Ball Mill For Black Powder

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Ball mill for black powder. 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. Just so you know what s going on. I am using a homemade ball mill i ve had for 20 years and skylighter s antimony hardened lead balls. Which method to use.

This is me in my backyard. 75 parts potassium nitrate 15 parts charcoal and 10 parts sulfur as always all parts are by weight. As the tumbler rotates the balls will crush the chemicals together and grind them into a powder. The ball mill method and the precipitation or cia method.

Making black powder with a ball mill. Black powder must be made in a ball mill to work properly. This article on choosing milling media for a ball mill by ned gorski is a side article that goes with the ball milling 101 article. 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.

Everything you need to make your own black powder. The standard formulation for black powder is. To mix the black powder ingredients together open your ball mill rock tumbler and add the three ingredients and the lead balls. There are two methods to make bp.

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. You ll need a ball mill in. It s a one gallon plastic mayonnaise jar stuck inside a large coffee can for reinforcement.

Instructions are provided with this project. A ball mill is a rotating drum with dozens of lead balls inside.