Making Black Powder With a Ball Mill

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Sooner or later just about every pyro discovers that they have to be able to make good quality black powder. It's too expensive to buy commercial black powder, plus they can't get all the different types they need.

BP is used is almost every firework you can possibly make. For aerial shells in particular it is used for burst charge and for the lift charge.

It's getting harder and harder to find BP in retail stores, and as we mentioned before you can't get all the different variations you need to make fireworks.

Plus if you're a do-it-yourself pyro, then you want to DO IT YOURSELF.

This video describes a simple technique for creating high quality, predictable black powder every single time. BP produced using this method is as good or better than any commercial product you can get your hands on.

There is one critical piece of machinery that is an absolute must-have if you want to make black powder that has enough punch for any job. You need a ball mill. The directions in this video are based on your having access to one of these simple machines.

It is the use of a ball mill that gives our BP the kind of power we required. Using a ball mill for our black powder makes sure that we have very fine, small particles. After going through the ball mill, the chemicals are very intimately mixed together. Having this quality mix is key if we want BP with proper speed and power.