That's right Graham.Looking great Steve, I can see the bottom is soldered on is the top just push fit to allow filling?
The UCO lantern finally went out after 13 hours, very impressed with thatWell the folding lantern one lasted about 8 hours before going out. That's roughly double the duration of a candle.
The UCO lantern is still going
Just measured it and it takes approximately 35ml.How much fuel did it use.?
Hi i really like the look of these , now to my question could you lay the wick in some of the wadding i use in my bio fuel stove then roll the wadding round the wick and slide that in the tube i know tight but use thinner wadding to get a good fit , then the wick could still be slid up but it wound mean you can put the fuel in and it soak in to the wadding then also soak in to the wick i just wonder if it would work .Just measured it and it takes approximately 35ml.
The burn time is obviously dependant on how big a flame you have it. I didn't have it particularly high and the light it threw was good enough to see things
Ah ok see with the trangia it meant it held far more fuel , see i was thinking that if no wick was used the bio fuel in the chamber would seep up the tube and light like in the trangia stove , just me and my head looking at things lasting longer , see i know paraffin needs a wick but if the tube was filled with the wadding you could seal the other end cap on with the small tube also soldered on so in theory a sealed unit you could fill it down the small spout with a syringe it should hold around 70ml as they say my stove should hold X amount but by putting in the wadding it doubles the hold but bio fuel burns via the fumes so on the top of the little tube you would have to pop a rubber on to stop the fume leaking then pop the top off light and see , god what is it with us tickerers lol , i am the same with my air rifles strip it polish it make it smoother lol so this is just another idea , i really like the UCO candle holders and your little idea is a bonus one tube and just some paraffin but again just me thinking , thanks for the ideas and i really like the idea and will be making a few of your designIt might work but I don't really see any benefit in doing it.
You'd cut down on the volume of fuel in the candle which would then reduce the burn time
The wick tube is 4mm brass tube with a 3mm id and the wick is from a cotton mop head and reduced from four strands down to threeI think I may have to make some of these, can I ask what size wick and small pipe you used?
Actually don't worry, I used the search function and found other posts which told me. I'm getting lazy in my (not so) old age