How to set up a fireworks show part 2, without electronics, 1.4G, Consumer grade fireworks 

HAHAHAH I LEARNED THE HARD WAY… my legs are dead

Hi TheReelChris, thanks for watching and the kind words!

Thanks! And thanks for watching! I'm hoping I can put out some more content soon but video editing takes a long time lol

@@brandonc7450 I know the feeling... I have 3 or 4 or 6 videos to edit on my channel...

Hi Fabian Sepulveda, thanks for watching! I have a video of these boards from last year, here is the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q_Xo4QDyaMk.html

Hi Josh, thanks for watching! I have never had a problem using the painters tape. This green painters tape is designed for use on concrete and masonry, so it is a little bit more aggressive than the standard blue painters tape. Firework fusing uses black powder internally and black powder has its own oxygen source within the chemical composition. So it is impossible to "smother" fusing using tape. You would basically have to dowse the fuse in water to stop it from burning. On a side note, I think I had 86 cakes and only 1 didn't light. The reason it didn't light is because the fuse coming out of the cake was about 1/4" long and I was running my quickest fuse to it (0.4 seconds per foot burn rate). There just wasn't enough surface area for the super quick fuse to light it. What I should have done is extended the cake fuse with a piece of safety fuse, then connected it to my super quick fuse. Ill be sure to do this next time to get a 100% launch rate. Again thanks for watching and good luck with your show!

@@brandonc7450 interesting concept with the concrete and masonry tape. I just did 4 boards with 32 cakes quite similar to your setup. The only difference is that I use 2 mini zip ties per fuse to secure the fuses together. From all of my testing, using the 2 zip tie method with the wicks facing the proper direction, I haven't had any cakes skipped. Even while using the 0.4 burn rate fuse. Nice job awesome setup!

I saw on another video that it helps with debris.

Hi mguerramd, thanks for watching! I am running fuse due to cost constraints. I'm lucky that my wife lets me spend what I do on the pyro little lone a Cobra system.

Brandon C You get great results with your careful attention to timing detail.

Hi Chris McClellan, thanks for watching! Timing isn't too bad. Just figure out the timing of your fuse, usually given in a seconds per foot designation. Divide that by 12 to get your seconds per inch. Once you have your seconds per inch, you can use a cloth measuring tape to measure the length of your fuse from cake to cake so you will know what speed of fuse you need to run to avoid dark space in the sky. If you live outside the U.S., it should be even easier because everything will be metric instead of confusing imperial lol. Hope this helps and good luck!

Brandon C ok, great..thank you!

Hi International MTBPro, thanks for watching! I would focus more on budget allocations than length. Spend what you feel comfortable with then you can determine your fusing. To make the show last longer you can use slow visco (30 seconds per foot) for the beginning, then transition to perfect fuse (10-13 seconds per foot). Good luck with the show and stay safe!

Thank you Brandon C!

Rough surface masking tape. www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Scotch-1-41-in-x-60-1-yds-Masking-Tape-for-Rough-Surfaces-in-Green-2060-36AP/206298155

Watch Part 1.

Prices depend on a lot of different variables. For his show of what's in the video, it's probably between 2-4k at the time of this video. And that also depends on if he bought wholesale, retail and where he went. I see phantom stuff in there and if he got it right from phantom, that has always been expensive. Right now, you're looking at probably 45 average price retail for 500g cakes, 90-100 for shell kits and 200g are all over the place. Again, it all depends on where you go too. This info is just from where I typically go for retail.

Hi Toy Union, thanks for watching! I have never had an issue using the Scott's green "rough surface" masking tape. For 2020, both the HOA and my stuff were fused with this tape and we had a 100% fire rate.

I was going to ask the same thing!

Hi Nathan, fuse burn rates ca be calculated from the burn rate supplied on the fuse. Duration time for cakes I would watch videos of and time them from first launch to last launch, then put that info into an excel spreadsheet to keep track of it.

Hi Backyard Pyro Kanuth, thanks for watching! I used Scotch Rough Surface masking tape (green in color but not to be confused with Frog tape). It works excellent. Between the HOA and my product for 2020, we had a 100% fire rate this year.

