Thanks so much for watching and I hope you enjoy this little historical type lamp. Please leave me a thumbs up (or a thumbs down!) and a comment in the section below.
Just a suggestion. I might have made the "hanger iron" strap a tad longer and folded a small (one or two) hole shelf on the bottom just to give the pop-rivet a little bit of support so it wouldn't have to hold all of the weight.
Years ago, I worked at a small college, and they made as bunch of oil lamps from baby food jars for an outdoor night event ( a tradition specific to a particular dorm). They just drilled a hole on the lid, that was a close fit for wicks made from cotton rope. Each jar was filled with cooking oil, and allowed time for the wick to soak up oil. As I recall, they ran a long time on just the oil a baby food jar would hold.
👍Hey, great fun! Yep, that’s what lamps were for thousands of years, a container, a wick, and some combustible oil. Then came less than a century of incredible creativity and ingenuity (Kosmos lamps, angle lamps, Hitchcock forced draft lamp, Aladdin lamps, etc.) along with petroleum - and Boom, gas lights and electricity; oil lamps were obsolete. I grew up with kerosene and propane lights because we didn’t get power until the mid 1970’s. This is a great little project. Maybe one of my grandkids would enjoy it.😄
That is so cool you are the cleverest young man I've seen. My grandson and I have not got to make the last project that you made, although I keep these and save them, because I have been sick but I'm on the mend now and hopefully I can get him this weekend and we can work on one or two of these. Thanks James for all these little projects it's best for a child to learn these little things because when they do it their self they will always think back when they're teaching their child that my papa and my papa's friend James helped me to make this. You know a very little light is better than no light at all especially for a kid. Thanks again James and may God bless and please stay vigilant!
It's important to get kids interested in this kind of stuff. It's a lot better than letting them watch television all the time. I worry about kids these days. Too much indoctrination and not enough imagination. They need older people they can respect to help him along. Well done
@@jamesbowen5573 thanks for your reply James. I have three grandsons of which one I never get to see and the other only if I've got gas to get down there and see him. But this one up here is great he loves learning don't get me wrong he likes his electronics but not so much with me because I don't keep them around so these little projects with James is great. May God bless and stay vigilant
We've made similar ones using just sardine cans packed in oil. Just burning the oil left in the can to burn. It would burn for 1 to 2 hours depending on how much oil was left. The nice thing is if you're camping with a friend or group you can take turns burning your oil as to get a longer lamp light. Once your eyes get adjusted you can easily play a card game or read. I had forgotten about it until your video reminded me. God bless and stay safe.
Sardine oil being burned is somewhat of a predator call that would need to be avoided in bear country or coyotes that run in packs . Maybe other predators . I have taken both of these critters in my 73 years of being a dummy .
Ive got 3 brass oil lamps that I made,and have kept burning since 2012 sitting on my special cabinet as a memorial center for my mom,dad,my sister and my little chihuahua.Olive oil is rather expensive,and regular vegetable oil is either corn oil or soy oil,and it burns with a noticeable scent that can get annoying. I use canola oil.Little to no scent,and burns very well,but no chance of a flare up. For a wick,I use cotton clothes line,and I remove the poly core from it,leaving only the cotton shell.
@@BingWatcher Yep..You cut your cord to length,push back the cotton sle e to expose the core,and pull the core out.Real simple.That poly core melts and messes up the wick real quick.
Cool video. I use an actual Betty Lamp as a reenactor. They don't put out a LOT of light but in the dark woods it's great. Certainly better than no light at all. I like the can use. Very good.
My wife has made something like this from clay and glazed and fired them. They're pretty and very functional for what they are. Hers doesn't have the hanger peice on it A good thing for a wick is a the hem off a pair of jeans or just use the jeans twisted. Plus jean material make great charr cloth
I tried making one. Out of bacon grease a couple years ago. It didn't turn out so well. I think my oil was to thick among other things. Thanks for making one of these.
Really enjoying these videos. I am starting to learn a number of things that I never knew before. I appreciate that. Thanks for sharing your joys you have for the lifestyle etc. It helps a lot. Thank you.
I said in a heart beat....BETTY LAMP!!!! You need to head over to Illinois sometime to Fort de Chartres! Going this coming weekend for Winter Rendezvos it used to be called Fall Fort. Come on over!!!
Once again thanks so much for another amazing idea! I will definitely make this for my family camping trips. I can get the family involved and have so fun. You are the best!!
