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A homemade device that cuts steel with bacon. It's a FLAMING BACON LANCE OF DEATH.
This video documents an experiment like the...
A homemade device that cuts steel with bacon. It's a FLAMING BACON LANCE OF DEATH.
This video documents an experiment like the ones you'll find in PopSci columnist Theo Gray's new MAD SCIENCE book.
Yes, that's right, using nothing but bacon -- okay, prosciutto -- and an air hose, Mr. Gray constructs a high performance thermic lance that seriously cuts sheet metal.
In this video, you'll also see a purely VEGAN THERMIC LANCE built from one cucumber and several dozen thin vegetable-oil coated breadsticks. (Tip: the performance is all about the oil). This hotrod burns fast and furious, but does not last long enough to initiate a cut in steel sheet. The flame front travels towards the back of the cucumber and endangers the operator when it reaches the rubber connector.
And finally in today's video, the CUCUMBER-BEEFSTICK LANCE. A high-performance thermic lance constructed from seven beefsticks and a cucumber. Later versions used Pup-Peroni brand dog treats, which are exactly like beef sticks only cheaper.
In some ways this device out-performs the Bacon Lance, and it's much easier to build.
But it's not made of bacon.
Theo tells Boing Boing, "Cucumber is an *excellent* base for these things because it's air-tight, moist (to resist fire), easy to core, and has a rubbery skin that makes an air tight seal. About the only thing wrong with cucumbers is that they are not made of bacon. (I have a thing called a "fruit coring tool" which is like a very small round cookie cutter on a stick. You drill it down the middle of the cucumber until it comes out the other end, then stuff the cucumber with the chosen fuel.)"
Here are Theo's columns at PopSci.com. And more on the flaming bacon of death at PopSci.com.
These devices were created by Theodore Gray. Videography in this BB Video episode by Nick Mann. Photos by Mike Walker (http://mikewalkerphoto.com)
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wow jeez I'm so surprised that an oxygenated fuel source is extremely hot. Who is this idiot and why is this supposed to be surprising or even entertaining?
Lol, prosciutto is'nt cheep it costs any where between 40 and 60 dollars per kilo and as for the bread sticks in a cucumber, well..... ? I think i'll just stick to the oxy LPG cutting torch for now, and if i ever run out of LPG i don't think i'll be raiding the kitchen. Great video and info never the less 5***** Cheers :)
Ps. Cylindrical shaped salted potatoe crisps with some kind of dry peanut coating would be the ideal eatable ingredient to make a great fuel source, Its just a theory.?
Sweet vid...Now I'm going to run a butane torch through my shoe and and make a video so that way everyone on youtube thinks I've created a shoe powered fire machine! ...This video is retarded.
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I think i'll just stick to the oxy LPG cutting torch for now, and if i ever run out of LPG i don't think i'll be raiding the kitchen.
Great video and info never the less 5*****
Cheers :)
Ps. Cylindrical shaped salted potatoe crisps with some kind of dry peanut coating would be the ideal eatable ingredient to make a great fuel source, Its just a theory.?
Do some real mad sciense!
Like creating life!
Or thermonuklear mousetrap