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Best of AFN VI - Picks up where Best of AFN V leaves off.

All the articles that appeared in American Fireworks News newsletter for the 5 years ending December, 2010.

Over 200 pages jam-packed with up-to-date how-it-is-done fireworks info! Lots of articles on shell construction, rockets, and so much more!

CONTENTS

• Preface to the 6th Edition
• Hobby Fireworks Makers Have Value
• ADVICE & SMALL DEVICES
  • Simple To Assemble Battle In The Clouds
  • Cones Are Cool
  • Colored Fire Bricks
  • Recycling 1.4 Cake Items
  • Recycle Instead Of Rolling Your Own
  • "Cap-Bomb" Firecrackers
  • Designing Portfires
  • Traditional Portfires
  • We Don't Need No Stinkin' Portfires!
  • Lead-Free Dragon Eggs
  • Improved Titanium Sparkler
  • Humorous & Inexpensive Americana
  • Double-Granatine Effect
  • Save Your Old Cakes
  • Cap Bombs
  • Roman Candle Improver
  • Streamer Comets In A Nutshell
  • Making Lampblack
  • Even Cheaper Fountain Comp
  • Lampblack & Comet Tails
  • Using Titanium In Salutes
  • Titanium No-No
  • Nitrate-Based Strobes
  • Cutting Visco And Similar Fuses
  • Burst Charge For Small Shells
  • Cleaning Ball Mill Jar
  • The Bishop's Cross
  • More Fun With 1.4
  • Small Diameter Mortar Tubes
  • Granulating
  • Tip Of The Month
  • Chemistry Corner
  • Better Than Rice Hulls?
  • Warning About Contacts
  • Punk
  • Hot Patch
  • All Bamboo Is Not The Same
  • The Use Of Titanium In Pyrotechnics
  • Sizzling Colored Comets
  • A Collection Of Star Formulations
  • Don't Overlook Roman Candle Tubes!
  • Quote Of The Month
  • Paper Freebies
  • Saran Resin
  • CMC, Its Properties And Uses
  • Festival Ball Comets
  • Exploding Terrorist Fun Project
• STARS & STUFF
  • Crossette Bursts - Getting It Right
  • Tip Of The Month
  • Fine Titanium
  • Chemistry Corner
  • Red Mag Stars From Road Flares
  • Easy Red Mag Star
  • Pyro Quotes
  • Quote Of The Week
  • Spinning & Hovering Stars
  • Comets To Falling Leaves
  • Square Stars In Square Shells
  • Bushy-Tailed Spider
  • Will The Real Independence Red Please
  • Starting And Rolling Round Stars
  • Using Fine Mesh Magnesium In Stars
  • Blind Stars: What Are They And Why
  • Calculated Amount Of Blind Stars
  • In Aerial Shell Display Fireworks
  • Extruding Star Comp
  • More On Extruding Star Comp
  • Star Cores From Portland Cement
  • Tip(S) Of The Month
  • Avoiding Sticking Comp In Rolling Stars
  • Perceiving Color In Stars
• AERIAL SHELLS & RELATED
  • Flying Fish Fuse Shells
  • Three Stooges Shell Inserts
  • Must Flash Comp Be Contained To Work?
  • Spoulette, Spolette, Spoolette
  • The Cost Of Building HDPE Mortars
  • Stabilizing Racks
  • Handling Large Diameter Shells
  • Still More On Round Paper Shells
  • Further To Handling Large Diameter Shells
  • Japanese Shell Break Radii
• ROCKETS
  • Deluxe Bottle Rockets
  • Tip Of The Month
  • Quote Of The Month
  • Sky Rocket Performance Characteristics
  • Spritzing Your Star Cores
  • Quote Of The Month
  • Transition Pieces
  • Rocket Sticks
  • Tubes To Make Bottle Rockets
  • Cheap & Safe Rocket Headings
  • Quickly Igniting A Flight Of Small Rockets
  • Considerations In Hydraulic Pressing
• STARS & MISC. MANIPULATIONS
  • Making One's Own Chems
  • Tip Of The Month
  • Making One's Own Chems II
  • Making One's Own Chems III
  • A Little Matter Oft Forgot
  • Misadventures With White Phosphorus
  • Misadventures With Iodine Crystals
  • You Got It, Now What Do You Do With It?
  • Tip Of The Month
  • Misadventures With Pot. Permanganate
  • Farewell To The Trusty Old Triple Beam?
  • Ice Fountain - Sparkler In Disguise?
  • End Plug Insertion Tool
  • End Plugs For Small-Diameter Tubes
  • Improvised CD Box From Fly Swatter
  • Building A Floppy For Brush Fires
  • Comparing Gum Arabic & Guar Gum
  • Static Electricity
  • Sky Lantern Safety
  • Drilling Into Titanium Comp
  • Bad Charcoal Choices
  • Paulownia Charcoal Again
  • Will The Real Retort Method Stand Up
  • Ghost Flames As Motivators
  • Lead Media For Ball Mills
  • Fiddlestix
  • The Hazard Of Staple Guns
  • Nail Board Firing
  • Tie One On For The 4th
  • Quote Of The Month
  • Pyro Quotes
  • Quick, Safe, Easy Way To Shoot Display
• FUSE, IGNITION & BLACK POWDER
  • Rammed Fuses
  • Low Tech, Low Budget, Black Powder
  • No More Walking The Finale
  • Quickmatch Basics
  • Pyro Quotes
  • Comments On Bill Hoyt's "Make Some Chinese Fuse - American Style"
  • E-Match Alternative
  • Pyrotechnic Fuse Cutting
  • The Missing Color
  • Quote Of The Month
  • Another Visco Cutting Method
  • AC Match
  • Visco Punch
  • Cheap & Dirty Electric Ignitors
  • Chicken Fuse
  • Pyrotechnic Fuse Burn Rates
  • "Skip Burning" Of Visco Fuse
• INDOOR & SFX
  • Gerbs For Close Prox Work
  • Cautions On Snapping Fingers Article
  • Using Pulling Fireworks In Magic Tricks
  • Lycopodium
  • Using Speaker Terminals In Slats
  • Quote Of The Month
• GOOD STUFF TO KNOW AND DO
  • Aluminum Basics
  • Christmas Crackers
  • Revisited
  • Tip Of The Season
  • Other Than Christmas Crackers
  • Pao Chuk: Chinese Crackers Explained
  • Quote Of The Month
  • What Helpers Need To Bring To A Display?
  • Fireworks Fun Laying At Your Feet
  • The Art Of Display
  • Shooting Displays In Cold Locations
  • Data Dropouts
  • Drag Strip Fireworks
  • MSDS & LD50
  • Preparing For The Unexpected
  • Fireworks From The Past
  • Some Perils And
  • Pleasures Of Pyro EBay
  • Some Comet Formulas
  • Triboluminescence
  • Hazard Data For Chemicals
  • Lessons From A Fatal Accident
  • Making Fireworks For Your Own Use
  • Sequencers Add Creativity To Displays
  • Safety Rating System For Pyro-Chemicals
  • Long Live Freedom!

Code No. 015564, 206 pages, ISBN 9780929931241, $46.00

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