Torches have long been used by people for lighting, until one smart person discovered the magic of electricity, and another came up with an incandescent lamp. Now the torch is used as part of a show, on film sets or at themed events.
A popular theme is the smoke flare, but making it at home is not very safe. But it’s easier to invent an ordinary torch, the main thing is to take into account all the recommendations and correctly implement them.
What is the device made of
The torch has only two parts - this is the base-holder and the burning part.
To figure out how to make a torch, let's start with the basics. In her role is a pole made of bamboo or wood. Why can't other materials be used? It's just uncomfortable. The material for burning is better fixed on the tree. Moreover, wood has low thermal conductivity, and if you take a metal rod, a burning torch will quickly heat it up. The handle, by the way, should be 2-4 centimeters in diameter and at least 50 centimeters in length.
burning part
Since we make a torch from improvised materials, we need two types of tools:
burning component.
The fabric should never be synthetic. Such a canvas melts and drips, which is fraught with burns. Only natural fabric and as coarse as possible: linen, cotton, asbestos fabric, felt, tow. Gauze may come in handy, but more on that later, when we deal with the manufacturing process and how to make a torch so that it does not fall apart during the combustion process. The length of the fabric strip should be about two meters, and the width should be 10-15 centimeters.
How to process fabrics
As a fuel, it is necessary to use just non-combustible substances. Most often choose wax and stearin. The latter is a component of ordinary soap, and household soap is best suited. Instead of wax, you can take pine resin, but since we are talking about improvised means, the second option is not so common in the box in the kitchen. Mixing proportions are as follows: for 1 kg of wax/resin, 100 grams of stearin.
There are other recipes as well. For example, a mixture that is relatively resistant to water: one part of kerosene, one part of rubber glue, a couple of spoons of liquid soap. These ingredients will need to be thoroughly shaken together.
You can mix one to one rosin (pine resin) and wax (or paraffin).
A pleasant smell will give the following mixture: four parts of rosin, one part of vegetable oil, five parts of paraffin or beeswax.
An interesting tip from the craftsmen: if you want the torch to repel mosquitoes, add a little lemon juice to the mixture when cooking.
Actually, the process
What to do, in principle, figured out. Now let's look at how to make a torch. There are two ways, and the second is preferable, but still we will talk about both.
Method number one.
We wrap the holder as tightly as possible with a cloth, lower it into the finished solution for a long time to soak. After that, we take it out of the mixture, squeeze it strongly, expelling the air, and dry it.
Method number two.
We pre-soak the fabrics in the solution, squeeze it very hard, and then tightly wrap it on a stick. Dry again.
The second method is good for all wax and resin compounds for a simple reason: all ingredients must be mixed and dissolved in a water bath without boiling. If you then put a cloth-wrapped holder into it, most likely, the mixture will harden before the fabric is saturated with it. But for the option with a water-resistant torch, which uses a kerosene-based mixture, the first method is the best fit. That is, we choose the option of how to make a torch based on fuel.
By the way, about gauze. It was mentioned above that it can be useful. So, some advise using it in the second way, namely:
Divide the required length of fabric (two meters) into three or four parts;
After winding the strip, wrap it with a layer of gauze and wait until it dries;
Then repeat this with the rest of the strips.
Although, if you put in a lot of effort just wrapping the fabric tightly, it will also hold up well. If you are still worried about how to make the torch complete, you can additionally strengthen the material on the holder with wire - this should not affect the quality of combustion.
Smoke torch and skillful hands
If you need such a device, then it is better to purchase it at a pyrotechnic store. They are affordable enough for the consumer that there is no need to blow up your kitchen.
Galina Karpova
Dear colleagues, I want to tell you how I did to sports festival torch.
Maybe someone will come in handy. As sometimes happens with us, torch needed quickly and urgently. I didn’t have much time to think, I did it right from what was at hand.
