Here are the directions! Thank you! 1. Use ½" copper tubing. 2. Cut off 1½" with pipe cutter. 3. Expose about ⅛” of tubing out of flange tool. 4. Sand the outside smooth. 5. Take another piece of ½"copper tubing and drill a small hole in the top. 6. Put 14 Gauge 2 Conductor Electrical Wire Cable or just 14g and wrap around pipe about 6x and remove. 7. Use 1¾" round piece of wood as a jig. Drill hole with a ¼" drill bit and add a groove on the top going to the hole for the wire. 8. Leave drill bit in jig as a guide. Slide pipe with wire wrapped around it over bit. Put wire in the groove and wrap the wire in the same direction 3x. Leave enough room for your handle. Bend wire straight up for handle. Remove from jig. 9. Put the flared 1½"copper tubing in coiled wire. 10. Cut 2½ to 3" length x 1" wide of the wick. . Use needle nose pliers to make a handle at top of wire. 11. Push wick in through flange side by twisting it in until about ⅛"is at the flange end, then make 3 cuts to form 4 "legs". 12. Twist the wick "legs"into the handle. Trim wick "legs"to the outside edge of the base of the handle. 13. Add about an inch of olive oil. 14. Squirt accelerant (lamp oil) onto wick (about 10 drops or more to prime), light, and enjoy!
I'm sick and I'm bored. I'm an engineer and an artist. So, while miserable, watching UA-cam on the couch, you showed me this, things went sideways. Still watching UA-cam by the light of my new olive oil lamp. Couldn't find any carbon felt, so I went with fiberglass tiki torch wicks. For now. Carbon felt is what I use for all my camp stoves. So much better. However, I got the copper pipe and wire. Didn't much like the spring copper coil at the bottom loke everyone shows. Too springy while moving. So, like wrapping stones for jewelry, I made spider legs that fit the bottom of my mason jar. Don't want it moving while using it as a flashlight. Next, I'm going to sandpaper the glass. Clear glass casts a farther light, but for indoor use, frosted glass refracts light better. Short distance, but much brighter. Color it red to preseve night vission if you need to sneek around. Plus, copper is so steam punk it ridiculous. Spend some time to not just coil the wire, but make it beautiful. A mason jar by itself it iconic in most of our hearts. Then you see one with a copper tree or lotus flower on fire in the middle... I'm just saying. Survival isn't just about utility. Take a few extra minutues to add a little extra to your projects so you can inspire other people who might see what you have made.
Thank you for the ❤️! It would be fair to say that, like you, fire is in my DNA. I heat treat all titanium I come across. However, I wanted to run an idea past you. Much larger mason jar. More oil reserves at the bottom. 3 copper tubes bound together, but all differing lengths. Smallest primes the middle, middle the longest. Like pipe organ pipes. More light at different hights. Like a chandelier version of the smaller lamps for lighting a larger area. Or, 3 identical tubes, slightly fanned out from a central location like a flower. That way you can adjust the brightness by choosing how many to light.
Ok, it's alive!!! Muahahahahaha. One gallon Mason jar hurricane lamp with 3 copper burners wired in a tripod to create 3 close flames. Braided copper long handle so you can pull it up to light it and blow it out with ease. I tried everything to disturb the flames, and they just kept on burning. Haven't frosted the glass yet. Would love to send you pictures. I'm working on a 3rd design now. I love the handheld option, and I have a bunch of Mason mugs to play with. Need to knock a few over while burning for a safty test outside.
Thank you very much for being kind enough to share this inventive method of having light, it means a lot to me because I have no money to buy fancy prep stuff, and depend on a being given a ride to the store every week or two to get what few things I can afford. This way I won`t have to buy lots of kerosene, I`ve been getting by using candles, but they burn so fast and affording new ones is costly, the ones I use I found second hand cheap, but I don`t have many, and it is so depressing living in the dark, especially with no refrigeration or heat, or hot water.. Many blessings from a great grandmother in Maine❤
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You should not be struggling in a first world country like the USA 🇺🇸. Your government should help you to live a life above the poverty line. I’m so sorry for you, I wish I could help you, but I live in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️.
I've watched both guys too and try this out myself, but with a glass tube instead of copper. I'm a glassblower so I can make glass wick holders for these! I have yet to use the Carbon Felt as Robert Murray has recommended. For now I just use a cotton wick. I have also used hemp oil as well and it works too, just like the olive oil.
@@therealbadbob2201 maybe but I haven't had issues with the glass wick holders I've made. They're quick and easy for me. Maybe quicker than using that flaring tool too.
Nice how-to on the lamp. I have read many of the comments. Using a torch to light a lamp is a foolish waste of resources unless it is a last resort My philosophy about lighting ANY fire/lamp is "one match - success!". I have taught survival in class, in the water and the bush for several decades, by the way. In an actual survival situation, running out of an ignition source for heat could cost you more than just frustration. Light is necessary with humans for calmness and other mental health issues. The principles for outdoor survival are pretty much the same for indoors. Never burn anything galvanized! The gasses formed from burning the zinc coating is very toxic. Cheers from Alberta, Canada.
Thanks for sharing sound advice. I think you’re right to make such an important point. We are creatures of habit, if we make a concerted effort to always be cognizant of our resources, being caught off guard without them shouldn’t be a common occurrence during stressful times. Also, teach your kids & grandkids as much as you can-little children are like blank encyclopedias, fill the pages with sound advice & practices so that u don’t have to worry about them falling apart when the wheels come off. They’ll become valuable resources instead of a useless tools 😬
You make a good point BUT, the match is one and done. BTW? IF You are going to use matches? Might I suggest the long stemmed deals? Keeps Your hand FURTHER away from a FLAME!
You are right that it is the gasified oil that is burning, not the liquid oil. But the reason you can't have too much oil in the lamp, is because a higher oil level increases the contact surface area between the copper and the oil. Copper conducts heat amazingly well. So any heat at the wick, gets wicked away from oil quickly. It cools the wick and the oil, and stops the gasifying. So if the tube was made of steel or clay/ceramic, then the oil level can be higher. As then the heat of the wick will be preserved and be more localized. Clay will really heat insulate the wick from the oil reservoir, so the wick column can be significantly hotter than the reservoir around it. Steel is quite "insulating" too, when compared to copper. With clay, perhaps the oil can be right at the top of the clay tube. Just below the lip. Maybe clay (and perhaps steel) will allow you to ignite the wick without accelerant. Not sure. Maybe with clay or steel, you can have a smaller diameter tube too. Because again, you avoid draining all the heat through the copper metal. The smaller the diameter, the more metal is there to cool the flame, per square area. The wider copper tube you use, the more insulation you add to the system, by increasing the proportion of wick and oil to the amount of copper. And insulation is what allows heat to build up to the vaporization temperature of refined olive oil (around and above 220-240°C (428-464°F)). Conductivities of the materials: Copper: ~400 W/m·K 304 Stainless Steel: ~16 W/m·K (approximately 24-25 times less than copper) Clay: 0.1-1.5 W/m·K (approximately 260-4000 times less than copper) Olive Oil: ~0.17 W/m·K (about 2300 times less than copper) Carbon Felt: ~0.04 W/m·K for pure carbon felt. I think the copper is very pretty, but please test with those other materials, and compare the oil level difference they allow, if any? That would be very interesting.
