Fireshooting glove.
Instructions for making one:

I got some interest in how to
go about making one of these.
I figured it out through trial
and error, so I have left some
details for you to figure out,
but here is a summary:

It took me a while to figure
out how to build this. I took
apart many things that you
shou
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Fireshooting glove.
Instructions for making one:

I got some interest in how to
go about making one of these.
I figured it out through trial
and error, so I have left some
details for you to figure out,
but here is a summary:

It took me a while to figure
out how to build this. I took
apart many things that you
should not ever take apart
(disposable cameras,
lighters), and used the most
dangerous parts of them in
dangerous ways. Please don't
try to sue me if you build a
fire glove and burn your hand
or point it in your eyeball
and go blind, its NOT A SAFE
PROJECT.

The most important thing to do
is to take apart a few utility
lighters (very very carefully,
please don't use power tools
or hammers, we are dealing
with explosive gases here!) I
may post pictures at some
point which would be very
illustrative. I used a
refillable utility lighter as
the source of butane. It is
essential that is refillable
for obvious reasons. However,
it turns out that the fast
moving gas chilled the metal
on the tank because of
decompression. So I emptied
and drilled a hole (very
slowly using a small hand
drill) in a large plastic
non-refillable utility lighter
tank and used a lot of good
epoxy to get the valve from
the refillable tank onto the
plastic non-refillable tank. I
then coupled a few plastic
tubes to together and to the
tiny metal nozzle of a
standard, non-windproof
utility lighter. I also
epoxied the rubber hose onto
the lighter tank.

Next, make the ignition
system. I couldn't really
explain how to do this exactly
without opening a disposable
camera. There are some other
videos on the internet that
tell you how to make a taser,
which is what we are doing
here. This is what I did
basically: It does require
some soldering and the ability
to trace wires on a circuit
board.

Basically I opened the camera
and removed all the plastic
and film, etc, so that all I
had was the circuit board, and
a battery. I cut off the
pieces of metal that hold the
battery and soldiered wires to
a battery holder from
radioshack that holds the same
battery (one AA in my case)
through an on/off switch. I
soldiered the connections that
go to the pushbutton on the
camera (it looks like a
spiral) such that they are
always connected (I used my
own on/off switch to the
battery for switching). I then
soldiered wires DIRECTLY TO
THE CAPACITOR. I did this so
that when the capacitor
discharges through these
wires, it fools the camera
into thinking it needs to
charge the capacitor again
since it is now not charged,
and it will immediately
recharge the capacitor, which
is handy. Then build a nice,
soft, VERY WELL INSULATING
case for these electronics and
possibly the switch.

When I charged the capacitor
and sparked the wires, I
notice that the spark is
really molten and burned
metal, so that we use up some
metal each time. There had to
be a way to have a replaceable
metal tip for the sparking
action. What I came up with is
using a tiny, long nut usually
used as a spacer in
electronics projects. This can
take a small bold at each end,
one end of which I connected
the wire from one lead to. I
did the same with another long
bolt/not combo. You will need
also a bolt on the other end.
This way, the bolt can be
bolted from the outside of the
glove through a hole in it to
the long nut on the inside of
the glove.

I give you the challenge of
figuring out your own way of
putting this all into a glove.
Basically, run the wires and
tube up the appropriate
fingers, and THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT: make sure to sew an
insulating material to the
inside of the glove covering
all electronics and gas parts
so that you don't FRY
YOURSELF.

I had the gas nozzle go out my
index finger, and the
bolts/electrodes on my thumb
and middle finger. This may
not be a viable way for you to
light the gas, so come up with
something that works for you.

Then you will need to figure
out a way to trigger the gas.
I just glued a rod to the
little button trigger on the
tank and positioned it so that
flexing my thumb muscles and
positioning my fingers in the
right way turned on the
butane. Figure something out
yourself if that doesn't
work.

PLEASE PLAY SAFE AND HAVE
FUN!

P.S. - Also some credit where
it is due:
Thank you very much to Brent
Driscoll for your genius epoxy
help and to Mark Van Reenen
for great sewing help in
difficult-to-sew material.

Category Howto & DIY

Tags fire, glove, project, engineering, science, fireproof, flamethrower, flame