Life hacks have been gaining immense popularity lately. If you are interested in how to use a lighter, it is worth familiarizing yourself with some secrets.
How to light a candle
It turns out that you can light a candle in different ways. If the wick is hidden deep in the jar, simple methods will not help. You can do the following:
- Prepare the foil and roll it into a tube.
- We insert the workpiece into the hole from where the gas comes out.
- We release the gas from a lighter with a straw, and light it with another one that does not contain this element.
- We light a candle.
Note! The piece of foil must be long, and it must be rolled correctly.
This simple and convenient method will help you light any candle, even if the wick is securely hidden in a jar.
How to make your own lighter?
How to make your own lighter?
Only God knows how many Kulibins the Russian land bears! Today, dear reader, we will learn how to build a lighter from improvised materials. You will need a certain amount of attention and patience. You will also learn how to make a lighter on the go from potatoes and toothpaste! Don't believe me? So:
Perhaps the most common option for making lighters in the field is to make it from a cartridge case. Why the sleeve? First of all, the sizes. A cartridge case, for example, from an AK-47 cartridge easily fits in your hand and pocket.
And of course, the sleeve is made of metal, which is undoubtedly much safer than a lighter made of other materials. The main problem is where to get it. But we are sure that you have a couple of military acquaintances. We will tell you about 2 ways to make a lighter.
How to light a fire
If you run out of gas in your lighter at a picnic, but still need to light a fire, you can resort to some tricks. To do this, follow these steps:
- We take paper and rub it with a lighter.
- Silicon will appear on the sheet.
- Pour the resulting powder onto cotton wool, give a spark, and everything lights up.
This simple method allows you to get fire. The only thing you need to have with you is cotton wool. Otherwise, it will still be difficult to light a fire.
How to make a gasoline lighter
Hello!
One day, while looking for spare parts for my Primus, an idea struck me. I discovered that from a primus pump it is quite possible to make a camping, gasoline lighter, from which the fuel does not evaporate during storage. Many users of Zippo lighters will understand me.
I’ll say right away that I found all the parts for assembly at a flea market.
And so, for production we will need a pump from the Shmel primus. Or rather, two pump housings and a Chinese Zippo lighter.
First of all, we unscrew the pump valve, remove the contents, and then disassemble the lighter, leaving only the chair, the spring with the screw and the tube in which the spring is located.
We make the body. mark and cut off the thread from the first tube
Then, from the second pump tube we unsolder the nipple
and solder it into the body of the future lighter, deepening it by about 1 mm.
For the lighter cap, we need to cut a piece from the second tube equal to the height of the valve
We adjust with a file. To avoid a bevel, during processing with a needle file we turn the part around its axis.
The upper part of the lighter is prepared, let's move on to the lower part. Here the cap will be smaller. To do this, just below the side hole of the valve, mark the cut lines of the valve and tube.
And cut off the tube and then the valve.
We also cut off a 15 mm long tube for wind protection and make a plate from the remaining piece.
We cut out two plates for each tube and begin assembling the small cap. We apply solder to the joints, as well as nail polish to avoid unwanted soldering
and warming it up with a burner, solder the valve, plate and tube together
- We cut off the excess and process it with a needle file.
- Before assembling the top cap, we need to plug the side and top holes of the valve.
We wind thin copper wire around the side holes and solder. We simply fill the top hole with solder, and tin the surface one at a time. We also apply solder to the plate and tube.
- We install it evenly and warm it up until it is completely soldered.
- After soldering, we cut off the excess, sharpen it with a file and process the entire body with fine-grained sandpaper.
- Now let's move on to the tube and chair.
- A brass valve from a truck camera is perfect for the body of this mechanism.
We process it with sandpaper and cut off a 45 mm tube. and then we make a groove for the chair with a depth of 10 mm.
- Next, drill a hole for the pin with a diameter of 3 mm
- The gap between the chair and the tube should be about a millimeter
Small fireworks
You can get fireworks using several items. To do this you need to do the following:
- We take the silicon out of the lighter and attach it to the spring.
- We heat the workpiece.
- We throw silicon on the ground and watch the fireworks.
Note! When working, you should follow safety precautions. You should not test how the device works at home.
How to refill a lighter correctly
Before refilling the lighter, you need to sit comfortably in a well-ventilated area. Having the skills will help you do everything right.
You should take into account all safety parameters, know where you can buy a quality product and what you can refill it with.
