Anyone know of any other suppliers of 4" paper hemispheres, preferably in Europe?Herr Haber - 9-6-2022 at 07:03
There used to be a guy in the UK. I'm not sure I remember his nickname correctly. I think it was Cooperman. Maybe there was a number at the end of his
name / nickname.
If you've done any business with Pyrofire (Cz republic) ask them. They mostly sell commercial products but since they used to sell e-matches, fuzes,
delays etc. I know they dont sell the paper shells themselves but they can certainly send you in the correct direction.Mathias94 - 9-6-2022 at 08:08
Thank you very much.
I see if i can order some hemispheres from Cooperman.
I have thoght about making my own paper hemisphere shells and maybe i try it if i can find some suitable balls with right dimensions that i can use as
molds.
That would be the perfect solution as firework supplies gets harder and harder to get (damn politicians banning everything fun and slightly
dangerous).
I could try using some purchased ball-shell hemispheres and make a mold from them filling it with plaster of paris and then use that ball to make my
own hemispheres.
I would guess using some dextrin glue and kraft paper or newspaper would make nice DIY paper hemispheres.
That would be nice if i can get it to work.Mateo_swe - 10-6-2022 at 00:06
Seems like Cooperman´s webshop isnt working.
I added a bunch of items to the cart, proceeded to checkout but it tells me to make an account.
When trying to make an account i get an error making it impossible to proceed.
Tryed the "contakt us" form but it also get an Captcha error so i cant even contakt them to let them know the webshop isnt working :-(
Unfortunate, i really wanted to order some 4" hemispheres plus other things.
[Edited on 2022-6-10 by Mateo_swe]Fulmen - 10-6-2022 at 01:00
Have you tried a different browser? Sometimes these problems are browser-specific.
As for homemade paper shells it's not really that hard, IIRC Bill Ofca has an excellent guide in his "Techniques in Fire" series. Mateo_swe - 10-6-2022 at 04:51
I have sent them a mail, hopefully i can place the order.
Making DIY paper hemispheres are probably not so hard, the worst part is finding a sphere of right dimensions to use as a form/mold.
And one must find one of each size for the different shell sizes.
I start with some purchased ones and then i might try make my own hemispheres.
If spheres are avaliable to buy i probably do that, but if they start to be hard to find for sale then DIY will be the solution.DocX - 22-6-2022 at 10:44
I find these on my national Amazon. Have you checked it?
