Electrical Match

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Electrical Match

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An electrical match

Things You Need :

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you'll need these parts:

Some matches
some electrical tape
obout 12 cm of flat cable

and these tools:

wire stripper
file
and a pair of snippers

Prepare the Cable

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take two of the wires in one piece and pull the ends apart. Then take your wire stripper and strip down about 1,02 cm of the insulation.
Now take two single strangs and twist them together.

Prepare the Matches

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take your file and make a little grove inside of your matchhead.
After this take a pair of snippers or a knife and cut it in half

Assembly

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take the half match, position it between the two leads and bend the two twisted wires over it so they go through the litle grove you made earlier.
Now take the two, twisted together, wires and twist them together with the others.

Final Step

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Take a piece of electrical tape and fix the whole thing.
and Finally take a pair of scissors and remove the excess cables, but be careful there not to cut the twisted connection of the thin cable.

Have Fun!

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To ignite it you only have to connect the two leads with a strong power source.