Rob Skramstad
New Member
I remember missing out on an opportunity to pick up one of Rylo's working DS guns many years ago, which still stings as it's one of my "holy grail" props. Missed the Palmetto EFX version, too. Born under a bad sign, I guess. /whine
There are movies I like better than Logan's Run, and weapon props I like better than the DS gun from a form perspective, but there's no prop replica I've ever come close to wanting as much as an actual, working, flame-producing DS gun.
The original prop itself, and the working replicas I know of operate on the reaction between Calcium Carbide and water, which produces acetylene that is then ignited by the glow plug. Very cool, cutting edge at the time, and authentic to the original.
These days, however, small acetylene torches are so common that they make kitchen versions to caramelize the top of your dessert. Couldn't a small torch like that be gutted and its innards repurposed to produce a less authentic, but much simpler and probably safer, working DS gun? Particularly given the nice, metal DS gun kits that are available today?
I've been thinking about this for awhile but have neither the engineering chops nor the building skills to pull it off myself, and wondered whether someone smarter than I had any thoughts on the idea.
There are movies I like better than Logan's Run, and weapon props I like better than the DS gun from a form perspective, but there's no prop replica I've ever come close to wanting as much as an actual, working, flame-producing DS gun.
The original prop itself, and the working replicas I know of operate on the reaction between Calcium Carbide and water, which produces acetylene that is then ignited by the glow plug. Very cool, cutting edge at the time, and authentic to the original.
These days, however, small acetylene torches are so common that they make kitchen versions to caramelize the top of your dessert. Couldn't a small torch like that be gutted and its innards repurposed to produce a less authentic, but much simpler and probably safer, working DS gun? Particularly given the nice, metal DS gun kits that are available today?
I've been thinking about this for awhile but have neither the engineering chops nor the building skills to pull it off myself, and wondered whether someone smarter than I had any thoughts on the idea.