Mike Wessling (Area42)
A nerd, a tinkerer, and an artist. Besides a long career in IT, climbing the OSI stack from network engineer up to architect and management (or sliding down, depending on your perspective), Mike spends his time in his workshop tinkering and helping others realize their creative dreams with practical engineering support. The artist emerged after a visit to Burning Man in 2006, where he met fellow nerds creating their art, especially the amazing fire installations. In 2013, the first flamethrower was built for OHM2013, and he has been building bigger and better installations ever since, including Flamehenge for MCH2022.
Sessions
In this 90 min workshop, you will build and test your own propane flamethrower. You can buy a kit from us or bring your own parts. We will use a tried-and-tested design. We will start with the theory and principles behind propane flame effects, followed by how to play safely with big flames. The second part is the guided, hands-on, step-by-step process of building your own. At the end, we will test the flamethrowers in a nearby area.
In this 90 min workshop, you will build and test your own propane flamethrower. You can buy a kit from us or bring your own parts. We will use a tried-and-tested design. We will start with the theory and principles behind propane flame effects, followed by how to play safely with big flames. The second part is the guided, hands-on, step-by-step process of building your own. At the end, we will test the flamethrowers in a nearby area.