evandewindt Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Im trying to come up with some ideas on how to make large fake flames. Ive seen the small silk fabric units with the fans and lights to create a flame look and i actually really like them but none are big enough...Im looking to build or purchase 2 of the following if anyone has ideas or where to buy one this large..5' tall flame and about 1.5' wide.Ive thought about buying a fairly large free standing floor fan and building an enclosure with silk fabric attached but im worried it wont turn out the way i want it and it will be a waste of money..Something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy West Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I have those enferno's and they look great inside but I could never get the light sheet to fly right outside. They would always blow backwards and stick.So this year I tried this. This is my first test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkoehler42 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Holy crap! That was awesome! How'd you rig up the smoke machines to LOR, and how much are those lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy West Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 The lights are called enfernos and they run about 150 each. They are actually fake flame blowers that use a very light weight fabric and blow upward looking like a flame like the one at the top. I tried that in my show but it would not work right in the wind, so I just blew fog over the fan with the lights to give the flame effect.Hooking up to LOR is easy. Just get one Tyco 110/120v resistor. Take apart two manual fog controls and attach them to the resistor and a basic electrical cord and also attach it to the resistor and then plug it into the LOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulanator Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 That looks awesome, great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallus2000 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Dual topic here, but you could connect the fog machines to LOR by replacing the on/off power cord with one that has a relay as seen here. Probably would need to buy the dio32 or servodog board to runGood site for servoshttp://servocity.com/Decently priced skulls, 1 axis, but you could always add two more with a bit of work..http://www.cowlacious.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy West Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 This relay that the guy demostrated is exactly the way I hooked up my fog machines to my LOR. It works really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallus2000 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Tracy West wrote: This relay that the guy demostrated is exactly the way I hooked up my fog machines to my LOR. It works really well.Yep, going to try that myself, he wasn't clear but I assume that you take apart the on/off switch cable on the fog unit and split the wires on to a relay switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy West Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 That is totally correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallus2000 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Very cool....my cannon is near completion and a fog machine will be piped in for the smoke..:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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