how to build a fireball you can hold

[Fritzo]

We used to to that with Sterno. You could coat your hand with it and light it. The flame was hot, but the gas from the sterno is what burns (not the gel), so the flame was about 1/2" away from your skin.

 

[Inferno0032]

Tried it out, used charcoal lighter fluid. Only problem is the balls i made were a little too large to handle easily with the fingers and i dropped it alot. That, and i couldn't find any 100 percent cotton string and the polyester portions of the string melted a bit and was a tad irritating. Fun, and looks cool. But, careful as always.

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: Inferno0032
Tried it out, used charcoal lighter fluid. Only problem is the balls i made were a little too large to handle easily with the fingers and i dropped it alot. That, and i couldn't find any 100 percent cotton string and the polyester portions of the string melted a bit and was a tad irritating. Fun, and looks cool. But, careful as always.

I was hoping somebody would try it. I didn't want to be the first one.

 

[dighn]

LOL FIRE

this is pretty cool. gotta try it sometime.

 

[jagec]

Nice editing on that video. Shows everything clearly, no wasted time, no long boring stretches, easy to follow the instructions...this is what web how-to videos should look like.

 

[everman]

Sudden urge to play with fire... I'll leave it up to you guys to report back though

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: QUOTH
I remember making a fire sword when I was younger. Really stupid bun fun. And sooo pretty.

It was a metal broom handle wrapped in toilet roll tied with masking tape. The cool thing was after a couple of minutes the paper stated to fall apart, so it left huge trails of flaming tissue as you swung it.

Good times Oh, and don't even try a fire frisbee.

I tried a fire arrow when I was a kid. Could never get it to stay lit in flight, though. Oh well.

 

[QUOTH]

Cloth [kevlar is ideal] soaked in parafin? :S I have a few fire juggling props.

I really want my own bow.

 

[biggestmuff]

You can even wrap a t shirt around your head, wrap it with string, soak it in lighter fluid then light it. The people that should try this haven't posted in this thread yet, so hopefully they'll see this.