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monkeymagic
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Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

#717808 - 07/02/02 12:00 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

I'm having trouble finding an alcohol lamp that isn't really expensive with shipping and handling. I have found an oil lamp to buuy at walmart. Will this work just as well?

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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

[Re: monkeymagic]
#717853 - 07/02/02 12:26 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

no it won't.....you will have nasty oily soot on your needle.

if you can't find an Alcohol lamp.....use a butane torch or lighter(torch kind).

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on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.

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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

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#717933 - 07/02/02 01:14 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Do the torch lighters leave residue on the needle? I have used one but didnt look for any residue....

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Roadkill
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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

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#717988 - 07/02/02 01:48 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Very little.....and you can wipe the needle with a cotton ball with 99% Alcohol on it....if it makes you feel better.

on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.

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paranoid2
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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

[Re: monkeymagic]
#718136 - 07/02/02 03:32 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Or you can do what I did--make your own alcohol lamp...

...go to the grocery store, and buy a small jar of baby food--preferably something you might want to eat (I went for the applesauce, and steered clear of the creamed lamb

). After you empty and rinse out the jar, hammer a small nail through the lid, from the top side. Finally, cut a single "thread" (or whatever they're called) from the end of a mop--you need a piece just long enough to poke a quarter inch out of the lid, and barely touching the bottom of the jar when the lid is on. Finally, fill the jar, about half-way with denatured alcohol (in the paint department of a hardware store), screw the cap on and light!

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staindblue
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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

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#718146 - 07/02/02 03:39 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Thank's Paranoid, That's a great idea, I needed one of these for a glove box I'm making!!

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L3D
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Re: Alcohol lamp or oil lamp?

[Re: paranoid2]
#718162 - 07/02/02 03:49 PM (24 years, 4 months ago)

or if you need it quick do what i do. take a shot glass fill it up with a little alchol and light.

works good.

L3D

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