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"I want to make some fabric poi and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. I was going to use tennis balls and sew fabric around them. Good idea? Thanks for any help.Jarrett"
" Anyone, any help...Whats a burnoff? Please?? "
"So I wanna start on contact juggling. Whats the best size and weight of ball for beginning/learning? Any recommendations on a site to purchase said balls? Im also not looking to spen..."
"Hi all,I've just made a pair of what I can best describe as Alien Sex Toy Poi, which are glowing sock poi using clear tubing and silicone sealant. There's some pictures and detailed ins..."
"or the 24"??Do you recommend me getting the yellow practice poi? that you can add the fire wick? or should I just go with the Beginner, BallChain, Double Loop handle Poi?????"
"im tring to figure out an inexpensive way to make hand lamps. anyone have any ideas?"
"so, aside from buying it online. does anyone know where i can purchase kevlar on the quick in So. California ? like, say, to make a set of poi this weekend? i did a few internet search..."
"I have the light sticks... (from a poundshop how impressed am I!) and I need to make poi out of them any ideas... if I was in US I'd order from this site but I'm in UK and can't afford ..."
"I'm maknig a staff for my friend (from an aluminium broomstick) and we need something to use for weights at the ends.I need some cheap material to use (not kevlar), any ideas?? "
"I'm new to spinning, and still trying to decide what sort of wick I should get/make, and I'm leaning towards either a cathedral fold or monkey fist. What do you all think about these k..."
"Would it be safe to use half of a plastic milk jug for a fuel bucket? Right now i'm useing a water catcher thingy for plants as a fuel bucket and was wondering if the grade of plastic t..."
"i am trying to make my own fire poi,i am using a cage but i have no idea what typre of padding to use to adsorb the flamable liquid,what do people surgest? "
"I feel that I'm ready to start shortening my chains while I am spinning but instead of finger loops I have biker gloves connected to my chains. Would this make it more difficult to sho..."
"this is my first time experimenting with color. i read the faq and threads but haven't seen this addressed.how long does the mixture generally last? for example, will the solution of ch..."
"I went to the crossroads website and found some information on this but it seems like a lot of work. I have a 5ft. aluminum pole about 1 inch in diameter. Is there an easier way to co..."
"when i first started doing fire spinning a few months ago i did some research and decided on using kerosene for my fuel. Now that i have been spinning for a bit and looked over some mor..."
"hello... playing with fire for a bunch of hours last night and sitting too near a dip jar I believe I inhaled too much low odour kerosene fumes. Thus I feel poisoned this morning... dr..."
"Anyone know where I can buy quality leather double loop handles for my poi?"
"I made sock poi with tennis balls... and the socks have "heels' does this throw off the direction at all>? Also, I added change to the tennis balls for extra weight which feels Grea..."
"Quick question folks. I have found that my staff seems to be soaking up fuel inside the tube. I jus noticed the other day how heavy it was getting (I took off the wick and a whole load ..."
"Hey hey spinning-folks,I just wanted to pick yer collective brains to find out whether people prefer chains (of whatever type) on their fire-poi, or cables. I have monkey fist poi on c..."
"I really need to get a job that actually entails doing work...I thought it might be useful/interesting to put up a list of the different types of poi available, their pros and cons and ..."
"Everyone agrees sock poi rock. And I'm sure loads of people have figured out you can tie the ends together and have a meteor. I stumbled over some other things there last night though. ..."
" Hi Gang!I have found these Rechargeable Strobo-Pois on their website : http://feraltec.tripod.com web page - they look amazing ! Does anyone has any experience with them , I am ..."
"can it hold my beamers? I don't want to switch my #15 if the #13 will break apart. "
"Hello there lovely poi-ers,After a couple of years with my trusty leather poi handles, the leather is now totally wrecked. I'd love to get some new leather ones, but here in good ol' No..."
