Introduction: Stovetop Fire Blanket
This device is capable of spinning a fire blanket out of its secured location to deploy over a stovetop. This is more of a prototype to the real project.
Supplies
The supplies we used were the following:
- A 3-D printed bowl with indentations inside.
- A small fire blanket that we cut out to both fit inside the bowl and to cover the span of a stove.
- 4 one ounce teardrop fishing weights.
- An electric motor that will spin the device upon activation.
- 2 AA batteries.
Step 1: 3-D Print Bowl
This bowl is printed with a 5 & 3/4 inch diameter, and is 3 & 1/2 inches tall. The center pole in the middle of the bowl is where we inserted the electric motor.
Step 2: Fire Blanket
We ordered a cheap fire blanket from amazon.com, of 36" by 36," and we cut it it using a soldering iron and a box cutter to a sizeable 15" by 15" to comfortably cover a stove top without hitting the wall. We covered the sides we cut out with duct tape for this project, as it was a test.
We also added 4 one ounce teardrop fishing weights to the corners of the fire blanket using zip ties.
Step 3: Electric Motor
Using a hot glue gun and a soldering iron, we attached a small electric motor to the inner pole of the 3-D printed bowl, attaching the motor to the bowl firmly.
