Flammable much?

[JohnnyDrama]

I thought about posting this in DYI but that seemed reserved for more practical maters... Anyway I was vacuuming up some sawdust and looked into the machine. What do you know... There's gunpowder in there too. I think I'll finish cleaning up and see what kind of chestnuts I can roast...

[laportecharlie]

Pretty sure that any of us that have used a shop vac in the gun room have experienced this.

[Little Dutch]

Yeppers, right into the fire pit it goes.

[JohnnyEgo]

I've caused more damage with a can of varnish and some rags than I have with vacuuming gun powder. Not that it's a good idea, just saying.

[00tec]

At one point, I dumped a double charge into a friend's ashtray.

I got a very nasty text about 2 days later.

I thought it was funny

[Irving]

I once took apart a homemade birdbanger and left it on the workshop counter and forgot about it. It was the launching charge. A few days later I was grinding with the flap disc and saw a flash out of the corner of my eye. My first thought was that I had finally blown out the crappy duplex in my garage, when I realized nothing was even plugged into it. I had just landed a spark right into the 50 grains of blackpowder.

Another member here lit off an entire 8lb jug of powder with welding sparks. I'll let him tell that story if he wants though.

[DFBrews]

I once took apart a homemade birdbanger and left it on the workshop counter and forgot about it. It was the launching charge. A few days later I was grinding with the flap disc and saw a flash out of the corner of my eye. My first thought was that I had finally blown out the crappy duplex in my garage, when I realized nothing was even plugged into it. I had just landed a spark right into the 50 grains of blackpowder.

Another member here lit off an entire 8lb jug of powder with welding sparks. I'll let him tell that story if he wants though.

It was a chunk of slag while plasma cutting... in a one car garage with the door 90% of the way closed... 5 minutes before the GF got home and

[8Ring]

And then there's the story of a guy who dropped a few live primers on the rug in his reloading room. The next day his wife came in to vacuum the rug with her near-new vacuum cleaner. One or more of the primers went off while being sucked up and caused her vacuum cleaner to burn up. Unhappy wife.

[izzy]

And then there's the story of a guy who dropped a few live primers on the rug in his reloading room. The next day his wife came in to vacuum the rug with her near-new vacuum cleaner. One or more of the primers went off while being sucked up and caused her vacuum cleaner to burn up. Unhappy wife.

These days I'll look for that one primer I dropped for a very long time.

[FoxtArt]

It was a chunk of slag while plasma cutting... in a one car garage with the door 90% of the way closed... 5 minutes before the GF got home and

Oh man, it feels like a never-ending commercial break on a sitcom cliff hanger!!!