Posted: by _Poiboy_
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"why don't you have ones at the shop?they'll look very pretty.I'm hoping to get a pair if you'll make them. "
"I searched the shop and found out the necklace glowsticks (and the green\red 6" glowsticks) disappeared, so did the orange beamers...BTW, I think you should stock some non-fire staves t..."
"I was in JuggleArt the other day and I came across a "Light Stik" Basiclly its a rechargeable glowstick which changes color...... I think it changes due to angle and speed but im not su..."
"Hello everyone, I have a pair of beaming poi, aswell as a pair of SS ball bearing chains from HOP with the Single loop handles.Now my problem is, when I attach the Beaming Poi to the ch..."
"I have made wicks from kevlar and towels. I was wondering if anybody uses denim? or any other cheap materials?"
"Hi everyone! HAs anyone ever bought the poi handles from firetoys.co.uk? They don't look as string as the ones in the HoP shop, but they're cheaper and i wouldn't have to pay as much ..."
"Hello all. Please dont refer me to any of those other flag stuff, I've been looking for about an hour and its just not what I'm trying to find Unless ofcourse I missed one on this par..."
"Why not use a metal tea ball (those balls made out of screen or usually metal with various holes cut in it) for the core and stuff it full of cotton, drill two holes in it to put the br..."
Posted: by PsychoTronic(old)
Views: 1,427 Replies: 1
"hello It is not easy for me to have cards for buying thing from HOP. Is there any other way I can buy them?Someone help me please....? "
"Ok, so I just got an awesome idea. Imagine a pair of sock poi (made from real socks). You stuff another loose sock or two inside the poi socks, then insert a nice sized sponge. Soak ..."
"I purchased some 2.5" monkey fists from HOP about two months ago and have since burned them for about 3 sessions, with an average of 6 or 7 burns per session. I was spinning them today..."
"so i was showing the tepooka video from poi in the park to a friend today and there is this bit with this all of blinding light running round and the only thing we could come up with wa..."
"anyone used a mask for playing with fire? like a surgical or innercitycyclist mask?cause i am desperate to play with fire again; to the point where i have had to leave fire gatherings b..."
"I am forwarding a message I received. Looks interesting: quote:Last night some of us ran burn tests with Biodiesel on fire toys with good results. Biodiesel is a *NON TOXIC* liquid der..."
"hello!I will try to make 2 staffs.Not the big ones but the small(you know the ones that you can play them both) what size is the best?Big kevlar or small(i mean thin stripe or fat ) "
"A fellow poi spinner build himself some pois from "StrobeFX" light wands. These toys are absolutely AMAZING. They have a gazillion different light patterns (well ... 12 ... but they ca..."
"ok, sorry if this has been discussed $h1tloads, but i did a search and couldn't find what i wanted so there. i want to make a good staff for contact, but i don't want to light it so i ..."
"So tonight I came up with the brilliant idea to wrap a towel around my Kevlar cathedral wicks to produce bigger flames. I havent burned them yet but Im sure everything will work out ok..."
"This is a topic I've read about, but have never received a solid answer: Does biodiesel (pure B100) destroy kevlar (pure or mixed) wicking? What is your experience? Any comments are ..."
"So has anyone dabled with making smaller monkey fists? By that I mean using smaller rope sizes, like 1/4"?Might not hold up I guess, but seems like it would be a good way to get a longe..."
"Right - now this isn't a "How do I get different coloured flames" post, it's a "this works, but is it good?" postHonest Saw THIS and they look quite cool. Seems to be a lot easier than ..."
"I love me chains but sometimes it is nice to play with strings...Does anybody use strings on their firepois ? I thought about the string used for firediablo or the "Pure Kelvar® sewing..."
"hiho,who can help me and share his/her experiences of sparkling pois?how do you make them (all i know is that it takes "steel wool" - in german "stahlwolle", dont know the english word...."
"Um, new to this whole thing of staff-twirling, but sort of sick of practising using a broomstick. Looking to buy a staff, but not sure what length/weight etc is best? I'm not very tall ..."
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