Fire Spinning Stuff

[mike_l]

I have procured stuff for fire-spinning. I'm rather excited, though I know there is more that I need. Here are the supplies I picked up today:

• Smallish Rubbermaid tote to carry everything in
• 2 empty paint cans, one for soaking and one for spinning out
• A vegetable steamer basket-thingy for the spinning out can
• A funnel for dumping fuel back into the

Comments

[darkroomchick]

Fron what I remember carrying you stuff in plastic isn't good for the poi. You might want to use a metal took box like Charlie (the unicorn).

I don't spin when I'm not at fest, I want to. I have to assemble a kit too.

[eolas16]

The fuel itself will eat plastic, and the hot hardware can melt it. I just let my wicks air/cool for a bit before transporting them back up the hill in my plastic case, and haven't have any problems. So long as the remaining fuel evaporates, you shouldn't have any problems.

[eolas16]

Home depot won't have Coleman fuel. I usually get mine at Walmart, in the camping section. I think your kit sounds good. Get a pair of pliers for quick-links, and maybe a little tupperware container for spare hardware.

I just put my wicks inside of the spin-off bucket once it's dry and put all that in my case. General maintenance, let your buckets dry out/evaporate before you store them/anything in them. Also let your wicks air out every once in a while, but so long as they don't get wet wicks are pretty durable.

Make sure your case stays dry, Whitney had a problem last year where his poi box collected some water and soaked his wicks, giving him uneven/short/unreliable burns.

[libwitch]

white gas (might be labeled camp fuel) some spinners also use a mix of lamp oil and white gas so they can get a longer burn, since the lamp oil does not evaporate as quickly as the white gas, but if you get a smokier burn that way too.

Dick's around us carries us the gas, as does WalMart and a lot of small hardware stores.

We transport our poi in a all-metal toolbox - it has a lift-out tray on top, so we can place our small flashlight, pliers, and extra handles in it, too.

I have friends who use the staffs, and they tend to carry them in either small tote bags (once they cool) - or if they don't break down, baton bags or the bags desinged for martial art eqip, since they tend to be the right length.

If you want to spin/practice in cold weather, we found all leather golf gloves work quite well, since they have very very little non0natural material (2% or so); and are thin enough not to interfere with your grip, but the winter ones provide warmth.