Re: Pipe bombs

[snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>]

On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> Fuck them. Fuck Swinestein, Klinton, Gingrich, and all the rest. And fuck
> Dole. (On second thought, don't--it might not be a survivable experience.)

    Unsurvivable for which party?

> 
> I say they've all earned only our contempt.

     A long time ago. 
 
> It's time to accelerate our efforts to undermine this foolish experiment in
> pandering to the masses.

    Tell us how o' wise one. 
  
> --Tim May
 
> Buy a section of metal water pipe 1/2 by 6 inches long, threaded on both
> ends.  Buy two metal caps to fit.  These are standard items in hardware
> stores.  Drill a 1/16th hole in the center of the pipe. This is easy with a
> good drill bit. Hanson is a good brand to use.  Screw a metal cap tightly
> on one end. Fill the pipe to within 1/2 inch of the top with black powder.
> Do not pack
> the powder. Don't even tap the bottom of the pipe to make it settle.  You want
> the powder loose.  For maximum explosive effect, you need dry, fine powder
> sitting loose in a very rigid container.

     What about fusing? Mechinical detonation with a shotgun shell, or 
electrical with a model rocket engine?


Petro, Christopher C.
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snow@smoke.suba.com