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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jon &#8211;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Where did you get your lamp? I got mine
from <span class=SpellE>Schaff</span> (catalog #185), and it always runs dry
within a couple of days, because there&#8217;s no way to seal it without unscrewing
the spout and replacing it with the rubber <span class=SpellE>gasketed</span>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mark
Dierauf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Jon Page
[mailto:jonpage@comcast.net<span class=GramE>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent</span></b></span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date Month="3" Day="31"
Year="2006"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
 Tahoma'>Friday, March 31, 2006</span></font></st1:date><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="18"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
 font-family:Tahoma'>7:18 PM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] hammer burning
experiment</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&gt;snip</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>My alcohol lamp base never runs dry.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For spot burning-in I cut a small wedge of hammer
trimmings and dunk it<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>into the lamp base with tweezers, ignite it with a
lighter and wave it under<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the shank or rub it against an upright shank
(carefully!).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I've heated with the Bic occasionally but don't want
to do it too often<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for the reason mentioned first off.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I've blackened shanks with both alcohol and butane,
the trick is to keep<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the flame moving and at the proper distance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt'><x-sigsep>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>

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</x-sigsep>Regards,<br>
<br>
Jon Page<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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