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The diodes should now be hugging the matchhead, but its wires MUST NOT TOUCH

EACH OTHER!

Dip the matchhead in wax to give it a water-proof coat. These work underwater

Repeat to make as many as you want.

How to use them:

When these little dudes are hooked across a 6v battery, the diode reaches what is called

breakdown voltage. When most electrical components reach this voltage, they usually

produce great amounts of heat and light, while quickly melting into a little blob. This heat

is enough to ignite a matchhead. These are recommended for use underwater, where most

other igniters refuse to work.

30. Home-brew blast cannon by The Jolly Roger

Materials needed:



1 plastic drain pipe, 3 feet long, at least 3 « inches in diameter.



1 smaller plastic pipe, about 6 inches long, 2 inches in diameter.



1 large lighter, with fluid refills (this gobbles it up!)



1 pipe cap to fit the large pipe, 1 pipe cap to fit the small pipe.



5 feet of bellwire.



1 SPST rocker switch.



16v polaroid pot-a-pulse battery.



15v relay (get this at Radio Shack).



Electrical Tape.



One free afternoon.

Procedure:



Cut the bell wire into three equal pieces, and strip the ends.





Cut a hole in the side of the large pipe, the same diameter as the small pipe. Thread

the hole and one end of the small pipe. They should screw together easily.



Take a piece of scrap metal, and bend it into an "L" shape, then attach it to the level

on the lighter:

/------------------------gas switch is here

V

/------

!lighter! <---metal lever!



Now, every time you pull the 'trigger' gas should flow freely from the lighter. You may

need to enlarge the 'gas port' on your lighter, if you wish to be able to fire more

rapidly.



Connect two wires to the two posts on the switch.



Cut two holes in the side of the smaller tube, one for the switch on the bottom, and

one for the metal piece on the top. Then, mount the switch in the bottom, running the

wires up and out of the top.



Mount the lighter/trigger in the top. Now the switch should rock easily, and the

trigger should cause the lighter to pour out gas. Re-screw the smaller tube into the

larger one, hold down the trigger a bit, let it go, and throw a match in there. If all

goes well, you should hear a nice big 'THUD!'



Get a hold of the relay, and take off the top.

1---------------

v/

2--------------/<--the center object is the metal finger inside the relay

3

cc-------------/

oo----------------4

ii

ll----------------5



Connect (1) to one of the wires coming from the switch. Connect (2) to (4), and connect

(5) to one side of the battery. Connect the remaining wire from the switch to the

other side of the battery. Now you should be able to get the relay to make a little

'buzzing' sound when you flip the switch and you should see some tiny little sparks.



Now, carefully mount the relay on the inside of the large pipe, towards the back.

Screw on the smaller pipe, tape the battery to the side of the cannon barrel (yes, but

looks aren't everything!)



You should now be able to let a little gas into the barrel and set it off by flipping the

switch.



Put the cap on the back end of the large pipe VERY SECURELY. You are now ready for

the first trial-run!

To Test:

Put something very, very large into the barrel, just so that it fits 'just right'. Now, find a

strong guy (the recoil will probably knock you on your ass if you aren't careful!). Put on a

shoulderpad, earmuffs, and possibly some other protective clothing (trust the Jolly Roger!

You are going to need it!). Hold the

trigger down for 30 seconds, hold on tight, and hit the switch. With luck and the proper

adjustments, you should be able to put a frozen orange through ¬ or plywood at 25 feet.

31. Chemical Equivalency list by The Jolly Roger

Acacia........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gum Arabic

Acetic Acid..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Vinegar

Aluminum Oxide....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alumia

Aluminum Potassium Sulphate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alum

Aluminum Sulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alum

Ammonium Carbonate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Hartshorn

Ammonium Hydroxide..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ammonia

Ammonium Nitrate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salt Peter

Ammonium Oleate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ammonia Soap

Amylacetate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Banana Oil

Barium Sulfide....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Black Ash

Carbon Carbinate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chalk

Carbontetrachloride..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cleaning Fluid

Calcium Hypochloride..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Bleaching Powder

Calcium Oxide....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lime

Calcium Sulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plaster of Paris

Carbonic Acid...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seltzer

Cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ammonium Salt

Ethylinedichloride...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dutch Fluid

Ferric Oxide...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Iron Rust

Furfuraldehyde...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bran Oil

Glucose...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corn Syrup

Graphite...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pencil Lead

Hydrochloric Acid...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Muriatic Acid

Hydrogen Peroxide...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peroxide

Lead Acetate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Sugar of Lead

Lead Tero-oxide..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Red Lead

Magnesium Silicate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Talc

Magnesium Sulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Epsom Salt

Methylsalicylate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winter Green Oil

