Something Vernon might have approved of

[winjim]

Or actually, something he might have pooh-poohed before claiming to have made something better . Anyway, I was looking forward to his further adventures in pyromania during his retirement, so in lieu of that, and in his memory, here's a guy with a home-made thermite cannon .

http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/guy-has-creating-diy-thermite-launching-canon

 

[TheDoctor]

That is utterly insane!
*wants*

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I get this when I click on that link:-

502 Bad Gateway
nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)


EDIT - it worked in the end. Fun stuff for sure. Mark II - more range

 

[winjim]

I get this when I click on that link:-

502 Bad Gateway
nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Thanks - got it

Huge fun and games

 

[winjim]

That is utterly insane!
*wants*

I think he's put how to make it on Youtube.

 

[CopperCyclist]

I fear he is only a step (bad taste Lynn intended) away from something like this...

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...e-shooting-at-lawnmower-filled-with-tannerite

 

[winjim]

I fear he is only a step (bad taste Lynn intended) away from something like this...

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...e-shooting-at-lawnmower-filled-with-tannerite

Pressley was airlifted to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, the Washington Post reports.
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A full recovery? He's not going to grow another leg though, is he?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

He's not going to grow another leg though, is he?

Maybe they sewed it back on? If so I hope they put it on the correct way around

 

[TVC]

You can't beat a proper bamboo rocket festival for spectacle and lack of H&S.