This is a bright idea. If you did not have access to a battery drill you could make the hole with a nail and then fasten the pieces together with a small bolt as you mentioned or even "sowing" them together with a thin wire. The hanger iron can be "cut" by wedging it between two straight surfaces and bending it until it breaks. The edges would be sharp but it would work if you did not have access to clippers and a file.
I’ve almost given up and connected a lightbulb in my tipi. But this inspires me to hold out and make a real effort at using animal fat for lighting this winter.
Hey! You fell of my list for a long time. I’m so glad you’re back on and I’m resubscribed. Thanks for the details on this. I had no odes there was a reason for the shape. Now I have to go back and finish off watching that series you made with the settler going west.
I finally got around to making a couple of these today just without the handle. I cut up an old pair of denim shorts that had some holes in them to make the wick, and man I was surprised how much light you get from them. I got about an hour to an hour and a half before I had to pull the wick up a little, so I definitely recommend going the denim route for making the wick. These things are great.
@@WayPointSurvival thank you for the video. I grew up in South Florida, so I’m acutely aware of how life can be with out electricity. I was 14 when Hurricane Andrew hit, and it was months without power. Something like this could have been a game changer. Conserving candles, and batteries in the flashlights was no fun.
Hi James , you can improvise in the forest , is a big DIY , easy , cheap , usefull an funny , mind therapy for us , thank you for your videos , i see you later James , have a big one
Nice. I have plenty of those cans. Thanks for another video. We should probably get with you next time back in the area. I am from Michigan and my girlfriend is from Ohio. We moved to Arizona, and I no longer watch football because it is scripted, even at the college level. We need to get along to survive in the future.
Great little lamp! I watched another video where a guy makes a version he calls the Bright Betty lamp. He uses the glass Mason jar drinking glasses with a fiberglass lantern wick and liquid paraffin oil for the fuel. Forget his name but check out Bright Betty Bama Lamp, or something like that.
Pretty clever, I have made those things before I don't even remember how young I was the first time but I never put a handle on any of them. I don't use them mainly because I am paranoid about them getting knocked over. For a house it's a great idea. You could use vegetable oil if you wanted to. However taking it out camping is very problematic. For one you're not going to burn up or use all of the oil in there your Wick will start burning up before you get every last drop out so then you're going to have a mess to carry out of there. And even if you keep it in a ziplock freezer bag you're probably not going to want to reuse it because of the oil being all over it and probably even the handle. And if you live in a place that has wind, like I do in Oklahoma that thing won't stay lit outside. At least on most days. One of the best Wicks to get is if you have a mop that is made out of cotton you sure don't want polyester. I have used those before to make olive oil candles before using a baby food jar. I've even taken cotton balls and twisted them and made wicks. Then I have used a wire around it to make a hanger kind of like a little Lantern. But the difference is you can have an extra lid and put a intact lid on it when you're done burning it just push the wick down into the oil and screw on the other lid that way you only have to keep the lid with a hole in it in a small ziplock baggie. And your oil is not going to cause you any problems. I got bored with it and I never really worked out a way to make a good windscreen for it. Perhaps if you had a glass cutter you could take a small jelly jar and incorporated as a windscreen but you would have to play with it to get it to work right and those little lamps are really cheap so I never found it to be worth messing with. My grandmother actually had several different kinds of lamps she kept on her knick knack Shelf and when I was a kid I would pull them out and we would put oil in them and burn them. Another hack is to get an old teapot made out of ceramic. The old kind where you would filter the tea grounds and then pour it out the spout. But those things are not as common as they were when I was younger. Those cans really do work though I'm just not sure how safe they are. Especially if you have pets or kids. It's also fair to note that you can buy Crisco in different size containers and you can shove a wick down in one of those and it works just like a candle and will burn forever.
There is a warning on Crisco "cans' to NOT pour hot shortening back into the container, as it will burn, being waxed cardboard. Thus, its not safe to make a lamp or candle out of the original Crisco container.
Great lamp, and it inspired me to make one for myself. I had a great idea for a different body, and when I make it, I'll post it up on my UA-cam page and I'll note the proper recognition for the idea to your channel when I do. Thanks so much for your clever idea, and Ive been subscribed to your channel for a good while now, and Ilook forward to many great ideas to come.
nice idea like it , i personally would close the narrow edge of the can and pull the wick through it to prevent the whole cloth starting to burn at the same time
In a place where I lived there were repeated power cuts, and so there was a great demand for candles - to the point that every supplier ran out. I would forced to make my own oil light, very much the same as yours (although you did a better job, obviously!). It was quite effective. Later I "upgraded" to a kerosene lamp.
