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"I am having difficulty finding a place that sells fire knives wif out that sharp pointy hurty edge for making some sweet fire poi. I want to use replica movie stage prop knives that hav..."
"Yes, yes, yes, I know this topic as been around before. I've already done heaps of searching.I've just managed to get a hold of some chemicals. Boric Acid and Potassium Permanganate. Bo..."
"Ok, I know I am opening a can of worms but what is considered to be the plural of staff.I would assume staves but ..... so yall that are intell.... clever, let me know. k. Li..."
"Did you ever get that kevlar thread ? if so how did it compare to the hobby store stuff. As to your email about contracts i have a lawyer who is part of my saftey team he does all..."
"i did a search on this fuel question but i didnt have all of next month to read through all of them .. so i am taking the softer easyier way as always i need to know what they cal..."
"Anyone?I found this link tonight: http://www.birdbrand.co.uk/paraffin.htm Inc VAT and delivery it works out at about a quid a litre. The MSDS is available on the page too. Has anyone tr..."
"Help, PLEASE!Some of you must have done this many times.On behalf of the brand-new ORANGEFIRE crew in California,for which i'm setting up a separate website to hotlink/"remot..."
"hey, today, a5mm thick1" longStainless SteelScew LockingD ringfailed.fair enough theyre on my metiors which are especialy heavy but thease things should be good for 500lbs at least! And..."
"Do you do the meteor with a poi or just glowsticks? Well if it is with poi, can someone give me a good explanation as to how to do the meteor? It sounds pretty cool. I actually kinda ju..."
"How does everyone seal the end of homemade tubecore wicks ? Having tried with fire proof cement I realised that in order to make the stuff hard you had to heat it to a very high te..."
"hey hey everyone. heres my question, i have been using meteors for a while now but i havent even tuched them for the past couple of months. all because the helicopter . i bought Rh..."
"whats electroglo? is it glowsticks?? Someone please explain!!! "
"Hi have been doing fire poi for around a month and would really like to know which is the less smelliest fuel to use. As my neighbours have complained about the smell.... Have used ..."
"Ok, In chapelfield gardens in norwich, few nights ago, spinning with some mates end up coming away with a few war wounds . Spit burns and a few nasty skin burns after my skipping rop..."
"Don't know if I should file this one here, or under "other toys". Lets give it a shot here.I built some torches for fire eating, worked myself up to it with some safties around, etc, et..."
"today i went to radio shack and picked up some LED's they're about 2 bux each and they're nice and bright. after fooling around with some old wires, batteries, glowsticks, knives, ..."
"What up everybody. Hey is there anyway that I can spin my flames and not smell of fuel after I spin. Just curious. Thanx"
"Ok Im interested in medi-evil weapons and after picking up Poi very fast Im makeing a set of Poi with a Haft just like a Flail for my first proformance.Has anyone got any Ideas or sugge..."
"Okie I am all for the beaming poi they are the greatest thing short of fire,the only problem tho is after about a month or two of good use I seem to break them,I took one apart and noti..."
"OK, here's a new hurdle we've been presented with for public performances; we've got the fire marshall thing down, we've got the liability insurance thing covered, BUT:We've been contra..."
"So I'm making a new pair of cathedral wicks and attempting to, for the first time, make them right.5' of kevlar per wick, interweave style, with a 2" to 3" eyebolt through them. My que..."
"In your humble opinion, which is harder, poi or staff:to learn? to do well?"
"hey i'm interested in making an electroglo staff,but i think the ones on hop are abit to small,iv'e always liked to twirl longer staffs....anyways i was wondering where abouts in austra..."
"I've had an idea, I'm quite sure someone somewhere has already done this but I've never seen it:Take your average firestaff and chop the ends off a few inches below the wicks so you hav..."
"I bought my electroglo poi a few months back - they;re wicked at first..easy to use,light weight and fairly bright. I've been having loads of problems with mine recently. Mine are r..."