Naphthalene....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mothballs

Phenol....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carbolic Acid

Potassium Bicarbonate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cream of Tarter

Potassium Chromium Sulfate...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chromealum

Potassium Nitrate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salt Peter

Sodium Oxide....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sand

Sodium Bicarbonate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Baking Soda

Sodium Borate..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Borax

Sodium Carbonate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washing Soda

Sodium Chloride..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salt

Sodium Hydroxide...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lye

Sodium Silicate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Glass

Sodium Sulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Glauber's Salt

Sodium Thiosulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Photographer's Hypo

Sulfuric Acid...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery Acid

Sucrose..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cane Sugar

Zinc Chloride...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Tinner's Fluid

Zinc Sulfate....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .White Vitriol

32. Phone Taps by The Jolly Roger

Here is some info on phone taps. In this file is a schematic for a simple wiretap &

instructions for hooking up a small tape recorder control relay to the phone line.

First, I will discuss taps a little. There are many different types of taps. There are

transmitters, wired taps, and induction taps to name a few. Wired and wireless

transmitters must be physically connected to the line before they will do any good. Once a

wireless tap is connected to the line, it can transmit all conversations over a limited

reception range. The phones in the house can even be modifies to pick up conversations in

the room and transmit them too! These taps are usually powered off of the phone line, but

can have an external power source. You can get more information on these taps by getting

an issue of Popular Communications and reading through the ads. Wired taps, on the other

hand, need no power source, but a wire must be run from the line to the listener or to a

transmitter. There are obvious advantages of wireless taps over wired ones. There is one

type of wireless tap that looks like a normal telephone mike. All you have to do is replace

the original mike with this and it will transmit all conversations! There is also an exotic

type of wired tap known as the 'Infinity Transmitter' or 'Harmonica Bug'. In order to

hook one of these, it must be installed inside the phone. When someone calls the tapped

phone & *before* it rings and blows a whistle over the line, the transmitter picks up the

phone via a relay. The mike on the phone is activated so that the caller can hear all of the

conversations in the room. There is a sweep tone test at 415/BUG-1111 which can be used

to detect one of these taps. If one of these is on your line & the test # sends the correct

tone, you will hear a click. Induction taps have one big advantage over taps that must be

physically wired to the phone. They do not have to be touching the phone in order to pick

up the conversation. They work on the same principle as the little suction-cup tape

recorder mikes that you can get at Radio Shack. Induction mikes can be hooked up to a

transmitter or be wired.

Here is an example of industrial espionage using the phone:

A salesman walks into an office & makes a phone call. He fakes the conversation, but when

he hangs up he slips some foam rubber cubes into the cradle. The called party can still

hear all conversations in the room. When someone picks up the phone, the cubes fall away

unnoticed.

A tap can also be used on a phone to overhear what your modem is doing when you are war-

dialing, hacking, or just plain calling a bbs.

Here is the schematic:

-------)!----)!(------------->

)!(

Cap ^ )!(

)!(

)!(

)!(

^^^^^---)!(------------->

^ 100K

!

!

The 100K pot is used for volume. It should be on its highest (least resistance) setting if

you hook a speaker across the output. but it should be set on its highest resistance for a

tape recorder or amplifier. You may find it necessary to add another 10 - 40K. The

capacitor should be around .47 MFD. It's only purpose is to prevent the relay in the phone

from tripping & thinking that you have the phone off of the hook. the audio output

transformer is available at Radio Shack. (part # 273-138E for input). The red & the white

wires go to the output device. You may want to experiment with the transformer for the

best output. Hooking up a tape recorder relay is easy. Just hook one of the phone wires

(usually red) to the end of one of the relay & the other end just loop around. This bypasses

it. It should look like this:

------^^^^^^^^^------------

---------

RELAY^^

(part #275-004 from Radio Shack works fine)

If you think that you line is tapped, the first thing to do is to physically inspect the line

yourself ESPECIALLY the phones. You can get mike replacements with bug detectors built

in. However, I would not trust them too much. It is too easy to get a wrong reading.

For more info:

BUGS AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE from Desert Publications HOW TO AVOID

ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING & PRIVACY INVASION. I do not remember who this one

is from... you might want to try Paladin Press.

33. How to make a landmine by The Jolly Roger

First, you need to get a push-button switch. Take the wires of it and connect one to a nine

volt battery connector and the other to a solar igniter (used for launching model rockets).

A very thin piece of stereo wire will usually do the trick if you are desperate, but I

recommend the igniter. Connect the other wire of the nine-volt battery to one end of the

switch. Connect a wire from the switch to the other lead on the solar igniter.