You can buy the simplest can of gas or gasoline for refilling lighters, for example, from, S&B, etc.
By the way, it is useful for beginners to know how to understand that their favorite lighter is refilled. To do this, you should listen carefully while refueling. When the hissing and quiet whistle stop, this is a sign that the tank is filled with gas.
How to refill a lighter with gas without a can?
The time of disposable lighters has passed, and the time has come for modern devices with the possibility of secondary refilling. The main problem remains the quality of fuel and the availability of skills. It is worth obtaining information in advance about what raw materials are used for filling and where you can buy it.
The gas lighter is used to the end; before refueling, you need to make sure that all excess air is released.
The main difference between turbo lighters is that the spiral is heated, and as a result, a flame is produced. During refueling, you should hold the cylinder vertically and press firmly, listening to the sound.
The lighter pistol can be refilled. There is a small hole at the bottom of the handle through which gas is replenished.
By the way, experts have prepared a special mixture - propane-butane, which is better for replenishing fuel in pocket lighters.
How to refill a Cricket lighter?
When purchasing Cricket, many people wonder whether it is possible to refill with disposable gas?
Glue gun
To make a small glue gun, you need to do the following:
- Take a clothespin and glue foil to it.
- Attach the workpiece to the lighter.
- Cut off the rod and insert it into the clothespin.
- Heat the glue using fire.
- The rod will begin to melt, let's start creating.
Craftswomen will be able to create without difficulty, creating stunning compositions. And most importantly, you can make a glue gun in a few minutes.
Pragmatic approach
Or you can create a tool, and then use it to create other products. If you disassemble the spark striking mechanism, take out the central gear wheel, put it on and fasten it to a two-millimeter bolt, you will get an interesting tool - a milling cutter for a drill. This wheel is made of hardened high carbon steel. Even steel parts can be processed with this tool. And the cutter takes plastic, wood, and aluminum without any problems. You can mill shaped recesses, remove burrs or a layer from the surface of a part. To expand the processing range, you can put two or three cutter wheels on the axis.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Impeller
PHOTO: YouTube.com A toothed wheel from a lighter on an axis is a cutter for a drill
PHOTO: YouTube.com A milling cutter removes an edge from a steel plate
And from two of these wheels you can make an excellent knife sharpener. After all, it is an excellent abrasive. The two working wheels are firmly screwed to the board with such a gap that the tip of a knife blade can hardly fit between them. If you now begin to drag the knife between the wheels with force, a thin layer of metal will be removed from the blade. The knife will be sharpened.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Knife sharpening device
PHOTO: YouTube.com Sharpening a knife
Unusual trick
If you want to surprise all your friends at a party, then don’t give up the idea. Moreover, it is so easy to do. First you need to light a candle, extinguish it, and bring it to the smoke. If you light a lighter at this time, the candle will light up from a distance.
This trick will surprise both children and adults. Although in reality everything is very simple.
There are a lot of life hacks, and each of them is used in everyday life. Don't be afraid to experiment; they will allow you to invent new and interesting ways to use your lighter.
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Mechanism of action of the piezoelectric element
The basis here is a block of a piezoelectric element, which sends a pressure force from the button to the piezoelectric element itself. The main component of a piezoelectric element is a piezoelectric crystal. This is a plate cut from a quartz crystal. Its function is to convert mechanical deformation into electrical voltage. The plate is very hard, can withstand significant bending and compression and produce high voltage.
When you gently press the crystal, the output voltage will be small, but it will be long-lasting. When you press the crystal with the same force, but quickly and instantly, the output voltage is stronger, but it will be instantaneous.
Therefore, this property of the crystal is used to create a spark in a piezo lighter. To change the impact force from smooth to sharp, the lighter has a mechanism: an elastic spring, which is located under the piezo lighter button. By pressing the button, the spring is also compressed. After pressing the button all the way, the spring moves back the lever on which it rests. After this, the spring sharply straightens. At the other end of the spring there is a metal hammer, which, when the spring opens, strikes the crystal with great speed. On the back of the crystal there is a metal lining that prevents the crystal from moving due to the movement of the hammer.
The result is an instant and strong impact on the crystal, which causes a spark.
Piezoelectric element from a lighter: what can be done? Craftsmen have learned to use it in repairing (more precisely, in “killing”) smartphones or mobile phones. A logical question immediately arises: why would an individual with a healthy nervous system break his smartphone? The situation may vary. Someone wants to return the phone under warranty because he no longer likes it. Someone just decided to make fun of their friend.
