Hand-Made Cotton Candy

well, not exactly handmade, but using a foot pump and a very simple mechanism to heat and melt sugar crystals and propel them upwards where they can be caught on a stick

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[plantshit]

EEEK!! <3 I WANT SOME

[baconmaster095]

@daredevilfingerboard Totally possible its amazingly simple! Youll need a tub like the one in the vid, a fire source, a motor or something to make it spin really fast, and a smaller container. All that happens is the sugar is heated in that center bowl until its melted, then the center container has holes around the side, when its spun the sugar flies out the holes and instantly cools down into strings of cotton candy! Just hold a stick out and spun it like the guy in the vid and it begins addup

[kianakeino]

thats what poor people can use that in the streets so they can sell cotton candy and get some money for once!

[vanessaschnider]

i like your video pretty awesome =)) keep it up

[EmmaThePrincess]

@runecrafter100 If you're referring to the machine, I wouldn't recommend it. A friend of mine worked in a cotton candy stand last summer and she stuck her hand down to catch the cotton candy on it (you gotta try everything at least once!), but apparently the crystallized sugar felt almost like needles.

But, if you're referring to the final piece of cotton candy itself, I say hell yeah. The more cotton candy, the better.

[runecrafter100]

i wish it was bigger, so i could stick my face in it!

[boblkl]

wow how did u do that

[thehumandartboard]

@Sh4dowsUnited

There are so many little strands, and you just can't see most of them.

[Protechflyer1]

@Pimpmastahanhduece Candy floss or Cotton Candy in the USA, is commercialy made using granulated sugar as used in tea or coffee. Powdered sugar is too fine and is thrown through the ribbon and band band before it reaches melting point.

[Protechflyer1]

@190k2 an optimum speed od 3,450 RPM and temp of 160-180 . Need any more info? ;-)

[Protechflyer1]

@baconmaster095 basically correct. the holes aren't positioned around the periphary or the thread would exit horizontally as per a conventional (Western) machine. The spinning head is quite obviously run on a foot operated cranking system,watch his leg in the video, if not he seriously needs to see a doctor soon.

[BigDH28]

I like this Machine! Its not as messy it looks like! Nice!