May 4, 201214 yr 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
May 4, 201214 yr 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.
May 4, 201214 yr Several nice features, that swivel chief among them. Well done! might have to steal a bit of it for a candle holder.
May 4, 201214 yr Very nice. I wish I had more time at the forge to build my skill level up enough to try stuff like this. :)
May 5, 201214 yr Author 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!
May 5, 201214 yr 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.
May 5, 201214 yr Author 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.
May 12, 201214 yr Going to have to steal that idea myself. Once I get all the other stuff I promised my wife I would make her done.....:(
May 15, 201214 yr 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.
May 16, 201214 yr Author 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
May 16, 201214 yr Author 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
May 16, 201214 yr I like the lamp, and the hammer. Did you forge the head of the spike into the ball on the hammer?
May 16, 201214 yr Author 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
May 16, 201214 yr Very nice work, those RR spikes are about the handiest things for general everything. Keep up the good work
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