wolfshieldrx Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I made a little grease lamp yesterday. Dont think i got the proportions just right but i'm pleased with my first try. Plus my wife likes it! Thanks for looking. Comments encouraged. Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Nothing wrong with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Well done. Have you used it yet? Does it tend to drip from someplace other than the wick channel? Keep going. Don't stop. Perfection is promised; eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Roy Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Your wife likes it; what more can you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Are they not also called Betty Lamps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Several nice features, that swivel chief among them. Well done! might have to steal a bit of it for a candle holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Entrance Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Very nice. I wish I had more time at the forge to build my skill level up enough to try stuff like this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Thanx for the comments! I've not tried it with grease. Wife using a candle in it. Glen: I'm no expert but from what I've read a betty (english corruption for german word for "better") lamp has a cover. Thus it is a "better" lamp than the open crusie lamp. Have also seen open top lamp called a "slut" lamp. Slut is an old word for mud. Makes sense when you think of what the mixture of various animal fats, waxes and oils being burned probably looked like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Nice lamp whatever it's called Bart. I'd make Deb one but I get all antsy with something like that burning in the house, earthquakes aren't uncommon at all. Still. . . Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Nice lamp whatever it's called Bart. I'd make Deb one but I get all antsy with something like that burning in the house, earthquakes aren't uncommon at all. Still. . . Yeah, dont like open flames outside the forge or campfire...wife is using one of those battery powered led tea lights in hers. A little of the old...a little of the new i guess! Bart Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_edge2 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Yep ....Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCornett Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Going to have to steal that idea myself. Once I get all the other stuff I promised my wife I would make her done.....:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Covington Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Nice little lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick60 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Nice work!!! I like the swivel. But...... how does it work as a lamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maillemaker Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Nice work!!! I like the swivel. But...... how does it work as a lamp? The pan is filled with bacon grease, animal tallow, or wax. A wick, usually made of rolled cotton cloth or string, is rubbed with the fuel and placed in the pan. When the fuse is lit, the fuel is liquefied, and as it burns, more is drawn up from the reservoir through capillary action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 The pan is filled with bacon grease, animal tallow, or wax. A wick, usually made of rolled cotton cloth or string, is rubbed with the fuel and placed in the pan. When the fuse is lit, the fuel is liquefied, and as it burns, more is drawn up from the reservoir through capillary action. What he said :-) bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Made another today :-) Thanks for all the comments! Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 I decided to make a dedicated hammer for sinking lamps, candle cups, etc into my swage block: Made from HC railroad spike...comments encouraged. Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elemental Metal Creations Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I like the lamp, and the hammer. Did you forge the head of the spike into the ball on the hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 I like the lamp, and the hammer. Did you forge the head of the spike into the ball on the hammer? Thanks on both accounts! Forging the head of the spike into the head of the hammer would seem the logical approach, right? But I had difficulties when I tried that...folding, quilting, cold shuts, etc. In the end, I just cut the head off, upset the end. Then forged a ball on the end. The spike was held in the vise while I shaped the head. Hope that made sense. bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusb Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Very nice work, those RR spikes are about the handiest things for general everything. Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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