Hello from Whitby! Victoria Day video inside...

Welcome aboard.
Nice intro and video!

Thanks for posting

Thanks!

I had a HUGE criss/cross setup for July 1st but due to no rain in a month and having to move to a location with close trees I had to completely kill the criss cross plus reduce how many fireworks I could use

Here is my July 1st show, if you need the cue list let me know:



I just got my display firework license (assistant) and my pyro license so I've bought a ton of concussion powder and J-Tek ematches and have cooked up a ton of (ideas) for fun stuff for Labour Day (Mon, Sept 7) including a bunch of display (professional) fireworks, just waiting on permits.

-Jamie M.

Yeah, I didn't know Do or Die was so insane, I should have saved it for the some part of the finale (or maybe the end! gotta love glittering brocades though)! I have TONS of Doe or Die cakes for Monday Sept 7th and I'll be doing a lot of criss/cross with them, 80ft wide! Should look super awesome

I'll see if I can dig up the list, got a small show Saturday evening so probably won't be able to post it until next week.

-Jamie M.

New 7 shot BEM cakes, 911, Royal Burst, Blinking Waterfall, Spring Garden, Tornado and 36 shot fast paced Split Comets cake:



-Jamie M.

Just alternating the red/green with each shot, or you'd like to see more colors in it in general?

Haywire is an awesome cake no doubt, you'd probably have to do three, one straight up and left/right and +/- 15 degrees, then it should fill out real nice. If you could time them 0.33 seconds apart you could get a nice fan effect too (so says my video editing software).

I'm going to try and be first out with videos of new fireworks

-Jamie M.

Like the vid, and the way you showed the product that was being fired.
As for your hopeful up and coming shoot, I hate to say it, but don't get your hopes up too high. I've played that game many many times in my life. Fire departments don't like to issue permits for small shows. You pretty much need a full on public event sponsored by the community, or have to be on some remote private property where the possibility of anyone other than invited participants can get even remotely close. I understand their point, as I have been indirectly involved in an incident where someone tried to sue the town, for people setting off 1.4g product while our show was going on. It's a liability issue for them, no matter how much insurance you happen to carry. Honestly, being good friends with the local mayor most likely isn;t going to help you. I would suggest becoming good friends with your local AHJ. They are much easier to get permits from, when they know you personally!!!(another bit of personal experience there)

I’m glad they have set you on the right path

First board done, 3 to go! The mortars just push onto the pucks and once you push them down they become attached SUPER solid (no glue required). You can pick up the entire board by any one of the fireworks and it won't budge. You can even pick up the entire board by the starshell at the end! If they change the design of the base or if you want to use different size mortars or different brands you can just swap out the pucks for ones that work with your mortars. Flawless.





The fact that ERD said I would have to send it in for approval before lending it out to anyone AND get BEM to print out new instructions (which also have to be authorized) on how to attach the mortars to the board (um, lol?) is absurd, such a simple device, so simple to use, insane.

When fully assembled there will be four boards total and they can pivot on axles at each end to adjust the angles of the fireworks. Eventually it will be motorized so you can control the angles with your cell phone over wifi (ESP32). You can even change the angles mid show, so if you want all the main ones vertical but want the finale to be wide when it gets to the finale it'll almost instantly change the angles to fan.

When finished there will be 16 "speaker jacks" on each side of it that you can use to plug in Talons or ematches and then upload a firing timing script with your cell phone over wifi. There will also be an input jack you can connect to your cue firing equipment (cobra, firefly, etc.) and it can even piggyback off of another firework/cue so technically it doesn't even use one on your controller! There is also an output jack you can connect to another rack to start it after the first one finishes. Emergency stop input/output (can also emergency stop with your phone), ignition lock with key with off/test/arm modes and you can run a full test in test mode which will light up LED's for each firework exactly when they would fire in the script. It also has a simple two button wireless remote control (for people without cell phones, lol). 

If everything goes smooth with the electronics tomorrow I should be able to light it off in the evening (found a place I can light off fireworks 24/7/365, woot!) and I'll be sure to have all my cameras rolling.

Should be a killer setup for one shot mortars.

-Jamie M.

This is just a prototype setup. The pucks will be 3D printed in the final design (these were just rough cut with a hole saw). Because of the way the pucks mount I could put a microswitch on the top of the puck so if you don't have a firework pushed down good enough, or one comes loose during the show it would disable/emergency stop the board.

Interesting. You mean like they forgot to put glue in the base at the factory? I have not seen any of those yet, perhaps quality control at BEM is better than at some other places, but something I'll check before I light it off, thanks.

That would mess up my microswitch idea, if the firework fell off but the base remained on the puck, freaky.

In my original design it would have been impossible for a firework to move/fall off/point at the crowd, etc. Even if they forgot to glue it at the factory it wouldn't have mattered at all, but ERD said my "rack" couldn't cover up the instructions label or the name of the firework. Because BEM puts the instructions right at the very top of the tube there was no way for me to make the original idea work

ERD said it would have to be "assembled at the place of firing", i.e. have the mortars pushed onto the pucks, talons attached, plugged in, etc. Can't travel with it "assembled" so there shouldn't be much opportunity to drop it but it's of course a possibility.

Can't wait to see them test it

I appreciate your feedback.

-Jamie M.

That’s much more diplomatic a response than mine,

I agree with London, ideas are great, but friction locks have always failed over time simply from use and wear.

Never stop trying to “better” the wheel. But some concepts only come to fruition after the look and design has changed 50 times.

Look where we are with color saturation and compositions in today’s fireworks.

A lot different than what it was 30 years ago, even 10 years ago

I remember working on the Sydney Barbour bridge back in the 90’s, nearly all the tech has changed since then.

If your dead set on this design, it needs improvement.

Agreed with the rest. i have seen, and delt with so many plastic bases that are loose, broken, or have fallen off in transit !!!!!! I never trust or use them !!!! My single shot racks all consist of a 2x8 or 2x10 board and pipe strapping to hold the tubes.