Mini Torch

This is a small torch that I made on a rainy day. It can be made pretty easily with a few materials. I hope you enjoy!

I took these pictures with my new Ipod Touch™ 4th generation. It's pretty cool!

If you have any suggestions on how to improve this let me know.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for what you do with your mini torch. Please use it wisely.

Step 1: Materials

• A steel rod 10'' to 13'' is a good length
• Cone type thing (I got mine out of a fan I took apart)
• Glue
• Straw, grass, or a rag covered in something flammable (this will be the "light")

 

Comments

[AJMansfield]

You can stuff it with fiberglass insulation soaked in kerosene - I tried it and it works great!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

This is SOOOOOO cool! ah wanna make it...mebbe i will sometime :) You may have answered this, but will the glue melt from the heat of the torch?

[Dr. Pepper]

Yes, eventually. I used E-6000 this really cool stuff to seal it up once more!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

Ok, thnx! Time to take apart my fan...lol jk but I rly do need a new fan. Its pink with flowers... blech :(

[Dr. Pepper]

Yeah, blech!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

I wanna repaint my roomtoo, right now its baby blue (eh...) I wanna make it neon green, neon orange, and a different blue

[Dr. Pepper]

Cool! My bedroom is really modern!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

luckyyy!

[Dr. Pepper]

oh, thanks! It's nice. what new instructables do you have planned?

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

well, im president of my schools Go Green club and every year right before/after break we have a "shovunda" which is a re-gifting party. The thing is, the day right before break we were supposed to have it on it snowed (not alot) but they cancelled all after-school activities and made us go home early. So then we rescheduled it but I forgot my camera, so im trying to get pics. So yea the instructable is on how to have a shovunda. Hbu?

[Dr. Pepper]

I'm probably making a really cool table!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

Kewlio! XD with what?

[Dr. Pepper]

the pole and hub off of a rear end differential, recycled wood, lots of tools

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

lol methinx your prob gonna need some tools too :D Sounds cool, cant wait to see it!

[Dr. Pepper]

oh, I already took out the pole and hub. I just need the wood!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

Awesome :D lol we were talking about a torch and now a table...

[Dr. Pepper]

LOL!

[GEESE GIRL]

hey i think it is cool now i am the first to see it and wright about it

[Dr. Pepper]

your actually not. look on the first page.

[porcupinemamma]

Very cool! (hah hah guess it's really very very "hot"lol) Who is the model in the photos?

[Dr. Pepper]

Thanks! It does get hot! :-D My sister and I are the models, do you think we have a future in hand modeling. I look like a chubby little boy in the pic where I'm stuffing the rag in the cone but I am 6' tall and pretty skinny. You knowv what they say, the camera adds 10 pounds!

[porcupinemamma]

would a cake frosting tip work for the cone?

[Dr. Pepper]

It would have to be metal, but sure!

[SeamusDubh]

Try braising instead of welding.

[Dr. Pepper]

Brazing wouldn't even work on it. There was literaly no metal in the cone. I had no idea what of what it was made of. Thanks though.

[ZackBlack]

If there is no metal in the cone then how does it stand up to the heat of the torch? What exactly IS the cone made out of?

[Dr. Pepper]

I don't really know. It's pretty much just pot metal. I wish I had a picture of it but I trashed it because It was of no use to me.

[ZackBlack]

Ok now you aren't making sense - was there metal in it (It's pretty much just pot metal) or not (There was literaly no metal in the cone)?

[Dr. Pepper]

It's pot metal. I am making sense because pot metal is has a super low melting point and contains little metal. Pot metal is used to make quick inexpensive castings. My comments didn't make a lot of sense but if you put it together and googled pot metal you could understand.

[aelias36]

Hm, I think JB Weld would be a bit better than superglue in this situation. I'm pretty sure superglue is quite flammable and/or suspectable to deterioration from heat. I mean, we wouldn't want a huge flaming cone falling on someone, right? But anyway, nice instructable! =)

[Dr. Pepper]

Yeah, I only used it once. I got some new jb weld and I fixed it.

[aelias36]

Okay, then!

[ZackBlack]

"JB weld" and "super glue" both deteriorate in high heat.

I suggest using some wire to attach the "cone" to the shaft.

[Dr. Pepper]

Wire?

[ZackBlack]

Confused? Drill some holes and attach the cone with wire. I thought of about 2 different ways to do it when I wrote the original comment.