Best of AFN III - Picks up where Best of AFN II leaves off. All the articles that appeared in the 5 years ending April '95. 200 pages jam-packed with up-to-date how-it-is-done fireworks info! From beginner to advanced worker, this book has something for everyone.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I - ROUND STARS
Selection of Cores
Selection of Solvent System
Pans and Shaker Cans
Getting Started
Spiking Problems
Size Uniformity
Star Breakage During Rolling
The "Driven In" Problem

PART II - STAR FORMULAS
Red Resin Fuel Stars
Green and Aqua Resin Fuel Stars
Blue and Purple Stars
Magnesium Stars
Glitter Stars
Flitter Stars
Charcoal Streamer Stars
Ammonium Perchlorate Colored Stars
Flash Core Composition
Strobe Stars
Crackle Stars

PART III - THE ROUND SHELL
Strawboard and Paper Hemispheres
Insertion of Fuse
Loading of Stars
The Burst Charge
Assembly of Shell - Plastic
Assembly of Shell - Paper
The Lift Charge
The Double Petalled Round Shell
Ring and Intersector Shells
Rising Tails
Meteor Shells
Saturn Shells
Dark Composition

DISPLAY GOODS & OPERATIONS
The Basic Technician, #1,2,3
Unexplained Explosion & Probability Theory
Pyro Emitting Device
Fireworks on a Budget
Vis-A-Vis Fountains
Neon Blue & Recumbent Lances
Molecular Sieves as Cores
Lance Development
Illumination Breaks & Shimmering Curtains
Pyro Surprises
Push Sticks Aid Low Breaks
Eight Experiments in Non-Commercial Black Powder
Quote of the Month
Method of Conducting Pyrotechnic Experiments
Round Star Tips
The Quest for Fast Powder
Match Warning
Ball Mill Tip
Super Polverone
Chlorine Donors
Make Your Own Dextrin
Primer for Making Cut Stars
Yellow Powder
Pass the Grog
Modeling Clay & The Pyro
Don't Throw Away Fax Tubes
Sculpy Revisited
Table for Cutting Stars
Drying Stars & Grinding Chemicals
Pyro Hint
Brilliant Orange/Titanium Stars
Dragon Egg Warning
Using Kerosene?
Using Kerosene in Fireworks
Production of Benzoate Color Agents
Charcoal
Making Charcoal in Small Quantities
More About Charcoal
In Praise of Cupric Octoate
Building a Spiking Horse
Easily Made Round Shell Casings
Rice Hulls - Is There an Alternative
Tedium Reliever
The Beautiful 4" Spider Web Shell
Making Homemade Wheat Paste
Gold-Ferro Aluminum Flitter
Round Shell Construction Using Inner & Outer Shell Casings
Bright Star Compositions with High Magnalium Content
Mag/55 Enhances Aerial Salutes
Microstar Bursts Without Microstars
Microjet Stars
Crackle Stars
Crackling Micro Stars
Aqueous Binding of Sodium Nitrate Stars
Cut Stars - Without Cutting
Long Lasting Paper Mortars
Visco Time Fuse Expedient
Shrink That Visco For Time
Visco Time Fuse
Are Your Ready Boxes Ready?
Cheap Tool Aids Lance Assembly
Alternative Cores For Burst Charge
Mr. Cheapo & His Used Vermiculite
Another Core for Round Stars
Making Quickmatch
Splicing Piped Match
Match Pipe Making Simplified
Make Your Own Black Match
Variations on Standard Quickmatch Manufacture
The Gabe Mort
Neapolitan Ground Bombs
Water Fireworks
Tidy Little Electrical Firing Box
Comments on Electrical Firing Box
Comments on Electrical Firing Circuits
Delay Circuit
More on Timer Circuits
Simple Electric Matches
Electric Matches & Squibs
To Ground or Not To Ground
Understanding and Using Capacitive-Discharge Electrical Firing Equipment
Electric Ignition of Shock Tube Firing Systems
Electric Percussive Art Shooting of Shock Tube
Whistle - Jetex Questions Answered

CHEMICALS & SENSITIVITY
Why Protect Magnesium?
Protecting Magnesium II
Hates Potassium Permanganate
Safety Considerations
Simple Techniques for Testing Unfamiliar Compositions
Red Phosphorus - Bride of Frankenstein
Phosphorus Fireworks
Lessons Learned in Flash Production
Measurement of Aerial Shell Velocity
Stars Blown Blind
Asks About Nickel Toxicity
Adiabatic Heating of Bridge Wires
The Many Use of Pyro Wax
Quote of the Month
More on Using Coarse Aluminum Turnings
Using Coarse Aluminum Turnings
Nitro cartons