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Me and a couple buddies (say about age 15) made a pipe bomb out of some stuff one of us had around, a nipple, adapter, a plug and a cap. Drilled a hole for the fuse and filled the thing with about 1500 matchheads cut off the booklets with hedge trimmers. Was about a foot long and inch diameter.
We strapped the thing to a bike and brought a GI folding trench shovel on another bike and rode out to the empty field. Dug a hole about a foot and a half deep and buried the thing which had 2 feet of fuse attached.
The we lit it and waited. When the thing detonated the ground shook and dirt went 20 feet into the air, most impressive! We went to the hole and found the pipe shredded on one end where it let go from the pressure.
At least we were smart enough to bury the thing eh -
We used match-heads similarly.
We'd stuff a matchbox with match-heads, cover with many layers of tape, punch a hole with an ice pick, insert a fuse and light. Big pop and flaming match-heads filled the air for some distance! A nifty display at night!
Then we'd cut the ends off of used CO2 cartridges (from my Crossman air rifle), stuff with match heads as a propellant, place in a pipe and light. The cartridge would travel at least a couple hundred yards as a rocket.
Then take a foot long piece of half inch threaded pipe. Drill a hole through a pipe cap. Place a firecracker fuse through the hole and screw the cap on so the firecracker is inside with its fuse extending out through the hole. Drop a standard marble in the open end. Aim, light fuse, watch the marble explode through the neighbor's garage door like it was a piece of paper. Run! Your dad is gona 'splain this all to you very vigorously!
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