@@tinbender998 Awesome 🔥 Glass is also insulating, at about 1 W/m•K, between steel and clay/ceramic, so replacing the copper pipe with a glass tube should also work.
That’s a really thorough reply. Thanks. I‘ve learnt some of this while making my oil lamp, but this illuminates a few more things.. check out ‚kim sorensen Olive Oil lamp‘ if you are interested. I managed to make a lamp that also has a reservoir which allows for around 40 hours burn time on one fill. I‘d like to try this carbon felt though!
Love your lights! Rural farmer here; when our electricity is out, they get to it as soon as they can. I make a different light for long term burning using small canning jars. Mine are candles using bits of fence fixing wire, odd bits of thin crochet thread and ideally bees wax, but that is expensive so it's usually melted down candle butts and yard sale bits and pieces. I make a coil in the bottom of the jar and crochet around it, up to a standing center. No felt or copper. A 4 ounce jar will burn 24 hours. Wipe it off, spend 2 minutes crocheting around the wire, pour in more recycled wax and it's ready to go again. I keep them handy for working lights because they do so well. Super cheap, reusing things I already have.
I love your idea I would love to see a picture of one I can I think I can see what you're doing yeah that's very very cool I'll have to make one lol I love making new things and I do like we're working with a wax also kind of but I don't have time these days LOL
Oh brother I was just reading when I said and it sounds gibberish. I meant to say could you send me a picture of your 4 oz candle and the wire winding at the bottom. My email address is. sales@dnffarms.com
🌷I love your idea, had to read it twice, first read I thought it was barb wire, lol 😂 I am going to make one of these. Does the crochet thread burn off as the candle is used up? Also are you using cotton thread? Thanks💕😊
This is such a fantastic idea, thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I have been in the long process of putting together emergency boxes for my granddaughters and this is going to be a great addition to their boxes. May God always Bless you
Honey you guys should just make these and sell these. Im.older and disabled and not strong enough do all that. Honey. Great and smart idea and I think they're pretty!!! Especially those little short ones!, So cute, Stylish. Ty for Sharing. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much I do love my candles I love my candles very much I just need an email from you from your email and tell me where your ZIP code is so I can figure out shipping .sales@dnffarms.com
my uncle worked the night shift .in the winter he had a old metal coffee can with sand in it and a small candle in tne middle of the sand. he would light it when he got out of his car when he got off work everyone else would be scrapeing frost off there wind shilds his were clear as a bell.
That is stinking cool if you buy my extra large candle and fill it with 4 oz of oil it'll last 16 hours if you put that in your sand it'll warm up the sand and not only will your windshield be nice and frost free but the sand will be warm and it'll be nice and toasty in there
You can find carbon felt/ heat shielding for soldering in the plumbing section at the hardwear store. I found some at Home Depot for $14 made buy Oatay brand i think.
Thank you for this tutorial, much appreciated man! I made a bunch of "Forever Lamps" small and medium and all worked perfect! I feel safeer in case of an emergency.
Take a piece of cork and then make a hole in the middle, wide enough for the wick (3mm), and wrap the entire cork piece with aluminum foil. Then put the wick (rolled-up tissue works well) through the hole and make sure no cork is exposed. Then fill the jar with oil, put the floating cork on top and light it. It will float on top of the oil and the oil with burn down completely. Tested many times, the best method and my own idea :)
People like you make the world a better place by sharing technologies that helps poor people out . The only question i have is how long the candle will burn ? Thanks for the info !
I can burn my candle for anywhere from 8 to 10 hours or a little bit longer before I have to go to work or something. And then it seems when I come back I have to clean off that crust that's on top of my wick it's kind of messy but it's worth it then I just light it up and start all over and so worth it. But I'm not blowing through wicks whether it's carbon felt or cotton it is just forming a crust that's all it's doing and then I readjust my wick.
Thank you for coming up with these, sharing what you've learned and selling them! It's enjoyable to learn from someone while they're enjoying what they're doing. Also, thank you for trucking, it's an important job. Praying over you and your family, Lord, bless them, draw them close to You and each other, and thank You for answering some of my questions and prayers, specifically through this video. Keep them and show them how deep Your love goes for them. Thank You also for making us all so different with all kinds of passions and talents! Bless these endevours as we enjoy the gift of light.
@tinbender998 Oh you are so welcome! Seriously, the willingness to share and let others learn is such a treasured gift. Thank you for the returned blessing! :)
We have used floating wick olive oil lamps for centuries in the Orthodox church’s. What I have found is that IF you can obtain pomace oil of olives it will burn longer, no need to waste good oil in the lamps. Pomace oil is the last extraction from the ground mash of the olive and pits. It might be difficult to find in the states is the only problem. The copper pipe acts as a preheater for the olive oil which vaporizes the volatile compounds in the oil. Personally olive oil lights put out the best light for relaxation. Can you give a source for the carbon felt?
Thank you so much. ❤ Do you have an inexpensive source to buy that oil online? Would you respond to the comment above regarding the olive oil fumes being toxic and that these can become flammable at very high temperatures. I would think with your centuries of use, you'd be the expert in responding to this! 💯🕯️🔥🪔💜😉👍🌸 Thanks again and God bless!!
I made one this weekend. It was fun and I love my new little oil candle. Though I need to find an oil to burn that isn't so fumey. It's just olive oil, but it definitely smells like hot olive oil. Not terrible, just, it builds in a small room after a while. Thanks for the project. I can see how they can be addicting to make.
Just stumbled upon your video, and am interested in acquiring 2 lamps; the jars with a handle. Enjoyed watching as you crafted, and clearly explained the process, as well as function of your Efficient Lamps. Brilliant!!
Instead of using lamp oil to get it going, just make sure there is the regular oil on the wick and use a butane kitchen torch for 2-3 seconds - gets it hot enough to light without requiring the lamp oil.
It starts at 2:20 . Everything is listed. All the measurements are in there to. Screenshot as you go if you can, it will help make it easier as you build. I would recommend lamp 🪔 oils for primer / starter, kerosene can stink and smell can stay with you for a long time. (I was an aircraft maintenance 👨🏻🔧 inspector 38 years. Tired of THAT small. 🤣) 🐎🐎🦅🪶🕊
Ive been mucking about with candle and oil lamps for the past few years. Started recently dabbling with an oil candle using cooking oil. This is a great idea. Thanks
What a great idea! I have a ton of little jars that now have a use. I've always had a hard time getting rid of old jars, now I'm glad I kept them, thank you!
