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implee
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#8084910 - 02/29/08 03:58 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Walmart has a set of 3 for like 10 dollars and hobby stores have them.. Also check out women stores with candles and shit.. People use them for accent lighting and table lighting and stuff
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#8084912 - 02/29/08 03:59 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I prefer a bunsen burner myself, but each to their own. It really shouldn't be that hard to come up with the $25 minimum order. They stock all kinds of items useful to the hobby. Petri dishes, inoculating loops, various glass containers, filters, syringes, etc..
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Diploid
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: fastfred]
#8084923 - 02/29/08 04:17 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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OMG this thread is ancient.
FF, some of us like to tinker, and besides, there's nothing particularly dangerous about this alcohol lamp rig. I've been making them since I was 10.
And yeah, some people can barely afford a spore syringe without resorting to Ramen Noodles for a week. Several of these people have PMed me a thanks in the years since I wrote this.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp *DELETED* [Re: Diploid]
#8173732 - 03/20/08 09:25 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Diploid
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: acommunistspy]
#8173758 - 03/20/08 09:38 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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No.
Use cotton. Especially DO NOT use polyfill or any other synthetic fiber because it will melt.
Real cotton is cheap and you can get it at every drug store in the world.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: Diploid]
#9168074 - 11/01/08 12:58 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I just built one of these and it works great! Thanks a lot Diploid!

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HippieChick
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9168107 - 11/01/08 01:10 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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LMAO .
That's what I thought when I first made one and just lit it .
Wait , you'll see
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FooMan



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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9168191 - 11/01/08 01:37 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Here's a simple pointer on those baby food jars to avoid the alcohol from getting wicked up onto the lid:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/8320532#Post8320532
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TsalagiSpirit
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#9168945 - 11/01/08 04:34 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Whats the advantages of an alcohol lamp vs. a lighter? Does it not leave that black residue on the needle like a lighter does?
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FooMan



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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: TsalagiSpirit]
#9168984 - 11/01/08 04:43 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
TsalagiSpirit said: Whats the advantages of an alcohol lamp vs. a lighter? Does it not leave that black residue on the needle like a lighter does?
Exactly. The alcohol burns clean. It still darkens the metal with the heat, but you don't get the soot you do with a regular lighter.
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#9169044 - 11/01/08 04:55 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah that soot just looks nasty. I have yet to contam from the Bic method but I'm building one of these for aesthetic value alone.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: CultiVader]
#9169451 - 11/01/08 06:34 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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fine you win I'll break down and make one!!! I will point out though that soot from candle (my normal method) heat has never posed contam problems. However, if this doesn't result in a marked increase in the speed that my syringe nettle heats up in expect a angered reply.
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169483 - 11/01/08 06:41 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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*needle
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ScavengerType



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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169497 - 11/01/08 06:47 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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sorry saladfingers must have my spellchecker under his control or it's that I started drinking at 4 this afternoon.
Anyway I'm wondering if 99.1% isopropal alcohol would substitute for denutured alcohol or where you could find denatured alcohol. Someone must know about this.
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169516 - 11/01/08 06:51 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's exactly what I was thinking!
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J3illy
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: CultiVader]
#9169529 - 11/01/08 06:55 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't see why you couldn't use isopropyl in that..
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FooMan



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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169543 - 11/01/08 06:59 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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You can find denatured alcohol near the paint supplies at home depot, lowes, walmart, kmart, etc.
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J3illy
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: J3illy]
#9169562 - 11/01/08 07:02 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I just did a search, and it says you can indeed burn isopropyl in an alcohol-lamp, but whatever amount of water in it brings the temp of the flame down.. So if you are gonna use isopropyl, def don't use the 70% - use the purest kind you can get.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: J3illy]
#9169740 - 11/01/08 07:50 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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dually noted from the both of yall. But fooman if you don't know me enough by now you might know how much I hate using bigbox stores, you mentioned almost every one of them. I'll have to have a Buddhist priest bless this thread now to undo your bad voodoo. That means I'll have to use my account at mycotopia, that I swear I only opened to view all of the BNL thread.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169873 - 11/01/08 08:21 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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i made one of these and it works great. i found ethyl alcohol at the local pharmacy, which burns clean thanks macguyver! and diploid!
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