Posts Tagged ‘fire’

The other day, I got Matt to get a lighter so I could make paper rockets. Continuing on a pyromaniac theme, I set about modifying the same lighter to produce a large flame. It turns out that its very simple. Just remove the cap, lift the flame height adjuster, and then you can move the cog underneath it.

As a continuation on my hatred for the sleep button on my keyboard, I have employed another one of the useful tools included on this burney machine… The hot knife. Basically it is a blade that acts a a soldering iron but for cutting through plastics etc. So I thought that I’d cut off the corner of my keyboard (the one with the sleep button) to get rid of it once and for all.

As you will know from reading my last post, I have just purchased a gas 4 in 1 burny machine. I was also informed by Ben that the sleep button on my keyboard was of no use at all. So, what I felt needed to be done in a situation like this was to burn it off.

As usual, I had a flick through the sales on the Maplin spam crap. Usually its full of over priced useless stuff that you’ll never used, and today didn’t disappoint, but something caught my eye. Something so amazing that it deserved to have me purchase it.

The jet propelled funny car Fireforce 1 is no more after an unfortunate event at the Santa Pod Raceway Flame & Thunder event 2006. This article will be constantly updated as more information is available to us. Hopefully it will develop into a long lasting “shrine” to Fireforce 1 as it has provided us with many good memories. Fireforce 1 has provided many people with their first experience of a jet funny car and I’m sure it will not be forgotten. You may ask why I’m personifying this car, and I ask myself that sometimes: It’s mainly because Fireforce 1 was the first jet car I ever saw, and I was about 12 at the time so it seemed all the more impressive (not that it got less impressive in later years though).