Fireball Shooter

What is more enticing than fire!? Not much, especially if you were a Boy Scout like myself and was a called pyro many a time during summer camp. Any who, enjoy this one. But like smokey the bear once said, "Only you can prevent Wildfires". Be careful!











Step 1

Getting your supplies:

- Flash cotton
- Wire
- Flash paper
- Solder & solder gun
- JB Weld
- 1/2 inch O.D. copper pipe (4 inch in length)
- 1.5 volt glo-plug

1.5 Volt Glo-plug

- 1/4 x 28 nut
- AA battery
- AA battery holder
- momentary push switch
- electric tape

Momentary Switch

1/4 x 28 Nut

Step 2

Preparing for the fire:

- The only thing for this section is that you clean the inside of the copper pipe with a wire brush so that the inside is smooth and that there are no impurities. 

Step 3

Use JB weld to add the nut to one end of the copper pipe and let it sit over night.

Copper Tube with nut JB welded to top

Attaching Glo plug for future reference

Attach the AA battery holder to the copper pipe (same end where the nut is on) with either glue, plastic ties, tape, or other method of your choice.

Solder the negative (black) wire from the AA battery holder to one lead of the switch.

Strip 1-1/2 inch of the positive (red) wire from the AA battery holder and wrap it around the non-threaded side of the glo-plug (top). 

Wiring of red wire

Use some extra wire and solder one end to the other terminal of the momentary switch and wrap / solder the other end to the bottom of the glo-plug (threaded side). Then screw the glo-plug into the nut. Also, super glue the momentary switch on top of the battery holder. 

Wiring Setup - angle one

Wiring setup - Battery to Switch to Glo-plug

Now add the AA battery and see if the glow plug heats up (look inside the copper pipe while pressing down on the switch and see if you see an orangish glow)

Now cover all your exposed wire with electrical tape or non-conductive alternate. 

Place a small but of flash cotton in the pipe, followed by a small ball of flash paper. Use a pencil to make sure they both get pushed down to touch the glo-plug. Then wait for it to catch on fire and shoot a fire ball. 

Finished Project - Added Electrical Tape to give it some Flare

                                  

Trial one

                               
                                                       Trial two

Comments, concerns??
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