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Long story as short as possible, I am an Assistant Scoutmaster in a Boy Scout troop and every year we have a local camporee in the town our troop is based out of with some other units. My troop is always in charge of building the bonfire and I am put on that with my dad. The other leaders in the troop refer to me as Hephaestus ( Greek God of fire) due to my amazing fires that I build. Last year we made a “Flaming Arrow” to light the fire. A cardboard arrow that we light and sent down a wire into the fire. (Hopefully you guys understood that! ) That work perfectly. Now this year we have to top that and do something even cooler. That is what I need suggestions for. So have at it and let me hear what you think!
I like to use flares,hehe if you cant start a fire with a flare you’re hosed haha.
I should probably add that young children will be wathcing and we can’t go too crazy. :rolleyes:
You could do 2 arrows…
Jimbo
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Molotov cocktail!
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How about going backwards to bare simplicity do a stick and rope on dry leaves and then add to it and keep adding till you have the giant bomb fire
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tonylandin wrote:
How about going backwards to bare simplicity do a stick and rope on dry leaves and then add to it and keep adding till you have the giant bomb fireFrom a fan of tools with lots of assistance from Siri #TIACREW
Not quite picturing it Tony…?
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How about dressing up as lady liberty and lighting the pile with the “torch”
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Humm. How crazy did you want to get? A Rubens Tube is really cool. It allows you to see standing waves. Its a physic concept. Easy to make. Some PVC and fittings. You can play a song and see it ‘dance’ towards the bonfire. Might not be a practical way to light the bonfire but it would be an awesome effect.
One of many example of ‘how to build’
I’d make some type of rube Goldberg.
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Polish cannon, and a flaming tennis ball.
Flame thrower!