Black Powder Art

[cannonmn]

article on it:  http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=57666

[Ex 49'er]

 
Kinda pricey! I don't think I'll be bidding.

[Frank46]

What art??. I have a buddy that does explosive art. Uses explosives to form different shapes and forms. This is all done legally and the various police and fire depts are notified prior to the booms and when done. We once had a huge generator (think power plant) stator fail and the huge chunks of copper that the brushes rode on literally flew apart @3600 rpm and deposited chunks of copper all over the turbine room floor. Some of them would have qualified as works of art. Frank

[KABAR2]

We once had a huge generator (think power plant) stator fail and the huge chunks of copper that the brushes rode on literally flew apart @3600 rpm and deposited chunks of copper all over the turbine room floor. Some of them would have qualified as works of art. Frank

Good thing nobody was near it when it failed ... or they might have become part of that art.........

[Frank46]

Yep, happened on the late 12-8 watch or early on the day watch. If I remember right these chunks of copper were about an inch thick, 2" wide and about 3' long and caused massive destruction in the housing and covers. Had a good buddy was a watch supervisor making rounds when a mud tube at the bottom of a boiler let go. He was unhurt but whatta mess to clean up. Frank

[Cannoneer]

It may be nigh impossible to buy a toilet brush (or thousands of other things) without the money being transfered back to China, but I'll be danged if we've also got to help make some Chinese "artiste" rich.