On Monday, a federal judge sentenced 53-year-old Wes Parker McDaniel to 10 years and five months.
Court documents say McDaniel made 12 destructive devices with illegal fireworks, ammunition, shrapnel, fire-starting material and other items.
Authorities say he threw bombs at a home in Merced, with one of them exploding.
McDaniel is accused of throwing another explosive at a second home and placing two near a car at a Lemoore apartment complex, but the bombs did not go off.