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"Has anyone seen or used these before? http://www.firewhip.com/poi.html <-- Third poi down. Named "Wrapper Poi")Its an interesting concept and i was just wondering wether they are rev..."
"Im going to make a set of fire staffs, first time ive done it so im a bit clueless.im going to use aliminium tubing, 20mm diameter and 3mm wall thickness, but most suppliers around me o..."
"Hi,I'm kinda new poier ; I ve discovered it recently and it s awesome. I ve been practising allready quite a lot and I wanna make a fire whick, but where do I find Kevlar???? In what ki..."
"Most of the time I just keep quiet and brush them off as bad experiences etc. but I think that here would be a good place to share and get opinions!I’ve met and danced with a fair amo..."
"Earlier this month, I ordered three of Neon Husky's poi glowballs, one each of white, blue, and purple. They arrived this past wednesday, a little over a week after being shipped out.Fi..."
"Im going to be making a few staffs for myself, and i am just wondering how much kevlar wick is used per head before i go out and buy in from the HoP store.The heads im making are:1. 4 i..."
" One night when bored i burned off some fuel i had for an RC airplain i had. It was some type of oil and said 15% nitro on it. I burned it on the gorund and it lit very similarly to ke..."
" I just wanted to find out if any of you had ever experimented with color(s) of the flame. I recall from a chemistry class that if you add metals/elements to the flame they burn up i..."
"soz for the newbie question but er are fyre poi a lot heavyer than tennis ball poi??, (i assume so)"
"Anyone who has seen the video for Cirque Du Soliel's show Alegria should recognise Karl Sanft as the polynesian fire staff spinner.If you haven't seen it, then I recommend it.I have wat..."
"im thinking im just going buy buy arround 10 ft. of 25mm kevlar rope from HOP, whats the best way to go about making snake poi? Thinking this might be enough to make 2 sets of 2 for a r..."
"I made a makeshift rope dart after going to Falmouth 3 and getting a couple of lessons from Durbs (cheers mate!). Wanted to turn it into a fire version so that I can practise with it un..."
"if you took a small tube of any material, preferably one of some strength, and had an LED at each end with a power source in the middle, and connected to each end of the small tube was ..."
"I couldnt find anything really talking about this, and I want to try it and thought Id see if anyone had some experience to suggest...Everyone knows about steel wool. I don't really car..."
"okay, so i've got the design to make my own tail poi, and the catch is that i've already been to 6 fabric stores around where i live, and none of them carry uv reactive ripstop nylon. (..."
"soo...i'm about to make a config for samurize (Samurize Homepage). hmm.. thats not the point. but first i've to make a desktop picture. i'm thinking of mostly white and some light blu..."
" Link1 Link2 anyone already tried it? andy"
"ok, here is something I often want to do given the fact that my digital camera can take .mov files - I want to take movies using the potrait direction (ie vertical), but would then need..."
"Hey, have any of you ever spun fire with a chemical mixture added onto the wicking?Have any of you heard of it?I ran across a website where a few people were doing it - green fire, purp..."
"OK!My fire spinning book just arrived from HoP (YAY)i was just flicking through it cause i am at work and dont have time for a full on read.In the book it suggests that your metal parts..."
"there are all these fire poi/glowstick pics that looks awesome with huge trails... is it because they are spinning them so fast or is it just long exposure?"
"Well you've prob been asked this tonnes but was just gonna ask a quicky.....I'm considering doing my first fire spinning sesh at the weekend and have read all the fire safety and fuel g..."
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"I'm looking for parts in the London area to make some firestaffs/staves (sp?). Have looked around a few places like B&Q, Homebase, a local woodyard, a local gardening centre, etc. I..."
"I was sitting here at work and then i thought to myself.Exactly what IS fire? i mean its overly obvious that fire is an energy.But what exactly do you say when you want to describe fire..."
"I recently saw a fire spinner who had two poi-like looking tools, yet the fire went all the way up the chain!?! Has anyone seen these tools for sale online anywhere? They are quite the ..."
"I've been playing around with different grip designs for the last couple of years and have decided to try out a wrist harness with attached finger loops. Everything else I have tried so..."
"i saw someone with some micro-lights (RAV'N lights actually) hooked up inside two whiffle balls. any idea how best to connect these, so that the light is stable inside the ball and ach..."
"This has most definately been posted, but i tried to find it and no luck, but where is a place that i can order/buy parts for LED poi, or high power LED poi preconstructed. I want to ma..."
"sorry I keep dragging this thread up again - BUT :I keep practising with pio in the back garden that look like this:""Fingers-string-weight-long tail""and i'm finding it quite hard. All..."
"greetings, i think my subject header says it all, but i'll try to expand my question.i've really wanted to get some tailed poi that is uv reactive, but have not been able to find any th..."
"Hello,I've been eating fire for a year now. I've used Ultra pure lamp oil and Coleman white gas. Both work well. The question is, which fuel is the *least* toxic to use?I find that w..."
"Hey,I've been spinning for just a little while now (since Xmas), but have noticed that most people, when using poi at night go for either the glowsticking option, the fire option, or ha..."
"Is there any chance we could get RSS feeds working for the forums? I've seen a number of others provide RSS feeds for the latest posts in all, or selected topics. It'd be really nice to..."
"K u guys... i have a show coming up and in the show i have a stage fire bowl... what can I throw into the bowl that will make the fire go poof... u know what i mean... when u throw som..."
" Grahams 3D Guide Loreo 3Dcgi Or do a search Longshutter 3D looks sweet too"
" "...be careful to check the amount of wick used, kevlar is very expensive so some people try and cut corners. Use only paraffin. Dip them in paraffin after use and keep them damp in a ..."
"I have combed through BAZILLIONS of posts on ALL TYPES of fireheads, and it truely seems that monkey-fist knots are the way to go... People complain that they are too heavy, however, i..."
"Can't mail it really I'm afraid so collection from Sheffield only (sorry)I've recent'y developed some glow toys and I've got some polycarb left over from the early prototypes.Usually th..."
"i've just made a pair of new, heavy, thin-gripped contact staves. to save my wrists, I thought it'd be cool to have some kind of leather cuff. i know poi ppl have talked about this vis-..."
"If there is anyone in Brisbane interested in purchasing new and unused kevlar in Brisbane at cost price (or less if you want a fair bit) let me know. Have had it for years and not twirl..."
"I like to spin my poi at different lengths, and with standard chains and finger grips i have been having a diffucult time with changing the lengths mid-spin. So, i had an idea... get a ..."
"hey all....ok so i was just chatting to someone in the park who was selling poi and fire poi sets amongst other things, he seemed like a nice guy but i personally didnt like the sets he..."
"alright.what do you spin on the end of your poi?why?what i'm trying to ascertain, you see, is the relative differences between, say, a monkey fist and a cathedral and a tube core fire h..."
"alrightim about to put my order in for a tepooka stafftell me.. do you think 145mm wicks would be too big for a 1.3m staffor should i just go with 100mms?"
"This is a daft(ish) over representation of a principal that could massively aid acrobatics / strange dance manouvres If looked into.Would work best with heavier, longer poi (more mommen..."
"Hi.This is my first posting in this forum. Sorry for my bad english; I'm German... ;-)I began playing with a staff about three weeks ago.Last week I made my own staff. I't an aluminium ..."
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"I got myself into a corner here... i agreed to spin poi with my juggling group at a museum... fine i'm cool with that...BUTsomehow i have to relate it to science. The weekend is devoted..."
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