BLOCKADE, SCHOOLCHILDREN AND LIGHTERS
In global history, many sieges of cities and fortresses are known, where civilians also took refuge. But during the days of the terrible blockade, which lasted 900 days, schools were open and thousands of children were educated in them - history has never known such a thing.
The first bombings fell on Leningrad 70 years ago, first in September 1941, when the kids had just started going to school. In schools, there were huge basements that teachers equipped in their classrooms. They hung school boards on the walls. As air disturbance signals were heard on the radio, they fled to the basements.
Since there was no light, they resorted to an old method, which they knew about only from books - they burned splinters. The teacher met us with a torch at the entrance to the basement. We took our seats.
The class attendant now had the following duties: he prepared torches in advance and stood with a lit stick, illuminating the blackboard on which the teacher wrote problems and poems. It was difficult for students to write in the semi-darkness, so they learned their lessons by heart, often to the roar of explosions.” This is a common picture at the beginning of the siege of Leningrad.
During the bombing, children and toddlers, together with air defense fighters, were lifted onto the roofs of houses and schools to save them from incendiary bombs that German planes dropped in sheaves on Leningrad buildings. “When I first climbed onto the roof of my own house during the bombing, I saw a harsh and unforgettable sight,” recalled Yuri Vasilyevich Maretin, an orientalist scientist. – Searchlight beams walked across the sky.
It seemed that all the streets around were moving, and the houses were swaying from side to side. Claps of anti-aircraft guns. The fragments drum on the roofs. Each of the guys tried not to show how terrified he was.
We watched to see if the “lighter” would fall onto the roof, so that we could quickly put it out by putting it in a box with sand. Children lived in our house - the Ershov brothers, who saved our house from many incendiary bombs. Both brothers later died of starvation in 1942.”
Incendiary bombs did not explode like high-explosive bombs, but seemed to explode, scattering thermite charges around. They picked up special tongs like in a forge, asbestos mittens and buckets. And so the bomb had to be found and thrown into a bucket of sand with tongs until it exploded. And run to throw it into the yard. She wasn't so unsafe there. Don’t forget that the inside of the houses had wooden ceilings that burned like gunpowder. After 1942, the Germans began dropping fragmentation bombs along with incendiary bombs, so that there would be more casualties among the people extinguishing the bombs
“To cope with the German lighters, we acquired extraordinary dexterity,” recalled chemist Yuri Ivanovich Kolosov. – First, it was necessary to learn how to move quickly on a sloping, slippery roof. The incendiary bomb ignited instantly. Not a second could be missed. We held long tongs in our hands. When the incendiary bomb fell on the roof, it hissed and flared, thermite spray flying around. It was necessary not to get confused and throw the “lighter” down to the ground.”
Several dozen of them flew to each roof during the day. It was an affordable but very effective weapon, especially in the towns of wood and semi-wooden Russia. Murmansk, as a result of their implementation, was among the 15 most destroyed cities, although it received many other bombs - but the main destruction was from lighters.
The same fate was in store for Leningrad - why waste energy not destroying the walls - just burning out the wooden floors in the houses. But besieged Leningrad managed to create, in addition to its own discipline and endurance in the fight against lighters, a means based on phosphorus fertilizers that slowed down the spread of fire - which allowed the Leningraders on duty to stop many fires. Although in St. Petersburg more houses were also killed by lighters than by landmines. Our Heroic Country, our Heroic Kids who fought for their own hometown as best they could... #survival_blockade
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Elen Adikaeva
Homemade products from AA batteries
Let's start with the simplest thing, namely, using old AA batteries. For example, they can be adapted for various games. You can use AA batteries to create numbers, letters, and even beautiful pictures.
Such games are suitable for children over three years old, but still in the presence of adults. They are the ones who must monitor the integrity of AA batteries during children's games. Therefore, the first and simplest use of AA batteries is as a construction set.
Where to dispose of used AA batteries
Even an old battery still has some charge left. Therefore, if you connect a large number of AA batteries together, you can get a decent output voltage, which is quite enough to connect a small LED flashlight.
To do this, AA batteries are placed in one row, after which each of their contacts (+ and -) is connected using wire and a soldering iron with tin. As a result, only two main contacts should remain, to which you can connect the LED lamp.
That's all! Good luck to everyone and have a great summer. Well, if anyone is interested in the question of extracting electricity from potatoes, then you are welcome to the “Jack of All Trades” website.
