Re calcium carbide. I'll have to open the can to see if it's still any good. Probably trash by now, I always wanted a cannon. Could not buy one, Had to make my own out of soup cans and a piezo sparker. Nice booms.
carl -------------------------------------------------------- Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ hcarl...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM Mac Doktor <themacdok...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2020, at 4:26 PM, H. Carl Ott <hcarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Silicon carbide ? Or calcium carbide? > > I still have a blue can of it around from 30 years ago when they sold it > as camping supplies. > > > Have ever opened it? I've had brand new containers that were opened once > and sealed properly go bad in a couple of years. > > I still have my toy cannon around here somewhere.. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > "I've seen things you *people* wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off > the shoulder of Orion... beams...in the dark in the Tannhauser Gate. All > those moments will be lost in time...like tears in the rain." — Roy Batty, > *Blade > Runner* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/66B619CF-0248-48D8-9FC7-1124966D0527%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/66B619CF-0248-48D8-9FC7-1124966D0527%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAP_hP_QohLRuVEJCoi7jMVuHUwFVHHKL7x3X4F%3Dw95nvhNEz8g%40mail.gmail.com.
