BUILDING FIREWORK RACKS - Fountain Display Rack
20-Shot Mortar | Angled Mortar | Fountain | Set Piece
This tube holder can hold up to five tube fountains with tube lengths of 4"-9" inches, giving a pyrotechnician the ability to design unique fan shaped fountain displays using individual fountains. With a choice of what colour, size, duration, height and noise to use as well as the option of which angles and what number of tubes to use, there is an almost unlimited range of combinations to be made.
Materials
- 5" x 17" x 0.5" board. This is the base board.
- 11" x 17" x 0.5" board. This is the fan board.
- Two 2" 90 degree brackets with screws.
- Three 0.75-1" screws
- Latex Enamel Porch and Deck Paint
Procedure
Take the fan board (11"x17") and mark a spot exactly half way (8.5") on one side of the 17" length of the board. This is your midpoint or base point. Take a 6" protractor and place it parallel to the edge of the board and centered on the midpoint. Mark points at 45, 67.5, 90, 112.5 and 135 degrees. Remove the protractor and use a ruler to draw five lines of exactly 10 inches from the base point through the five points you made with the protractor. |
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| Position the protractor to make a 1.5" line perpendicular to the middle 10" line and centered on it. Draw a line along the base of the protractor 0.75" on each side of the base point. |  |
| Measure down the 10" line about 7" and use the protractor to make another 1.5" perpendicular line. Use a ruler to connect the ends of the two perpendicular lines. You now have two parallel lines 0.75" offset from the first line. |  |
| Repeat the above process for the other four lines. You will end up with parallel lines 0.75" from each of the five original lines. See diagram five. |  |
| Now draw a 10" line centered on the middle line - parallel to and 2.25" from the the bottom of the board (ie. 5" on either side of the line. This is the outline for the fan part of the fountain rack, - use a saber saw to cut this out. |
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| Take the 5" x 17" base board and place the fan board on edge and in the center of the base board. Place one angle bracket on each side of the fan board about 1.5" off from the center finger. Mark the holes for the brackets and drill small tap holes. Screw the brackets and boards together. Sand and paint it with Latex Enamel paint. |  |
To use the rack, remove any base that your fountains may have (usually a pointed red plastic attachment used to push them into the ground) using scissors or tin snips.
Attach fountains to the fingers using duct tape, with the tubes at least an inch above the fingers. Attach a length of quick match to each tube. If only safety fuse is available, measure out the same length of fuse for each tube.
Attach one end of each fuse to a tube and then connect all the other the ends of the fuses together as one bunch.
The Fireworks Company Thailand accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any injuries or accidents that occur as a result of attempting any of the displays or projects mentioned in this site, or as a result of use or misuse of any pyrotechnic products purchased from us. We highly recommend the use of professional display service for anything other than consumer 1.4G Fireworks with shells 1.75" or less in diameter.