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Here's an idea I came up with today:

11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
edited February 2007 in General Discussion
Home-made propane flamethrower!

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    CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What does that quote in your signature say?

    Plus it needs to be a liquid. Propane will readily turn to gas the split second it comes out giving you limited range.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    The flame thrower was invented years ago![;)]
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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The overfill thing on the regulator will be removed and the regulator reinstalled, then the tank will be carried up-side down. I think it would work.

    Edit: Kevin, this would be home-made since it's not exactly something you find on your local gun shop's shelves.
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    hotshoothotshoot Member Posts: 4,227
    edited November -1
    look out, willie might take it.....
    looks good on paper.....
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,960 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA!!!!
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    Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now I'm not an ATF guy but, a home made flame thrower might just be slightly illigal to own.
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oxygen?
    COmpressed air?

    I think it would make a better flame if you can mix the propane with additional forced air at the gun. This means either compressed air (and a hose to the air compressor), or a battery operated fan/ blower to force air into the gun and mix with propane.

    Perhaps a small two cycle motor with a squirrel cage fan could be mounted on top of the upside down propane tank.

    In the past I've used a natural gas "lance" where gas comes from a 3/4 inch hose and it is mixed with a 90 pound 3/8inch air line. Just used a normal black pipe tee. The output is a 3/4 inch black pipe about 5-10 feet long. At the end if an elbow then anther 4 feet of pipe. Basically it is a large torch without any back flame preventers. It makes one hot flame when the compressed air is turned on.

    We don't want to melt the brick, but it is hot enough to melt ceramic brick slowly. It is deffinately hot enough to melt your basic "Superduty" or "Fire Brick"


    AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA.
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    bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    what-aya throwing? gas?
    duhhhh![8][8]
    how does it propel?
    think about it.[8][8]

    looks more like a portable hotdog cooker.[8][8]
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    biglou250biglou250 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder if you could fill one of those Round up pump sprayers with some kind of petroleum product and use the propane for the pilot light on that. You would have farther range.
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    COLTCOLT Member Posts: 12,637 ******
    edited November -1
    ...I would like to watch you fire this puppy up!...from a rather safe distance...[;)]

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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bloviator
    ...I would like to watch you fire this puppy up!...from a rather safe distance...[;)]

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    LMFAO!!
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    BHAVINBHAVIN Member Posts: 3,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Been getting drawing lessons from WALLIE??? He may not appreciate the competition.
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    Spider7115Spider7115 Member, Moderator Posts: 29,714 ******
    edited November -1
    Where do you cook the burgers? [?] Wait...never mind...I think I know [xx(]
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was thinking of this as more comparable to a Da Vinci brainstorm drawing.
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    While taking classes, perhaps he should look into some combustion engineering.
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    dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.boredrigid.com/comments/445-Make-Your-Own-Flamethrower.html
    [:D]
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BORED?

    That looks more like a proper start.
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    elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    POOF!! You...not the thread.
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    LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,143 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you have a preference as to where your ashes are to be spread or should that be left up to the prevailing wind direction immediately following your test?
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    spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by sav99
    Now I'm not an ATF guy but, a home made flame thrower might just be slightly illigal to own.
    Weed burner..WEED BURNER!![;)]
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    MVPMVP Member Posts: 25,074 ✭
    edited November -1
    I see nothing in your plan about a flamer retardent suit.

    They already have one of those anyways. Just go to home depot and buy piazo ignited roofing torch like they use in torch down roofing aplications
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    bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    Zulu
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    Zulus house
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    bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
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    BlckhrnBlckhrn Member Posts: 5,136
    edited November -1
    Why not gasoline or kero propelled by propane? Maybe hydrogen propelled alcohol?

    Liquid oxygen and hydrogen? See you in the next state.
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    dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigtire
    Zulu
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    Zulus house
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    I thought that was Richard Pryor[}:)]
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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    dcinffxvadcinffxva Member Posts: 2,830 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by sav99
    Now I'm not an ATF guy but, a home made flame thrower might just be slightly illigal to own.


    I don't see anything in the ATF regs that cover a flamethrower. It doesn't fit the definition of a Destructive Device, and a search only lists Maryland as specifically regulating it.
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    mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y-y7rSXJKNM
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    stevenrayspeckstevenrayspeck Member Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remember what happened when Wallie traded in his cannon for a flame thower.[:D]
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    mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,297 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kinda like the You tube where the guy takes the flaming shot and misses his mouth and cathces on fire HAHA
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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    KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    Mix some gasoline and styrofoam in there for longevity. Don't do that I was just joking!
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    CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MVP
    I see nothing in your plan about a flamer retardent suit.

    They already have one of those anyways. Just go to home depot and buy piazo ignited roofing torch like they use in torch down roofing aplications


    I recommend Kevlar.
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    ObiWanObiWan Member Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One leaf blower.......one pump up sprayer filled with kerosene piped to the leaf blower outlet.

    Place ignition source at outlet.

    Removes leaves from your yard and burns them at the same time.
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    MVPMVP Member Posts: 25,074 ✭
    edited November -1
    Just load a Super Soaker Gun with gasoline. HEHEHE
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by biglou250
    I wonder if you could fill one of those Round up pump sprayers with some kind of petroleum product and use the propane for the pilot light on that. You would have farther range.


    ...It works just fine for burning weeds on fence lines. I used plain gasoline. One caveat: I would NOT let the liquid level drop to the point where a flashback into the sprayer could occur. If you squirted often enough, no pilot was needed. There was usually a small flame from the drip at the nozzle. Hey, we were all younger and dumber at some point...
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,960 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:from a rather safe distance

    I'm thinking about a quarter mile, eh Bloviator?
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    11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Zulu- you need to research the term "incendiary device". Yeah, ATF frowns on things like a fire extinguisher loaded with kerosene, with an igniter wick at the tip of the hose. Saw one of those in a prosecution. And I HAVE used a real flamethrower- US Army. Either you use thickened fuel, or 80% burns up on way to target- range is limited, discharge time 9 seconds- and you would not BELEIVE the recoil those things have- like a firehose. A weedburner is a tool- just like a Hilti gun is not a firearm. But a flamenwerfer is a weapon.
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    cmd66cmd66 Member Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How much for that flame thrower shipped?
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    jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,666 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    how about a beer bottle'some gasoline, and a rag. what do they call that ? a harvy wall banger or something!!!!
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    thecoltcollectorthecoltcollector Member Posts: 151 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    molatov cocktail....wow someone must have been bored today.....[:D]
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    dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A little tide goes a long way[:0][}:)][:D]
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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