After the New Year holidays there was a reel from a decorative tape, more I needed: reel from wide adhesive tape; a sheet of thick paper such as whatman paper, size 30.0 cm x 40.0 cm (A3, red and yellow tracing paper, yellow film, ordinary adhesive tape, shiny adhesive tape, glue stick. The first thing I did was a flame.
This is a crumpled colored tracing paper and a film, fixed at the breaks with ordinary transparent tape. I think that this film is a very successful idea of mine, the film is transparent and glares at the breaks. It is very much like a flame.
Tip "flames" I tightly twisted, pushed the New Year's ribbon spool into the hole.
On the other hand, I cut it and secured it with tape.
Very successfully, this structure entered the reel from a wide adhesive tape, just like on order.
Fastened first with ordinary tape, then shiny.
Then, in a circle, she made incisions, bent them outward, applied glue, and inserted them into the upper part.
Wrapped the entire structure in shiny tape.
Ready. Everything, everything, took me about twenty minutes. I spent more time describing the process than doing it. And here is mine torch at the opening of our sports festival.
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 15:19
Gentlemen, very often in films they show torches that burn with an even, smokeless fire, like a big candle, how do they do it? Or how to make a torch from improvised materials that will burn brightly, practically without smoke, and most importantly for a long time? There are many recipes on the Internet, I would like to listen to practitioners.
Taraz999 11.12.2013 - 15:26
the lantern burns brightly and without smoke
practical advice 😊
Taraz999 11.12.2013 - 15:32
I also wonder
Sabalaq 11.12.2013 - 15:36
Evgeny Sartinov_Gold on blood
".... Before that, you will pass through the gorge, it goes like a snake, well, and then
and see the cave. Don't forget to stock up on torches. I've brought you resin, - she touched a birch bark with a lid. - My grandfather said, he translated fifteen torches while passing through the cave .....
In the morning we finished the meat we had cooked in the evening, and then stocked up on torches for another hour. Andrey cut down suitable branches, and I, having put a tuesok with resin closer to the fire, smeared them with viscous resin.
Pelageya spoke about fifteen torches, just in case, we stocked up with twenty ....
Yurka, we're out! Get out, damn it! the Lieutenant yelled enthusiastically, putting his arm around my shoulders and shaking me like a sack of potatoes. Then he neighed at the top of his lungs, pointing his finger at me. I didn't owe anything either. From the smoke of torches we were sooty like two Ethiopians.
- Hello, Uncle Tom! I announced, shaking the Lieutenant's hand. - How is your hut?
- Burned to the ground in FIG, - politely replied the newly-minted Negro. - And how are things in your historical homeland, my dear Muganba?
- It sucks. Yesterday we ate the last banana without salt.
Having washed our faces with snow, we went further, to the plain taiga that so attracted us. We were fed up with the mountains.....
Taraz999 11.12.2013 - 15:40
yeahsome movie burners
gas or alcohol
I don't know though, guess
atadracula 11.12.2013 - 15:54
Impregnation ... fat, oil or any combustible crap, a "broom" in the forest ...
m_mbembe 11.12.2013 - 16:07
I always did it simply: I cut a stick from any bush, wind a rag, for example, a dirty sock, I fix it with two wire clamps. then I go where I want. on the spot before kindling directly, I pour a little liquid of any combustible so that it does not drip, and burn, and go further into the darkness, where I need to. only sometimes it becomes stuffy from the torch, and then I am soaked all over with soot.
make a torch that burns the way the TC wants - either impossible (mutually exclusive paragraphs), or very expensive and uninteresting.
markoff74 11.12.2013 - 16:16
sych.vYou don't see that in the movies.
very often in art films they show torches that burn with an even smokeless fire, like a big candle
The ammo doesn't run out there.
And the main character comes out of the fire not burned.
The script, however
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 16:16
No, so any combustible liquid can soak a rag and go. But it will quickly burn out ... But how to make the "bump" on the stick burn steadily for 20-30 minutes and smoke moderately? Or not real?