Literally my same thoughts- so many good glass jars go to waste and now they have such a beautiful purpose for me outside of just propagation and storage jars
A good addition to this to negate the need for an accelerant would be to have either a cotton or hemp wick that feeds up the center of the bundle of carbon felt as a sacrificial wick and you use that for your starter flame. It does make it where you would have to replace the sacrificial wick every so often, but it also negates the need for an accelerant or having some on hand.
i use cotton wicks i cut from a floor mop....alot of wicks for cheap...you can twine several strands to create thicker wicks as well. No matter if tjey burn up...plenty more on the mop to get🤣😂
@@brentlloyd7908 I just spent 20mins on Google attempting to verify your claim... No dice. I did find recipe for adding essential oil to oil lamp for nice scent! Lmao
This is fantastic my husband and I are off grid and have a cabin. Thank you for sharing your art and wonderful idea can't wait to make one this is so useful. A list of items used under the video would be very helpful but I can always rewatch 😁
@@CelticSpiritsCoven i thought the same. i guess some people figure that if they look up from a screen for 15 minutes, they have become "off grid" LOL!
@CelticSpiritsCoven I also thought similarly to a previous comment from someone who was so poor they didn’t have any lights - - but they have Internet?? And/or a Smartphone? I guess it’s possible they were using someone else’s computer or phone.
You are very welcome and I am just about to do a recap on the original video and I'm going to make it a lot easier for people to see what I'm doing and hear what I'm doing and it should be better.
Right on! I like it! I've been making olive oil lamps too but I've been using rolled up paper towels as the wick. I experimented with cotton cloth but it actually didn't work as well. I like your idea with the pipe. Very nice! Thank you!
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Corfu has lots of olive trees because 100s of years ago Venice owned the island and they needed the oil for street lights in rich Venice which was the bankers city
I usually use superclean methanol and ethanol mix in my alcohol stoves (radius 40 and radius 45) just because it does not soot and smell is nonexistant. Gotta try this since you say it does not smell! Cool!
I don'r know if I am missing something... people keep mentioning Robert Murray-Smith for the lamp, but they keep mentioning places to buy Carbon felt, when he in fact shows how to make that as well... Both is a great thing to know how to do. And they do look beautiful!
Thanks. I just realised I have a can of olive oil that is ancient. Making lights will be invaluable should power become an issue in the immediate future.
I believe a torch lighter should be able to heat these up enough. I’ve seen “trench lamps” that are very similar that uses spent brass in place of copper tubing.
Many Thxs for this very informative tutorial! My question is, what if I do not have a flange maker? Will it work without a flang? In the alternative, if I extend the copper wire and flatten it out at the top only to make a flange. It should work? 🌹🤔
Inexpensive and could be really personalized for gifts. The casing for the wick looks a bullet shape, easy affordable, using what we may have and little more. Thank you this is a great share.
Iike this different design, i made one without the copper tube and it works great. I used rolled up 100% cotton Tshirt for my wick i did a video as well with a jam jar, got my idea from waypoint survival and Felix imler. I also love the olive oil because no smoke!
Olive oil is flammable. It has a flash point of around 410°F (210°C), which means it can ignite when heated to that temperature and exposed to an ignition source, such as a flame or spark. Also the smoke is toxic so its best to have something like that in a controlled environment like inside an ammo box have a pipe going from outside and in and a chimney goings outside, thatvway you use heat but dont lose oxygen or inhale toxic smoke
Thank you. I knew it was flammable but wasn't sure about the temp. How bad would this be using something like this, or the floating cork version noted in the comment above, inside for a night? Maybe just 1-3 of them in a regular room, say 10x8 or 12x15 with not the best insulation... So there's likely some air exchange going on. Just curious if I should even try this. Thank you!!
Wonder if a copper jacket shell casing could be used in place of hauling around a coil of copper tubing. Would be useful to make an emergency heat source .
Clever and beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I'm looking for something to keep my sand battery in the caravan warm longer at night. This lamp seems to be perfect for that
I like what you have designed but let me ask some questions. How much burn time do you get with that amount of oil? What is the minimum distance of air gap between the oil and the top of the wick? I'm searching for a heat source for the nights I spend in my truck. Oil candles seem to be a good option.
Yes it is a very good option these candles burn very hot and no smoke if the flame is too high you adjust it down 8 hours burn time plus . You want to leave 3/4 of and in from the top.
@@tinbender998 Buddy I'm sold. Like you I've tried several things and watched several videos but this seems to be the idea I will use. Something like this is the difference in a cold night and a good night.
@@BluDawg I'm experimenting with Pyrex bowls from the thrift store. I want them in something also they won't burn but it will make a mess. Hot glue sticks to glass like crazy so if you need to glue anything and it can be removed with alcohol.
Cheers, great invention life changing infact! I plan to combine with a sand reservoir so the sand soaks up the heat and releases slowly, burning used cooking oil run thru a coffee filter collected not feed to the warms anymore.
I received my six forever oil lamp wick inserts today! I’m going to make and use them in my copper sand heater buckets. They shipped supper fast and I didn’t have to go hunt down and make the forever wicks inserts. 🎉
Ive heard tales of ancient graves being opened up and them seeing a candle burning or that the candle had just burned out. This seems like a more complex modern version but very cool still. Will have to make me a set.
If you are still making these, I would love a candle version!!! I will be following along your video to make another! I love this, and am a kindred Fire&Light lover. Excellent work!
I see you are using thermal feedback to help make it work. Nice job. I sew in strands of copper speaker wire into my carbon felt hurricane lamp wicks. I am using regular lamp oil in those. No priming needed. Tested at 25deg F for 1 hour. Worked fine. How much smoke does your setup create? I wonder if you can make it Aladdin Style with a central draft in the wick.
@@tinbender998 Only 2-3 strands are needed. You can use 26 gauge copper picture hanging wire too. I have not tested it in the high summer heat yet. Have to wait 9 months yet lol I wanted to test at 11F the other morning but had another obligation preventing me from doing it. Be aware that carbon felt will initially shrink. Take that into account when cutting the length for that lantern. After that it won't shrink any more. I am waiting to try the citronella oil too. The hotter the fuel, the lower the flash point. Have not tried any other fuel like kerosene or diesel or similar. But the thermal feedback mathematically should work for those as well. Round wicks put out more light than flat wicks. Unfortunately the wick holders in those lanterns only take flat wicks... I found that flame height should be about the same as the wick width too for a good balance. I want to try the arrowhead shaped wick when I get time. Oh and the copper wire trick can be used in cotton wicks too. Zippo lighter wicks I believe have copper wire in them. Works for that should work for other things too.
@@tinbender998 Would like to know your results! I want to test out many ideas but lack of time and other things prevent a lot of it. On your copper tube - Was thinking of placing a 1/4" copper tubing inside and just into the flame about midway and the other end where it can get air. Might work like the center draft types others use. But alas, no time to do it...
So last nite I got and started that project. This morning I finished and failed. I tried putting copper up with the forever wick but it just would not work. It's just too long of a pull. So I tried a 3-inch of copper tubing with my forever wick and I failed miserably. So right now I'm staring at one of my candles with a bit of stainless steel screen screen for a chimney and that works but my chimney is too tall I would like to make it to where I could maybe boil some water.
I've been making these for years and I flange the tube with a big center punch then roll the edge out with a larhe phillips screwdriver because I didn't have a flange tool for a long time. Pipe doesn't work because the wall thickness is too great and it can't heat up properly to keep the pressure going because it dissipates the heat too quickly. It will work if you lengthen your wick but then you'll have a sooty and sputtery flame that will probably keep going out every so often. I've tried it too and it's ot optimal. My preferred way to make an oil candle is to drill a hole in the lid and solder a short piece of tubing
Wow, incredible. This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Very clever. One tip for filming: it would give us a better view of what you're doing if the camera were in front of your hands, rather than to the side. With the camera to the side, all we see is your hands, not what you're actually doing with the tools. Thanks for the video!
