Ball Mill Black Powder
A ball mill is a rotating drum with dozens of lead balls inside.
Ball mill black powder. I am using a homemade ball mill i ve had for 20 years and skylighter s antimony hardened lead balls. In this video i feature the ball i just made with misc material i had laying around the house and shed. Making black powder with a ball mill. This project will not attempt to be a comprehensive review of ball milling.
It s a one gallon plastic mayonnaise jar stuck inside a large coffee can for reinforcement. During the time it took to edit and post this video i ran the charcoal through the mill and. At some point in this pyro art adventure we start to hear or get the feeling that we need a ball mill to grind chemicals very fine or to make high quality black powder. Black powder must be made in a ball mill to work properly.
This is me in my backyard. Ball mill hardened lead antimony media 100 pcs 1 2 inch 1 2 lead antimony non sparking grinding media great for black powder and other combustible chemical.