Hilarious. I've only seen this design before once, and that was a documentary about ancient Britain. It was the precursor to the formal candle. As always, you are amazing mate.
Nice recreation of the betty lamp! Accurate and innovative. Now for some simple realities: First you don't have to mangle the can. Yes, traditional and primitive bowl/spouts were the way to go and do work. In a pinch any bowl shape container with oil and a wick will work. Heck, I made an oil light with a Pepsi can . a strip of cloth off my t shirt and bacon fat. Now for some other realities: You don't get much light or heat from such a set up. Light radiance is about 5 feet. At best. Heat radiance is a joke. I know because I've done this. Last thought. It does work. Just not how you might expect it to.
@@garyminick1050 Yes it does. Animal fats have the tendency solidify where plant based oils less so. But the basic principle remains the same. Apply enough heat and any oil will burn. Some better than others.
I think that's why you see a lot of the Betty lamps hanging from the fireplace mantle where the fat or grease would stay warmed up and liquid enough to burn and create light.
@@WayPointSurvival That would be correct. Then they would light them and move them to where needed.. It's been goin on fer ages. Still does to this day. Nice to see some folk know what the hell they are doin
My wife is a Filipina. In the Philippines many of the poorer households use something similar to a Mason jar. they drill a small hole in the lid and insert a small 2 inch long aluminum pipe, maybe 1/4 inch diameter. inside the pipe is the wick. Kerosene is the usual fuel. it burns for many, many hours
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Thanks so much for watching and I hope you enjoy this little historical type lamp. Please leave me a thumbs up (or a thumbs down!) and a comment in the section below.
Just a suggestion. I might have made the "hanger iron" strap a tad longer and folded a small (one or two) hole shelf on the bottom just to give the pop-rivet a little bit of support so it wouldn't have to hold all of the weight.
Why doesn't ALL the olive oil just set on fire?
Because it's not really that flammable, it needs a wick.
@@WayPointSurvival Thank you Sir. Honestly Ive never messed with such things. I Live and learn :)
Years ago, I worked at a small college, and they made as bunch of oil lamps from baby food jars for an outdoor night event ( a tradition specific to a particular dorm). They just drilled a hole on the lid, that was a close fit for wicks made from cotton rope. Each jar was filled with cooking oil, and allowed time for the wick to soak up oil.
As I recall, they ran a long time on just the oil a baby food jar would hold.
Awesome way to incorporate a historical item into a modern bushcraft lamp. ✅
Thanks!
The 1800s series is my favorite. Great videos.
👍Hey, great fun! Yep, that’s what lamps were for thousands of years, a container, a wick, and some combustible oil. Then came less than a century of incredible creativity and ingenuity (Kosmos lamps, angle lamps, Hitchcock forced draft lamp, Aladdin lamps, etc.) along with petroleum - and Boom, gas lights and electricity; oil lamps were obsolete. I grew up with kerosene and propane lights because we didn’t get power until the mid 1970’s. This is a great little project. Maybe one of my grandkids would enjoy it.😄
Thanks so much, glad you liked it!
That is so cool you are the cleverest young man I've seen. My grandson and I have not got to make the last project that you made, although I keep these and save them, because I have been sick but I'm on the mend now and hopefully I can get him this weekend and we can work on one or two of these. Thanks James for all these little projects it's best for a child to learn these little things because when they do it their self they will always think back when they're teaching their child that my papa and my papa's friend James helped me to make this. You know a very little light is better than no light at all especially for a kid. Thanks again James and may God bless and please stay vigilant!
Thanks so much, my friend!
WELL SAID...AND GET WELL SOON👍🙏
You sound like a great grandpa. The grandkids are very lucky!
It's important to get kids interested in this kind of stuff. It's a lot better than letting them watch television all the time. I worry about kids these days. Too much indoctrination and not enough imagination. They need older people they can respect to help him along. Well done
@@jamesbowen5573 thanks for your reply James. I have three grandsons of which one I never get to see and the other only if I've got gas to get down there and see him. But this one up here is great he loves learning don't get me wrong he likes his electronics but not so much with me because I don't keep them around so these little projects with James is great. May God bless and stay vigilant
I like your videos because is authentic and genius.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much!
We've made similar ones using just sardine cans packed in oil. Just burning the oil left in the can to burn. It would burn for 1 to 2 hours depending on how much oil was left. The nice thing is if you're camping with a friend or group you can take turns burning your oil as to get a longer lamp light. Once your eyes get adjusted you can easily play a card game or read. I had forgotten about it until your video reminded me. God bless and stay safe.
