The Great Book of Frame Bombs is the best way to learn the most about frame bombs. Check out the book page on this site to see why.
Framebomb.com's Youtube Channel will include demos of different kinds.
Cobra Weave Instructables will teach you how to build a different kind of stick bomb popularized by kinetic artist Tim Fort. These act like dominoes and explode in a chain reaction!
There are also instructables for the Helm and the Original.
Weavings on the Plane is what's left of a cool exercise on some of the mathematics of how many possible frame bombs there are. The frame bomb community has since broken many of the assumptions, but it's still pretty interesting if you like that sort of thing.
Matbase.com has some information on white birch, the most common material for most craft sticks. Hint: it's nice and springy!
Deployable Structures, a book I found in print only once, has a section on tensegrity and Popsicle stick grillages. There's a whole bunch of really detailed engineering information for anyone who is interested. This guy has really thrown the physics textbook at frame bombs!
Creative Wholesale is where I've gone in the past to buy bulk sticks. Prices are quite variable but I've generally found them to be a reliable and economical dealer. If I'm fresh out of sticks, I go with this case of 10,000 sticks.
SSWW.com and other educational supply sites are often a great place to get really cheap supplies...like Popsicle sticks. This is about as cheap as sticks come, in my recent experience.
Stretchy Book Covers of any kind make great storage containers for sticks. Just sort of wrap them up and the elastic cover will keep them organized quite well. Pretty much any book sox or similar product will do. This one is apparently one cent on Amazon.
Tim Fort, the Kinetic King, is a nut about stick bombs, and does some really innovative work. He was even on America's Got Talent! In particular, you might check out his history of stick bombs. It's detailed and he put a lot of work into it.
The official Frame Bomb page on Facebook is one more feed to get frame bomb news and meet other artists of the craft. If you'd like to generate some discussion there I'm sure someone would be glad to talk frame bombs with you! I watch this page on a daily basis and will certainly answer posts there.
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