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JustChill


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Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work?
#10616743 - 07/03/09 04:22 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont have an alcohol lamp so i made one out of one of my jars. I drilled a hole in the lid and put a piece of shirt through it so only a little bit sticks out of the top. I then filled the jar with rubbing alcohol. I lit it and it works fine but im not sure if it may explode or anything. Thats why i came to you guys. i dont want to get hurt lol.
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AlexP



Registered: 06/04/09
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Loc: Europe
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Re: Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work? [Re: JustChill]
#10616762 - 07/03/09 04:24 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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LOL I use a candle. Way more simple!
-------------------- "To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost." Fernando Pessoa
"When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intelligence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them." Eliphas Levi
"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
"The Universe is an artistic catharsis." Artifex Infinitum
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Lostkeys
Fractal Thought Pattern



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Re: Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work? [Re: AlexP]
#10616948 - 07/03/09 04:50 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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It SHOULD work just fine. My first alcohol lamp was basically the same design, I used a piece of cotton for the wick though.
A candle WILL work, but is a dirtier flame, so you'll get some soot on your needle, which doesn't really matter. Oh, and an alcohol lamp using denatured alcohol burns hotter than a candle, so that's another benefit of using a lamp.
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AlexP



Registered: 06/04/09
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Re: Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work? [Re: Lostkeys]
#10616984 - 07/03/09 04:57 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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For sure! It takes a bit longer but works!
And you don't need to be playing around with alcohol on a sketchy burner.
-------------------- "To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost." Fernando Pessoa
"When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intelligence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them." Eliphas Levi
"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
"The Universe is an artistic catharsis." Artifex Infinitum
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shroomizzle
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Registered: 03/18/09
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Re: Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work? [Re: AlexP]
#10618895 - 07/04/09 01:46 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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i made the same kind of lamp with a baby food jar and used a shoe string with rubbing alcohol lol... i didnt like the candle as it would get dirty.
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orison
mcfluffysugarnuts


Registered: 01/19/09
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Re: Made a Alcohol Lamp will it work? [Re: shroomizzle]
#10619121 - 07/04/09 04:18 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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i use a propane torch for plumbing. set on low...
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