So the timer ticks around, completes the electrical circuit (assuming it had working batteries), heats up the 'steel wool', which ignites the 'powder' Seems li

So the timer ticks around, completes the electrical circuit (assuming it had working batteries), heats up the 'steel wool', which ignites the 'powder' Seems like it might have worked. Steel wool is not a good igniter though. Anarchy Cookbook (Version 2000, not the unrelated original) uses a strand. Pic - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/pipe-bombs-capitol.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/pipe-bombs-ca...