Skylighter Free Project Plans http://www.skylighter.com/how_to_make_fireworks.asp How To Make a 30-Shot Festival Ball Mortar Rack How to make a 30-shot fireworks mortar rack for festival balls using milk crates and HDPE mortar tubes. Backyard 4th of July Fireworks Display Tips Tips and tricks for your next backyard 4th of July Fireworks Display. Fireworks Fountain Chromatrope Wheel How to make a fireworks chromatrope wheel using store bought consumer fireworks fountains. Consumer Fireworks Display Setup How to set up a great fourth of July consumer fireworks backyard display. Festival Ball Mortar Tube Racks - Cautions and Advice Answers to common questions about consumer firework mortar tubes and racks. How to Attach An Ematch to Visco Fuse An easy and reliable method to attach ematches to consumer fireworks or visco fuse for electric ignition. Make Your Consumer Fireworks Festival Balls More Interesting How to best use your consumer fireworks festival balls, mortar tube selection, make mortar racks and fuse your artillery shells fireworks together. Firework Festival Balls 20-shot Fiberglass Mortar Rack Learn how to make a 20-shot festival ball mortar rack for your Fourth of July backyard fireworks display with reusable fiberglass tubes. Planning Your July 4th Consumer Fireworks Display How to plan a successful July 4th consumer fireworks backyard display from setup to finale. Cross Match Firework Fuse Alternatives How to use other firework fuses for cross matching including quickmatch, visco cross match and paper firecracker fuse. How To Make E-matches Using Skylighters Electric Match Heads Learn how to make e-matches, also known as squibs or firework igniters, using Skylighter's chemicals and electric match heads. How To Make a Quickmatch Fireworks Fuse How to easily make your own homemade quickmatch fireworks fuse with masking tape, kraft paper and black powder. How to Attach An Ematch to Visco Fuse An easy and reliable method to attach ematches to consumer fireworks or visco fuse for electric ignition. How to Make Electric Matches for Your July 4th Fireworks Display Learn how to make e-matches, firework igniters, for your July 4th fireworks display. Making Your Own Fireworks Igniters, Squibs, or E-matches How to make fireworks igniters, also known as squibs or e-matches, for electrical ignition using small pieces of circuit board, nichrome wire and solder. How to Make a Quickmatch Firework Fuse Match Pipe How to make match pipe with Kraft paper for making homemade quickmatch fireworks fuse. Consumer Fireworks Mortar Racks and Fusing How to correctly fuse fireworks mortar racks for use in your July 4th backyard fireworks displays. Super Simple Homemade Fireworks Firing System Make your own simple fireworks electric firing system using an electric fence power unit and dark flash powder. Wiring Fireworks and Firing Systems For Fireworks Displays How to successfully ematch and wire fireworks to an electric fireworks firing system. Homemade Consumer Sized Reloadable Fireworks Mines How to make homemade reloadable consumer fireworks sized mines using the bag or piston method. How to Make Dragon Eggs 15 Foot Crackling Fireworks Mines Make impressive 15 foot dragon egg mines from class C firework crackling balls for your next fireworks display. How to Make Colored Liquid Flame Fireballs Make colored flammable liquid fireballs known as a Ghost Mines using common firework chemicals. How to Make Firework Star Mines Free project teaches you two different methods for making firework star mines. Optional kit for making 30 mines. Learn to Make - Small Flying Fish Fuse Mines Flying fish mine kit for $15 - fuse, tubes, supplies and plans to make 10 mines in minutes. How to Make Fireworks Mines Learn how to make fireworks mines, an effect that shoots firework stars into the air from a mortar tube. How to Make an Ammonium Dichromate Science Project Volcano How to make a science project volcano with ammonium dichromate. Optional kit with charcoal and aluminum for sparks. How to Soundproof Your Ball Mill Learn how to make a ball mill cabinet for soundproofing while ball milling chemicals. How to Use a Ball Mill Safely and Effectively How to safely and effectively use a ball mill to grind pyrotechnic chemicals and black powder. Homemade Fireworks Hand Ramming Techniques Tips for properly hand ramming pyrotechnic compositions so your homemade fireworks work right everytime. How To Make Copper Salicylate For Blue Whistle Rockets Use copper chloride and sodium salicylate to make copper salicylate for blue tailed whistle rockets. Extend the Life of