My Fold-n-Stuff Method

**freestoke** · 03-01-2015, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by tmoran

I must give credit where it is due. The musketball method is a creation of @freestoke . The basic idea is to roll the flake into a musketall of the proper caliber and lightly stuff it into the chamber, leaving a small air pocket at the bottom. One additional think I like to do is to throw some small scraps on the top of the musketball in order to prime the charge. The below links to our old home, so I hope it works.

http://www.puff.com/forums/vb/genera...etballing.html

As I say in that post, I merely gave the method a better name than "cannonballing". I think I mentioned it later it that thread, but I did figure out how to musketball Royal Yacht! As a matter of fact, I am smoking a musketball of RY right now!

**Cardinal** · 03-01-2015, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

Let us know how it goes!

Well, I'll be honest here - it didn't work out too well on the first try for me. I never could get it to stay lit, even though the flake was very dry this morning. I'm just chalking it up to user error and will keep practicing. This felt MUCH more promising a method than the way I'd tried doing it before.

**Lostmason** · 03-01-2015, 10:52 AM

Thanks Guys,,,now I'll have to start filling out the list,sounds like fun

**commonsenseman** · 03-01-2015, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Cardinal

Well, I'll be honest here - it didn't work out too well on the first try for me. I never could get it to stay lit, even though the flake was very dry this morning. I'm just chalking it up to user error and will keep practicing. This felt MUCH more promising a method than the way I'd tried doing it before.

Hmm, my guess is if you had proper moisture content, it's most likely related to airflow. Another variable to consider is the fact that some flakes expand more than others, which could cause a more or less restricted airflow. It takes a little while to get a feel for how tightly it should fit pre-light, in my experience most of the time it should be fairly loose, it can always be tightened up with a little tamp.

**Cardinal** · 03-01-2015, 12:55 PM

Thank you, I'm going to keep at it. Will try going a little looser next time, because it felt dry enough that it should have burned no problem.

**Emperor Zurg** · 03-02-2015, 02:54 PM

Giving it a go with some PE lux BE flake. 2 coins, folded in quarters, cylindrified (I just made that word up) and stuffed with a bit of tinder on top. So far, so delicious.

**Mister Moo** · 03-02-2015, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by CommonSenseMon

My Fold-n-Stuff Method
It's officially taken me just shy of two years to figure out flakes, a

I am going to have a flake workshop in Raleigh this summer. We cannot wait two more years for you, jeffle.

**commonsenseman** · 03-02-2015, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

I am going to have a flake workshop in Raleigh this summer. We cannot wait two more years for you, jeffle.

Since I originally posted this 5 years ago & it had taken me 2 years then to "figure flakes out". I'll see you at the 2022 international Flakes Summit. You can even sign me up as a keynote speaker, provided there will be complimentary 1792.

**Mister Moo** · 03-02-2015, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

Since I originally posted this 5 years ago & it had taken me 2 years then to "figure flakes out". I'll see you at the 2022 international Flakes Summit. You can even sign me up as a keynote speaker, provided there will be complimentary 1792.

I was thinking more along the lines of Cakalackie BBQ but, 1792, sure.