Your fire rig consists of a square of kevlar wicking at the end of a chain, attached with swivel hooks to both the handle and the wicking itself. In order to build a rig, you'll need several supplies. Below is a list of the supplies you'll need to acquire and bring to class 2 of the fire dancing series. You can obtain the dog chain at pet stores and the rest of these parts at Home Depot and most hardware stores:

• Quantity: 2
  Size: 1⁄4" diameter x 4" length
  Description: eye bolts with nut --- they should have a little spot on the bottom of the eye of the bolt wherein to slip something on the eye
• Quantity: 2
  Size: 1⁄4"
  Description: split lock washers, (it’s a washer that is split that, when tightened between two bolts, will cause the other two to not come undone)
• Quantity: 2
  Size: 1⁄4"
  Description: nuts
• Quantity: 4
  Size: 1.5" diameter by 1⁄4"
  Description: washers (zinc)
• Quantity: 4
  Size: 1/8"
  Description: zinc finish rings – get them in the packs of three they come in because they work best because they fit through the holes of the part I have. Lehigh is the preferred manufacturer.
• Quantity: 2
  Size: 18"
  Description: lightweight dog chain available at local pet stores
• Quantity: 2
  Size: 1" (or greater) diameter
  Description: split rings (key rings)
• Quantity: 2
  Size:3/4" (or greater) diameter
  Description: split rings (key rings)

Before making these purchases, you may also be interested in reading up on transporting your gear.

The total cost to build your rig will run approximately $55 including tax. The list of parts should be around $12 - $15 and the parts we will be providing (handles, wicking and swivels) will run you $30 ($18 for the wicking, $10 for the handles, $2 for the swivel hooks). Please be prepared to pay the $30 in cash for those parts the day we meet for this class:

Building the rig

Building the rig consists of these steps for both poi:

• folding the wicking in a cross weave
• screwing the bolt (with a washer on it) into the weave
• attaching the second washer
• putting on the nut
• tightening the nut as far as possible
• putting on the split washer and second nut
• cutting the bolt to size
• filing the edges of the cut bolt
• attaching the quick links, swivels, sized chain and handles

The details of this are discussed during the class itself.