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Build Your Own Flamethrower!


Instructables user PDRWLSN created this pocket-sized flame thrower not just because it’s freaking awesome, but as a way to start a quick fire when you’re camping and only have access to wet wood. The gun uses materials readily available at any hardware store with butane lighter fluid as a fuel source and a BBQ ignition switch as a trigger. Below is a video showing the machine failing to melt snow.

 

 

Crayon Fire Sculpture WIN


Artist Herb Williams installed these Crayola fire sculptures in the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The piece, entitled “Unwanted Visitor: Portrait of Wildfire,” uses thousands of crayons and was inspired by the Texas wildfires of the summer of 2011.