Hello and Thanks!

[chopperthedog]

Been lurking for about a year doing lots of reading and of course enjoying the last decade of Dave's videos. I haven't touched any fireworks in about 23 years, got wrapped up in music and travelling with bands, so I was never home or free on the 4th weekend. Retired from all that and now my free time belongs to me.

Late 90's I would toy around with some small displays, had a couple cardboard racks (which were broken up disposed after that pic), 15ch wire loom and would make initiators using some fuse and estes rocket igniters. Good ole pre internet days where you kinda rolled your own.


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[chopperthedog]

Over the last 3 months I've been building up some pyro infrastructure. Built some various combinations of racks with fiberglass tubes. Ordered the Biluocn system with 12 modules (48 cues) along with the other needed bits for wiring all this up.

After the cost of initial supplies I really had to restrain myself with my fireworks buying and went with a collection of smaller cakes. I like the 4ch modules, makes it an easy set up having modular racks and cake boards ready to go. I had no planned show format or speed, just kept a list of what was getting wired and where and treated as a menu that I picked items from in no particular order checking them off as I went. My shoot went flawless and everything fired the way as intended.


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[chopperthedog]

The e firing stuff is fun as heck and the wiring process is almost therapeutic. Also noticed that it seems like less work these days with minimal exposed fuse, just needed to foil up the milk crate rack that had shells on quick fuse everything else I left bare.

Big thanks to Dave for the site and videos! along with some folks here for the education content. And also, god damn! some of you guys have set ups that I envy so much.



good day.

[chopperthedog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTI3aI9fqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTI3aI9fqM


I didn't video whole thing, just did various clips. It won't be exciting at all to most folks here. My finale section that starts around 4:20 went pretty well. I learned that the modules cab be programmed at any starting number, so I had 3 at 1-4 5-8 9-12 and a 4th module starting with "12". which becomes 12-15. With that set up you can get the rapid sequence to fire 15 cues instead of just 12. The final burst is a crossover of the big top cake finale along with 20 shells wired and fired with rapid sequence (shell firing sequence: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-2-3) last 3 shells were 3 5" hellcats that all broke nicely for that tight boom.


good day.

[Engineer Cat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTI3aI9fqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTI3aI9fqM


It won't be exciting at all to most folks here.



We like ALL kinds of shows here I enjoyed it :)

Back in the day before I had a firing system I would use 9 volt batteries and a nail board to fire homemade initiators. I would cut the tip off of old Christmas lights (the small skinny ones) and would put a little bit of firecracker powder in there and then stick fuse in the top and tape it up. Actually worked pretty damn good for a poor mans e-match.

[Rick_In_Tampa]

Good ole pre internet days where you kinda rolled your own.


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I used to roll my own back in the 70's, but it had nothing to do with pyro.

Welcome back to the hobby! It's going to be nice to retire and do absolutely nothing one day! I'm looking forward to it.