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hey im new to the tribe site and new to the fire meteor, or the meteor at all, i am also interested in fire whip with prior whip knowlege. in anycase i wanted to know if any of you have advice on buying making and using a meteor/ fire. awaiting your replies eagerly : )
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Re: new guy
Mon, February 5, 2007 - 12:13 PMThis is a good design... fire-meteor.tribe.net/photos/...e1865510
Y oucan also look into this.. fire-meteor.tribe.net/thread/...f24a543b
This is one of my designs.
Fire meteor
Materials needed:
* 1 length of 3/4" braided nylon rope
2 six inch lengths of chain
4 quick links
2 1/2" rope clamps
2 wick assemblies ( preferably monkey fists)
Pliers
Friction tape
Step one: Using a quick link to connect a wick assembly to each length of chain.
Step two: Cut an appropriate length of rope. Determine the length of rope you will need. If you are more comfortable in the horizontal plane or prefer a contact staff style, you will want your length of rope longer than if you prefer the vertical plane for spinning. If you prefer the vertical plain you will want the over all length of the meteor to be about a hand shorter than your height, so you will want a length of rope that comes to the middle of you chest.
Step three: Make a 3" loop at each end of the rope and use pliers to cinch the rope clap onto the rope, creating a permanent loop on each end of the rope.
Step four: Use the friction tape to cover the rope clamps. ( this isn't necessary but in esthetically pleasing)
Step five: Use quick links to connect each chain to the center rope.
This completes this meteor design.
Best of luck,
Isaac -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 5:15 AMok so i am looking to get a practice meteor, what would you say is the weight of the avrage hammer on a fire meteor. -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 7:41 AMLearn how to tie a monkey fist knot and make your own. Use 3/4" rope and put a wooden ball inside each knot. It should all be one piece. Meteors like this have a pretty wieght to the ends.... I cannot say exactly how much they weight though.
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 11:10 AMAnother option, rather than wooden balls, is golf balls. I happen to live near a golf course, so that makes it easy to get them for free.
I have found that if you're tieing the monkeyfist with three loops per side, using the 3/4" diameter rope, with a golf ball or similarly sized object inside, then you need around 24' of rope, depending on what length you want your final meteor to be (wow, sweet run-on sentence...). I like the 8'-12' range for my final meteor. -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 12:12 PMI prefer about 7 feet to work with as I am on'y 5'5". lol -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 3:21 PMa 3 finger monkeyfist knot with 11mm rope takes me 5 feet. that whole 2-pi-r thing. -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 6:58 PMummmmm. i still dont really know the wieght though. -
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Re: new guy
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 7:47 PMThere isn't a right weight, there is a good ratio. You want the points to be heavier than the sum of the center segment. This is going to give you a much better "pull" from the end points which will in turn make it act more like a staff. -
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Re: new guy
Wed, February 7, 2007 - 12:23 PMbut what about if i were to be only using a one sided meteor? -
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Re: new guy
Wed, February 7, 2007 - 3:21 PMThen it becomes a rope dart. Sam here does alot of rope dart work... he is the guy you want to talk to. Or you can go to the rope dart tribe: fireropedart.tribe.net/
Best of luck,
Isaac
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Re: new guy
Sun, February 18, 2007 - 6:17 AMI'm so glad to see there is tons of replies on this tribe for new comers. Sorry I'm not around a lot to give my two cents two.
For all of you seeking advice, there has been lots of questions and answers in this tribe's history and you should be able to search it with google. Just search like this:
[ your search here ] site:fire-meteor.tribe.net
Have fun! and if you get the chance go to France, they know there shit there!!
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