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Steel Wool!
I want to put steel wool on my poi, but I know nothing about it.
Can anyone educate me on this? I need to know how to attach steel wool to my poi. I'd also like to know what difference there is between the coarse, medium, and fine- maybe that does not matter. And of course any safety pointers regarding steel wool- for instance it is probably a bad idea to buzzsaw with steel wool, right?
Can anyone educate me on this? I need to know how to attach steel wool to my poi. I'd also like to know what difference there is between the coarse, medium, and fine- maybe that does not matter. And of course any safety pointers regarding steel wool- for instance it is probably a bad idea to buzzsaw with steel wool, right?
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Permalink Reply by Xander on -
Hi!
I can't say I've ever done it, but I unearthed this video a while ago and thought it may be of use (y):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ZxytKAs3U
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Permalink Reply by monica ferroe on -
for some reason... i dont really trust him! lol
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Benge on -
for sparkle poi you want to have cages constructed to house your steel wool that can be exchanged for your poi heads
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Permalink Reply by David Funk on -
I actually have a tool made for steel wool but a ghetto way of doing it is a "bag" made from chicken wire attached to the head of your poi. You want it enclosed so you don't have a huge chunk flying off at the wrong time. Grades, #0000 I bought some thick stuff and I couldn't even get it to burn. the finer, the easier it is to work with. Finally, you are throwing HOT SHARDS OF METAL. make sure you have plenty of room. I've seen them fly as far as 30 ft. so that would mean needing 60ft around and 30 ft. overhead. wear goggles find some cool costume ones or swimming goggles are nice and discreet. Finally, imagine doing a buzzsaw and a glowing hot shard flying at high speed in your nose, eye, ear, hair. Just remember what you're working with when deciding moves. That's all I have hope it helps.
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Permalink Reply by Matt C on -
I tried what was done in the video... the finest grade wool available at home depot burned up in less than 10 seconds. An entire chunk of wool went flying. Scary! Follow the video, but then loosely wrap wire around the entire mass of the steel wool in different directions, to fashion a quick' n' dirty "cage". Using a medium-fine grade might burn longer, but also might take a stronger battery to ignite.
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