Indeed. Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
Sardine oil being burned is somewhat of a predator call that would need to be avoided in bear country or coyotes that run in packs . Maybe other predators . I have taken both of these critters in my 73 years of being a dummy .
@@garyminick1050 Great advice. And not to mention that it will attract insects and rodents if you camp in a popular spot
Ive got 3 brass oil lamps that I made,and have kept burning since 2012 sitting on my special cabinet as a memorial center for my mom,dad,my sister and my little chihuahua.Olive oil is rather expensive,and regular vegetable oil is either corn oil or soy oil,and it burns with a noticeable scent that can get annoying.
I use canola oil.Little to no scent,and burns very well,but no chance of a flare up.
For a wick,I use cotton clothes line,and I remove the poly core from it,leaving only the cotton shell.
Great tip. I didn’t know about removing the poly core.
@@BingWatcher Yep..You cut your cord to length,push back the cotton sle e to expose the core,and pull the core out.Real simple.That poly core melts and messes up the wick real quick.
Love it!
Thanks!
Once again, you prove that simple is good. Thanks.
This is great
I may make a Navajo style
Cool video. I use an actual Betty Lamp as a reenactor. They don't put out a LOT of light but in the dark woods it's great. Certainly better than no light at all. I like the can use. Very good.
Thanks so much!
Absolutely love your channel have made lots of the hobo stoves you've demonstrated.. work brilliant here in Scotland. Thank you
Awesome, thank you for watching!
I am making one for sure! Thanks for the idea
Cool. I liked the historical value. Thank you
And as usual, another great video, Thanks James.
I love the up-cycling/recycling/repurposing you do, very creative. Good stuff once again.
There's my family's hanger iron again. Lol. Nice project. Thanks, James!
Thanks for watching, as always!
Cool! A historical hack, never seen one, that was a bright idea 💡
Thanks!
Caught your play on words there.
Historical hack...lol. . . .
Thanks for sharing all the tips and things you know, you are a very respectful man, thanks again, have a great day, Brian.😊
Thanks so much, you too!
Like the Jews in old Time. Soooo goooood Idea. Blessings
Thanks!
Excellent project for the kids & all learning the basics....thank you Sir.....ATB
My wife has made something like this from clay and glazed and fired them. They're pretty and very functional for what they are. Hers doesn't have the hanger peice on it
A good thing for a wick is a the hem off a pair of jeans or just use the jeans twisted.
Plus jean material make great charr cloth
Nice one 👍 James great video 👍
Thank you!
Clever design.
That’s a neat little invention James, take care and God bless you.
Thanks, my friend, you too!
EXCELLENT!
You see survival usage for everything really like that.
I tried making one. Out of bacon grease a couple years ago. It didn't turn out so well. I think my oil was to thick among other things. Thanks for making one of these.
thats a good idea for my cabin out in the bush
Really enjoying these videos. I am starting to learn a number of things that I never knew before. I appreciate that. Thanks for sharing your joys you have for the lifestyle etc. It helps a lot. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Hello from the thumb of Michigan great video thank you brother stay safe and God bless you
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
Thanks James, Nice tip once again.
I like your ideas, my friend. Keep them coming.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for the videos, I appreciate you.
Very cool. Every wick style lamp project I have tried……. Well I have failed. Just not enough light. My hat is off to James. You know how to make ‘em !
The trick is the angle that the wick lays in. I struggled with it too until I found out that fact. Thanks for watching, my friend!
Thanks for the info !
Thanks for another great idea.
Love your channel, I have gotten so many great ideas from you and your channel. Thank you for makin me aware
Thanks so much!
I said in a heart beat....BETTY LAMP!!!! You need to head over to Illinois sometime to Fort de Chartres! Going this coming weekend for Winter Rendezvos it used to be called Fall Fort. Come on over!!!
This was a awesome thing to learn today, thank you for making this.
That's real cool. Thanks.
Very cool is a bright idea
It`s very useful video. Hello from Russia !!!
Thanks so much!
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing the smudge lamp from history
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your Betty( smudge) lamp
Once Again A Great Video and Thanks For Sharing!
Thanks so much, my friend!
Another great video, thank you.
very cool never seen this way before
More people should watch your videos. The things people would learn could be life saving. 👍
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Not a problem Sir. Just glad I found the channel.
Once again thanks so much for another amazing idea! I will definitely make this for my family camping trips. I can get the family involved and have so fun. You are the best!!
