Methy and LFP's DIY flamethrower fun. :)

oldpiper said:
Once again, two peoples separated by a common language.
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Yes, that sounds like what we use, but the word "kerosene" makes me think of what jet aircraft run on.
I think it's all designed to confuse the consumer and make him pay more for a branded product.

And yes, I think "paraffin" is the technical term for the CnH2n+2 series which of course includes gasoline, or petrol as we call it.

Nick

PS. Just looked up paraffin and kerosene on wikipedia. Its a bit misleading and won't quote which number in the series is which, but it seems there are two types of "kerosene" in the UK - a lighter one for lamps and a heavier one for jets. But this entry is, er, illuminating, and does mention "white gas".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_breathing
 
Actually, I'm (for what it's worth, not much) old enough that the term "white gas" immediately brings to mind unleaded gasoline (pre-1975), because the lead additive (tetraethyl lead) imparted a bit of a tint to the gas.

Cameron
 
Who allowed you two to live in the same state. The world is now much more dangerous. :twisted: :twisted:
 
grindz145 said:
Who allowed you two to live in the same state. The world is now much more dangerous. :twisted: :twisted:
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Nahhhhh... just a couple of bright kids with some free time.

Next up, combine the above with large quadcopters.
 
grindz145 said:
Who allowed you two to live in the same state. The world is now much more dangerous. :twisted: :twisted:
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Only for those who live within range. Sometimes we need to be thankful for the finite energy storage capacity of batteries. :wink:

Cameron
 
Ypedal said:
liquid zippo fuel is butane, camp fluid kerosene, slow burning stuff makes a better effect ( lingering flame ) ...

*pictures scene, someone has a fire on their hands, spots the extinguisher in methods garage... runs to get it and WHOA !!!!.. :lol:
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The old original Zippo's, filled with cotton wool and with a wick, used naptha, a.k.a. (at least over here) as "lighter fuel". They would run on ordinary gasoline reasonably well, I found (when I was a kid, "lighter fuel" was a lot more expensive than siphoning an egg cupful of fuel from my mothers car.........). Modern cigarette lighters pretty much all use butane, or maybe propane.

Some camp stoves burn kerosene, usually the pressurised ones with vapourisers that you have to pre-heat, but AFAIK Coleman fuel is naptha, or at least very largely naptha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_fuel).

Jeremy
 
Nice to see the details on this practical teck as it can be applied to tailgaters...
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Pretty sure the concept was mentioned here earlier, but dunno really...
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Guess this thread means i'll have to post pictures of my Oxy acetelyne mortar up soon..Full can of dog food, a good 100 yards. tried a can of coke, but they often burst .... :mrgreen:
 
You see lots of flametrowers on art cars at burning man. They pretty much all use the tried and true, and perhaps safer method balloonists use. Liquid propane.

Normaly a balloon burner shoots vaporized propane for a hot blue flame. but as a backup system, pull a different valve and the liquid propane shoots out and ignites making a nice big yellow flame. It's used to light up the balloon like a lantern at a night event like a balloon glow or dawn patrol flight.

Basicly all you need is a ball valve, a pilot light, and a tank with a dip tube so it dispenses liquid. Or turn the tank upside down. The nice thing is it pressurizes itself. It's what most hollywood fire effects use nowdays because you can repeat the fireball take after take after take, vs reloading a hot metal container with another bag of gasoline for take 2. With actuators on the valve, you can just press a button, or have a computer choreographed fire.

One nice thing about the propane is that if it fails to ignite the liquid will vaporize and eventually blow away. The area will be hazardous for a short time, but no gas squirted on a lawn or whatever.
 
I really hope the feds don't show up at your door. If they do, set a fire and hand them your "extinguisher", hehe...

