Thread: Flashlights

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Wow......that's pretty retro alright....cool !

Belive it or not they work great and will run for 4/5 hrs straight,we all used them in the delta for frogs and bumpin shad late at nite in the sacto river.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Belive it or not they work great and will run for 4/5 hrs straight,we all used them in the delta for frogs and bumpin shad late at nite in the sacto river.

I've heard of using carbide for fishing but not for the light

Originally Posted by 32t

I've heard of using carbide for fishing but not for the light

Yep. you can make great explosives also we used to toss a handfull of carbide into the urinals at school,wait a minute,carefully toss a match and blow the urinal to bits and pieces.
Than there was the day we took out the entire chem lab with a 1 lb chunk of pure sodium nasty stuff that

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Yep. you can make great explosives also

Plastic soft drink bottle, couple inches water, fold in half, add small pieces of carbide, firmly screw lid on. Throw and wait.

Carbide and water mix = acetylene. Increased pressure + heat in bottle will reach critical and explode.
Generally frowned on by law enforcement (and the neighbours) depending on where you are doing such activities.