Another awesome video
Cool design 👍
Thanks!
Thanks James
You're welcome!
Awesome and epic video as always thank you so much for making it ❤️👍
Thanks!
I just made this with old olive oil and a store bought Lantern Wick, workes perfectly TY.
Excellent!
Ingenious!
Another good one James
Thank you so much!
Love these videos....
Thank you for your Video, My God Continue to Bless You.
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
Very cool!
This is a bright idea. If you did not have access to a battery drill you could make the hole with a nail and then fasten the pieces together with a small bolt as you mentioned or even "sowing" them together with a thin wire. The hanger iron can be "cut" by wedging it between two straight surfaces and bending it until it breaks. The edges would be sharp but it would work if you did not have access to clippers and a file.
Excellent.
Good video James , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
Thanls for bronging ot to is jim .great littel lights work real good in my plow point yrs ago.
Excellent application. Thank you for watching!
I’ve almost given up and connected a lightbulb in my tipi. But this inspires me to hold out and make a real effort at using animal fat for lighting this winter.
There's more than One reason no Indian lives in a tipi anymore . . .
@@fjb4932 lots of reasons, you go first.
Good one James 😆
Very cool hack dude I like it.😊☮️
Hey! You fell of my list for a long time. I’m so glad you’re back on and I’m resubscribed. Thanks for the details on this. I had no odes there was a reason for the shape. Now I have to go back and finish off watching that series you made with the settler going west.
Thanks so much for coming back to the channel! We are actually currently filming for episode 15 of the 1790s survival series.
@@WayPointSurvival I think I’m at 12, so I’ll catch up.
I finally got around to making a couple of these today just without the handle. I cut up an old pair of denim shorts that had some holes in them to make the wick, and man I was surprised how much light you get from them. I got about an hour to an hour and a half before I had to pull the wick up a little, so I definitely recommend going the denim route for making the wick. These things are great.
Excellent. Thanks for the tip!
@@WayPointSurvival thank you for the video. I grew up in South Florida, so I’m acutely aware of how life can be with out electricity. I was 14 when Hurricane Andrew hit, and it was months without power. Something like this could have been a game changer. Conserving candles, and batteries in the flashlights was no fun.
Hi James , you can improvise in the forest , is a big DIY , easy , cheap , usefull an funny , mind therapy for us , thank you for your videos , i see you later James , have a big one
Thanks, you too!
Very cool. Thx for the vid
Thanks for watching!
This is extremely useful
Very neat and resourceful. Very biblical too. Lol.
Nice. I have plenty of those cans. Thanks for another video. We should probably get with you next time back in the area. I am from Michigan and my girlfriend is from Ohio. We moved to Arizona, and I no longer watch football because it is scripted, even at the college level. We need to get along to survive in the future.
Thanks for watching, glad you liked the video!
Great little lamp! I watched another video where a guy makes a version he calls the Bright Betty lamp. He uses the glass Mason jar drinking glasses with a fiberglass lantern wick and liquid paraffin oil for the fuel. Forget his name but check out Bright Betty Bama Lamp, or something like that.
I like it👍
Thanks again James
That was a great video James!
Thanks, my friend!
@@WayPointSurvival anytime buddy!!
Cool I’m going to make one
Excellent!
Always informative and entertaining. Keep at it bro.mad love.
That was neat
Great video of how to make the lamp. It would have been nice to see the lamp working at night, outside and inside to see the lighting effect.
It's basically as strong as a strong candle. So, if you're familiar with candles that's the effect you get but it lasts for hours.
Pretty clever, I have made those things before I don't even remember how young I was the first time but I never put a handle on any of them. I don't use them mainly because I am paranoid about them getting knocked over. For a house it's a great idea. You could use vegetable oil if you wanted to. However taking it out camping is very problematic. For one you're not going to burn up or use all of the oil in there your Wick will start burning up before you get every last drop out so then you're going to have a mess to carry out of there. And even if you keep it in a ziplock freezer bag you're probably not going to want to reuse it because of the oil being all over it and probably even the handle.
And if you live in a place that has wind, like I do in Oklahoma that thing won't stay lit outside. At least on most days.
