all you have to do to
activate it is stick your finger through
the loop grab the base of the bundle
firmly with your other hand and pull it
really is just as simple as that
and to get this thing to ignite a fuse
really is pretty simple as well you can
see when you pull the two apart the
friction from the striker strip on the
inside ignites all the match heads and
once that delivers a lot of heat and a
lot of energy in one single burst I love
the way these things light off and with
a little bit of practice you can get
them to work every time now I should
mention if you wrap the casings on too
tight it’s going to take a lot of force
to pull them apart but even just a
little ass bit of friction will set them
off but conversely if you don’t wrap
them tight enough there’s a good chance
that when you pull them apart they don’t
let off at all huh fail so I personally
think it’s better to err err on the side
of caution and wrap them a little bit
tighter alright moving on to the fuses
the kind of fuse I like to use is called
visco fuse this is a safety firework
fuse that I got from a firework supply
company it takes about a second and an
open flame for the stuff to light off to
get this stuff to light off with our
pull start pyro we all have to make one
simple modification and that’s to tie a
small knot in the top now to get the
fuses to work with our system all we
have to do is take the knotted end and
stick it at the top of our match heads
on the bundle and start rolling it up
from the side once we’ve got it all
rolled up you’re going to notice it
makes a nice little pyrotechnic bouquet
of match heads with the knotted fuse to
the top and once we put a little bit of
tape around here we’ll be able to tug on
that fuse
not will not slide through now go ahead
and make the striker casing like you did
before but this time take the end of
your fuse and push it through first now
we can go ahead and wrap the loop back
into position the same way we did before
and our pull string fuse igniter is
complete so I’m going to put it to the
test for you so we can see how it works
see look at that I can’t even get my
barbeque igniter to light anyway but
that’s okay because we’ve got pull start
ignition glasses on for safety so
theoretically we stick our finger on the
loop grab on to the other side and pull
whoo yeah you see my hand just pulling
off that sheathing and there it goes
one match lights it looks like it lights
the other ones and then within about a
second or less these lights off so it
looks like if the error on the side of
making them a little bit tighter there’s
a higher chance that your handle will
break off but a lot higher chance that
your fuse will actually tonight as well
I love this stuff the fever’s work guys
that was amazing that’s really good news
that’s very encouraging let’s try that
again what I’m actually really curious
to know is how slowly can we pull this
thing and still have it go off I’m going
to pull it extremely slowly let’s do
what happens building quite a bit of
tension right now
whoa that worked and the mat just fell
off but they’re still going but that
definitely work that definitely works
and you see the match heads light off
and within a fraction of a second the
fuse ignites as well that gets hot
really fast guys sweet and how bright
that fire is Natalie does send up a
shower sparks at night that’s what I’m
talking about right there
and that is success I love to see things
work so there you have a guys apparently
with a simple book of paper matches and
a little bit of tape we now have the
power to ignite pyrotechnics with a
flick of a finger whoa hey thanks for
joining me for this experiment guys I’ll
be looking for you the next one talk to
you then thanks Tammuz on for the book
I’ll be sending 25 bucks oh wait I
already did
hey guys thanks for watching and
remember I’m giving away prizes now on
every new video all you have to do to
qualify is subscribe to my channel ring
the bell and select to be notified when
my next videos get released the secret
link to my giveaways will be pinned in
the comments for the first 12 hours if
you like what I’m doing show your
support right now by giving this video a
big thumbs up and share with a friend I
love you back I’ll see you next time
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