How to make Fire Swords (Combative set)

I used to make fire swords as one big piece of metal covered in material which was then covered by wire. This instructable shows you how to go about it so that the flame illuminates your actual sword. For this instructable, I used machetes you can get at Harbor Freight for about $5.00. All in all, you'll need 4 machetes, a hand drill, a 1/4 inch COBALT drill bit - most other types won't work, and they didn't have titanium bits in that size, A DRILL PRESS AND LOTS OF PATIENCE, a dremel with a cutting wheel attachment. welding blanket, and some nuts and bolts for each hole you make on your fire swords.

Step 1: Disassembling the machetes

Normally, I would suggest using sheet metal, as it's way easier to drill through, but I liked the handles on these little guys, so I figured why not. Here's the easiest part - take out the screws from the handles, and set the handles aside for later use. Make a mental not of where the hilt of the handle comes to on the machete.

Comments

[hg341]

4.5/5 cuz there is no vid...
but i love the way you did this its so simply i would do it with only 3 though

[nikolardo]

These look awesome and quite simple to make, and I will probably make a pair for a movie myself and two friends are working on for school.  Could you post some photos though?  I'm very interested to see how these look.  A short video clip would be even better.  I was also wondering if there are other materials that could be used in the "sandwich" that you know of, besides a welding blanket.
All in all, fire swords are awesome and epic, and fire swords which are easy to make are much more so.

[valkiraun]

 Great job! not something I would really consider building myself, but during my search I decided to stumble upon the 'structable and I found my first ORIGINAL Idea in a long time :D.

5 stars, purely for originality, bonus star for it actually, logically working.