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 16:21
You don't see that in the movies.
I agree here, I think they use alcohol, but in the Middle Ages a person probably achieved perfection in this matter using, by the way, the simplest materials, maybe someone knows what they used then? Oil? Fat? Are there old recipes?
Odvokat P11001 11.12.2013 - 16:42
you can make a good torch from a long piece of plexiglass, it burns evenly, for a long time, though it smokes a little
almost anonymous 11.12.2013 - 16:48
And how to make the "bump" on the stick burn steadily for 20-30 minutes and smoke moderately? Or not real?for sale - 20 rubles worth. Rope wound on a cardboard tube and impregnated with paraffin. Burns for more than 20 minutes.
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 17:03
Here's what they say on the internet
One part vegetable oil (suppose flaxseed 😊
Five parts beeswax
This economy is impregnated with a tow torch.
A lot of light, a pleasant smell, a view from a distance - a fire.
Wax can be replaced with paraffin so that you don’t run around the markets, but I think everyone has rosin left, replace the tow with a bandage, it will be possible to stir up on the weekend.)
Stag beetle 11.12.2013 - 17:04
I remember that in childhood we made torches to climb into caves. The birch bark is 15-20 cm wide and, as thick as possible, is wound on a raw, freshly cut thick stick. To hold on tight, it heats up over a fire. It is important to warm up the first layers well - then the birch bark "clings" to the stick better and does not need to be fixed with anything. The more layers of birch bark, the longer it burns. You can do it easier: insert birch bark into a split stick and update as needed. However, this is a much less convenient option.
Stag beetle 11.12.2013 - 17:10
One part vegetable oil (suppose linseedit will probably be much easier and cheaper to stock up on a lantern than to cook such a mixture ...
Five parts beeswax
Four parts rosin (the most affordable wood resin option)
Heat in a water bath and mix.
This economy is impregnated with a tow torch.
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 17:14
We walked through the dungeons of Koenigsberg with oil or fuel filters from trucks put on a stick, they were made of paper then. An ideal thing, both in form and content, it burns for a long time and smokes moderately, the most important thing was the sea under the fence of any motorcade.
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 17:21
it will probably be much easier and cheaper to stock up on a lantern than to cook such a mixture ...
This is like one of the options, otherwise any kid will choose a torch at night in nature ...))) Why not give your son such a gift, take everything and cook right on the hunt or fishing in the evening?)
DON MIGUEL 11.12.2013 - 17:26
sych.v
We walked through the dungeons of Koenigsberg with oil or fuel filters from trucks put on a stick, they were made of paper then. An ideal thing, both in form and content, it burns for a long time and smokes moderately, the most important thing was the sea under the fence of any motorcade.
Almost an analogue ... When we arrived at the pioneer age, we made torches like this:
the tin can was nailed to the handle, an old filter was inserted into it and clogged with paraffin honestly pioneered from the medical room ... It burned for a very long time - it was enough for the solemn line, for the transition to the fire meadow, for the solemn ignition of the fire and for burning around the meadow ...
Spongebob 11.12.2013 - 17:49
General requirements:
fresh-green stick so that it does not burn itself (well rowan)
screen protector or winding that would not drip and flow down the handle.
dmr110 11.12.2013 - 20:17
We made from a stick, rags and gasoline drained from my father's motorcycle. They explored the basement of a five-story building. It was smoky in the hallways 😀
quaserfirst 11.12.2013 - 21:46
A jar on a stick stuffed with rags and soaked in a wonderful liquid called "type cleaner" A two hundred gram vial, the price of a penny in stationery. Practically does not give a smoke, the fire does not burn.
Being poured onto a dried-up slop behind a garbage chute in the entrance and set on fire, it almost brought us to a lynching for a chemical attack.
quaserfirst 11.12.2013 - 21:50
From professional fireshowers I heard the word "korza" or "korsa", Google does not know. By the smell of this very "type cleaner"
NR-43 11.12.2013 - 22:28
A little reenactment from the forum:
Impregnation composition: wax + rosin (resin) in equal proportions. The wind can really bring down the flame, but if the torch has previously flared up well, it then flares up again. Extinguishing such torches is not easy.
