Okay,
I bought a piece of 1/4 inch steel rod. Yesterday and today I spent some time and shaped the rod using mapp gas and a pliers. Then I hacksawed the jaw end, heated, spread and shaped them. It is pretty plain but it works. I got lazy and poured a little 4fg (lazy in as I didn't go back in from the back stoop and get out the horn of 2fg) down the barrel, filled the flash hole and bowl with same and put the glowing hemp match in the jaws. It went boom instead of hissing as I had wanted. This is south Jersey and a residential area. Now there weren't any houses in view from the back stoop but it did panick me a bit. Loretta from the church office immediately called to find out what happened. She thought the boiler hadexploded. I swore her to secrecy, she agreed, although she will tell her inline shooting husband and he will get a good laugh out of it. So far no polizei have showed up, thank the Lord!
Anyway, I have posted a few picks of the serpentine and match at photobucket. I will post them here as soon as enough time has passed at photobucket. That wil likely be tomorrow.
God bless.
volatpluvia