I have a rechargeable USB lighter! You gotta get one! it has like a little lightning bolt at the top, basically. *It hurts, too. I know you'll probably test it out but it's going to be a shocker😂 It's a game changer since I don't need disposable lighters anymore!! The charge lasts forever... Without a flame, I can even use that little hot lightning wire or arc style rechargeable lighter to singe off an extra string on clothing, too.
Thank you VERY much for the video, I am working with oil-candles and sand-batteries and clay-pots every day, trying to find the best solution to make heating for my house. I wild be glad to email you. Thank you.
What results have you gotten? I tried terra pots and tea candles and the candles went out before it got warm. I’d like to try multiple wicks under the pots to see what the result would be, more heat definitely.
@@johnnymac8264 there are many problems to consider. The pots will crack when too hot, but works great with right degrees. I use oil-lamps, but also tealightvs in some of them. The best solution i found is tin cans inside the claypots, because the pots will not crack if it is not heatet uneven. When one part of the pot gets hotter, it will start to crack. Tincans with sand and copper inside the sand is a very good choice. Good luck :)
Wow you have helped me so much with the wire winding! Also mine were smoking so now realise I had too much felt packed in the tube. There is a lot of heat comming off so I put a camp fire heater over the candle and a wood stove fan on top of that . Got a mini heater, not perfect but you may wish to have a go and perfect it ❤
Thanks for sharing! I'm putting this on my shopping list. I have an olive tree and in an emergency can make my own fuel for this (unlike most the other options for light)
This is perfect for those really big IKEA candle displays that they have at the store. I really like buying the large candles but I have to admit it does get a bit expensive to run them all through the holidays
Couldn't you make the copper tubing shorter so that it's bottom end is further away from the bottom of the jar, so you could add more oil, but the oil won't cover the bottom hole of the copper tube. That way the gases can still get into the copper tube, because the copper tube is no longer buried way at the bottom of the jar, but up further towards the top, allowing more oil to be added and still leave space in the copper tube for the gases to enter through the bottom
To get bright light, you need a chimney to create air flow up around the wick. Get as used Dietz lantern, or even a cheap knock off for usable light, and use K-1 kerosene. In emergencies, the last thing you need is a dim light flickering in the wind.
Yes I have tried a Dietz hurricane lantern but they do not do well with olive oil you just can't get the olive oil to go up that wick it's too long of a draw it's just is I've tried it
14 gauge wire, 1/2 inch copper tubing, 1 3/4 wood with a groove to make larger coil, leave enough to make handle, make flange on top. Wick 2,5 to 3 inch wick. Carbon felt Wick 3/8 over top and 1 1/2 out bottom. Cheap olive oil, bulk.
I like the idea. However, your camera angles and speaking skills need a little work. Not being mean, just a little constructive criticism to help make better videos. If this is an instructional video...accurately describing what it is your doing, providing measurements, etc...will get you better results.
Here are the directions! Thank you!
1. Use ½" copper tubing.
2. Cut off 1½" with pipe cutter.
3. Expose about ⅛” of tubing out of flange tool.
4. Sand the outside smooth.
5. Take another piece of ½"copper tubing and drill a small hole in the top.
6. Put 14 Gauge 2 Conductor Electrical Wire Cable or just 14g and wrap around pipe about 6x and remove.
7. Use 1¾" round piece of wood as a jig. Drill hole with a ¼" drill bit and add a groove on the top going to the hole for the wire.
8. Leave drill bit in jig as a guide. Slide pipe with wire wrapped around it over bit. Put wire in the groove and wrap the wire in the same direction 3x. Leave enough room for your handle. Bend wire straight up for handle. Remove from jig.
9. Put the flared 1½"copper tubing in coiled wire.
10. Cut 2½ to 3" length x 1" wide of the wick.
. Use needle nose pliers to make a handle at top of wire.
11. Push wick in through flange side by twisting it in until about ⅛"is at the flange end, then make 3 cuts to form 4 "legs".
12. Twist the wick "legs"into the handle. Trim wick "legs"to the outside edge of the base of the handle.
13. Add about an inch of olive oil.
14. Squirt accelerant (lamp oil) onto wick (about 10 drops or more to prime), light, and enjoy!
One and a quarter inch wide for the wick and two and a half inches long
Thank you very much for detail sharing.
Where do you get the wick from? Never seen a wick like that.
You get it from the wick store @@ohfknowned239
@@ohfknowned239, carbon felt.
I'm sick and I'm bored. I'm an engineer and an artist. So, while miserable, watching UA-cam on the couch, you showed me this, things went sideways. Still watching UA-cam by the light of my new olive oil lamp. Couldn't find any carbon felt, so I went with fiberglass tiki torch wicks. For now. Carbon felt is what I use for all my camp stoves. So much better. However, I got the copper pipe and wire. Didn't much like the spring copper coil at the bottom loke everyone shows. Too springy while moving. So, like wrapping stones for jewelry, I made spider legs that fit the bottom of my mason jar. Don't want it moving while using it as a flashlight. Next, I'm going to sandpaper the glass. Clear glass casts a farther light, but for indoor use, frosted glass refracts light better. Short distance, but much brighter. Color it red to preseve night vission if you need to sneek around. Plus, copper is so steam punk it ridiculous. Spend some time to not just coil the wire, but make it beautiful. A mason jar by itself it iconic in most of our hearts. Then you see one with a copper tree or lotus flower on fire in the middle... I'm just saying. Survival isn't just about utility. Take a few extra minutues to add a little extra to your projects so you can inspire other people who might see what you have made.
Thank you for your response your remark is well noted thank you
Thank you for the ❤️! It would be fair to say that, like you, fire is in my DNA. I heat treat all titanium I come across. However, I wanted to run an idea past you. Much larger mason jar. More oil reserves at the bottom. 3 copper tubes bound together, but all differing lengths. Smallest primes the middle, middle the longest. Like pipe organ pipes. More light at different hights. Like a chandelier version of the smaller lamps for lighting a larger area. Or, 3 identical tubes, slightly fanned out from a central location like a flower. That way you can adjust the brightness by choosing how many to light.
Very very cool 😎 I think that's an awesome idea.
Ok, it's alive!!! Muahahahahaha. One gallon Mason jar hurricane lamp with 3 copper burners wired in a tripod to create 3 close flames. Braided copper long handle so you can pull it up to light it and blow it out with ease. I tried everything to disturb the flames, and they just kept on burning. Haven't frosted the glass yet. Would love to send you pictures. I'm working on a 3rd design now. I love the handheld option, and I have a bunch of Mason mugs to play with. Need to knock a few over while burning for a safty test outside.
