No problem and it’s fun to make black powder

Have you ever tried adding aluminum to the black powder? I’m thinking of trying it to see what it does.

@@E85_STI I would just try a little bit of perc and benzoate to speed it up. aluminum and KNO3 react poorly and generate enough heat to spontaneously ignite. if you just get good charcoal it will make all the difference in the world. 3 hour milled bp with a proper mill rpm and charge will create some scary fast stuff. it burns with soft "thump" instead of whoosh.

@@E85_STI addidng aluminum to BP wont make it burn faster, just burn hotter with more residue - I tried that. To make BP burn faster mill it 8h and then granulate it by pressing slightly wet with 12T hydraulic press (corned black powder) or, buy rice hulls/grass seeds and coat them.

So I’ve always uses the 8 mesh granules for all my rockets but once you ram the powder it won’t matter the size as it’s rammed in increments. I make whistle rockets and that powder isn’t granulated though and I use a 100 mesh screen for those rockets.

Yes you can and the more you do it the faster it gets because you are breaking down the chems and making them mix better. When you wet the mixture it makes the nitrate absorb into the charcoal

Oh nice and I’ve made sugar rockets and tested them with a scale to see the thrust and I added a little rust to see if it changed the power but I haven’t tried charcoal added before.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNWEhKWHt9-ydWg.html I can make a better one if needed. This one is an old video I made so it might not have the digital PWM controller.

@@E85_STI what size motor are you using? And it would be cool to see what you did for speed control! I'm trying to make a two in one ball mill small star roller combo!

@@treemaster2012 so I’m using a motor out of an old drill but if you wanted to get a motor off Amazon you could easily use a 550 motor like for an RC car but the speed controller I have keeps the speed down low enough to be able to allow the media to grind the powder because if you go to fast like 75rpm the media will start to stick to the wall and rotate with the powder and not crush it much. Now a lot of people will say they use 90rpm and that’s for the rock tumbler so mine is much more efficient and I can control the speed much better than the harbor freight rock tumbler. The battery I made is homemade 12 volts in a 3s 3p configuration and they are 18650 cells so on my channel I have a video I uploaded a week ago called Icy breeze update and I show the battery there.

@@E85_STI cool thanks

So as long as you don’t grind all three together you’ll be fine but the granulation process is important because when you wet the powder the water breaks down the nitrate and it absorbs it into the charcoal so that gives you a better mixture than just mixing them dry. Also once granulated the powder doesn’t dust as much when using it to press.

No haven’t tried it yet but I’ve heard someone mention it before. How does it work vs traditional black powder?

I don't think it slows it down at all but doesn't seem to make the granuals as hard as dextren! But it also doesn't need to be milled to produce fast powerful bp

@@treemaster2012 what’s the ratio with the red gum

@E85STI it's basically the same about 3% per 100g but you mix the red gum into Denatured alcohol then ad to your meal D

@@treemaster2012 oh alright yeah I’ll have to try it and do you have a video of the process and results?