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fireun ([personal profile] fireun) wrote2012-01-17 12:40 pm

Playing with fire

Well, the old fire fans are bent, and need a new wick (something about being battered around a flood and then soaking in it) and are a bit heavy for anything but occasional use (for my silly fibro hands)...

Happy birthday to me?

I
 had been meaning to replace the wick and see if I could get the spokes of the old fans straightened, but this will happily work in the meantime, and will probably make me happier as I learn more complicated moves. 

I also may have been speaking with [livejournal.com profile] libwitch about attending Free Spirit Gathering this summer.It makes me want to spin fire something awful.

Also, one day, and soon, these will be mine. Oh, I want them something awful.

[identity profile] libwitch.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
" The problem is that there is very hot metal exposed on both ends of each wick; the end of the wire, and the sharp bend where the wicking stops and the body of the fan begins. Chelsea (one of the fire presenters) burnt her chest and underarm rather badly."

[identity profile] fireun.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Duly noted!

I did grab some gloves, btw. So that will help when I get the other fans back up and running.

Would you be able to help me selecting the proper replacement wick for the old fans off of Home of Poi?

...of course, now the weather is turned I want to spin :D At least I am interested in doing things again.