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Thank you very much for being kind enough to share this inventive method of having light, it means a lot to me because I have no money to buy fancy prep stuff, and depend on a being given a ride to the store every week or two to get what few things I can afford. This way I won`t have to buy lots of kerosene, I`ve been getting by using candles, but they burn so fast and affording new ones is costly, the ones I use I found second hand cheap, but I don`t have many, and it is so depressing living in the dark, especially with no refrigeration or heat, or hot water.. Many blessings from a great grandmother in Maine❤
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That's very good of you wish I had money to cash app to you but I'm broke thank you for helping that woman God Bless you 10 times over
What a kind man
God bless you
You should not be struggling in a first world country like the USA 🇺🇸. Your government should help you to live a life above the poverty line. I’m so sorry for you, I wish I could help you, but I live in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️.
You got this down to a science. Makes me wonder how many times you have done this. 😊
I've watched both guys too and try this out myself, but with a glass tube instead of copper. I'm a glassblower so I can make glass wick holders for these! I have yet to use the Carbon Felt as Robert Murray has recommended. For now I just use a cotton wick. I have also used hemp oil as well and it works too, just like the olive oil.
Very 😎 cool.👍
I am thinking the copper heats the olive oil in the wick. A pre-heat...
@@therealbadbob2201 maybe but I haven't had issues with the glass wick holders I've made. They're quick and easy for me. Maybe quicker than using that flaring tool too.
Silk can work also just delicate
Do you have a video of yours? Pls make one!
Nice how-to on the lamp.
I have read many of the comments. Using a torch to light a lamp is a foolish waste of resources unless it is a last resort My philosophy about lighting ANY fire/lamp is "one match - success!". I have taught survival in class, in the water and the bush for several decades, by the way. In an actual survival situation, running out of an ignition source for heat could cost you more than just frustration. Light is necessary with humans for calmness and other mental health issues. The principles for outdoor survival are pretty much the same for indoors.
Never burn anything galvanized! The gasses formed from burning the zinc coating is very toxic. Cheers from Alberta, Canada.
Thanks for sharing sound advice. I think you’re right to make such an important point. We are creatures of habit, if we make a concerted effort to always be cognizant of our resources, being caught off guard without them shouldn’t be a common occurrence during stressful times. Also, teach your kids & grandkids as much as you can-little children are like blank encyclopedias, fill the pages with sound advice & practices so that u don’t have to worry about them falling apart when the wheels come off. They’ll become valuable resources instead of a useless tools 😬
Which part was galvanized? The copper?
Yes I do not want to use a torch either.
@@maureengreen3625 NO! The copper is NOT galvanized. The Poster was warning AGAINST using any GALVANIZED metals!!!
You make a good point BUT, the match is one and done. BTW? IF You are going to use matches? Might I suggest the long stemmed deals? Keeps Your hand FURTHER away from a FLAME!
You are right that it is the gasified oil that is burning, not the liquid oil.
But the reason you can't have too much oil in the lamp, is because a higher oil level increases the contact surface area between the copper and the oil. Copper conducts heat amazingly well. So any heat at the wick, gets wicked away from oil quickly. It cools the wick and the oil, and stops the gasifying.
So if the tube was made of steel or clay/ceramic, then the oil level can be higher. As then the heat of the wick will be preserved and be more localized.
Clay will really heat insulate the wick from the oil reservoir, so the wick column can be significantly hotter than the reservoir around it. Steel is quite "insulating" too, when compared to copper.
With clay, perhaps the oil can be right at the top of the clay tube. Just below the lip.
Maybe clay (and perhaps steel) will allow you to ignite the wick without accelerant. Not sure.
Maybe with clay or steel, you can have a smaller diameter tube too. Because again, you avoid draining all the heat through the copper metal. The smaller the diameter, the more metal is there to cool the flame, per square area. The wider copper tube you use, the more insulation you add to the system, by increasing the proportion of wick and oil to the amount of copper. And insulation is what allows heat to build up to the vaporization temperature of refined olive oil (around and above 220-240°C (428-464°F)).
Conductivities of the materials:
Copper: ~400 W/m·K
304 Stainless Steel: ~16 W/m·K (approximately 24-25 times less than copper)
Clay: 0.1-1.5 W/m·K (approximately 260-4000 times less than copper)
Olive Oil: ~0.17 W/m·K (about 2300 times less than copper)
Carbon Felt: ~0.04 W/m·K for pure carbon felt.
I think the copper is very pretty, but please test with those other materials, and compare the oil level difference they allow, if any? That would be very interesting.
I will have to give it a go
@@tinbender998 Awesome 🔥
Glass is also insulating, at about 1 W/m•K, between steel and clay/ceramic, so replacing the copper pipe with a glass tube should also work.
You and me sir would be great friends.
@@athannaelanderson3806 Sounds like we would have had lots of fun!
That’s a really thorough reply. Thanks. I‘ve learnt some of this while making my oil lamp, but this illuminates a few more things.. check out ‚kim sorensen Olive Oil lamp‘ if you are interested. I managed to make a lamp that also has a reservoir which allows for around 40 hours burn time on one fill. I‘d like to try this carbon felt though!
Love your lights! Rural farmer here; when our electricity is out, they get to it as soon as they can. I make a different light for long term burning using small canning jars. Mine are candles using bits of fence fixing wire, odd bits of thin crochet thread and ideally bees wax, but that is expensive so it's usually melted down candle butts and yard sale bits and pieces. I make a coil in the bottom of the jar and crochet around it, up to a standing center. No felt or copper. A 4 ounce jar will burn 24 hours. Wipe it off, spend 2 minutes crocheting around the wire, pour in more recycled wax and it's ready to go again. I keep them handy for working lights because they do so well. Super cheap, reusing things I already have.
I love your idea I would love to see a picture of one I can I think I can see what you're doing yeah that's very very cool I'll have to make one lol I love making new things and I do like we're working with a wax also kind of but I don't have time these days LOL
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🌷I love your idea, had to read it twice, first read I thought it was barb wire, lol 😂 I am going to make one of these. Does the crochet thread burn off as the candle is used up? Also are you using cotton thread? Thanks💕😊
This is such a fantastic idea, thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I have been in the long process of putting together emergency boxes for my granddaughters and this is going to be a great addition to their boxes. May God always Bless you
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Honey you guys should just make these and sell these. Im.older and disabled and not strong enough do all that. Honey. Great and smart idea and I think they're pretty!!! Especially those little short ones!, So cute, Stylish. Ty for Sharing. ❤❤❤
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Id pay 10$ for one. And buy 3 at a time
my uncle worked the night shift .in the winter he had a old metal coffee can with sand in it and a small candle in tne middle of the sand. he would light it when he got out of his car when he got off work everyone else would be scrapeing frost off there wind shilds his were clear as a bell.
Simple ideas often work out in practice to be the best... :)
That is stinking cool if you buy my extra large candle and fill it with 4 oz of oil it'll last 16 hours if you put that in your sand it'll warm up the sand and not only will your windshield be nice and frost free but the sand will be warm and it'll be nice and toasty in there
You can use these lamp/candles as simmer stoves for soup, tea, and even baking with the slow heat.
This was the first thing that came to mind on how to utilize these besides lighting. Warm soup is better than cold one in an emergency.
I have seen a UA-camr boil water in 7 minutes using similar stove/lamp/candle 🕯...yay!