Why was tow chosen? Here, perhaps, it is worth experimenting with materials? For example, cotton, as far as I know, has very good smoldering properties. By the way, the most difficult-to-extinguish torches (extinguishable by the wind and then flaring up again) were obtained by me using ribbons of coarse cotton fabric. After all, what actually happened there: a strong wind knocked down an open flame, but smoldering threads continued "inside" the torch, and as soon as the wind subsided, burning with an open flame resumedAnd better in the topic itself:
http://www.tforum.info/forum/i...0%BB#entry32449
NR-43 11.12.2013 - 22:30
1) Materials.
It is better to make a torch on a stick 2-5 cm in diameter.
For winding, you can use tow or cotton fabric (cut into ribbons). I use cotton fabric. Tow is sold in construction stores and markets, cotton fabric - in fabric and workwear (special fabrics) stores.
Wax is usually sold in the same place as honey. In Moscow, we bought wax in several pavilions selling honey at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (formerly VDNKh).
It is more convenient to buy rosin in stores for goods for radio amateurs and the electronics industry, and not in ordinary household ones. Best of all - in large packaging, approximately 100 grams each (significant savings compared to purchasing small jars).
Some hemp rope or twine.
2) Tools.
The resulting mixture will be quite sticky and difficult to wash off. It is liquid only when heated. Ideally, it is better to take dishes that are not a pity and constantly use them only for preparing a flare mixture.
You also need something like tweezers or tongs.
3) Safety precautions in the manufacture of torches.
- Be careful and careful when grinding wax and cutting ribbons when working with cutting tools and when grinding rosin - do not cut yourself or injure yourself.
- Work is carried out with a heated mixture, if it gets on unprotected parts of the body, a burn is possible. Wear protective goggles to avoid getting hot mixture in your eyes. When melting the mixture and keeping it liquid, follow the standard safety precautions for your heating element. Don't forget to turn it off when you're done.
- For the first time, it is better to cover the floor in front of the stove and everything that is nearby with newspapers or film. Keep flammable films and newspapers away from the heating element.
- Wear protective clothing as you may splash yourself.
4) Process.
It is easy to guess that wax and rosin melt faster if they are first crushed: wax is easily cut with a heated knife, rosin can be put in a tight plastic bag and crushed with a hammer or other hard object - it is quite fragile.
I usually do the initial heating and melting directly on the heat source (aka a pot on the stove). When the mixture is melted to a homogeneous state (the process will go faster if the mixture is stirred at the same time). It can be placed in a water bath or simply on the edge of a heating element for the sole purpose of preventing thickening - otherwise you will have to melt it again. So, we immerse the fabric tape into the molten liquid mixture. Achieve complete wetting. It is more convenient to lay the tape not in a lump, but according to the principle of an accordion made of paper. When the fabric is saturated, we take out the tip of the tape with tongs, wrap it around the stick and turn the stick evenly, wind the fabric onto the future torch. When winding, you need to try not to leave excess mixture on the torch. Otherwise, the burning torch will drip heavily. Having wound a sufficient number of tapes (with a fabric width of 1.5 meters, a strip width of 4-5 cm and a winding zone width of 10-15 cm, I wind 3-4 strips on one torch - the torch burns for about 30-40 minutes). Then, on top, you need to tightly wrap a dry tape (next in line for impregnation) and strongly compress the torch with your hands. The wound tape will absorb all the excess mixture.
About 10 cm below the edge of the fabric, I wind several turns of hemp rope or twine around the torch. This is done so that if a few drops of excess mixture during combustion flow along the handle of the torch, save your hands from burning.
Ignition of torches can be facilitated by first burning the surface of the torch in a flame to a uniform deep black color. This can save a few minutes when lighting a torch.
