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Flaming K'nex Spinner (Of Death!)

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This is a neat idea I had, where you light candle at both ends then spin it lightly so that as the candles melt separately they try to balance by spinning.

Made out of k'nex!
 
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Step 1Parts and Tools

Parts and Tools
You need;
Tin foil,
a tall candle,
a lighter,
a long, thin, straight nail,
a knife,
a cutting board,

and
4 gray k'nex pieces
2 Red quarters,
32 purple quarter-spheres,
4 half-moons,
16 half-sphere,
2 circles,

6 short green rods,
45 short white rods,
30 blue rods,
4 yellow rods,
12 orange rods (with the little separation at each end, though normal red rods would work).
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3 comments
Nov 6, 2011. 6:04 PMmikeasaurus says:
Did you stay up all night thinking and working on this idea? That would make this project complete.
Nov 6, 2011. 11:27 PMmikeasaurus says:
Fun project; most of my projects are trail and error, too!
(btw, my original comment was a joke on "burning a candle at both ends")

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I'm an inactive K'nexer, I used to be one of the most active ones, but I have a lot of other things to do. I try to post a new instructables every few months, but sometimes it takes a while for me to ...
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