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Torches are juggling props used in many toss juggling routines. Juggling torches are essentially a club or stick on which the 'far' end is an attached wick. Image File history File links Hot. ...
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Juggling is a form of skillful, often artful, object manipulation. ...
Toss juggling is the form of juggling which is most recognisable as juggling. Objects, typically balls, clubs or rings, are repeatedly thrown and caught in a variety of different patterns and styles. ...
A set of juggling clubs Juggling clubs, or simply Clubs are a popular prop used by jugglers, either on their own—usually in sets of three or more—or in combination with other props such as balls or rings. ...
Wicks
The two most common wicks used with juggling torches are: Both materials come in reels of material ranging from 13mm to 180mm wide and up to 100m long. Around 40-80cm of wick is wrapped onto each torch. In general, it is best to use hard limiting devices, such as nuts and bolts, to hold the wick onto the shaft of the torch. Chemical structure of Kevlar. ...
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Construction The torch is usually constructed around a wooden dowel which runs the length of the torch from the knob (base) to the top. The lower portion is the fitted with a handle, the 10 - 12 inch area of the body where the juggler holds the torch. The handle is usually made of spiral wound plastic or wood. The upper portion of the dowel is shrouded in aluminium and joins the handle at the thickest point of the torch, roughly halfway up. This join usually also contains a weight to obtain the correct balance. The wicks are usually wrapped around the top of the shaft several times and secured with washers and multiple screws driven through the wick and the aluminium and into the wooden core. A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. ...
Torches as described are commercially available from all the main juggling/circus skills manufacturers such as Dubè, Beard, Mr Babache, Henry's and cost anywhere from around 15GBP to around 50GBP each. The Ivans Supreme Torch retail at up to 105GBP per torch.
Fuels The most common fuel used with juggling fire torches in the US is white gas, or Coleman fuel. Beginning torch jugglers usually use some form of lamp oil (like barbecue lighter fluid or kerosene) since it burns cooler than white gas and is easier on the club itself. Alcohol is generally not considered a good fuel for juggling torches. In the UK fire jugglers almost exclusively use paraffin (kerosene) or lamp oil - treated paraffin that emits less smoke. [1] Naphtha is a group of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents. ...
Balls It is possible to buy flammable juggling balls. Gloves are often needed but not always, fyrefli juggling balls for example are designed so the flame sits a few centimeters above the hand. Ball juggling is easier then club juggling and with juggling fire balls, any stage performances look impressive. However, juggling necessarily requires the hands to alternately grip the flaming balls for 1 or more 'juggling beats'(usually around 0.5 seconds), known as 'dwell time'. This restricts the size of flame and the duration of the burn to avoid overheating the hands, even with gloves. For these reasons all commercially available fire juggling balls use a smaller wick and flame than standard juggling torches. Some enthusiasts have attempted to overcome this problem using fuel soaked balls of kevlar rope and welding gloves or similar, but have been unable to achieve more than 30 seconds of useful juggling before the gloves catch fire.
See also A fire twirler with staff A firedancer with poi A fire dancer juggling torches in a cascade pattern. ...
References - ^ http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/skills/fire/juggling.html#fuel
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