We usually prepare torches in this way two to three hours before the intended use.
5. Safety precautions when using. When using torches, safety requirements must be observed. Keep a lit torch away from trees, grass, flammable objects and people. Beware of burns: you can not only burn yourself, but also burn others. Always (!) fill an extinguished torch with water - even in the absence of an open flame, it can smolder for a very long time.
sych.v 11.12.2013 - 22:36
It's time to upload photo and video reports.))) On Sunday I will have time to do it, everything seems to be there, I'll try vegetable oil ...
11.12.2013 - 23:11
sych.v
I'll try vegetable oil...
Take unrefined, it will be tastier! 😊
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13mm 11.12.2013 - 23:24
Complete with torches, you also need pitchforks and armfuls of dry hay or straw! 😊
In general, I do not understand how a torch can illuminate something. If they hold it in front of them or in the field of view so as not to set something on fire to them, then nothing is visible except the fire. In my opinion, torches are much more convenient to set fire to.
And I take into account how many ingredients you need to BUY to make torches, it’s easier to buy a lantern anyway. Even if it's kerosene...
By the way, in one book I remember that one guy stupidly stocked up with trunks of "resinous Christmas trees" before going to the cave. Has anyone tried this?
atadracula 12.12.2013 - 14:31
A tablet of dry alcohol, no longer a torch ...? Torch, this is from lack of fish and is made from what is under your feet)))
almost anonymous 12.12.2013 - 14:42
A tablet of dry alcohol, no longer a torch ...?she doesn't shine.
if only to leave it as an ignition to kindle the tar / paraffin
13mm 12.12.2013 - 17:37
Well, you can keep the shit for yourself, but here is a dry wooden stick in which one end burns, and you can hold it behind the other and there is a simple torch.
ShamanVudu 12/12/2013 - 20:18
Giovanni
firemen impregnate asbestos cloth or cord with watsprit or kerosene
They also use (eat 😊) special ways of winding maces and knots for poi. But pure kerosene quickly burns out, therefore it is body-bound with liquid paraffins (lighter fluid is possible). Or take a solarium. Not as bright and smokey, but burns several times longer. For a torch, the option with paraffin and rosin is more correct. If you put a piece of hemp rope into the windings so that the ends stick out, it will be much easier and faster to light, even without firing to blackness.
almost anonymous 12/12/2013 - 20:51
in short: an IKEA lamp, with IKEA candles in it. Each up to 7 hours.
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What is better as a light source - a torch or? Of course, the latter is more pragmatic, and safer if you are going to use it during a night walk through the forest. However, any flashlight has a drawback: sometimes its battery runs out at the most inopportune moment. And then you have to solve the problem with lighting literally on the go ... picked up a stick from the ground, set it on fire ... oh, something is not set on fire! What to do?!
In fairness, even if you always have two or three excellent lanterns in your hiking backpack, being able to quickly make a torch with your own hands from improvised materials is useful. It can always come in handy, BUT you should not forget about precautions. Still, open fire is a source of danger, so it is highly recommended not to use homemade torches in dry conditions in the steppe: one random spark, and the fire on the sun-dried grass will “run” at a terrible speed. And also in closed, unventilated areas (in abandoned bunkers, for example ... hello!), in coniferous forests and on peat bogs.
The easiest way to make a torch with your own hands: find a dry branch of any coniferous tree, split one end with a knife, stick a few needles into the resulting "brush" - you're done, you can set it on fire. The secret is that spruce (pine, cedar, juniper) wood is impregnated with flammable resin. Thin chips are made from one match. Such a torch can burn up to half an hour, giving light, it will not spark and drip. But it is not resistant to wind and moisture.
