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Step 4Extra Tweaks
While not completely necessary, you may want to extend the arm on the burner that controls the height of the wick to the outside of the housing so that you can control the flame without opening the lantern. This may keep your fingers from getting burnt when you find yourself having to open the light to put out the flame after a long ride. Plus you can brighten or dim the light once you get moving.
To do this I used vice grips to hold the arm while I twisted off the wheel on the arm. You can then pass the wick-adjustment arm through a hole near the base, screw on the fount, then replace the wheel. This has been extremely convenient for the use of this light.
I also went ahead and used the cutting wheel to chop off the bits of metal that normally hold the glass chimney as well as shortening the metal tube that feeds up the wick to allow for more head-room for the flame. (Notice that most of these tweaks were done on version two using the nicer brass lamp from Vermont Lanterns.)
To do this I used vice grips to hold the arm while I twisted off the wheel on the arm. You can then pass the wick-adjustment arm through a hole near the base, screw on the fount, then replace the wheel. This has been extremely convenient for the use of this light.
I also went ahead and used the cutting wheel to chop off the bits of metal that normally hold the glass chimney as well as shortening the metal tube that feeds up the wick to allow for more head-room for the flame. (Notice that most of these tweaks were done on version two using the nicer brass lamp from Vermont Lanterns.)
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