Mike's Brain » power tools http://blog.witsmith.com Just ticking away... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:17:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Who says power tools and fireworks don’t mix? http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/07/power-tools-and-fireworks/ http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/07/power-tools-and-fireworks/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:45:03 +0000 Mike http://blog.witsmith.com/?p=63 I was getting set up to take pictures of the kids with sparklers, and was showing them how to bend the sparkler handle so you can spin them like a pinwheel.

Hmmm… Inspiration hits with a mental “UUUEEGGHH?!?!” (that’s the Tim Allen Home Improvement sound) — What about attaching the sparkler to the end of a power drill?

power tools and fireworks
power tools and fireworks
power tools and fireworks

Instead of putting the sparkler in the drill jaws the same way you’d put in a regular bit, I put the sparkler handle in sideways – it’s pretty malleable, and bends when the jaws tighten.

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