Celluloid - Open Flame Not A Good Idea

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We have all heard that you never use open flame around old pen as they might be celluloid. Here is why.

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Less than a second of open flame and it started. 20 seconds for a solid piece to be ash.

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Now on to the PEN
 
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Chris - thanks for the demo, but you should have saved that peice as it could have been used for a finial on something. The pen you did out of that was amazing. It looks much like a Lucky Curve. Very nicely done.
 

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At the very beginning of "movies", the projector was in a seperate building from the movie theatre. The first films were on celluloid and if the projector ever "arched" there was a flash fire.

Being a projectionist paid very well in those days, because electricity was in its humble beginnings and power surges cause projection bulbs to spark frequently. Serveral projectionists perished in "flash fires".
 
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