Subject: Building Salute inserts for large shells!
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:37:36 -0800

Building Salute inserts for large
shells!

Well we begin by obtaining some
high quality convolute tubes with at least an 1/8" wall. These above are 3"
tubes with a 3/4" ID they are great for inserts. These tubes can also be used
for making other types of inserts as well such as hummers
etc.

Next you take
your tubes, and place them on a piece of tin foil. The tin foil is important
because it allows your inserts to freely peel off of the foil with ease. Then
with a low temp gun fill each tube with about a 1/4" of hot glue. This will
serve as one end plug. After you have filled each tube and the glue is just
about to get stiff, place the tubes in the freezer for about 5 minutes.

When taken out
of the freezer the tubes will simply fall off of the foil like magic. Then I
usually take 2 squares of toilet paper and ball it up and smash it into the open
end of the inserts and ram it down with a wood rammer.

Next making
sure you are properly grounded and you are fully prepped for working with flash,
you simply need a funnel setup similar to the one above and you fill the salute
inserts with flash to about 1/2" from top. Remember flash settles nicely and
these tubes will hold alot of flash.

Then with
another 2 squares of toilet paper I plug the end of the insert and carefully ram
the tp plug down to where there still is a 1/4" of space remaing in the end of
the tube.

And then the
remaining 1/4" is filled with low temp hot glue. Once the glue is hard and cool
you simply need to fuse the inserts (preferrably with a visco fuse) with
appropiate lengths to the effect desired. These inserts make excellent salute
reports when high in the sky and with a bunch its even
better!

Good Luck!