Grease Candle/Lantern

[coxmw]

Thanks for the post, I'll have to make some of them.


Now off the the store...:)

[Centurion]

Visinedroops can you post some picts to give us an idea

[lady_banjo]

Very nice! Thanks for the great pics!

[Visinedrops]

Based on the concept of the can stove, I built these. It consists of two bottom-halves of beer or soda cans, a piece of cotton sock upper, a soup can, and the grease from browned ground beef.

1. Cut two beer/soda cans in half, and discard the upper half.
2. Drill a hole in the center of the concave bottom of one of the halves (be sure it's big enough to feed the sock strip through.
3. Cut the sock into a long strip, this will be used as a wick.
4. Fill the other can half 3/4 full of grease, and smear grease all over the sock wick.
5. Assembly; push as much of the sock material into the grease as possible, and fit the two halves together. This can be a bit tricky.
6. Smear some grease over the extended piece of sock (sticking out of the hole). Lighting takes a little effort.



The top:
Cut the ends of the can off, so it makes a tube, then drill 4 or 5 holes close to the bottom of the can for vents. Next, cut out "windows" in the can, large enough to emit light, but not enough to cause a draft through the can which can blow out your candle.