Port Authority bomb was made of Christmas lights, sugar and a battery: cops

New York Post ^ | Larry Celona and Ruth Brown VIEDecember 11, 20 | Larry Celona and Ruth Brown

[nickcarraway]

The Port Authority bomber fashioned his crude explosive device out of a 5-inch piece of pipe, a 9-volt battery, sugar, match heads, Christmas tree lights and screws

[bruin66]

Now, that’s funny.

[vette6387]

““...The average IQ in Bangladesh is 82. I wonder which side of the bell curve he’s on.....””

Six sigma out on the stupid side!

[Paul R.]

Heh, you all were a little more advanced than I was! But I did have a decent size homemade carbide cannon.

Maybe that is why, and God knows, this thread is a serious subject and I should not digress, but, heaven help me, the term “Sugar Bomb” conjures up for me an image of Dolly Parton.

[trebb]

Dumb = more compliant as a tool.

[Elsie]

Not having access to the actual device my statement is only a WAG.

Quite acceptable here on FR as lingua franca.

[Elsie]

This was common knowledge in the 60s when guys outgrew Estes engines...

And just where canya get good aluminum powder these days?

[Elsie]

Exactly. It is further compounded as there *are* a substantial number of Muslims who desire this information, yet are afraid to search for it.

PFFFT!

Pick up a cheap tablet and go to Mickey D's and...

[Elsie]

Menards has a great food section.

[Elsie]

Then there is Nitrogen triiodide...

fun for ALL!

Small amounts of nitrogen triiodide are sometimes synthesized as a demonstration to high school chemistry students or as an act of "chemical magic".^[5]

[Elsie]

 

 

 

This works for me...   https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7270918,-86.0454281,139m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Texas Fossil]

Not sure I’ve ever been into a Menards. It is outside of my normal region (West and the Midwest). Couple of times a year I go to the East Coast, but probably not far enough North to see them.

[jaydubya2]

Menards has almost everything, except beer.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Low energy sugar + saltpeter. No aluminum required.

[Elsie]

https://www.bing.com/search?q=aluminum+powere+model+rocket&form=EDGEAR&qs=PF&cvid=e42ecf45d510455fa5829c52b52942e0&cc=US&setlang=en-US

[Elsie]

They do seem to be clustered around the Chicago area... https://www.menards.com/main/storeLocator.html

There is one in Houston and one just NE of Beaumont in Texas.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=mTAwWqbMLOTdjwT5warABw&sjs=16383&q=saltpeter+and+sugar+rocket+fuel

[Texas Fossil]

OK, thanks. Had heard of them.

[Daffynition]

[Ezekiel]

Nobody gets tired of that movie ever.

[Elsie]

Cool!

I even learn about using stump remover to remove stumps!

(I’ve a LOT of them due to the death of many score of Ash trees due to the green borer)