MacGyver's Anarchy Vol. 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By MacGyver, 1-25-91 Well here we go, my first volume of MacGyver's Anarchy. In this volume I will go into a basic inceiary fuse and igniter. I. String Fuse `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` This is a really easy to make fuse for igniting incendiaries. Materials needed- string or shoelaces made of cotton or linen. Potassium nitrate or potassium chlorate granulated sugar hot plate, or stove cooking container, large beaker spoon Preparation- (1) Make sure the shoelaces or string is clean. If they are dirty just wash them. (2) Dissolve one part potassium nitrate or potassium chlorate and one part granulated sugar in twoarts warm water. (If you are using fertilizer grade potassium nitrate, make sure it is at least 40% potassium nitra, if possible use a nonmetallic spoon, and try not to use a bunsen burner.) (3) Soak the string or shoelace in the solution for at least five minutes and then remove from thwarm water. (4) Hang the fuse to dry. Now you have a fuse. Now to ignite an igniter with the fuse simply insert the dry fuse in some igniter. Make sure the fu can't move around when placed in the igniter. Just ignite the free end and watch it go, unless youae igniting some high explosives or a large amount of incendiaries. II. Sugar-Chlorate @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ This is another easy to make incendiary which is somewhat powerful. Again we are using potassium chlorate. In later issues you will learn some of the better things you n do with potassium chlorate. But for now here's the sugar-chlorate formula. Materials needed- Granulated sugar(don't' use powdered sugar) Potassium chlorate Nonmetallic spoon. Mortar and pestle (not really necessary) jar with tight lid Preparation- (1) Using a clean spoon and measure equal amounts of Potassium chlorate and granulated sugar. (2) If the Potassium chlorate has lumps or is not consistent in texture use the mortar and pestle even out the roughness. This mixture is most effective in powder rather than crystalline form. It can be initiated by the ring fuse, pile of match heads, magnesium ribbon or even drops of sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid an agnesium ribbon is usually inconvenient. This mixture can be stored in a tightly sealed jar for a ewmonths. In MacGyver's Anarchy Vol.2 I will cover Black powder, smokescreens and Astrolite G(the strongest nnuclear explosive known to man). ############################################################