So, I'm thinking of constructing a firecracker cage. Something to contain all the garbage made from a long strip of crackers going off. Has anyone ever tried this before?
my main concern is fire hazard. That much paper contained in one area might be bad, especially if the strip is still going off.
I'm thinking a small, wooden, rectangular framed box with a bunch of small holed wire mesh/screen for sides (to contain all the garbage), and a flip top lid with latch to reload. I'm thinking of having a solid wood base, but not sure if it would matter.
Any thoughts, suggestions or jokes would be greatly appreciated.
ben
June 5th, 2009, 05:47 PM
So, I'm thinking of constructing a firecracker cage. Something to contain all the garbage made from a long strip of crackers going off. Has anyone ever tried this before?
my main concern is fire hazard. That much paper contained in one area might be bad, especially if the strip is still going off.
I'm thinking a small, wooden, rectangular framed box with a bunch of small holed wire mesh/screen for sides (to contain all the garbage), and a flip top lid with latch to reload. I'm thinking of having a solid wood base, but not sure if it would matter.
Any thoughts, suggestions or jokes would be greatly appreciated.
my neighbor uses a metal trashcan and has done up to 5k at once. huge pinging sound and also contains the trash. Has a sweet white flame coming out to.
Ben
mrk874
June 5th, 2009, 06:40 PM
Maybe angle the trashcan to make the sound go towards the audience. I tried the big metal trashcan thing and it tends to muffle the sound and send it straight up.
ben
June 5th, 2009, 08:57 PM
Maybe angle the trashcan to make the sound go towards the audience. I tried the big metal trashcan thing and it tends to muffle the sound and send it straight up.
I mentioned it was my neighbor doing it (this was like 4 years ago, what REALLY got me hooked(they went to SC on year)) and the noise was load enough from 20 feet 8o
Ben
striker4015
June 5th, 2009, 10:48 PM
It seems whenever you try to contain the mess you loose something in the craking noise that makes me love firecrackers...so I just end up dealing with the mess lol.
ebomb
June 6th, 2009, 08:21 AM
So, I'm thinking of constructing a firecracker cage. Something to contain all the garbage made from a long strip of crackers going off. Has anyone ever tried this before?
my main concern is fire hazard. That much paper contained in one area might be bad, especially if the strip is still going off.
I'm thinking a small, wooden, rectangular framed box with a bunch of small holed wire mesh/screen for sides (to contain all the garbage), and a flip top lid with latch to reload. I'm thinking of having a solid wood base, but not sure if it would matter.
Any thoughts, suggestions or jokes would be greatly appreciated.
I think this is a great idea, post a picture and let us know how it turned out. I've been using the portable metal fire pits with the screen tops. They achieve all 3 goals....they don't "deaden" the noise, you are able to see the fire, and they contain most of the mess.
Heathen Dave
June 6th, 2009, 11:36 AM
We are thinking about using a metal mortar tub to put our 16,000 strings in this year to catch alot of the mess.
maxblast
June 6th, 2009, 12:15 PM
Just construct it out of metalic material intead of wood, with the proper design.
NDN PYRO
June 9th, 2009, 04:37 PM
If you try to contain them to much, they will not get enough oxygen and will under perform. Hang them up and put a tub under them to catch the mess.
Colin
June 9th, 2009, 04:43 PM
Firecrackers do not require atmospheric oxygen to perform.
dta31619
June 10th, 2009, 08:10 AM
Anybody ever used a 55 gallon drum barrel? I'm thinking of using two this year for two strands of 16,000 firecrackers. Just wondering if the 55 gallon drum will kill the sound more than a metal trashcan..
Pyro4fun
June 10th, 2009, 09:12 AM
I tried a drum barrel about 3 years ago with a 300 string hung from a rod across the open top to see what it would sound like and it was incredible. More of a "ting" sound than the "crack" you get from the firecracker but I felt it was good. Try it yourself with a smaller string and see if it sounds good to you.
Dirtyone55
June 10th, 2009, 09:35 AM
One year, we filled a jon-boat full of firecrackers and anchored it in the middle of the lake between our cake line and our audience. Worked out pretty well, but I think the best way is to string them up in the air, and just deal with the mess.
Pyro4fun
June 10th, 2009, 09:40 AM
Might be hard to string 16000 crackers unless you loop them around a bar on top of the barrel. I could vision it working in my head if you string them out and loop them like necklaces around the rod...though I don't know how long that might take. :brick:
HerrLOll
June 11th, 2009, 11:29 AM
One year, we filled a jon-boat full of firecrackers and anchored it in the middle of the lake between our cake line and our audience. Worked out pretty well, but I think the best way is to string them up in the air, and just deal with the mess.
That is a great idea.
I have found that when you just throw a roll in a trashcan, alot get blown off the fuse and don't go off.
I have a 4'x4'x3' packing crate I'm going to use, with screen replacing the side facing the crowd. My boat belongs to my whole family and i don't think they'd like me setting off 10,000 firecrackers in it.
countryboy7978
June 11th, 2009, 12:50 PM
Just deal with the mess! It's part of the joy of firecrackers. I always use a few strings of all reds and let the paper blow around in the wind.
One it rains a few times it will all be gone anyways. And the shredded mess is part of the tradition of paper firecrackers.
matandch
June 11th, 2009, 01:19 PM
Just deal with the mess! It's part of the joy of firecrackers. I always use a few strings of all reds and let the paper blow around in the wind.
One it rains a few times it will all be gone anyways. And the shredded mess is part of the tradition of paper firecrackers.
I agree. Use a lawn/leaf rake, gloved hands and heavy duty trash bags for clean-up. Have a bucket or two of water ready to douse any smoldering paper.
FWX006
June 11th, 2009, 05:26 PM
We use cracker cages all the time. I'm sorry I don't have a photo, but I'll try to explain the construction as best I can.
The cage is made from very basic materials. Chicken mesh, high tensile fencing wire & cable ties.
First make 6 hoops out of the fencing wire. About 400mm in diameter is ideal. Next attach the mesh around the loops, using them as ribs. The mesh we get here is 1.1m wide, so you need 2 strips of this, each about 1.2m long. What you should end up with is a chicken mesh tube 2m long with a diameter of 400mm.
To hold this up we make a simple tripod out of 3 lengths of bamboo lashed together at one end. Suspend the cage from the apex of the tripod so that it just touches the ground. Hang a large strong bulldog clip from the apex to hold the cracker string. The crackers can easily be lit through the mesh with a blowtorch.
You will get a little bit of fly escaping through the mesh, but at least 95% will pile up harmlessly in the bottom of the cage. Like I said we have let off literally hundreds of 2m strings in these cages and they do a great job of containing the mess while still allowing a great visual display.
Be warned that large head rolls can damage the cage, so should be removed.