Do you sale this?
Thanks for the idea for a better wick
You can find carbon felt/ heat shielding for soldering in the plumbing section at the hardwear store. I found some at Home Depot for $14 made buy Oatay brand i think.
That's what I'm talking about awesome awesome 👍
I tried telling people that all the time they can find it at the hardware store.
I am glad you mentioned Robert Murray-Smith as your inspiration. He has some great shows and fantastic experiments.
U bet👍
Beautiful and interesting job, thanks for sharing this beutiful idea
This is such an amazing thing! Such a blessing that you shared this with the common people! Thank you!!!
Love to see the human mind at hard work. Excellent project!!!
Thank you for this tutorial, much appreciated man! I made a bunch of "Forever Lamps" small and medium and all worked perfect! I feel safeer in case of an emergency.
Take a piece of cork and then make a hole in the middle, wide enough for the wick (3mm), and wrap the entire cork piece with aluminum foil. Then put the wick (rolled-up tissue works well) through the hole and make sure no cork is exposed. Then fill the jar with oil, put the floating cork on top and light it. It will float on top of the oil and the oil with burn down completely. Tested many times, the best method and my own idea :)
Awesome👍
What about the inside of the cork (the 3mm hole where the wick goes through), do you have to cover that in aluminium foil too?
Go make your own video.
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great idea, im doing the floating cork lamp, better idea.
People like you make the world a better place by sharing technologies that helps poor people out . The only question i have is how long the candle will burn ? Thanks for the info !
I can burn my candle for anywhere from 8 to 10 hours or a little bit longer before I have to go to work or something. And then it seems when I come back I have to clean off that crust that's on top of my wick it's kind of messy but it's worth it then I just light it up and start all over and so worth it. But I'm not blowing through wicks whether it's carbon felt or cotton it is just forming a crust that's all it's doing and then I readjust my wick.
Thank you for coming up with these, sharing what you've learned and selling them! It's enjoyable to learn from someone while they're enjoying what they're doing. Also, thank you for trucking, it's an important job. Praying over you and your family, Lord, bless them, draw them close to You and each other, and thank You for answering some of my questions and prayers, specifically through this video. Keep them and show them how deep Your love goes for them. Thank You also for making us all so different with all kinds of passions and talents! Bless these endevours as we enjoy the gift of light.
Thank you so much I love this blessing blessing back to you thank you so much.
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@tinbender998 Oh you are so welcome! Seriously, the willingness to share and let others learn is such a treasured gift. Thank you for the returned blessing! :)
We have used floating wick olive oil lamps for centuries in the Orthodox church’s. What I have found is that IF you can obtain pomace oil of olives it will burn longer, no need to waste good oil in the lamps. Pomace oil is the last extraction from the ground mash of the olive and pits. It might be difficult to find in the states is the only problem. The copper pipe acts as a preheater for the olive oil which vaporizes the volatile compounds in the oil. Personally olive oil lights put out the best light for relaxation. Can you give a source for the carbon felt?
Hi, can you give source for carbon felt please thank you
I buy mine online, but Lowe's and Home Depot have it as "welder's blanket" or "plumber's blanket" to stop fires when welding pipes.
Thank you so much. ❤
Do you have an inexpensive source to buy that oil online?
Would you respond to the comment above regarding the olive oil fumes being toxic and that these can become flammable at very high temperatures. I would think with your centuries of use, you'd be the expert in responding to this! 💯🕯️🔥🪔💜😉👍🌸
Thanks again and God bless!!
if you add a pinch of salt to the oil the fume reduce to almost non@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783
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Lots of work went into this for us. TY. My only additional thought is to maneuver a handle to sit it outside the top of the jar.
Its inside so you can put the lid on when its not in use, probably
Love the way those look. Great job. Thanks for sharing
I made one this weekend. It was fun and I love my new little oil candle. Though I need to find an oil to burn that isn't so fumey. It's just olive oil, but it definitely smells like hot olive oil. Not terrible, just, it builds in a small room after a while. Thanks for the project. I can see how they can be addicting to make.
Right on...👍
Excellent, informative, and entertaining, I'm interested in several lamps and candles please, thank you for sharing this video with everyone.
You are very
You are very welcome
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Just stumbled upon your video, and am interested in acquiring 2 lamps; the jars with a handle.
Enjoyed watching as you crafted, and clearly explained the process, as well as function of your
Efficient Lamps. Brilliant!!
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Very cool 😊
Fantastic! These are pretty, I love the copper look.❤
Instead of using lamp oil to get it going, just make sure there is the regular oil on the wick and use a butane kitchen torch for 2-3 seconds - gets it hot enough to light without requiring the lamp oil.
I agree it's just sometimes it's nice to have the instant acceleration..
Could you give us a list of all the items that we could take to the hardware store?
I LOVE THIS!!
Thank you so much.
Yes when I get back home this weekend I plan on doing a UA-cam with a detailed list of all the hardware. And measurements.
It starts at 2:20 . Everything is listed. All the measurements are in there to. Screenshot as you go if you can, it will help make it easier as you build. I would recommend lamp 🪔 oils for primer / starter, kerosene can stink and smell can stay with you for a long time. (I was an aircraft maintenance 👨🏻🔧 inspector 38 years. Tired of THAT small. 🤣) 🐎🐎🦅🪶🕊
Also listed above in the comments.
Ive been mucking about with candle and oil lamps for the past few years. Started recently dabbling with an oil candle using cooking oil. This is a great idea. Thanks
That is awesome!
Love this, we're gonna have a go at making one. Instructions are great...thank you for sharing 🙌
I'm half way there. Wish me luck 🤞. Thanks for sharing 🍸
What a great idea! I have a ton of little jars that now have a use. I've always had a hard time getting rid of old jars, now I'm glad I kept them, thank you!
Literally my same thoughts- so many good glass jars go to waste and now they have such a beautiful purpose for me outside of just propagation and storage jars
A good addition to this to negate the need for an accelerant would be to have either a cotton or hemp wick that feeds up the center of the bundle of carbon felt as a sacrificial wick and you use that for your starter flame. It does make it where you would have to replace the sacrificial wick every so often, but it also negates the need for an accelerant or having some on hand.
Thank you for your comments i appreciate it.😊
Wouldn’t the sacrificial wick produce soot from burning?
@@NooksandGrannies The carbon felt wicks aren't working for me atm. cotton rags work but they burn to ash and yeah i think they produce soot to.
i use cotton wicks i cut from a floor mop....alot of wicks for cheap...you can twine several strands to create thicker wicks as well. No matter if tjey burn up...plenty more on the mop to get🤣😂
I use a squirt of wd40. That way I know my wd40 bottle will always be next to my light source😂
Cool idea. You could probably add some essential oil to the olive oil to make it a scented lamp.
I was thinking that, too! 😊
ditto... :) @@rhondasmith7413
Definitely not, almost every essential oil is toxic when burnt, however you could figure out a dish above method to heat the essential oils
@@brentlloyd7908 I just spent 20mins on Google attempting to verify your claim...
No dice.
I did find recipe for adding essential oil to oil lamp for nice scent!
