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"Note: I did a durbs, no specific results, so sry.. What I'd like to know, what are the options on the inside of a monkeyfist..? I really don't like the wood or iron part, I'm afraid tha..."
"Hi everyoneFirstly, I must apologise for my first post being a question. I know it is not customary. However, I am active at quite a few boards, but none that are involved in the specif..."
"As the title suggests i wana make a fire poi, reason being i cant afford a baught one and lets face it, nuthing is good as home-made!I already know how to do do it to an extent, all i n..."
"...I'm after some advice. I'm starting to think about making progress on the software side of my HyperLights. There are basically 3 parts to the problem:1) The software that runs on the..."
"mY GIRLFRIEND IS LEAVING FOR cAMBODIA, iNDIA, AND mALAYSIA IN TEO DAYS. SHE IS TRAVELING WITH HER POI SET AND SO FAR, FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SECURITY, SHE'S GOT DISASSEMBLED POI WITH U..."
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"Since this was brought up, I was supplied Bartoline refined parafin product code 1513, for a recent fire show, yes normally I provide my own fuels as very very picky about fuel types fo..."
"Hi, i've just joined about 30 seconds ago after i stumbled idly on this website. ok. the main question i have is what liquid should i use to start off me breathing fire. i have perfecte..."
"Hi in a past I made 2 pairs of fire snakes from 2,5cm diameter kevlar rope : one side ended by dural tube , other side with a knob Thats wonderfull effect !!!!BUT: after about 50 twirl..."
"Hey!*ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM PROFESSIONALS!*got a gig in Dubai at this hotelhttp://www.burjalarab-hotel-dubai.comagent is trying to source 10 liters of one of these for meSolvent 11I..."
"hello i recently managed to find a supplier of shellsol d60 local to my home.this made me very, very happy shellsol d60 is already used commonly by firespinners in australia and comes..."
"Hello all :-)Hopefully some of you out there who now more about poi than I can advise me on which poi to purchase. I've been doing poi on and off for about a year and for a few months ..."
"Hey guys.I need info on parrafin fed fire sculptures.Need to know how they are kept alight for longer that the average kevlar wick etc etc.ANY info would be WICKED cheers guys pe..."
"...a set of glow toys (poi, staff, juggling balls - whichever) what would be your top priorities on the wish list? Here's a few things I've been considering for my hyperlights:1) Reliab..."
"Hi.I span my new monkey fist fire poi for the first time last night. I had a couple of spins using parafin (kero) on the 3rd i noticed a little ember still alight on the wick. I spat ..."
"Has anyone tried making a fire staff with a resin innercore instead of wooden doweling?I've been thinking about the idea for a while as I'm guessing that resin would/might be denser tha..."
"I saw this in Singapore : One guy holding a torch up and another guy thorwing from below a hand full of ??? out of a bag through the flame. Would say a 5 meter+ flameball My questio..."
"ok still new on my fire poi phase and I was wondering if you guys could give me tips on how to attach my kelvar on the ends on my chains ... I try doing a search on the subject but no l..."
"Hello all,First off, I checked the FAQs and did several searches for the keywords I'm about to ask about. Apologies if this topic has been discussed before - I checked and could not fi..."
" (aka the 'i want to look like nick woolsey' post)hey so.. i've been practicing my antispin weave flowers (the ones with both poi spinning foward (or reverse) while your arms swim a bac..."
"Hello!I would like to make GLow in the Dark pigments / powders. Not using standard crapper zinc sulphide or whatever it is, that only glows weakly green, but the high tech new type, sup..."
"I am wondering if any of you know where I might aquire a license to perform in public..... To my understanding a license is required to do so in the state of Ohio..... (where I live)"
" Does anyone have any advice for constructing a very cheap but effective glow staff? Materials and construction advice would be awesome...but I'm on a really really low budget! Thanks!..."
"Hear me out.There's a fire thing going on in November on the roof of a factory. It's actually a really thick, fireproof concrete roof. The guy who owns it was bragging about it actual..."
"Im curious as to weather or not there is good money in professional fire spinning. Ive been reevaluating my career goals lately and thought about going pro and being a spinner for hire..."
