Flamethrower Gloves

Let’s see Mr Awesomes rig tomorrow… I’ll donate the $100… as one who has dabbled in propane art, there are a lot of variables to deal with and unless you are ‘in the biz’ it’s all trial and error as there are no obvious resources… So unless Mr Awesome knows the difference between full flow and excess flow valves…

I was in the Louvre the other day… no biggie, $100 in art supplies and you could do anything they have…

Yay Mr Awesome! You made a cool set of flame thrower gloves. You look awesome and I think you should give yourself a hand. Yay- oh! Oh no! Oh Holy- Great balls of- SOMEONE GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!
Seriously what the I don’t even…be careful dude.

You donate the $100 and I’ll build a pair with a full length step by step youtube video of their construction including a part/price list and a elapse clock showing it only takes 2 hours.

I worked in a oil refinery for 5 years so I know one or two things about gas flow.

And you would not want to put an excess flow valves in a device like this because everytime you released the pressure to shoot a flame the sudden increase in flow rate would risk the valve shutting. If you were remedy this problem by installing a excess flow valve that had a higher gallons per minute rating then it probably would not close if there was a tear in the line. Basically an excess flow valve would be useless in this application because they are designed to slam shut when there is a sudden release of pressure.

A full flow valve is something that would be useful. I didn’t include it in my part list because most female fittings come with a full flow ball valve attached to them… or at least the one I had in mind did. Couple this with a slid check valve at the gloves so I could stop the pressure in the lines if I had to adjust a glove without having to turn the gas off at the source.

And there is a huge difference in skill level between painting the Mona Lisa and wrenching together some brass fittings and winding teflon tape. One is a learned skill that can be master with practice and the other is something you have to have natural born talent to achieve.