Your Cardboard Mortar Tubes How to coat your cardboard fireworks mortar tubes with a varnish to help protect them for longer use. how to Make a Cremora Fireball How to make a fireball in your back yard with coffee cremora and other flammable powders. How to Build a Drying Chamber How to build a drying rack chamber to safely dry homemade fireworks stars and pyrotechnic compositions. Cheap Small-Batch Firework Chemical Milling How to mill small batches of firework chemicals using a cheap coffee grinder you can buy at Walmart. Emergency Fire Starter Pyrotechnic Formula Pyrotechnic formula for creating an emergency fire starter, great for survival situtaions. Fan Shaped Homemade Fireworks Cake How to make your own custom fireworks cake with homemade fireworks. Finding the Right Black Powder For Fireworks A comparison of the different grades of black powder for use in pyrotechnics and fireworks. How to Grind Granular Potassium Nitrate with a Coffee Grinder How to safely mill granular Potassium Nitrate with a blade-type coffee grinder. How to Make a Hydraulic Rocket Press Learn how to make a rocket press for pressing homemade black powder, whistle and strobe rockets. Safely Using a Hot-Glue Gun for Making Fireworks Safety precautions and advice for using a hot glue when making fireworks. Metal Particle Size and Shape Defined How to properly define metal particle sizes and shapes. How to Make a 5 Gallon Bucket Screen How to turn a 5 gallon bucket into a screen for separating ball milling media from milled chemicals. Charcoal Making Secrets How to make good homemade charcoal for your homemade blackpowder and fireworks. How to Make Chinese Sky Lanterns Make sky lanterns using detailed tutorial with videos. Get Sky Lantern kits or ready made Sky Lanterns. How to Roll Better Round Stars Learn a simple technique for rolling round fireworks stars in a large bowl. Make Black Powder: Quick and Easy How to make black powder: quick, cheap and easy. Optional kit with all the chemicals needed to make black powder. Making High-Powered Black Powder How to make and test high-powered black powder made with red gum. How to Make Rocket Nozzle Mix How to make a better rocket nozzle using a mix of bentonite clay, grog and paraffin wax. How to Make Your Own Paper Fireworks Tubes Learn how to cut, treat and roll your own fireworks tubes for making homemade fireworks. Mesh Size and Micron Conversion Chart Learn how to understand mesh sizes and microns and how to convert one to the other. Metal Powder Particle Size and Particle Shape Learn the different metal powder particle shapes used in pyrotechnics and how to understand particle size descriptions. Choosing Ball Milling Media for Firework Chemical Milling How to choose the appropriate media for safely ball milling black powder and pyrotechnic chemicals. Make Your Paper End Plugs Fit Your Tubes How to make your paper end plugs fit better into your firework tubes. Learn to Make a Red Plasma Cutter Firework Fountain Make a briliant red firework fountain using this free project plan with videos. Every step shown in detail. Optional 20 fountain kit. Protecting Aluminum Powder From Water With Boric Acid This article explains how to coat aluminum powder with boric acid to stop corrosion of the aluminum powder in firework star compositions. How To Do Pyro Math Learn how to easily rewrite fireworks formulas from parts per weight to percentages. Homemade Red Gum Black Powder How to make homemade black powder with a red gum binder for fireworks lift. How To Make A Desiccant Firework Star Drying Box How to build a drying box using desiccant (calcium chloride) for drying out firework stars and other hygroscopic materials. Testing Firework Stars with a Star Gun and Making a Reusable Cake How to test your firework stars with a star gun and how to use that star gun to make a flying fish fuse cake. How to Make Sparklers With Strontium Nitrate How to make red sparklers with a strontium nitrate pyrotechnic formula. Understanding Kraft Paper Grain How to use the grain of kraft paper to your advantage while making fireworks. How to Make a Vesuvian Volcano How to make a volcano High School chemistry demonstration with Ammonium Dichromate. Weighing and Screening Fireworks Chemicals How to properly weigh chemicals for homemade fireworks and make yourself a nice set of mixing screens. Homemade Fireworks Mortar Tube Bases How to make wooden bases for your cardboard fireworks mortar tubes. Quick and Easy Black Powder Ball Mill How to optimize a 6 pound ball mill to safely and effectively ball mill homemade black powder. How To Make