When the advantages of both CIA and ball milling are combined to manufacture black powder, the performance of the end product can reach or surpass commercial. While the CIA method - if properly executed - ensures a superior integration of potassium nitrate, the ball mill method is employed to intimately mix charcoal and sulphur

Cheap and Simple Ball Mill: Last year for the Fourth of July, I wanted to make some black powder to celebrate American freedom with a bang. However, one step in the manufacture of black powder is running it in a ball mill to grind it into a fine powder. I was not in possession

Meal powder is a side product of milling high-quality black powder. It is also a mixture of potassium nitrate , charcoal and sulfur in the correct proportions (75:15:10) which has been ball milled to mix it intimately. It is used in the same way as commercial meal powder or can be pressed and corned to produce true black powder

Sep 29, 2017 You could yes, make sure the chemicals pass a 200# screen. What I did when I didnt have a ball mill was get a small tub and put media in it with the black powder, I would then shake the living shit out of it for half an hour. Surprisingly it actually worked quite well, i

The ball mill is the best way to grind and you can also grind all the ingredients for black powder together. A ball mill is really a rock tumbler. The rock tumbler is usually made of hard rubber at least on the inside. Mine has an aluminum plate inside the rubber lid to help give it rigidity but when it is closed up, there is no exposed metal

Jan 19, 2008 Make your own or order some good stuff (charcoal). You can ball mill the stuff skylighter sells for 48 hrs and still get same results or you can use the good stuff and get better than goex. I can ball mill my BP using my ficus charcoal for 1 hr and get some respectable stuff. Also, w/ 100 0.5 Pb balls you will only make about 150gms total, at

Dec 04, 1997 The Explosion of a Ball Milling Jar The sound of the other shoe (1997) By Lloyd E. Sponenburgh ver since I wrote the original articles on how to build a ball mill (AFN November 1995), I wondered how destructive an event it would be if a mill of my design were to explode while milling black powder. It was like waiting for the sound of

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Sep 11, 2020 Safety of Rebel/Thumblers tumbler ball mill - posted in Safety: Hello, I am wondering what other Pyros think about the safety of the Rebel 17 pound ball mill. It seems like it would be a deadly explosion if something were to go wrong while handling the drum before emptying it out, since it is sealed with 6 threaded posts and nuts. I know it is a must to wear PPE while emptying the mill but I

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Sep 30, 2021 The first step making good black powder is combing the compounds using a 10 ton wheel mill with properly prepared charcoal for 24 hours. Using a ball mill will not compete with the same quality as a wheel mill. The Chinese use ball mills and the reason for an inferior grade of powder Same with individuals making their own

Jun 17, 2021 HF Rubber Ball Mill Grinding -- 45-Cal Lead Balls or Glass Marbles for Black Powder? Have not made black powder since I was, oh, 12. I have a Harbor Freight tumbler with its two rubber chambers suitable for milling BP. (I don't use the small rubber chambers for brass cleaning as I built a larger chamber from 4 PVC that holds more and is easier

Feb 14, 2018 Powerful black powder can be made with mill runs of between 2 and 4 hours. Use long drop cords. Unplug the cords at the electrical source, not at the ball mill, when you want to stop the mill. Run your mill remotely, outdoors, at least 150 feet away from people and inhabited buildings

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The mixing process for Black Powder is just as important as the formula. Black Powder MUST be made in a Ball Mill to work properly. A Ball Mill is a rotating drum with dozens of lead balls inside. The 3 chemicals are loaded into the Ball Mill, along with the lead balls, sealed shut and allowed to rotate for anywhere between 1 hour and 24 hours

Mar 14, 2015 Proper black powder is mixed thoroughly to a fine powder using a ball mill or with other non-sparking grinding media. This burns much more rapidly and leaves very little un-burnt residue. The standard composition of black powder is: 75 parts potassium nitrate; 15 parts charcoal; 10 parts sulphur