A lighter is such a useful thing, but we stupidly throw it away. Why do this when there are a lot of uses for the rather complex mechanism from which it is made. Watch the videos and some of the ideas will come in handy. Or maybe even a lot.
Idea - what to make from a gas lighter
Roman Ursu made a little thing that can be put into practice. There are not many such developments, and this is an innovation, like other ideas of this master.
An interesting video appeared on the Simple Maker blog, which shows the use of an old, disused lighter, which, together with this method, can get a second life. from an already unnecessary, but still capable of much, old lighter?
The author of the video suggests making it a surprise in the form of a water pistol. To make this toy, we need a simple, cheap lighter that costs a few rubles. It needs to be completely disassembled.
To begin, remove the wheel, take out the spring, and also separate the rest of the equipment. Next, unscrew the plug that holds the gas inside; you need to let him out. If you are using a lighter that contains gas, such as a new one, you should not do it indoors. The gas is harmful to health and even in small quantities it is not worth the risk. We take a small piece of the rod from ballpoint pen and expand at one end. You can use a heated nail for this.
After this, insert the rod into the lighter and tighten the plug. Next, separate the needle from the syringe nozzle. We collect 3 cubes of water and 2 cubes of air. We press the trigger of the lighter and squeeze out a mixture of air and water. We return the lever to its place.
As a result of all these actions, we get a lighter, inside of which water and air are under pressure. If you press the lever, what is under the action compressed air there will be a sudden release of water. By the way, you can use the lighter valve for other containers whose dimensions will allow you to accumulate large quantity water and compressed air. You just need to come up with an adapter for it. To be able to use the lighter trigger, you just need to make an adapter between the lighter body and, for example, plastic bottle. I wonder to what pressure you can pump such a container with a syringe with water and air?
Good day, ladies and gentlemen :) With the onset of cold weather, there was more time for creativity, so I built a new one under the tree. This time I decided do original “bubble” lighter in steampunk style, as I always made my own under the tree without any drawings minimal idea in complete improvisation.
Initially, I made it from an ordinary transparent bottle of some kind of medicine. I cut two strips from sheet brass to make a clamp.
I bent two halves of the clamp along the neck of the bottle.
I drilled holes to fasten the two halves together, then I started thinking about the lid,
I decided to make the lid out of a brass coin. I erased all the identification marks with a file and drilled a couple of holes for the wick and the silicon wheel. Then I began to wonder how to put it all together... I cut out a plate from the same sheet brass and carefully processed it with a needle file. Then he gave the details an elegant shape, fitting them to each other. He tied everything together. The most important part of my lighter came out.
Naturally, if between metal part and there is no gasket in the glass bottle, then all the liquid will simply flow out. Initially I wanted to make a gasket from the original lid of the bottle, but after ruining a couple of pieces I decided that the idea with the lid would not work, so I took a rubber gasket (I think from the mixer, I don’t remember exactly), in general it fell into place as if it were original. The highlight of the program “BUBBLE”, as it was said earlier (initially there was a simple transparent bottle), somehow did not fit into the idea... A break from all the home first aid kits found a handsome man made of brown glass and the mosaic came together. 🙂
Some may be surprised, but such devices for demonstrating one’s creative potential were not chosen by chance, since their spare parts can become parts of a full-fledged designer set. So, for example, the most common way of what can be made from a lighter, or rather from several copies of this aid, is to produce miniature motorcycles that can become worthy decoration private collection, or even take part in some unusual competition. Moreover, you should not be afraid that you will not be able to cope with the task, because this process is not only easy to perform, but also very exciting and often even develops into a real hobby. But before you start constructing this wonderful miniature, you should carefully disassemble the lighters down to the smallest details.
To do this, first remove the metal head of the device and the wheel and carefully release the existing gas into a previously prepared container. It is important to dismantle all the constituent elements completely intact and intact, and they must be put into separate groups, carrying out a kind of sorting. After this, they begin to assemble a miniature motorcycle, using almost every part as a spare part for it. To do this, first make a diagonal connection between two metal heads, for which a through hole using a hot needle for future fastening. As the fastening element itself, a pin with a spring placed on it is used, which is also removed from the structure of the disposable lighter, after first dismantling its protective covers.
A plastic lighter fuse is formed into fastener, by cutting its ring into two parts. Thanks to this part, it is possible to connect the steering part, made from the metal heads of disposable lighters, with a wheel, for which they use an element with a silicon wheel hidden under this very head, designed to burn out a spark. To ensure rigid fixation, the connection of these elements is subjected to soldering, for which you can use a candle flame or, in extreme cases, gluing using a two-component polymer agent. After the work is finally done, they begin to make the motorcycle steering wheel, for which you can use a hollow straw used to supply liquid gas. Moreover, only the upper section of this device with a characteristic rounding of a larger diameter at its end is suitable.
The total length of each branch of the steering wheel should not exceed five millimeters, and they should be inserted with a narrower part into pre-made holes in the “steering column”, the role of which is played by metal lighter heads connected to each other by a pin with a spring. It should be remembered that these metal plugs are installed as a last resort, and they are given such a functional and aesthetic load as imitation of the front bumper, which is made double for a more massive look, placing both plugs on top of each other. The back of such a wonderful vehicle in miniature you can decorate with one or two “turbines”. To do this, the pins with springs, which were previously used as an auxiliary connecting means, will be used again. Such crafts are able to maintain balance and move freely on a horizontal surface.
If desired, they can be painted in any other color after sanding, degreasing and priming, using enamel for these purposes, or even decorate their side or front panels using miniature thematic stickers in the form of flags of a certain country, motocross sports emblems, etc. Surprisingly, But disposable lighter is a much more multifunctional device than you might think at first glance. So, for example, you can use it to make such interesting children's crafts as a crossbow (in the form of a match thrower or even a mini-crossbow), a water pistol (water is poured into the lighter using a disposable syringe) or a mini firecracker (in this case you need to be extremely careful and perform the craft only together with adults, carefully following all points of the instructions).
