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  • Owning a flamethrower in the UK
  • handyman153
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    Sorry if this has been done, but I couldn’t see an obvious post.

    Elon Musks Boring Company has just put this up for sale –
    https://www.boringcompany.com/flamethrower

    I really want one! No idea why, but I do.

    But, can you legally have one here in the UK?

    gobuchul
    Free Member

    You do realise that it’s a joke?

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Pfft, you get a better flame from a can of GT85 – that’s not a flamethrower, that’s a blowtorch mounted on a shotgun stock.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    a tweet from someone who seems to know this stuff suggested it was potentially a 5yr sentence for ordering it from the UK. *sulks*

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    And the point of owning anything like this is………..

    What ?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    And the point of owning anything like this is………..

    The Furze is weak in this one 🙁

    P-Jay
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    To throw flames obviously!

    handyman153
    Free Member

    I’m not sure there is a point in owning it really.
    I just think its cool!

    And gobuchul – I’m not sure it is actually a joke..

    jimjam
    Free Member

    That’s not a flamethrower…

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    Not to be confused with and “Old Flame Thrower”

    km79
    Free Member

    And the point of owning anything like this is………..

    What ?

    Pest control.

    gobuchul
    Free Member

    And gobuchul – I’m not sure it is actually a joke..

    Did you read the small print on the web page?

    -Fire extinguisher sold separately (for exorbitant amounts of money)

    -Taxes and shipping will be added at checkout

    -Additional customs fees may apply for international orders because of laws

    -International customers can receive a full refund if not happy with said fees

    -Before shipping, aspiring flamethrower aficionados will be sent a terms and conditions rhyme for review and acceptance

    -Starts shipping in spring

    -May not be used on Boring Company decorative lacquered hay bales or Boring Company dockside munitions warehouses

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    S’pose you could dry your hair with it.

    Or…

    Nope.. that’s all I got.

    handyman153
    Free Member

    Gobuchul,

    Its not a conventional description, I’ll give you that.

    But I still don’t know what makes you think its a joke, not a single part of that implies its a joke.
    If you read the rest of the website, that description follows the overall trend.

    fisha
    Free Member

    It would likely class as a firearm in the same way police CS spray and pava are.

    PJay
    Free Member

    It’s not on the same scale, but it you target weeds, then these appear legal (you could probably still do some damage mis-using one).

    5thElefant
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    Could be a joke, but other flamethrower retailers are available if it is.

    I’d imagine it’s fine to own in the UK. You can buy them for weeding…

    You can also make them from electric water pistols. Or rather, you can just fill an electric water pistol with petrol and shoot through a flame. Don’t do it indoors though (it involved a fire extinguisher, a bath, and full frontal nudity to overcome that mishap).

    handyman153
    Free Member

    I went for the weeding idea, and sold it to myself.

    So i’ve ordered one… Lets see what, if anything turns up!

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    [Quote]it involved a fire extinguisher, a bath, and full frontal nudity to overcome that mishap[/quote]

    One for the epitaph!

    beamers
    Full Member

    I used to have one of these:

    Sheen Flame Gun

    (Not my vid before anyone thinks they are my legs)

    Awesome, and scary, bit of kit.

    grey
    Full Member

    Got one of those flame guns at work great piece of kit.

    fisha
    Free Member

    To be fair to myself I’ve only just watched the top videos. If it’s just a flame like that then I guess it’s likely to be ok like a flame weeder.

    I had assumed it’d throw out a line of fuel at distance.

    Northwind
    Full Member

    “And the point of owning anything like this is………..”

    Home defence. Better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    “And the point of owning anything like this is………..”

    Knocking over empty plastic bottles

    ferrals
    Free Member

    How else do you make creme brûlée?

    kimbers
    Full Member

    Could use it to dry out trails !

    andybrad
    Full Member

    ive got 4 at work. Use it to heat stuff up past 700 degC. Works a treat.

    wiggles
    Free Member

    Man I wish I had $500 to waste of flamethrowers…

    plyphon
    Free Member

    We have a flamethrower ish type device for clearing weeds between the bricks on the drive.

    It doesn’t really ‘throw’ the flame, but it looks pretty sinister. Got it from machine mart I think. I can only assume it’s legal!

    brakes
    Free Member

    so these appear to be an actual thing. a seemingly progressive company selling a basic BBQ lighter to muricans. presumably this is just viral marketing?

    newrobdob
    Free Member

    Flamethrowers generally shoot some sort of flammable liquid out which is set on fire as it leave the machine – like a hose pipe of petrol which is set on fire after it leaves the pipe. So anything the liquid lands on will basically experience what it’s like to be doused in petrol and set alight.

    The weedkillers are really just a powerful gas flame like a cooker jet or blowtorch.

    senorj
    Full Member

    Op- get in touch with The Worldclassaccident,see if he can strap it to his bike and test out kimbers’ innovative idea. What could go wrong?

    🙂

    mariner
    Free Member

    Are you trying for an entry in The Darwin Awards?

    vongassit
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    damascus
    Free Member

    I guess you could justify this if you were into pottery and used it to heat a kiln?

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