One of the best Wicks to get is if you have a mop that is made out of cotton you sure don't want polyester. I have used those before to make olive oil candles before using a baby food jar. I've even taken cotton balls and twisted them and made wicks. Then I have used a wire around it to make a hanger kind of like a little Lantern. But the difference is you can have an extra lid and put a intact lid on it when you're done burning it just push the wick down into the oil and screw on the other lid that way you only have to keep the lid with a hole in it in a small ziplock baggie. And your oil is not going to cause you any problems. I got bored with it and I never really worked out a way to make a good windscreen for it. Perhaps if you had a glass cutter you could take a small jelly jar and incorporated as a windscreen but you would have to play with it to get it to work right and those little lamps are really cheap so I never found it to be worth messing with. My grandmother actually had several different kinds of lamps she kept on her knick knack Shelf and when I was a kid I would pull them out and we would put oil in them and burn them.
Another hack is to get an old teapot made out of ceramic. The old kind where you would filter the tea grounds and then pour it out the spout. But those things are not as common as they were when I was younger. Those cans really do work though I'm just not sure how safe they are. Especially if you have pets or kids. It's also fair to note that you can buy Crisco in different size containers and you can shove a wick down in one of those and it works just like a candle and will burn forever.
There is a warning on Crisco "cans' to NOT pour hot shortening back into the container, as it will burn, being waxed cardboard. Thus, its not safe to make a lamp or candle out of the original Crisco container.
Gr8 little light
Thanks!
Hi James! Now I must make one. LOL
Great stuff. It would have been nice to see how much light it gave off in the dark . Thank you for sharing.
It gives off about as much light as a strong candle.
Great lamp, and it inspired me to make one for myself. I had a great idea for a different body, and when I make it, I'll post it up on my UA-cam page and I'll note the proper recognition for the idea to your channel when I do. Thanks so much for your clever idea, and Ive been subscribed to your channel for a good while now, and Ilook forward to many great ideas to come.
Excellent! Thanks for watching!
subscribed after checking out your channel.
nice idea like it , i personally would close the narrow edge of the can and pull the wick through it to prevent the whole cloth starting to burn at the same time
That actually didn't work well when I tried that. The angle and pool of oil is very important.
nice, you could make a mirror with shiny aluminum too
Nice 👍🖖
Would like to see a build of a lamp that is more spill proof 🙂
I have several on my channel that use candles that are relatively spill proof.
In a place where I lived there were repeated power cuts, and so there was a great demand for candles - to the point that every supplier ran out. I would forced to make my own oil light, very much the same as yours (although you did a better job, obviously!). It was quite effective. Later I "upgraded" to a kerosene lamp.
Thanks for watching!
Hilarious.
I've only seen this design before once, and that was a documentary about ancient Britain. It was the precursor to the formal candle.
As always, you are amazing mate.
Thanks for watching!
Speaking of the Ohio series... That road to the cabin is very good for shovel and oxen ... 🤔😉😁
It's amazing how many lamps and cookers are cunningly disguised as tin cans...........👍
I know, right? Lol!
Nice recreation of the betty lamp! Accurate and innovative. Now for some simple realities: First you don't have to mangle the can. Yes, traditional and primitive bowl/spouts were the way to go and do work. In a pinch any bowl shape container with oil and a wick will work. Heck, I made an oil light with a Pepsi can . a strip of cloth off my t shirt and bacon fat. Now for some other realities: You don't get much light or heat from such a set up. Light radiance is about 5 feet. At best. Heat radiance is a joke. I know because I've done this. Last thought. It does work. Just not how you might expect it to.
Wood that not depend on the density of the oil ?
Thanks.
@@garyminick1050 Yes it does. Animal fats have the tendency solidify where plant based oils less so. But the basic principle remains the same. Apply enough heat and any oil will burn. Some better than others.
I think that's why you see a lot of the Betty lamps hanging from the fireplace mantle where the fat or grease would stay warmed up and liquid enough to burn and create light.
@@WayPointSurvival That would be correct. Then they would light them and move them to where needed.. It's been goin on fer ages. Still does to this day. Nice to see some folk know what the hell they are doin
Thank you
You're welcome!
Great video
Thanks!
Another great video. I'm going to have try that. I'm curious as to if citronella torch fluid would work the same. Thanks again. Stay safe. ✌️
Only 3 ways to find out. . . .
My wife is a Filipina. In the Philippines many of the poorer households use something similar to a Mason jar. they drill a small hole in the lid and insert a small 2 inch long aluminum pipe, maybe 1/4 inch diameter. inside the pipe is the wick. Kerosene is the usual fuel. it burns for many, many hours
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it and I may even showcase it on the channel.
Great video, I liked it. I myself started making videos about my adventures, so I'm interested in everything. 👍
"I myself..."
As in, me myself and i ?