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How to Make a Mini Cannon from a BBQ Lighter. A Rocket in your Pocket. Wooden Scorpion. I had several board feet of red oak saw-mill grade lumber in my shop so I planed down a 5 ft board to 3/4" thickness and another 5 feet to 1/2" thickness. You could use any hard or soft wood you have laying around the shop. See Materials list below if you will be buying from a lumber yard. Be careful with soft woods. They may not hold up to actually firing an arrow. The only other materials you'll need are some parachute chord (also known as 550), a small spring from any cheap pen,small finish nails and wood glue.

You could use some other nylon string but the small strands inside the 550 are very strong and worked great for me. Materials 1" x 8" x 6' hardwood board (this will actually only be 3/4" thick) 1" x 4" x 6' hardwood board (if you don't have the means to plane down to 1/2", DON'T buy a thinner board. You'll also need... Hand Tools Square Chisels Ruler/ Tape measure Clamps Drill bits Box Knife Round file Rasp Coping Saw Vice Mallet Sand paper You don't need all these power tools. How to Make Fireworks. There are many types of fireworks, where one of the most common in firework displays is the aerial shell. The aerial shell is used in fireworks displays, and can be either a round or a cylindrical shape.

These aerial shells are loaded into tubes, called "mortars. " Once lit, the aerial shell will fly into the air and once the aerial shell is at the higest point (apogee), it will explode and shoot pyrotechnic stars in all directions. In this instructable I will be talking about the procedure of assembling a round aerial shell. Note: I do NOT recommend the average person to try this! If I somehow throw around with a lot of foreign words or have any questions, feel free to ask me. First, let's see what a typical round aerial shell looks like:

Paper Rocket with Launcher. Tiny shooter.