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Barnabey
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Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission
#18971207 - 10/13/13 06:33 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello everyone again !
So here is my horrible problem :
I live in europe (Netherlands) and I'm desperately trying to find an alcohol lamp on the internet (ebay / amazon / anywhere) that does the following :
1. Work 2. Isn't made out of 1 mm glass that will implode in my hands. 3. Doesn't cost a crazy price.
My problem is I either find a nice model in America that isn't available for europe delivery or shitty models or OK models with 40 euros of fees !
My question : Can anyone suggest me a place to get a decent alcohol burner in europe for a decent price (And yes 3 euros with 40 euros of fees isn't a decent price )
My second question : I came across the angular alcohol lamps that allow different angles for different operations but i couldn't find any informations about it like what operations are used with different angles ? Is this of any use for mushroom cultivation ?
That's it Thanks for your awesome precise answers :p
My other post about pressure cooker and pressure that needs an answer : Pressure Cooker and Hell
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: Barnabey]
#18971209 - 10/13/13 06:35 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Search your local business directory for a science supply store, Thats what I did and i got one, but i cant make it burn a blue flame for some reason :/
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: SkysTheLimit]
#18971216 - 10/13/13 06:42 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well I live in Amsterdam and I already wrote the the big pharmacy for some advices and they sent me nowhere ! And I don't speak dutch :p And I'm not lazy to google I just find no satisfying results ! If someone comes and say click here : ______ I'll bless him with magic spores and distilled water.
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: Barnabey]
#18971313 - 10/13/13 07:44 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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sporewonder.nl
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: Barnabey]
#18971757 - 10/13/13 10:57 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Some guys use a zip lighter. They're pretty sweet and don't heat up your room between transfers or whatever. They also don't deposit soot the way a Bic lighter will. RR
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: RogerRabbit]
#18971929 - 10/13/13 11:49 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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try making an alcohol lamp out of a 1/2 pint mason jar. put a hole in the lid, stuff in a cotton wick with plenty of length coiled in the bottom of the jar. cover the wick in denatured alcohol or even 90% isopropol. that's it, alcohol lamp and it works great.
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: deadmandave]
#18971948 - 10/13/13 11:58 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I definitely prefer the micro torch to the alcohol burner when it comes to syringes. Fast, precise and clean burning fuel is cheaper. Of course way back when I had bought an alcohol lamp just for the novelty.
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: Barnabey]
#18972235 - 10/13/13 01:46 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: mycoloco]
#18972292 - 10/13/13 02:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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That's a lot of different answers in a few hours !
1. Forrest : Awesome links, you are blessed with magic spores. (also I wish there would be a link that has everything because really it's like those two websites agreed on selling 50% of what's needed on one site and the 50% on the other site ! :o
2. RR : I'm confused about the zipo the same way I am about the butane flambe torch : And an extra RR comment : After all your years of experience, are you using a zippo rather than an expensive cool golden alcohol lamp with your name engraved in it ? (i know you said "some guys" but :O
Do you just turn it on and leave it buring on the table ? Do you actually use one hand to turn it on each time you need to sterelize something ? That torch butane thing doesn't look like something I would keep on for 10 minutes ?
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: Barnabey]
#18973992 - 10/13/13 09:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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My personal favorite sterilizer:
http://www.sotooutdoors.com/products/item/PT-14SB.html
Basically functionally identical to a butane torch, but uses a cheap readily available cigarette lighter as a fuel pack. The down side is I need a free hand to use it, but its a decent little thing. (And im less likely to accidentally move an arm through the flame, as I have seen done with alcohol lamps/bunsen burners)
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SkysTheLimit
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: matsc]
#18974360 - 10/13/13 10:34 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey, does the pocket torch always make a blue flame? and how often do you have to replace the disposable lighter?
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: deadmandave]
#18974407 - 10/13/13 10:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
deadmandave said: try making an alcohol lamp out of a 1/2 pint mason jar. put a hole in the lid, stuff in a cotton wick with plenty of length coiled in the bottom of the jar. cover the wick in denatured alcohol or even 90% isopropol. that's it, alcohol lamp and it works great.
This. I bet this would be relatively easy.
Denatured alcohol FTW!
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: SkysTheLimit]
#18974569 - 10/13/13 11:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
SkysTheLimit said: Hey, does the pocket torch always make a blue flame? and how often do you have to replace the disposable lighter?
Yep the flame is always that blue color, and with my normal rate of usage I go through a lighter about once every two months. I could probably stretch it further if I tried, but I'm lazy. Its supposedly rated to 30 minutes continuous use per lighter, and I tend to use it in little 3-5 second intervals.
(Also the mason jar alcohol lamp is another viable idea. As long as you keep something around to extinguish it safely they work fine)
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: matsc]
#18974984 - 10/14/13 01:31 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh thats so good, just bought one off ebay, ive spent so much already on changing my tool sterilizer, i hope this one is the last haha cheers!
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Re: Alcohol Burner : The impossible mission [Re: SkysTheLimit]
#18975162 - 10/14/13 03:43 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Here's a picture of mine:  It will burn for hours.
Edited by deadmandave (10/14/13 03:44 AM)
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