"Not looking for insructions here, just wondering if anybody has managed to master some form of double Poi-ing (I.E. two poi in each hand spinning at opposites!)I reckon it has to be pos..."
"i was wandering if anyone new any thing about the product pegasol 3440 special(Oldname)or solvent 3440 special (newname)reason being this: about 3/4 weeks agothe priceof the old name wa..."
"Here's one for all the chemists out there...Would adding Meths (Methylated spirits) to your paraffin have any particular consequences?In my mind (which isn't in any way a chemists mind)..."
"ah k,here's the thing....when i bought my set of electroglo they were absolutely amazing until i hit them together a few times and one started to dim down and i thought it was the batte..."
"Just thought I would let everyone know, incase you didn't already,that you can buy t-cut polish (as recommended to by glass for polishing out the nicks, scratches and dents in your cont..."
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"I don't know if any of you have tried before, but you can order Titanium Flakes and roll your wicks in it to make instant sparkly poi. It lasts for about 3 - 4 minutes before burning o..."
"Ok...now i know this isn't the best of forum's for this sort of question, but I've talked to several different "experts" in both the photography and retail sectors and none of them have..."
"High i was going to make my own poi fire heads. i wanted to make a cathedral head, and was wondering how much wick i would need to buy. i know someone who bought there fire poi from her..."
"Okay, if this is totally a cracked idea y'all can just laugh at me but in looking to make my first set of wicks I've had a thought about wick construction. When looking at cathedral fol..."
"i've seen a lot of them on martial arts suppliers web pages, but has anyone ever tried one, it sounds like it would stop a lot of pain. I have foam nunchucks, and they're great, no pai..."
"Im thinking of buying some of these new astrojax saturn, check the site...http://www.astrojax.com/products/ajsaturn.htmlthey do look cool, especially the disco effect. also it will be ..."
"This has occured to a lot lately, but more so when we were out spinning in front of the national this weekend on Block Island. (it's a big hotel). Anyhow, it doesn't bother me at all to..."
"Does anyone know of a store that sells poi paraphanelia in tx?Iknow I can order online but I wanna see it in person before I buy anything."
"I need help!!! I'm traveling to Jamaica for a week at a resort and I want to spin fire on the beach there. Does anyone know some fuels that I can take, or easily find there???? &lbr;..."
"*product of an overactive imagination*step one: obtain pair of virtual reality goggles.step two: get a pair of those wicked little snake cameras used by swat teams and bank robbers in ..."
"Recently I had a friend find a nifty toy at some store..not even sure what store it is. Anyway, it was a mini-flashlight thing that had three LED's inside of it instead of one. Red, gre..."
"Does anyone know of any company that sells or produces a non toxic non flammable body paints or paint that can be used upon ones skin? I do alot of shows where I like to paint myself up..."
"Hi,I just got my fire poi and ive bought some paraffin, but i think the paraffin ive got isnt too good for u (not that any is )I was just wondering what paraffin people use (in the U..."
"I want to learn about fire spinning/dancing- and would like to start by learning how to make good practice fire chains/wicks/poi (not sure what to call them). I did have some tennis ba..."
"I had this idea for a new toy the other day, but I don't have the skillz to build it, unfortunately...I thought I'd toss it out there in case anyone else would like to give it a go.Basi..."
"I have been ripping my hair out trying to find some where in Queensland that I can buy Kevlar wicking in bulk. If anyone can help, I would be greatly appreciated. I live on the Sunshine..."
"I've looked high and low in hardware stores across Dallas. I've checked every link I can imagine in the yellow pages. All this just to find some kevlar wick to make me some chains. I wo..."
"Just wanting 2 know what ya'll thought of hybrid wicks...good..bad?? If anyone uses them, what are their burn times..big flame or small. What types of materials would one use to make ..."
"hello all. i'm wondering if anyone out here has tried the bearclaw mfg countach wicks? (http://www.bearclawmfg.com/s_wick.html) i am considering buying some because they look ubercool ..."
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