Finally: Homemade wrist-mounted flame thrower; Update: More video added
posted at 10:20 am on April 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Via Ace, it’s cooler than an Xbox, roughly as cool as a Wii, but still not as cool as a $200 3G iPhone. If all you want is the fireworks, watch the first (short) clip or the second half of the third. Clip two explains, in dizzying detail, how the whole thing works. Eventually some dopey kid with half this guy’s brains will try to build his own, burn his face off, and O’Reilly will end up badgering Mary Katharine about it as some sort of cautionary tale about the Internet. Cycle of life, my friends.
Update: Damn, forgot to add this third clip earlier.
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Needs to be coupled with a heat resistant metal gauntlet with spikes on the knuckles ala Rollerball (w/ James Caan)
tommylotto on April 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Number one birthday request by Palestinian children under seven.
Hening on April 30, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Obama will be wearing the prototype when he next meets Rev. Wright.
Chickens coming home… to roast.
profitsbeard on April 30, 2008 at 10:26 AM
I officially call for homemade wrist-mounted flamethrower regulations. For the children.
amerpundit on April 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Awesome…awesome device, awesome intelligence…not a a lot of time to build it, most couldn’t conceive it let alone build it.
right2bright on April 30, 2008 at 10:31 AM
He forgot the obvious question. Why? Besides for Palestinian children I mean.
I did see something similar as a carjacking deterrent for super expensive sportscars. Lamborgini’s, Ferarri’s, etc..
Try and carjack one of those bad boys and you get bbq’d right quick as the flame shoots up from under the door.
Geronimo on April 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM
I’d like my fingers medium rare thank you…
soulsirkus on April 30, 2008 at 10:34 AM
WTF? You’re wasting time posting something like this when Reverend Wright undoubtedly has said something somewhere? this site is slipping.
Tom_Shipley on April 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM
KILL (YOURSELF) WITH FIRE
pseudonominus on April 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM
I think this will replace paintball and laser tag.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Would it be acceptable to call this kid a “flamer”?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Jango Fett anyone? Seriously, you’d think he’d mount it above the wrist. A lot easier to lay your hand down than pull it up to get out of the way.
bikermailman on April 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM
The go-anywhere grill.
subbottomfeeder on April 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
My S&W laughs.
You are right about the burned off face. The nuts and bolts details are on 7th grader laptops and some of dad’s tools are missing.
Limerick on April 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
This vid and a ‘C’ in calculus should get this kid into the engineering school of his choice.
fluffy on April 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
I need this the next time I go out bitterly smoking my cigar and clinging to my Bible and guns. Of course, I’ll need to keep it a safe distance from the Bible and guns. I might be bitter but I’m not (stuck on) stewpidd! Should come in handy to light that cigar, though.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 30, 2008 at 10:39 AM
God bless America.
WisCon on April 30, 2008 at 10:41 AM
I’m impressed with the kid’s presentation. “Two stages”? “Fuel Delivery”? “Dangerous so it needs a key switch”? Nice.
craig on April 30, 2008 at 10:41 AM
I also like at the very end he says he didn’t have enough time to put a nozzle on the fuel delivery system. Um, yes, you do have time… obviously. Cool overall.
craig on April 30, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Don’t you know you could put an eye out with that thing?
I don’t know that it would be effective in hand to hand combat. It’s probably as dangerous to the guy using it as it would be against his attacker. If someone had something like that against me in a fight, I’d just tackle him to the ground and go from there. He needs a much greater range for it to be really effective as a weapon against an aggressor.
Of course if you are a stoner, it’s always good to have a flame handy anyway.
ThackerAgency on April 30, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Wonder if I can build one in time for burning man.
crosspatch on April 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Its not as good as RAMMSTEIN’s.
Jimmy the Dhimmi on April 30, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Include an asbestos glove and I buy two! One for each hand!!
Yakko77 on April 30, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Precisely what I was thinking. Desperately needs some sort of hand protection.
MadisonConservative on April 30, 2008 at 10:51 AM
I want one. Or two. Or three.
They can have my wrist-mounted flamethrower when they pry it from my warm, smoldering hands.
rbj on April 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Careful with the zipper, boys.
Limerick on April 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Now it comes out,Obama could of used this
to fry Rev.Wright’s chickens when they got
out of line!
And this should be standard equipment at any
peace-nik,enviromental wacko,femenazi,save
the whale protests or keeping those pesky
Jihadys at bay!
Come to think of it,Denver coming up soon!Ha ha ha .
canopfor on April 30, 2008 at 10:58 AM
We’ve been working on something similar. It’s a little too powerful to be hand held at the moment.
Mild Content Warning
http://view.break.com/318250
Now back to serious news.
Quatre on April 30, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Makes me want to take up smoking.
I agree that it’d be cooler if it shot from the top of the wrist, but it’d also be way easier to turn on accidentally that way, since the trigger would have to be wrist-down.
Tanya on April 30, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I’ll wait for the companion wrist mounted fire extinguisher.
Dusty on April 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM
pr0n
blatantblue on April 30, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Yep. Gives a new meaning to “roasted wiener”.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM
smart kid
His flame thrower is marketable to the next idiot who douses himself with gasoline to make a political point.
p40tiger on April 30, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I want that.
MarkoMancuso on April 30, 2008 at 11:41 AM
The ATF Church Division just ordered fifty.
LevStrauss on April 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Enough with calling this guy “kid,” he is a genius of the highest order and he has a name (or at least he soon will)… it’s “lefty.” Or perhaps Burnie.
29Victor on April 30, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I need 2
scottm on April 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I HOPE when I have kids, they turn out this smart.
q2600 on April 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I.
Must.
Have.
It.
CurtZHP on April 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Fixed that fer ya.
profitsbeard on April 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Who else wants to light a fart with that sucker?
lorien1973 on April 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM
OH SNAP!
Kini on April 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Another brilliant idea,how about after waterboarding
they can use it to dry them off,just a thought! Haha.
canopfor on April 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM
My S+W wants another little brother. In 1st clip, when he raises it to his face I thought he would actually burn his face off. This just reminds me why this is my faverite site
and the good folks posting are cracking me up, thanks!
aceinstall on April 30, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Does it have a weiner-roaster attachment?
TexasDan on April 30, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Yeah, looks like fun, but who can afford the carbon offset?
corona on April 30, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Wow, Frodo has gotten rather militant over the last few years.
StlDad on April 30, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Once they get the kinks out of the design, I’ll buy a pair.
The blowtorch queen needs a suitable tool for her art. (Delusion of grandeur.)
Christine on April 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Impressive…your skills are complete.
Truly you are as powerful as the Emperor has imagined.
MechEng5by5 on April 30, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Excellent. Something else besides my guns and religion I can cling to…
Boot Hill on April 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Fire is great as a weapon only if the liquid sticks.
TheSitRep on April 30, 2008 at 2:50 PM
This kid is engineer-y enough that stuff he does later will definitely end up on Futureweapons.
eeyore on April 30, 2008 at 2:52 PM
*I love it.
smart kid.
spacekicker on April 30, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Freekin’ Kewl!!
2nded.
Guy has a future in the movie industry, I’d say.
- The Cat
MirCat on April 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
cool!
JellyToast on April 30, 2008 at 6:30 PM
A can of that flammible silly string would be sweet!
TheSitRep on May 1, 2008 at 6:47 AM
You’re retarded. You’re gonna burn your face off.
Ludwig on May 1, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Woops, you got it.
Ludwig on May 1, 2008 at 9:08 AM