Once when I was about 13yo(prime pyro age), I about burned my parent's townhouse down. I thought it was cool that you could pour nail polish remover(acetone) in water and it would float and ignite on top. I was showing my sister's boyfriend this experiment, with the door to the bathroom closed to obscure our activities from my parents. Well, my dad wondering why I was locked in the bathroom w/ my sister's bf( :shock: ) began knocking loudly, demanding we open the door. I freaked, knocked the bottle of acetone, which spilled, caught flame and spread throught the entire bathroom. My dad breaks down the door, sees the entire room in flames, turns on the shower and put out the flames in time to avoid complete disaster.

Luckly, by extrodinary chance, my mother received a promotion to senior vp to her company that day. She was like, "oh honey, kids do silly things." :shock: :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
 
Shame my dad did not think the same when I shot a dog food can through the roof of our farm shed with my mortar :)...I was a bit older than 13..think it was nearer 19.. :lol: :lol:
 
When I was about 13 or so there was sold a plastic bubble material in a toothpaste type tube, we used natural gas from the house to inflate the plastic material, it would float to the ceiling where we would put a match to it, with the camera shutter open we had a picture of it covering half or so of the ceiling. When we got better at making larger ones, we would attach a waxed thread to the baloon let it go into into the air outside, then light the end of thread, letting it go, the flame went up the thread, the whole thing burned with out leaving a trace.
 
bleach bombs.. when i was a youngin, had a small swiming pool, anyone remember the anarchist cookbook ? ... fill 2L pop bottle 1/4 way up with powerder chlorine, equivelent sugar ( not sure the sugar was needed.. but the book said it was.. so we put it in ) .. when ready pour in a cup of water, cap the bottle and BAM... instant elbino lawn ! :lol: redneck version of crop circles ! lol..
 
Industrial bin bags filled with oxygen-and acetylene, with the same burnign thread style fuse...or an electric match head style firework fuse...that works well too...so I am told
 
NeilP said:
Industrial bin bags filled with oxygen-and acetylene, with the same burnign thread style fuse...or an electric match head style firework fuse...that works well too...so I am told
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A 4th of July mainstay when you grow up at a welding shop. :)
 
One of my pastimes many years ago was caving. At the time, we still used carbide lamps (nowadays they are pretty much banned, everyone uses electric lights). Carbide lamps use water dripped on to calcium carbide to generate acetylene gas, which was then burned at a small jet.

Someone came up with the idea of placing small bits of carbide inside a folded over bit of bread, then chucking it up in the air, where hungry seagulls would dive and swallow it in one gulp. This was usually followed, a few moment later, by an airborne explosion as the carbide reacted with the seagulls stomach acids..............

Jeremy
 
ummm carbide...Over here in Jersey, during the last war...our island was occupied by the Germans. They left a lot of stuff when we were liberated, a year after the war in Europe was over.

One of the remnants that is now down the farm here is a large case weighing about 20 or 40kilo....yep you guessed it...a box of carbide...gulls look out :)
 
My grandfather gave me a carbide cannon when I was a kid. You would fill the well with water and it had a striker with a small spoon at the end. When you inserted the striker it had to be turned to lock in, so the spoon would empty into the water. The amount of time you waited before pushing the plunger would determine how loud the report was.

My problem was that I would always leave the lid off of the carbide and it would go to shit. :(

-methods
 
Jeremy Harris said:
placing small bits of carbide inside a folded over bit of bread, then chucking it up in the air, where hungry seagulls would dive and swallow it in one gulp. This was usually followed, a few moment later, by an airborne explosion as the carbide reacted with the seagulls stomach acids..............
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HAHAHA ...erm i mean...shame on you Jeremy the poor seagulls :shock: ... anyone know where i can get some carbide? :mrgreen:

KiM
 
http://www.zibb.au.com/chemicals/suppliers/calcium+carbide/au/25832894

you didn't get this from me :wink:
 
I don't know why you guys would want to do that to a seagull....
Anyone who tries that crap and then comes to my house will find a jell-cap of it in their caboose!

-methods
 
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