Alcohol Burners
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Super simple! You just need a container with a spout for a wick and some cotton yarn. I made an aluminum one for a customer not too long ago and also make one out of copper plumbing parts.
One note: Use denatured alcohol or something similar from the paint section of a hardware store. Do not use rubbing alcohol. Most rubbing alcohol contains a percentage of water.
I like to have a spout with 3/16 to 1/4" hole. I buy my wick material from the walmart craft section. It is just a spool of 100% cotton yarn and one spool will probably last a life time!
Make loops of yarn with enough length to soak in the alcohol in the bottom of the burner. I use a paper clip to pull the yarn through the spout and then trim the loops off the top to make a nice wick end.
Put alcohol in the burner, put a cap on it and light the wick!
I used a rubber o-ring on the aluminum one to seal the cap and drilled a hole in the center of the cap and threaded it for the spout. Worked very nicely!
One note: Use denatured alcohol or something similar from the paint section of a hardware store. Do not use rubbing alcohol. Most rubbing alcohol contains a percentage of water.
I like to have a spout with 3/16 to 1/4" hole. I buy my wick material from the walmart craft section. It is just a spool of 100% cotton yarn and one spool will probably last a life time!
Make loops of yarn with enough length to soak in the alcohol in the bottom of the burner. I use a paper clip to pull the yarn through the spout and then trim the loops off the top to make a nice wick end.
Put alcohol in the burner, put a cap on it and light the wick!
I used a rubber o-ring on the aluminum one to seal the cap and drilled a hole in the center of the cap and threaded it for the spout. Worked very nicely!
Maybe you can try this http://www.csun.edu/~mjurey/stoveinstruct.html
Hi Dan
If you go to the WORK IN PROGRESS SECTION of this forum and look up my 2 projects A SMALL BOILER and A SMALL STEAM ENGINE you will find the burners I made and some of the different methods I tried.
Cheers
Rich
If you go to the WORK IN PROGRESS SECTION of this forum and look up my 2 projects A SMALL BOILER and A SMALL STEAM ENGINE you will find the burners I made and some of the different methods I tried.
Cheers
Rich
Dan,
Somewhere I saw a lamp made out of cheap brass plated door knob. Took the guts from the knob leaving an empty shell. Brass tubing to your liking. Drill a hole near the top to fit tubing at an angle. Glue tube to knob from the inside (JB??). Turn a lid to fit.
It looked good. Oh you'll need to flatten the bottom (side firdist from the door).
I look thru my stuff tonight to see if I can find it
Tony
I think it my be on this site do a search
Somewhere I saw a lamp made out of cheap brass plated door knob. Took the guts from the knob leaving an empty shell. Brass tubing to your liking. Drill a hole near the top to fit tubing at an angle. Glue tube to knob from the inside (JB??). Turn a lid to fit.
It looked good. Oh you'll need to flatten the bottom (side firdist from the door).
I look thru my stuff tonight to see if I can find it
Tony
I think it my be on this site do a search
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A friend gave me this picture of a meths vapour burner and I thought you guys might be interested,he says they work very well ,and has made them with several burners.
Thanks for the ideas guys. A couple questions though...What are people using to seal the joints? It looks like silver solder, but is it then just buffed away of what? I've never done any soldering or brazing.
Also, for the wick, someone said to use cottom yarn and "loop" it. What exactly does that mean? Would one braid it together or just twist it up? What works best?
Thanks again.
Also, for the wick, someone said to use cottom yarn and "loop" it. What exactly does that mean? Would one braid it together or just twist it up? What works best?
Thanks again.
Phil Duclos' "Fire Eater" engine in the Steam and Stirling Engines You Can Build (book 2) has a doorknob-based lamp. No doubt those plans were also published elsewhere, but the word 'plans' is a bit of a stretch for the few sentences on making the burner-- it's pretty easy, as above.cobra428 said:
Ray,
That's interesting as I'm having problems running my flame licker to Jan ridders design. The methylated spirits seems to gum it up quickly with brown deposits making friction too high. Also not sure how hot the flame is, and it keeps getting blown out.
Nick
That's interesting as I'm having problems running my flame licker to Jan ridders design. The methylated spirits seems to gum it up quickly with brown deposits making friction too high. Also not sure how hot the flame is, and it keeps getting blown out.
Nick
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Mine has a piece of cotton shirt stuffed in it for a wick
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I use the flat oil lamp wicks that can be found at any hardware or home store.
I just cut a piece out of it and roll it loosely to fit the spout of the burner.
That one cost me $1.29 and there is enough material there to make about
8 more wicks from it.
Now maybe some day I will finish cleaning up that burner.
:hDe:
Rick
I just cut a piece out of it and roll it loosely to fit the spout of the burner.
That one cost me $1.29 and there is enough material there to make about
8 more wicks from it.
Now maybe some day I will finish cleaning up that burner.
:hDe:
Rick
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