[CAUT] hammer burning experiment

[Mark Dierauf]

Jon -
 
Where did you get your lamp? I got mine from Schaff (catalog #185), and
it always runs dry within a couple of days, because there's no way to
seal it without unscrewing the spout and replacing it with the rubber
gasketed screw cap. This leaves me with several inches of alcohol soaked
wick hanging from the inner spout to deal with. It also is awkward to
use, with excess alcohol running out past the wick, sending flame
creeping back down the spout toward the base. Other than all that, it
works great.
 
-          Mark Dierauf
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Page [mailto:jonpage at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:18 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment
 
>snip
My alcohol lamp base never runs dry.
 
For spot burning-in I cut a small wedge of hammer trimmings and dunk it
into the lamp base with tweezers, ignite it with a lighter and wave it
under
the shank or rub it against an upright shank (carefully!).
 
I've heated with the Bic occasionally but don't want to do it too often
for the reason mentioned first off.
 
I've blackened shanks with both alcohol and butane, the trick is to keep
the flame moving and at the proper distance.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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