Advanced Firework Saxons How to make more advanced spinning, sparking saxon fireworks. How to Make Spinning Saxon Fireworks How to make spinning saxon fireworks that make impressive spinning showers of sparks. How To Make Blue Fireworks Fountains Learn how to make blue fireworks fountains also known as gerbs. Pyrotechnic Formulas For White Strobe Pots How to make bright white fireworks strobe pots using a simple pyrotechnic formula. Fireworks Fountain Chromatrope Wheel How to make a fireworks chromatrope wheel using store bought consumer fireworks fountains. How to Make Colored Fireworks Fountains How to make fireworks fountains in a rainbow of colors, includes six fountain formulas. How To Make a Firework Crack Ball Learn how to make a firework crack ball using a simple pyrotechnic formula. How To Make Flying Fish Fuse Sparklers How to make a sparkler with falling leaves and flying fish fireworks fuses. How to Make Colored Smoke Bombs with Organic Powdered Dyes Learn how to make colored smoke bombs with organic powdered dyes. How to Make Fireworks Wheels For Set Pieces An excerpt from the Westech Manual explaining how to make firework wheels including a flying Dutchman, saxons and comet wheels. Homemade Fireworks: How To Make Saxons Make spinning wheel like fireworks known as saxons with gold and silver sparks. Tourbillions: How To Make Spinning Fireworks Make your own homemade tourbillion spinning fireworks, also known a whirlwinds, geysers and table rockets. How to Make A Waterfall Firework Fireworks formula and instructions for making a waterfall fireworks effect. How to Make Fireworks Fountains (Gerbs) How to make fireworks fountains also known as gerbs for a stand alone effect or for use in set pieces. Secret to Making Homemade Roman Candle Fireworks How to make roman candle fireworks with the new Smith Method of roman candle making. How to Make Senko Hanabi Sparklers How to make senko hanabi traditional Japanese sparklers that produce delicate, branching sparks. How to Make Sparklers How to make bright silver, popping, homemade sparklers. Includes and optional kit to make 72 sizzler sparklers. How to Make Fireworks Strobe Pots Free instructions for making white and pink flashing fireworks strobe pots. Optional kit makes 10 white strobe pots. Using Homemade Fireworks Fountains Creatively How to use your homemade fireworks fountains as waterfalls, wheel drivers, set pieces and line rockets. How to Make Whistle Mix How to make whistle mix with potassium perchlorate and sodium salicylate that can used in whistle rockets and drivers. Introduction to Rockets - Fireworks Rockets Explained An introduction to the different types of fireworks rockets including black powder, whistle and strobe rockets. Stinger Missile Fireworks Rockets - Free Project Shows How to Make Them Make stinger missile fireworks rockets in 5 minutes or less. No stick, no fins needed. Optional 25 rocket kit - tools, chemicals, fuse and tubes. How To Make Blue Strobe Rocket Fuel Learn how to make blue strobe rockets using a simple fireworks formula. Colored Homemade Rocket Engine Firework Formulas Pyrotechnic formulas for making red, green, blue, and green homemade rocket engines. How to Make End-Burner Rocket Engines How to make end-burner black powder rocket engines, commonly used as drivers in fireworks. How to Make Estes Model Rocket Engines How to make black powder model rocket engines reverse engineered from Estes rockets. Firefly Aluminum Rocket Engines Learn a pyrotechnic formula for making rocket engines using firefly aluminum powder. How to Make a Glitter Rocket with Horsetail Finish Free article teaches you how to make a beautiful rocket with a glittery tail and charcoal star heading. Optional glitter star kit. How To Make a Rocket With a Red or Green Tail How to give your homemade fireworks rockets a beatiful red or green tail. Make a 4-Ounce Black Powder Rocket Free black powder rocket making project. Learn to make a rocket using homemade black powder and professional tools. Optional kit to make 50 rockets. How to Make Nozzleless Rockets How to make half-inch nozzleless fireworks rockets, no clay required just black powder fuel. How to Make a Hydraulic Rocket Press Learn how to make a rocket press for pressing homemade black powder, whistle and strobe rockets. How to Make Fireworks: Black Powder Rockets How to make black powder rocket engines using Skylighter's 4 ounce rocket tooling. Homemade Fireworks: Stinger Missile Black Powder Rockets How to make homemade firework stinger missile black powder rocket engines using Skylighter rocket tooling and