"To anyone from australia: there is a guy that goes to the festivals in victoria (earthcore, rsf etc) that makes decent glow staffs, he gives out cards but i've lost mine. If anyone coul..."
"Hi there i'm a newbie in staff spinning and got some questions.all the time I'm practicing with 1.5m long staff made of aluminium with tennis balls on each end. and my question is how c..."
"Im looking to buy a new set of fire poi (mine were stolen), and ive seen on a site, think it was firetoys.com, that you can get heads with a 'kapok reservoir' in the centre of the head...."
"since Carbon is a very light material, it has a high stiffness and its not that flexiible but wont break that easily as fiber glass more resistant that is, wouldnt it make a great stabl..."
"This is probably a daft question, but I've only been playing with poi for less than a week. I have a pair of glowbalz with nylon cords, and am getting some poi with tails in the next fe..."
"Ok - my 7 year old is a maniac for anything that spins and fire...I've already let him have at some sock poi, he's loving it, he can butterfly - believe it or not :? However, I was won..."
"I want to make some practice poi for my friends kids, and I've found everything I need except for some non-rip nylon in a nice colour. My local fabric shop only has white and I can't f..."
"Im looking to buy a long staff, though I'm unsure as to how long/tall they are supposed to be in relation to your height. Does it matter too much? or is it a personal preference thing?"
"AKA "Turps", I've read that this substance is slightly more toxic than kero and not a good substance to burn. Although I found a bottle of relatively new Mineral Turpentine in my laundr..."
"Hi everyone.I was wondering what other fuels could u use to light up fire toys? ive always just used kerosene for my staffs. ive used a bit of shellite a few times to make the flame bri..."
"I recently saw a guy at a party spinning with these crazy things that I'd never seen before... he'd constructed poi out of rubber tubing and then slid battery operated light rods into t..."
"Hello fellow pyronauts!When watching my schools fire performance group, I realized that our performances are sadly restricted by gravity. Aside from the occasional flurry of throws, all..."
"Has anyone got info on when fire ropes or blades were first seen? like a date?I know someone who claims "Seven years ago Matt developed new fire performance articles, those being Fire B..."
"Hi.My new mystec staff arrived today. It's quite light (860g with kevlar; length 140cm) and seems really fantastic.Here are some pictures for you: New staff and old staff (now..."
"I've been thinking about the fine fuel drops that linger unburned in the air after spinning off a freshly lit fire staff.. Do these exist in sufficient amounts to pose an accute or chr..."
"I met this guy at Reading who said something about making poi out of wire wool and tin cans that throw sparks out when you spin them. Anyone heard anything about this?"
"I decided to order some poi online, but I don't know what length to get. I can choose from 16 to 20 inches. I measured the actual length from my fingertips to my armpit (that might have..."
"I just got a new digital camera - a canon powershot A510.. Just thought id tell everyone to rush out and buy one. Its amazing this little thing..the pics are crystal clear, and the expo..."
"I'm considering making a pair of monkey fist wicks and I was wondering, what can I use for the centre of the wick? Is there anywhere I can buy a centre part with a loop?I'm moving over ..."
"Hi everyone,I've been twirling for a few months now (thanks to the cool people at Divine Imagination for getting me started), but i sometimes have problems with bringing my staff on pub..."
"What's yer fav. glow toy.. SUck as Chemi glowsticks battery powered.. tailed, fire, flags .. the such. My fav. glow toy is battery powered glowsticks (Garrity) then my tailed"
"I recently got a good supply of balloons from my friend's mother (A former clown, she didn't want them anymore, so I bought them off her. About 700 balloons or so in a few different col..."
"Guess who´s proud owner of an absolutely flat concentrate contact staff? Well, the question is of course rhetorical, but I'll answer it anyway: Me!!! Got it two days ago, after excha..."
"So at Burning Man this year I saw a toy I'd never seen before.Basically, it was four staves joined together in a tetrahedron with a wick located at each vertex. The twirler held one of..."
"I'm going to get some glo poi but i'm not sure which to go for.wondering if anyone had any advice?I've been considering these (from firetoys). Anyone used them before?Si"
"I remember seeing someone with some really cool monkey's fist ends for his staff on the forums, and after a bit of searching around, i saw something else about turk's head knots.Anyway,..."
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