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Location: Arana Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Location: Arana Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Posted:
Ok i'm wanting to make (what i know as) a fire orb
basically a wick with a wire attached either side and sometimes attatched to rings to make it easier to hold
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I've tried lookin for old threads but didn't find any so i ask two questions...
1) Are they known as something other than fire orbs (so i could actually find a result) or links to previous threads that'd help?
2) Does/has anyone have/made a set and have any advice to give? such as wire length, type of wire, ways to stop the wire from being seen (i'm not to sure if thats even a problem...i thought wire might reflect light and ruin the illusion...tell me if i'm wrong), wick size, to have a wick core or not? and (depending on core or not) best ways to join the kevlar/core to the wire...
Obviously i have alot of simple ideas but i was just wanting to see what other ideas people have...cause yeh, i saw someone doing orb the other night (Steve i think it was at Gabes UberOz party) and was inspired...
Ok i'm wanting to make (what i know as) a fire orb
basically a wick with a wire attached either side and sometimes attatched to rings to make it easier to hold
(dodge ascii depiction below...ignore the dots)
ww
..|
.O
..|
ww
I've tried lookin for old threads but didn't find any so i ask two questions...
1) Are they known as something other than fire orbs (so i could actually find a result) or links to previous threads that'd help?
2) Does/has anyone have/made a set and have any advice to give? such as wire length, type of wire, ways to stop the wire from being seen (i'm not to sure if thats even a problem...i thought wire might reflect light and ruin the illusion...tell me if i'm wrong), wick size, to have a wick core or not? and (depending on core or not) best ways to join the kevlar/core to the wire...
Obviously i have alot of simple ideas but i was just wanting to see what other ideas people have...cause yeh, i saw someone doing orb the other night (Steve i think it was at Gabes UberOz party) and was inspired...
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Posted:
there is some info in [Old link] thread that you might find useful
there is some info in [Old link] thread that you might find useful
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Location: Arana Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Location: Arana Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Posted:
Thankthee...almost exactly what i needed! (why o why it didn't come up when i searched i do not know
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Thankthee...almost exactly what i needed! (why o why it didn't come up when i searched i do not know
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