Lmao
This is fantastic my husband and I are off grid and have a cabin. Thank you for sharing your art and wonderful idea can't wait to make one this is so useful. A list of items used under the video would be very helpful but I can always rewatch 😁
Sounds great!
You are on the grid if you post to the internet.
@@CelticSpiritsCoven i thought the same. i guess some people figure that if they look up from a screen for 15 minutes, they have become "off grid" LOL!
@CelticSpiritsCoven I also thought similarly to a previous comment from someone who was so poor they didn’t have any lights - - but they have Internet?? And/or a Smartphone? I guess it’s possible they were using someone else’s computer or phone.
You are very welcome and I am just about to do a recap on the original video and I'm going to make it a lot easier for people to see what I'm doing and hear what I'm doing and it should be better.
Right on! I like it! I've been making olive oil lamps too but I've been using rolled up paper towels as the wick. I experimented with cotton cloth but it actually didn't work as well. I like your idea with the pipe. Very nice! Thank you!
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Corfu has lots of olive trees because 100s of years ago Venice owned the island and they needed the oil for street lights in rich Venice which was the bankers city
Thank you for sharing your work. With a terracotta base and pot, you could have a nice heater for a small vehicle.
I usually use superclean methanol and ethanol mix in my alcohol stoves (radius 40 and radius 45) just because it does not soot and smell is nonexistant. Gotta try this since you say it does not smell! Cool!
I don'r know if I am missing something... people keep mentioning Robert Murray-Smith for the lamp, but they keep mentioning places to buy Carbon felt, when he in fact shows how to make that as well...
Both is a great thing to know how to do. And they do look beautiful!
Pretty cool man! I’ve always enjoyed making stuff with copper as well.
Merry Christmas and may God richly bless you.
Thanks!
Thank you oh my goodness thank you
Thanks. I just realised I have a can of olive oil that is ancient. Making lights will be invaluable should power become an issue in the immediate future.
Awesome invitation!! Love it...
Thanks so much!
Awesome video! And you do a great job at demonstrating !
Thank you😊👍
Gorgeous ! I love it and you, sir, are a "whiz of a wiz" ... ty for sharing and peaceful travels ... namaste
I believe a torch lighter should be able to heat these up enough. I’ve seen “trench lamps” that are very similar that uses spent brass in place of copper tubing.
Many Thxs for this very informative tutorial! My question is, what if I do not have a flange maker? Will it work without a flang? In the alternative, if I extend the copper wire and flatten it out at the top only to make a flange. It should work? 🌹🤔
Same question. Maybe hammering it out?...
Yes it will
How long will it burn with the small amount of fuel that you add to the candle? This is cool and you’ve done very well!!
I did a test overnight in my semi truck and it went a full 8 hours
@firelight if one uses a larger diameter vessel can you increase the burn time?
@@SubgunmanWhy not? If the wick lasts then nothing is stopping you from using bigger fuel container.
Inexpensive and could be really personalized for gifts. The casing for the wick looks a bullet shape, easy affordable, using what we may have and little more. Thank you this is a great share.
You are very welcome I have sold over 500 units it is very very successful and has a beautiful flame about 1 in high and no smoke LOL that's awesome
Iike this different design, i made one without the copper tube and it works great.
I used rolled up 100% cotton Tshirt for my wick i did a video as well with a jam jar, got my idea from waypoint survival and Felix imler. I also love the olive oil because no smoke!
Merci!
Olive oil is flammable. It has a flash point of around 410°F (210°C), which means it can ignite when heated to that temperature and exposed to an ignition source, such as a flame or spark.
Also the smoke is toxic so its best to have something like that in a controlled environment like inside an ammo box have a pipe going from outside and in and a chimney goings outside, thatvway you use heat but dont lose oxygen or inhale toxic smoke
Thank you. I knew it was flammable but wasn't sure about the temp.
How bad would this be using something like this, or the floating cork version noted in the comment above, inside for a night? Maybe just 1-3 of them in a regular room, say 10x8 or 12x15 with not the best insulation... So there's likely some air exchange going on.
Just curious if I should even try this. Thank you!!
Love it .. and yes I do want one... I'll make one myself yes.. but to have one of yours in my collection of bits and bobs would be awesome
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Thank you I'll check that out now.. keep on tinkering
I'll have to order myself one for xmass ..
Wonder if a copper jacket shell casing could be used in place of hauling around a coil of copper tubing. Would be useful to make an emergency heat source .
I haven't tried it I have come up with the fact that it has to be a diameter of inside diameter of 3/8 inch. That's why half inch tubing is perfect.
Clever and beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
I'm looking for something to keep my sand battery in the caravan warm longer at night. This lamp seems to be perfect for that
Yes the white mouth candle is absolutely perfect for that sand battery
Wide mouth.. candle.
Thank you for sharing 😊❤️
Thank you for sharing this. I am going to do this with my kids on a weekend for a fun project 😊
Excellent very good project
I like what you have designed but let me ask some questions. How much burn time do you get with that amount of oil? What is the minimum distance of air gap between the oil and the top of the wick? I'm searching for a heat source for the nights I spend in my truck. Oil candles seem to be a good option.
Yes it is a very good option these candles burn very hot and no smoke if the flame is too high you adjust it down 8 hours burn time plus . You want to leave 3/4 of and in from the top.
@@tinbender998 Buddy I'm sold. Like you I've tried several things and watched several videos but this seems to be the idea I will use. Something like this is the difference in a cold night and a good night.
I’m looking for some heat for my van , these seem great , and will try putting jar into a can … thanks
@@BluDawg I'm experimenting with Pyrex bowls from the thrift store. I want them in something also they won't burn but it will make a mess. Hot glue sticks to glass like crazy so if you need to glue anything and it can be removed with alcohol.
Cheers, great invention life changing infact! I plan to combine with a sand reservoir so the sand soaks up the heat and releases slowly, burning used cooking oil run thru a coffee filter collected not feed to the warms anymore.
You Are Brilliant!!❤
I received my six forever oil lamp wick inserts today! I’m going to make and use them in my copper sand heater buckets. They shipped supper fast and I didn’t have to go hunt down and make the forever wicks inserts. 🎉
Thankyou
How does your copper sand heater bucket work?
Ive heard tales of ancient graves being opened up and them seeing a candle burning or that the candle had just burned out. This seems like a more complex modern version but very cool still. Will have to make me a set.
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If you are still making these, I would love a candle version!!! I will be following along your video to make another! I love this, and am a kindred Fire&Light lover. Excellent work!
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Okay I love this! Do you have a link to the wick you used for this project?
Yes I got it off of amazon.com
I loved this video. Wonderful idea and thank you for sharing this!
You are so welcome!
I see you are using thermal feedback to help make it work. Nice job.
I sew in strands of copper speaker wire into my carbon felt hurricane lamp wicks. I am using regular lamp oil in those. No priming needed. Tested at 25deg F for 1 hour. Worked fine.
How much smoke does your setup create?
I wonder if you can make it Aladdin Style with a central draft in the wick.
That is cool I am going to have to try that in a hurricane lamp..
@@tinbender998 Only 2-3 strands are needed. You can use 26 gauge copper picture hanging wire too.
