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Extremely Durable Homemade Fuse

by The_Kangsta on August 13, 2007

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Intro: Extremely Durable Homemade Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 1: Making it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 2: Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Intro: Extremely Durable Homemade Fuse

This is a homemade fuse that is very durable and won't break if you flex it or try to tear it apart.

Materials

1) Cement for plastic models. I used Testors

2) thin cotton string (use your judgment and don't make buy string too thin)

3) something big and smooth that you don't mind getting dirty like a latex glove or piece of paper

Image Notes
1. paper
2. string
3. Testors Plastic Cement

step 1: Making it
1) Take the string and put a line of glue down the length of it. Wait a few seconds until it turns kind of pasty and add another line of glue down it.

2) Once you have a substantial bit of glue down it, take the paper or glove and rub the string smooth. Once the fibers are saturated and smoothed, your fuse is done

Image Notes Image Notes

1. make a line of glue 1. I used paper to smooth it

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step 2: Finishing
Let the string dry. When it is done, it should be smooth yet hard and should be able to stick out straight like the picture. Wait about half an hour before you use it just to
make sure its dry.

Note: DO NOT mix match and cap gun powder together with plastic glue. A few days before I made this instructable I cut this mixture with scissors when it was dry and
the explosion hurt my fingers so badly they hardly move even after three days. Also the doctor said my hearing was damaged for life.

I couldn't light the fuse 'cause my parents banned me from fire

Image Notes
1. it should stand on its own
2. this is from the explosion

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Comments
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TheInventor says: Jan 12, 2008. 6:26 PM REPLY

Nice Instructable. The way to make it wind-proof is to get an altiods case, and a couple of candles you can light(unless your "BANNED" from fire lol. jk tho.).
Light the candle(s) and let them burn for 2-3 min. After that,blow them out. Carefully pour the wax into the altoids case. Wait about 45 secs before you dip
your fuse in VERY carefully. Let the wax dry, and it will burn just like a professional fuse.

toxicwolf says: Nov 21, 2009. 7:11 AM REPLY

or u could just take the wik from a birth day candle

bloke2022 says: Sep 26, 2009. 5:30 AM REPLY

used this for my smoke bomb instructable coming soon.

tevers94 says: Jun 9, 2009. 12:59 PM REPLY

lol... banned from fire... hearing loss... burns... this instructables has every thing.

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 backyardmunitionist says: Sep 24, 2009. 10:28 AM REPLY
Ah that really brings back memories. Hearing loss is how you know your doing it right.

tevers94 says: Sep 24, 2009. 1:30 PM REPLY

haha

cooptroop says: Mar 31, 2009. 8:44 PM REPLY

how did u get the cap gun powder out

backyardmunitionist says: Sep 24, 2009. 2:49 AM REPLY

Be careful with that stuff it's not gunpowder. Most caps use a small amount of one explosive compound or another that is extremely shock sensitive.

beechy says: Apr 7, 2009. 5:50 AM REPLY

its easy realy take a pen knife and push gently on the back of the caps and the paper disc and the gun powder falls out :) or insted you can get a plastic
bag and get some caps, bend the caps around and then put a rock in and keep dropping it and the powder just drops out :) i prefer the pusing method
although they can detonate so keep the powder you get out away from where you are pushing it. also i recomend putting several sheets of tin foil
underneath it as it can damage desks as it did mine when it went off :( and also dont press on the centre of the cap as it will always detonate :)

codongolev says: Aug 19, 2009. 6:24 PM REPLY

any other glue that works?

junits15 says: Aug 19, 2009. 3:37 PM REPLY

haha "banned from fire" i have alway been banned from that! my parents dont trust me at all!

rownhunt says: Jul 29, 2009. 3:24 PM REPLY

add some black powder with the glue then coat! thats the best.

Holden_vy_s says: Dec 15, 2008. 5:06 AM REPLY

Is this "Model Cement" just super glue?

2cool4u says: Jun 8, 2009. 8:19 PM REPLY

Model Cement

bylerfamily says: Jan 29, 2009. 9:25 AM REPLY

No.Super glue is not flammable.

Tombini says: Jun 15, 2009. 8:56 PM REPLY

Yes it is

bylerfamily says: Jun 16, 2009. 5:40 AM REPLY

The super glue I am thinking of must not be the same kind as you are thinking of.The kind I know of is 30 second drying time and is not
flammable.

Tombini says: Jun 16, 2009. 10:47 PM REPLY

Locktite super-glue (the leading brand) is flammable before it sets, you can ignite it and observe a blue flame. What brand are you refering to?

bylerfamily says: Jun 17, 2009. 6:10 AM REPLY

I don't know what brand,maybe the US super glue does not contain flammable materials?

