I posted this back in Feb.07 about making an oil insert for the 9 hour uco candle light lanterns
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19095
These instructions are for the lanterns that take the 9 hour UCO candles
28mm copper pipe, 28mm end caps, 6mm brass pipe, 6mm wick, Lamp oil, all from any good Ironmongers
or BQ as a last resort and a couple of old pennies if possible
Cut a length of 28mm copper pipe, pipe cutter is best but hacksaw will do, just shorter than candle
Drill a 6mm hole in one end cap cut a short length of 6mm brass pipe tap into hole and solder
If you have some old pennies or other coins solder one on one end of the 28mm tube and you can cut
a coupler in to two or a tee piece into three and solder a penny onto the top and drill a 6mm hole through the penny to make an end cap.If you have
no coins solder a 28mm end cap on the pipe
Clean joints with wire wool and flux them then get the pipe just hot enough to melt the solder
i.e. don't melt the solder with the blow torch.
Thread a piece of wick, fill not quite full with oil and allow to soak
You don't need much wick showing almost flush will do, just experiment for max flame with no smoke
As can be seen in last photo a piece of tube through a coin to fit an old jar or bottle makes a lamp
I had one lit the other night and the idea popped up Rushlight holder which developed into Wax taper holder/burner
I didn't know if they still did wax tapers 1950's haircut back of neck singe being the last time I remember them,but they're on E-bay 350257804952 being one of them and my local hardware shop which is a "Mica"
http://www.micahardware.co.uk/public/postcodeareas/ stocks them.They are 12"long so I cut a pice of 28mm copper pipe to 13"and soldered a penny onto one end and used the oil lantern cap for the other.The pipe holds 20 wax tapers and a pice of wood with a suitable hole angles it to 45 degrees and also catches any drips,though once burning there aren't any.The taper can be pulled up by hand if there's a bit left showing or use tweezers if it's getting near the end of the pipe.
Wax taper in timing runs with flash:-
The black marks on the taper are felt tip dots 1" apart and it burnt at 4 and 1/2 minutes an inch
without flash:-
So anyone not fancying making tallow picking soaking drying dipping rushes here's an idea thats "Just like the real thing" and they work in the "Nips" too.The next experiment is to put a piece of pipe on the Grisset and pull the last dip through to size them then store and transport them in the pipe as rushdips are fairly fragile.Photos and results to follow.
cheers all Danny