I have not tested it in the high summer heat yet. Have to wait 9 months yet lol
I wanted to test at 11F the other morning but had another obligation preventing me from doing it.
Be aware that carbon felt will initially shrink. Take that into account when cutting the length for that lantern. After that it won't shrink any more.
I am waiting to try the citronella oil too.
The hotter the fuel, the lower the flash point.
Have not tried any other fuel like kerosene or diesel or similar.
But the thermal feedback mathematically should work for those as well.
Round wicks put out more light than flat wicks. Unfortunately the wick holders in those lanterns only take flat wicks...
I found that flame height should be about the same as the wick width too for a good balance.
I want to try the arrowhead shaped wick when I get time.
Oh and the copper wire trick can be used in cotton wicks too.
Zippo lighter wicks I believe have copper wire in them. Works for that should work for other things too.
Awesome I can't wait
@@tinbender998 Would like to know your results!
I want to test out many ideas but lack of time and other things prevent a lot of it.
On your copper tube -
Was thinking of placing a 1/4" copper tubing inside and just into the flame about midway and the other end where it can get air.
Might work like the center draft types others use.
But alas, no time to do it...
So last nite I got and started that project. This morning I finished and failed. I tried putting copper up with the forever wick but it just would not work. It's just too long of a pull. So I tried a 3-inch of copper tubing with my forever wick and I failed miserably. So right now I'm staring at one of my candles with a bit of stainless steel screen screen for a chimney and that works but my chimney is too tall I would like to make it to where I could maybe boil some water.
I've been making these for years and I flange the tube with a big center punch then roll the edge out with a larhe phillips screwdriver because I didn't have a flange tool for a long time. Pipe doesn't work because the wall thickness is too great and it can't heat up properly to keep the pressure going because it dissipates the heat too quickly. It will work if you lengthen your wick but then you'll have a sooty and sputtery flame that will probably keep going out every so often. I've tried it too and it's ot optimal. My preferred way to make an oil candle is to drill a hole in the lid and solder a short piece of tubing
Wow, incredible. This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Very clever. One tip for filming: it would give us a better view of what you're doing if the camera were in front of your hands, rather than to the side. With the camera to the side, all we see is your hands, not what you're actually doing with the tools. Thanks for the video!
Amazing idea, thanks for sharing XX can't wait to try this out.
I've been making lamps out of clay and this will be a perfect set up for inside XX
I have a rechargeable USB lighter! You gotta get one! it has like a little lightning bolt at the top, basically.
*It hurts, too. I know you'll probably test it out but it's going to be a shocker😂
It's a game changer since I don't need disposable lighters anymore!! The charge lasts forever... Without a flame, I can even use that little hot lightning wire or arc style rechargeable lighter to singe off an extra string on clothing, too.
Thanks for the tip!
Really cool...
Would like one! The lamp with the handle!
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A torch lighter would probably obviate the need for an accelerant. Nice work!
Oh yes absolutely perfect
Wow those are sooo beautiful. I’m in love.
Me too!!
Thank you VERY much for the video, I am working with oil-candles and sand-batteries and clay-pots every day, trying to find the best solution to make heating for my house. I wild be glad to email you. Thank you.
What results have you gotten? I tried terra pots and tea candles and the candles went out before it got warm. I’d like to try multiple wicks under the pots to see what the result would be, more heat definitely.
Very good I just made a video with my email
@@johnnymac8264 there are many problems to consider. The pots will crack when too hot, but works great with right degrees. I use oil-lamps, but also tealightvs in some of them. The best solution i found is tin cans inside the claypots, because the pots will not crack if it is not heatet uneven. When one part of the pot gets hotter, it will start to crack. Tincans with sand and copper inside the sand is a very good choice. Good luck :)
@@tinbender998 is it hard or soft copper in the copper pipe?
Half inch copper tubing soft
Wow you have helped me so much with the wire winding! Also
mine were smoking so now realise I had too much felt packed in the tube.
There is a lot of heat comming off so I put a camp fire heater over the candle and a wood stove fan on top of that . Got a mini heater, not perfect but you may wish to have a go and perfect it ❤
That is awesome thanks for sharing this I’m gonna build one looks pretty simple if you know what your doing 👍
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Truly like your concept. I was wondering how many inches to cut the 12gauge wire to begin forming the wraps, stand and handle? Thanks
30 in.
Drill some small holes in the sides of the tubes.
That will give air a path to travel around the wick and carry the gases to the flame.
I will have to try
How long will this small amount of oil burn?
I have found out that 1 oz of olive oil or whatever oil you use in my case it's olive oil 1 oz equals 4 hours.. that's pretty good...
Big respect for RMS what a legend
Thanks for sharing! I'm putting this on my shopping list. I have an olive tree and in an emergency can make my own fuel for this (unlike most the other options for light)
Yes my products work very well with olive oil I love burning olive oil I like burning lard also in my small candle...
This is perfect for those really big IKEA candle displays that they have at the store. I really like buying the large candles but I have to admit it does get a bit expensive to run them all through the holidays
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I'm glad you shared this info. Really cool and it looks like it's forever reusable, just add more oil and your good. Thank you!!
Couldn't you make the copper tubing shorter so that it's bottom end is further away from the bottom of the jar, so you could add more oil, but the oil won't cover the bottom hole of the copper tube.
That way the gases can still get into the copper tube, because the copper tube is no longer buried way at the bottom of the jar, but up further towards the top, allowing more oil to be added and still leave space in the copper tube for the gases to enter through the bottom
I will have to give that a try.😮😊
An excellent video. Well done ❤
You are a genius
To get bright light, you need a chimney to create air flow up around the wick. Get as used Dietz lantern, or even a cheap knock off for usable light, and use K-1 kerosene. In emergencies, the last thing you need is a dim light flickering in the wind.
Yes I have tried a Dietz hurricane lantern but they do not do well with olive oil you just can't get the olive oil to go up that wick it's too long of a draw it's just is I've tried it
Yes, black carbon felt works like a champ.
Right?!
FASCINATING! AND INGENIOUS! Thanks for posting!
14 gauge wire, 1/2 inch copper tubing, 1 3/4 wood with a groove to make larger coil, leave enough to make handle, make flange on top. Wick 2,5 to 3 inch wick. Carbon felt Wick 3/8 over top and 1 1/2 out bottom. Cheap olive oil, bulk.
Man you nailed it 👌👌👌
I love your candles 😍
I'm assuming you could add some type of oil drip system to get extended burn times.
That's a video I'd like to see
LOL 😂 oh that's good 👍
Thank you
Very cool🎉thanks for sharing 🍸.
Welcome
I like the idea. However, your camera angles and speaking skills need a little work. Not being mean, just a little constructive criticism to help make better videos. If this is an instructional video...accurately describing what it is your doing, providing measurements, etc...will get you better results.
How long will this burn for??
It has been calculated that for every one ounce of olive oil burns for 4 hours that's pretty good I'll say.
You’re doing great! I think i can make one and im not crafty… lol😃. I love it
You can do it!
Wow-ah... thanks for sharing, this is going in my car, bugout bag, and power outage box.