tubes. How to Make Rocket Nozzle Mix How to make a better rocket nozzle using a mix of bentonite clay, grog and paraffin wax. How To Make a Rocket Stick How to easily cut your own sky rocket sticks from a length of wood using a tablesaw for your homemade rockets. How to Make a Rocket: Sugar Rockets How to make sugar rocket engines using only sugar (sorbitol) and potassium nitrate. How to Make a Firework - Strobe Rockets How to make a unique fireworks rocket engine that flashes like a strobe when it flies. How to Sugar Rockets with Potassium Nitrate and Sorbitol How to make quick and easy sugar rockets using potassium nitrate, sorbitol and red iron oxide. Includes a kit to make 25 1/2-inch sugar rockets. How To Make a Rocket With Visco Fuse Easily make homemade rockets using visco fuse as the rocket engine. How to Make a Rocket: Whistle Rockets Instructions for making the pyrotechnic composotion whistle mix to use as a rocket fuel. How to Make a Whistle Rocket How to make a whistle rocket with potassium perchlorate, sodium salicylate whistle mix. How to Make White Strobe Rockets How to make white strobe rockets rockets using a simple pyrotechnic formula. Worlds Smallest Flying Fish Fuse Firework Rocket How to make the worlds smallest homemade rocket powered by flying fish fuse. Introduction to Firework Shells An introduction to the different types of firework shells including ball shell, cylinder shells, mulit-break shells and more. Learn to Make a Cylindrical Paper Rocket Heading This tutorial shows you how to make professional rocket headings for your fireworks rockets. How to Make Firework Shells - 2 inch Plastic Cylinders Free firework shells project gives you all the details to quickly make plastic cylinder shells just like the pros. Optional supplies kit to make 12 shells. 3-Inch Basic Plastic Ball Shells Free project plans for making basic 3-inch plastic ball shells. Includes optional kit with shells, fuse and mortar tube. 3-Inch Plastic Firework Shell Instructions How to make 3-Inch paper pasted plastic ball shell with rising tail. Fireworks Shell Making Using 4-Inch Plastic Hemispheres Free fireworks shell making project shows you how to quickly make plastic ball shells just like the pros. Optional supplies kit to make 20 shells. How To Make Black Powder Coated Rice Hulls How to coat rice hulls with homemade black powder to make a burst charge for homemade fireworks. Film Canister Homemade Aerial Firework Shells Use your old film canisters to make small fireworks aerial shells. How to Make Go Getter Firework Stars How to make Go Getter firework stars, an animated star used in aerial shells or mines that swims all over the sky. How to Make a Firework Star Pattern Shell How to make a firework shell that creates a star pattern when it bursts in the sky. Tiger Willow Shells in 2-1/2 Days, Day 1 Part 1 of a 3 part series on how to make an 8-inch tiger willow firework shell in 3 days. Tiger Willow Shells in 2-1/2 Days, Day 2 Part 2 of a 3 part series on how to make 8 inch tiger willow shells in 3 days. Tiger Willow Shells in 2-1/2 Days, Day 3 Part 3 of a 3 part series on how to make 8 inch tiger willow shells in 3 days. Flash Powder Poof of White Smoke Stage Special Effect How to make a poof of smoke stage special effect with flash powder and a flash pot. How to Make Blue Fire With Copper Chloride Learn how to make blue flames in your campfire with copper chloride, also known as campfire blue. Make A Colored Fire Thrower For Stage Special Effects How to make a flame projector shoot colored fire for stage special effects or backyard fun. How to Make a Cremora Fireball Make giant fireballs in your backyard just like in the movies with cremora coffee creamer. Firework Stars and Shell Inserts An introduction to the different types of fireworks stars and inserts for firework shells. Make Advanced Go-Getter Stars This project shows you how to make go-getter fireworks stars in all basic colors, with and without spark tails. Learn to make go-getter stars for fireworks Go-getter stars are used in aerial shells. They never fail to entertain audiences as they zip around the sky. Blinding Red Fireworks Star Formula A formula for bright red fireworks stars for homemade fireworks shells, mines and other pyrotechnics. Make Break Mix For Crossette Comet Pyrotechnics Learn how to use black powder and flash powder to make the break charge for homemade crossette comet firewoks. Fireworks Cascading Comet Mortar Rack How to make a mini mortar rack to shoot individual fireworks stars like comets. Cheaper Dragon Eggs Crackling Stars A formula for