To get a more stable light source that can be used in any weather, you have to work on it ahead of time, at home. How to make a good torch at home? You will need:
- Half a meter of steel pipe with a diameter of ~ 2cm
- Strip of asbestos fabric 100x10 cm or 2-3 m of asbestos cord
- Meter of thick steel wire
Asbestos is tightly wound on one end of the pipe, fixed with wire. Congratulations, you've made it absolutely non-flammable torch! In order for it to burn, impregnation is needed - some kind of flammable liquid. There are many options here, my personal preference is vegetable oil. Why? It is always at hand, unlike rosin, wax and kerosene. When burning, it does not smoke much, does not spark and does not stink. And if you soak the winding right, then it does not drip.
That's right - how is it? Pour sunflower oil (preferably unrefined) into a jar. We lower the “head” of the torch there so that the winding is completely immersed in the liquid. We are waiting for half an hour. Can be more. Then we take it out, wrap it with rags and wait another hour. The rag absorbs the remaining oil, and as a result we get a semi-dry torch, already suitable for use. Completely dry is fine too. But you should not light the winding, which literally oozes liquid - the oil will flow onto your hands.
Does the steel pipe heat up during the burning of the torch? Yes. Sometimes even significantly. And I would recommend protecting your hand with a leather glove, or make a comfortable winding of the free end with elastic leather tape.
Another production option a simple torch in field conditions. You will need an empty glass bottle, some fuel (such as alcohol - you always have it in a tourist first aid kit), a piece of rope or a rag as a wick. NOT synthetic! 10% of the volume of the bottle is filled with flammable liquid. The wick is impregnated with it and inserted into the bottle so that it reaches the bottom. They set it on fire. Ready. It is very easy and fast, but such a torch is categorically not recommended to drop, turn over ... it is also better not to hold it in your hands without special need - put it on a flat surface and protect it from the wind.
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Today, acquiring various accessories for a masquerade, contests and other creative events is by no means a problem, but all these cute trinkets are by no means a penny, so the idea of making such paraphernalia with your own hands did not arise at all by chance. In addition, it is not difficult to cope with the task at hand, especially to make a torch out of paper with your own hands, you will need the most inexpensive materials, which in most cases can be found on your farm. As for the process of making this wonderful craft, there are several easy ways to make a paper torch, and the easiest of them is to make a cardboard frame and then place a mini flashlight with replaceable batteries inside it.
To do this, you need a rectangular sheet of cardboard, from which it will be easy to roll up the “bag”, like for seeds, which will be fixed with a stapler with a long gripping part or thick glue designed to work with cardboard or thick paper. After the workpiece is fully formed, it is necessary to trim its free edges, doing it in such a way that in the end it turns out, turned upside down, the cone is absolutely hollow inside. After that, you can safely proceed to its decoration, which involves covering with colored paper or staining with water-based acrylic paint. Usually, for these purposes, many craftsmen use dark brown, black or gray colored paper / paint, silver or golden food foil, as well as a spray with decorative sparkles (shimmer).
While the base of the future torch will dry out, you can start making its "flame". The easiest way to do this is to cut 6-12 drop-shaped petals from different shades of yellow, red and orange. The main condition in this case is that only two-sided colored paper can be used. The next stage looks like this: a small amount of liquid PVA-type glue is applied to the base of each petal with a brush, after which all the elements are put together at the base and twisted like a cigarette. As a result, all the petals should twist with each other in random order, visually resembling flames. In order to maximize this effect, you can carefully put on top a thin plastic bag of pale yellow color, giving it the necessary shape with a characteristic slope in a certain direction.
To keep the bag in shape, you can add a small amount of transparent silicone sealant, most often used for plumbing, inside the bag. The next step involves placing and providing a reliable temporary fixation of a flashlight inside the torch body, for which it is best to use ordinary cotton wool. This simple method makes it easy to remove the device if necessary, without damaging the overall design of the craft. For added convenience, a small hole can be made in the cardboard body of the torch to turn on / off the device hidden inside. The final stage of making a homemade torch involves carefully fixing an artificial flame from paper petals with a bag on the body, for which you can use double-sided tape, plasticine and any other means at hand.
