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How to Make a Fire Tornado (A Wee One)



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Fire tornadoes occurring in nature look cool but are terrifying and very dangerous. We made one on a smaller scale – still cool, less AAAARGH.
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Dan knows of two ways of building a tabletop fire tornado and he’s happy to share both. We also couldn’t pass off the chance to make a fire tornado in a variety of different colours. Because why not.


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24 thoughts on “How to Make a Fire Tornado (A Wee One)
  1. I hope safety goggles will be issued to everyone on the next birthday party before someone brings in the cake with the candles. Isn't the safety thing going way too far?
    Btw. what about putting a metal dish with burning stuff in it on a wooden plate? That's fine I guess, because we have goggles!

  2. …so, safety goggles (which yes I do actually use whenever I unleash my desktop mill spindle at 10000RPM ) are now protection against (a puny little)… _fire_?!? Yeeeeeeeeah ooooookay… *backing away slowly*

  3. What would happen if you spin the fire without the mesh?
    The air is still, but the source of the flame spinning.
    Shouldn't you gt the same result: Tornado?
    Either you spin the air or the dish.
    Why wouldn't this work?

  4. Cracking stuff, will try this at some point. The guy looks and sounds like a southern Ricky Tomlinson though! Not a criticism, just an observation.

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