making homemade dragon egg crackling firework stars cheaper with bismuth subcarbonate. Fireworks Chemicals: Chlorine Donors Learn about fireworks chemicals known as chlorine donors, their uses in pyrotechnic formulas and the amount of chlorine they give off. Copper Benzoate Fireworks Formulas For Blue Stars Two pyrotechnic formulas for blue firework stars using thechemical copper benzoate. Green and Blue Fireworks Star Compositions Fireworks star compositions that use copper powder to create green and blue firework stars and strobe pots. Homemade Fireworks Cut Stars Pyro Star Compositions Fourteen formulas for making homemade firework cut stars. How to Make Cut Stars in an Hour or Less How to make cut stars for fireworks in an hour or less by Ian von Maltitz. Easy Way to Dampen Firework Star Compositions How to evenly dampen small and large batches of firework star compositions with water. Cheap Green Firework Stars With Barium Nitrate Make green firework stars cheaply with this formula using barium nitrate as the oxidizer. Firefly Aluminum Star Composition Pyrotechnic forumla for making fireworks stars with firefly aluminum. How to Make Firefly Cut Stars How to make glittery firefly cut stars for homemade fireworks. Optional kit includes chemicals to make 5 pounds of firefly stars. How to Make Gold Glitter Firework Comets How to make beautiful gold glitter comets perfect for using on rockets or for tails on firework shells. Pyrotechnic Formula For Green Firework Stars How to make green firework stars using barium carbonate instead of barium nitrate or barium chlorate. Fireworks Star Compositions For Making Pillbox Stars Pyrotechnic formulas for pillbox stars in red, pink, yellow and silver. How to Make Gold Glitter Fireworks Stars How to make beautiful yellow glitter firework stars great for your homemade brocade shells. Using a Fireworks Star Plate to Make Pumped Stars Free fireworks star plate project with videos shows you how to make hundreds of stars per hour. Optional kit with enough chemicals to pump 5 lbs. of stars. Large Reloadable Fireworks Glitter Comets How to make realoadable D1 glitter comets. One of the most popular fireworks glitter effects. Optional kit makes 10 pounds of D1 stars. Long Hang Time Firefly Fireworks Formula A pyrotechnic formula for making beautiful glittery long hang time fireworks stars using firefly aluminum powder. Star Compositions and Techniques For Making Fireworks Comets Learn the various methods and tools used for pressing fireworks comets including comet pumps and comet plates. Sizing Round Firework Stars How to size your round firework stars with a star sizing screen to improve your homemade shells. Pyrotechnic Formulas For Willow Star Fireworks Learn a few pyrotechnic formulas for making willow firework stars and pyrotechnic comets. Orpiment and Realgar Formulas A collection of fireworks formulas using the chemicals orpiment and realgar. Black Powder Palm Tree Charcoal Pyrotechnic Formula A black powder formula using charcoal made from palm tree fronds. How to Make Firework Stars Using a Star Pump Learn how to make cylindrical stars with a star pump that come out perfect every time. Includes optional kit for making 10 pounds of pumped glitter stars. Make Red Rubber Firework Stars - Finished in 3 Hours Screen sliced rubber fireworks stars can be made and dried in 3 hours. Detailed free project with optional chemicals kit shows you every step. Make Rainbow of Rubber Stars in 3 Hours Make fireworks stars the easy way. Screen-sliced rubber stars in all colors can be made and used in 3 hours using this detailed project with videos. Test Your Fireworks Stars With a Star Testing Gun How to make a star testing gun to properly test your fireworks stars to see how they will look in the sky. Award Winning Firework Formula for Blue Stars An award winning blue fireworks star formula from an Florida Pyrotechnic Guild competition. Blue Firework Star Chemicals and Formulas Explained Explains the chemicals used to make blue fireworks stars and includes many blue star compositions. Blue Star Compositions A comparison of pyrotechnic formulas for blue fireworks stars and the fireworks chemicals they contain. Veline Firework Stars Color System - Pyrotechnic Formulas Easily make an array of colored firework stars with Rober Veline's color system of pyrotechnic formulas. How to Make Firefly Aluminum Fireworks Stars What is the Firefly aluminum effect and how do you make firefly stars. How to Make Firework Stars With Zinc Dust How to make zinc cut stars, also called granite stars, for your homemade fireworks.