Re: An couple of interesting observations and an idea.

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Original poster: "David Trimmell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net>

Hello,


At 05:10 PM 3/9/01, Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
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>here's another idea: build a small aspirator that blows a fine stream of
>aluminum powder (available from big paint supply places as pigment)
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I have to intervene here. This IS NOT a very good idea, not unless you know 
precisely what you are doing. Fine Al is VERY flammable. For those who DO 
know what they are doing see: http://www.skylighter-dot-com for the Al powder, 
they cater to "legitimate" Pyro folks (including hobbyist).

Colored sparks from TC's are not that easy, unless you are using a gas as 
argon, neon, etc. But I would be interested in any (colored)spark SFX's 
folks have done (Off list as this may push Terry)?

Regards,

David Trimmell