Miscellaneous Pyro Tools

Produce your own lead ball milling media. These machined steel molds produce either ½", ¾", or 1" balls in the quantities listed below. Easy to use, just preheat and pour in the hot lead. A machined recess in the top mold plate acts as a funnel for the lead and helps prevent spillage.

Molds can also be machined to produce radius-end cylinders for a small extra charge (email us for a quote).

This instrument is used to indicate when the mold is hot enough to accept molten lead.

Saxons are revolving ground pieces that give off showers of color sparks. They generally consist of 2 heavy wall cases such as those used for rockets, connected together by using a wooden dowel in the center to act as a central pivot point. The Saxons are then fastened to a 2" x 4" post by a nail so they can spin rapidly emitting sparks.

To achieve the greatest effect and prevent the paper case from burning through, the "A" rammer has a cone shaped nipple to form a pocket in the clay plug. Making sure the vent hole is drilled correctly will give the Saxons the correct spin rapidly emitting showers of sparks. Saxons really make a great show when set off in groups of 2 or more.

Tool set consist of nipple and base combination, two rammers, formulas for various effects and instructions on vent layout and fusing.

Close cousin to the Girandola wheel, the paint stick tourbillion is much easier and less time-consuming to build. Consisting of a heavy wall case, usually ¾" I.D. x 7½" long or ⁷⁄₈" I.D. x 10" long, filled with a modified rocket propellant and capped off on each end with a clay plug.

Are you tired of your ground pieces not turning right? As your components start to get heavy, the simple bearing often used just presents too much friction to work. Many times the ground pieces must be pushed by hand to get them started since the drivers do not have enough thrust to get the pieces going by themselves. These hubs put an end to that.

These ball bearing hubs are precision machined in two sizes, 6" and 8" in diameter. They are ready to accept 2, 4, or 8 arms. A 1" spacer is also included to keep the hub spaced away from the support post. The ball bearing hubs are also available in other bolt hole patterns, no extra charge. ½" diameter mounting bolts are not included.

If you like whistles and would like to speed up the loading process, then this loading jig will help. The tooling consists of an aluminum block with 12 pins ½" diameter sticking up 1" high. The aluminum rammer has a knurled grip. Place a tube on every pin and load each tube with whistle mix.

Press each whistle one at a time, moving the rammer from one tube to another compacting the comp. Repeat until the tubes are filled to the desired height. The cavity left by the pins can be filled with flash powder to give a little surprise as the whistle burns down to the end if one wishes to do so.

Adjustable scoops for dispensing an equal amount of composition for loading rockets, gerbs, fountains, wheel drivers, Roman candles etc. Made of aluminum and machined with an "O" ring in the plunger for a tight fit in the sleeve to prevent accidental movement. The plunger has a knurled grip for a handle.

The sleeve has a tapered edge for easy pick-up and pouring.

GARLAND, the best name in Rawhide mallets. Protect your tools against marring. Great for ramming rockets, gerbs, compacting large stars etc. Rawhide heads permanently attached to hardwood handles that will give many years of service.

Note: Prices may change without notice as I have to buy these hammers from a supply house and I cannot control the prices. I will sell you the hammers for whatever my supplier charges me. Please allow 3 to 4 extra days on delivery for the hammers.

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