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SubGen1us

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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp *DELETED* [Re: fermopagus]
#9169894 - 11/01/08 08:26 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: SubGen1us]
#9169901 - 11/01/08 08:27 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Haha I hadn't thought of that. I better be extra careful during my hasty inoculation.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#9169920 - 11/01/08 08:34 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wow this thread is Old Good write up, I got mine a long time ago at a hobby shop.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: ScavengerType]
#9169927 - 11/01/08 08:35 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I know a lot of people that share your view on the big corporations. I try to avoid them myself, but it doesn't make sense for me to drive out of my way to go to a mom and pop shop for the same items when it means I'll have to buy more fuel and make the oil companies richer. Everything we buy these days comes from asia or some third world country sweat shop anyway.
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jjb007

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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#9184174 - 11/04/08 06:35 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I created this alcohol lamp the other day and filled it with 97% isopropyl alcohol... I tried to flame sterilize my scalpel however it left a black residue on the blade... any ideas as to why this happened?
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J3illy
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9184215 - 11/04/08 06:40 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Soot leftover is related to the flame.. A yellow/orange flame is full of soot, while a light-blue flame is not.. What color was your flame?
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9184314 - 11/04/08 06:53 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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jjb007 said: I created this alcohol lamp the other day and filled it with 97% isopropyl alcohol... I tried to flame sterilize my scalpel however it left a black residue on the blade... any ideas as to why this happened?
Who told you to use isopropyl? Read the directions in the first post. This is like people wondering why white rice didn't work for their PF tek.
Use denatured alcohol. The 3% of whatever else is in the iso alcohol is now on your scalpel.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: FooMan]
#9184332 - 11/04/08 06:55 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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is that hippiechick in her avatar? if so i need to hang out with her some time you know just chill expand minds and bodies good stuff
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J3illy
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: slicknick]
#9184354 - 11/04/08 06:59 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Isopropyl is still burnable, although I'd recommend the denat.. The remaining % in it is just water, but it's not good for the flame cuz it cools it down.. If this kid's stuff was covered w/ soot, I guarantee he wasn't burning a nice clean blue flame..
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jjb007

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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9184380 - 11/04/08 07:04 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea you guys are right, it wasn't blue, it was definitely orange/yellow... I just thought I read in one of the other posts that you could use iso alcohol... my bad.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: J3illy]
#9184423 - 11/04/08 07:10 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I just use a can of Sterno... they cost like a dollar at party supply stores ect. Could prolly find them at walmart too.

They burn clean, and I never smell any fumes ect from them.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: Boris]
#9189802 - 11/05/08 03:47 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Earlier today I went to walmart and bought some denatured alcohol (the same exact container that is pictured in the TEK). My flame still is not completely blue though... although it no longer leaves black stuff on my scalpel!
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jjb007

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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9195287 - 11/06/08 12:38 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Even though the flame isn't completely blue, it does turn my needle red fairly quickly... does this mean that it is hot enough? (I obviously don't know much about this)
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: jjb007]
#9196865 - 11/06/08 05:18 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes. By the time the needle glows red, the red area is completely sterile.
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: Diploid]
#9199432 - 11/06/08 11:38 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Edited by aguy (03/27/09 01:11 AM)
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: Diploid]
#9248274 - 11/15/08 10:00 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Okay I'm making my lamp tonight, but I don't think I have said drill bit. We don't really own an array of tools, just random assortments of things here and there. Does the hole have to be a precise size or could I go slightly smaller/bigger? I'm just asking for safety's sake. I don't want any flares.
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slicknick
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: CultiVader]
#9252739 - 11/15/08 11:49 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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as long as your wick fits the hole nicely it wont matter but either way be careful with any flame source
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CultiVader
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Re: Diploid's Home-made Alcohol Lamp [Re: slicknick]
#9253936 - 11/16/08 08:44 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well I gave it a whirl and it works great. This'll be so much cleaner than using a bic.
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