A lighter is a very useful tool that helps us both at home and far beyond the city. Despite its low cost and availability in stores, many craftsmen try to make it with their own hands. You may not need these skills, but you must admit that not every one of your friends and acquaintances has such a home-made device. And making a homemade lighter is quite simple. Moreover, it can be made practically from improvised materials. How to make a lighter with your own hands?
See the answer to this question in this article.
How to make a lighter from a liner?
One of the easiest ways is to make a device from a sleeve. Here we will consider several methods and options at once. In the first among the materials you will need a new zippa, sleeve, burner, as well as silver-copper solder. What to do next with these tools? To get started, you will need to gut the flint from the zippa and get out a metal disk that emits a spark. After that, disassemble all the other details of this element - the filter, packing and disk fasteners. These parts should be assembled and soldered together. If on any element you find roughness, remove them with a soldering iron, thereby giving it the correct shape. Further, all the contents are hammered into the sleeve, the wick is inserted and fuel is poured on top of it. Everything - the lighter is ready to use.
Other ways
To use the second method, you will need to prepare a narrow metal tube. A hole for the wheel should be made in it. Put a special flint there with a spring. Remember that the first element should be with a small elastic band. Even with a solid alloy or metal, make a lighter cap with a wick. Next, solder a metal tube to the sleeve and fill the top of the device with fuel.
A third manufacturing method involves the use of parts such as a sleeve and a cotton cord. At the first stage, the cord must be cut, moistened with gasoline and lowered into a sleeve. Next, you need to ensure the interaction of the device with flint - for this, leave the outer part of the wick peeping. Flint itself is made from a file. How to do it? To do this, solder a small piece of the file (not more than 5 centimeters long) to the sleeve and fill it with the last gasoline. Everything - the device is ready to use.
How to reanimate an old gas lighter?
If in the previous methods we told you about how to make a gasoline lighter from improvised means, then in this method we will consider how to reanimate an old device and make it work again. But before you get started, a few words about tools and materials.
So, what materials do we need for this?
During the work you need to prepare several copper tubes with a diameter of 5 and 15 millimeters, two couplings, a pair of gears and one zippa. The latter can be taken from a conventional Chinese disposable gas lighter.
Just note that you can’t make a device with the same ignition mechanism as before, with these components - for this you need only original spare parts. And this is extremely difficult to do - it will be much easier to purchase a new one in the store than to suffer from the old one.
In order for the lighter opening-closing mechanism to not be excessively flimsy, the body must be monolithic. Otherwise, during use, the elements of the device will constantly move to the side.
How to make a gas lighter? The principle of resuscitation of an old lighter is quite simple - all prepared elements are replaced by old ones, and the tool's capacity is filled with gasoline. To prevent the fuel from evaporating, it is recommended to install a cap here. However, due to the flimsy design, its part will constantly cling to the gear, therefore, such a device is not suitable for frequent use.
In conclusion about gas lighters, we note that all the main details, namely flints, change in it, and therefore such a device will serve for a very, very long time.
Making the device out of batteries
How to make a lighter from a battery? To make this element in a similar way will be even easier for everyone else, so if you have a minimum of free time for the work on making a lighter, use this particular method. And it consists only in several stages.
First, the basic materials are prepared - a 12-volt battery and a piece of ordinary foil. As an alternative to take a wrapper from chewing gum - this does not change the essence of the matter.
How to make a lighter further? In the next step, a small fold is made in the middle of the folded sheet of foil. After the folded piece closes at the ends of the battery (polarity “+” and “-”, respectively).
As soon as both contacts are closed, a small “fire” will form at the bend of the foil. Of course, from the point of view of reliability, such a lighter is not very convenient to use, but in nature, especially at a picnic, such a thing will definitely not hurt you.
So, we figured out how to make a lighter from improvised materials.