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 Tombini says: Jun 17, 2009. 8:35 PM REPLY
Proper superglue is made of ethyl cyanoacrylate some cheaper versions have less than 10% poly methacryolate and some realy
cheap ones contain traces of hydroquinone and sulfuric acid. Ethyl cyanocrylate has a flash point of 80C and is flammable It cannot
be superglue if it is not flammable

bylerfamily says: Jun 18, 2009. 3:49 AM REPLY

Oh,I did not know that.

Stephon #9 says: Apr 22, 2009. 7:54 PM REPLY

awesome fuse man kinda slow and gives off some bad fumes though other than that good fuse

2cool4u says: May 3, 2009. 4:07 PM REPLY

yea

2cool4u says: Jun 8, 2009. 8:18 PM REPLY

its not too flexible

tarheels255 says: Mar 28, 2009. 6:58 AM REPLY

i tried to make a fuse last night i used neasporin and deoderant-just to try it-doesn't work

cooptroop says: Mar 27, 2009. 8:29 PM REPLY

hey this is just wat i've been looking for thanks

wck7 says: Mar 19, 2009. 1:29 PM REPLY

does pvc cement work?

clay2776 says: Mar 8, 2009. 5:42 PM REPLY

hey i wanna know how much cap gun powder you used and what kinda glue i wanna try that out ill just were gloves and earmuffs lol

nick hooker says: Mar 5, 2009. 7:34 PM REPLY

so with the cap gun powder/match heads/ rubber cement you made impact explosive? i am also banned from fire, sharp objects ect. you just gotta be real
covert-like.

El Mano says: Jan 29, 2009. 3:34 PM REPLY

Is this fuse flexible when dry?

ShampooRobot says: Aug 20, 2008. 5:57 PM REPLY

does normal like super glue work? locktite super glue

bylerfamily says: Jan 29, 2009. 10:20 AM REPLY

Not unless its flammable.

arch_angel07 says: Oct 21, 2007. 6:39 PM REPLY

can't remember where I heard this but that stuff from cap guns is a thing called Armstrong's mix, you don't want to mess with that stuff in any large amount,
it's extremely unstable, (hence why it went boom when you tried to cut it.)

bylerfamily says: Jan 1, 2009. 4:53 AM REPLY

That is right.Look up Armstrong's mixture on Wikipedia.

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 sadunpererarules says: Oct 26, 2008. 6:16 AM REPLY
what do you mean your hearing was damaged for life? are you totally deaf now? sorry to hear that man. be careful next time. so i guess those materials just
require friction to activate. what kinda matches did you use? are they the ones that dont need a special striking surface?

wh1tenegro says: Oct 7, 2008. 8:28 AM REPLY

lol are u a pyro girl? if i were u, id light the fuse btw -_- wat persons dont no won hurt them :P

That Weasel says: Aug 20, 2008. 2:00 PM REPLY

i just went upstairs a monute ago and made 1 so now im waitin fer it to dry Great instructable

PyroManiac96 says: Jul 23, 2008. 10:27 AM REPLY

banned from FIRE? that is a PYROmaniac's worst nightmare

turner22 says: Apr 2, 2008. 4:14 PM REPLY

mine does not light

boombam says: May 20, 2008. 7:12 AM REPLY

if your using a string made of fibers of plastic,like modern yarn, it won't light correctly, make sure it's cotton or natural fibers

davey136 says: Mar 21, 2008. 3:05 PM REPLY

It all depends on the size of the firecracker and the size of the gun. But all in all, i think the loudest i have heard of both is a mounted 50cal machine gun in
the army. Even with ear protection, my ears were ringin for a week

DeathToYourBalls says: Mar 12, 2008. 2:49 PM REPLY

Too bad plastic cement is poisonness and can cause brain damage

alluneed says: Feb 17, 2008. 10:25 AM REPLY

this is the best fuse ive made from instructables ... i made like 2 meters of it jejeje

MadMechanicMike says: Dec 28, 2007. 9:24 AM REPLY

"I couldn't light the fuse 'cause my parents banned me from fire" hah well we know this will probably work then

freakboy says: Jan 8, 2008. 2:59 PM REPLY

haha you got banned.

MadMechanicMike says: Jan 17, 2008. 10:18 PM REPLY

lol I didnt get banned., The_Kangsta did. from fire

beltran says: Jan 17, 2008. 6:18 PM REPLY

did i miss something? thats it those 3 materials? right on, i like this

flyingdagger21 says: Jan 15, 2008. 9:20 AM REPLY

yo what do you mean when you say testors glue do you mean the glue that is in plane or like train models

UbEr_No0b says: Jan 8, 2008. 5:51 PM REPLY

i tried this out and it works pretty well, but it kept gettin blown out. is there any way to make it windproof?

smithn says: Jan 5, 2008. 8:57 PM REPLY

Just what I was looking for, but I do have a couple questions about your last line. "DO NOT mix match and cap gun powder together with plastic glue" what
exactly did you mean by that? Do you mean don't actually poor the powder in the glue or don't use this fuse IN a match powder or cap powder rocket? I ask
only for the rocket I plan on using this for is a match rocket

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