Hello Reptile Dude, thanks for watching! I am sure you could use heat shrink if you don't mind living dangerously and have good healthcare insurance! I am a troll (get it, I live under the bridge), SE area of the mitten.

Brandon C lol nice! I was hoping you would have picked up on my sarcasm lmao. It would be a pain in the, you know what, to run. You would have to precut every tube, and then wire it backwards lol. I think your method is better.

Brandon C roughly how much is a show like this? Are you the sole contributor or does the neighborhood donate?

@@thereptiledude7247 The Pyro Product seen here in the 2019 show is about $1,600, not including cost of supplies like fuse, liquid nails, nuts/bolts/washers, plywood, ect. For 2019, I was the sole contributor. For 2020, I teamed up with an HOA and we made a large purchase qualify us for wholesale pricing.

Brandon C that’s awesome. Yeah you’re one board cost more than I have spent the last few years lol. Are you going to be recording this years show?

Sam Craig you could take scrap wood and nail multiple mortar racks together to stabilize them.

Hi Sam Craig, thanks for watching and thanks for the question! If the gravel road is level, you probably don't really need to have any stabilization. The 30 shot racks probably weight in around 45-50lbs after being fully loaded. But if you still want some sort of stabilization, you could hammer some re-bar through the eye hooks on the ends of the racks. You can buy 2' sections of re-bar from most big box hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowes. Hammer 1' into the ground and leave 1' above ground going through the eye hooks. It will not apply downward force, however, it would ensure that the racks will not tip over. And re-bar should be fairly easy to hammer into the ground if you have a large enough hammer. Pouring water on the ground where you will hammer in the re-bar can also soften the dirt if the dirt is exceptionally hard. I have a video on how to make 30 shot racks on my channel if you are interested. Good luck with your show!

Brandon C Thanks Brandon!! I’ll be sure to check that video out!!

Hi Brad Hokanson, thanks for watching! Sadly, the only way I have found is to watch a video or in some cases, the manufacturer will list the time duration of the cake. I keep an excel spreadsheet that lists details such as name of the cake, where I bought it, quantity, how much it cost, and the time duration of the cake. That way, after I look it up one time, I will have quick access to that information for many years to come.

Brandon C any chance you can share the mortar rack video with me?

@@bradhokanson8450 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hBugdaNo18E.html

This is a good reference point. However, there is not a "burn time" for some fireworks. www.wikifireworks.com/aboutus.php

@@craigholtzmanjr Hi Craigholtzmanjr, thanks for sharing that information!

Hi Joe F42, thanks for watching! This show consisted of about $1,600 in pyrotechnic product.

Most of my tubes I order pre-made ready to go from Pyroboom. I do also order irregular tubes from Pyroboom which come unplugged and require me to plug the tubes myself. I sometimes also convert Excal tubes. In either case, I only ever run HDPE tubes and nothing else. HDPE are by far, the safest tubes to run.

Hi MarkDavid, thanks for the comments and thanks for watching! I am glad you were able to use the assembly schematic to build some racks. Last year was the first year I did that many mortars. That being said, I have fused much smaller racks before using the foil covering method. I watched all 90 of the motors shoot from the racks this year (2019) and I did not see it jump fuse. But you could just use tape to save time if you wanted. I prefer using foil for a few reasons. The first being that foil does not burn and lessens the chance an unintentional fire could ignite from smoldering tape debris (I also hose down the surrounding area of the launch site for extra safety). Secondly is that foil is water proof. You could use a "painters" style tape that should be water proof, but after investing that much money into pyro product, I didn't want to take the chance in case a stray shower came through. So I opted to use foil instead. Hope that answered your question! I will be fusing up 360 mortars for next year and will try to have the video out before the 4th. Have fun and stay safe!

Yes the pressure from the racks will blow thru almost anything. You can completely cover the racks with layers of duct tape and it will still blow rite thru it. In our shows we cover all racks and cakes with painters clear wrap to.protect carpet when painting. It's a very thin clear plastic at the fireworks can easily go through and it protects it from rain and it's sticky on the bottom it's almost like cling wrap but it's sticky and then on class b items and racks or any of the larger items in addition we put a layer of foil over top of those as well. As mentioned above the amount of money we invest in these shows you can never be too careful.