Custom Oil Lamp

A lot of High School students have or are very close to having Prom. Now, I do not know if your school was as mine was, but our glasses had possibly 2-3 gulps and it is gone. I counted, during the 3 hours I was at the dance, I refilled my glass damn near 20 times. This got me to thinking, why drink out of a glass that can hold only a few oz of liquid.

This will be my first instructable, so bear with me (criticism is much needed please). It should take near to no resources (household items), and possibly 10 dollars for the oil. I would rate this easy, but that's just me, and it takes under an hour.

Hope you enjoy :D

Note: I really doubt you can hurt yourself unless you are an utter imbecile, however I will take no responsibility for any damages, injury, or death that may occur. It's fire folks, it burns stuff, so make sure you take all measure to make sure it burns the oil and the wick, not you and your stuff.

Step 1 "Lets Get Your Act Together"

First we need to get all our resources together.

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You Will Need

Tools:
Scissors
Flat Head Screwdriver
Hammer

Needed Materials:
Lamp Oil
A Glass/ Crystal Container
Aluminum Can
Wick (Or Tightly Wound Yarn/ Thread to make your own)

Optional Materials:
CD Spacer
Lamp Ornaments

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Note: Please make sure that the can will fit on top of the glass. (Image 2)

Comments

[l8nite]

I like the combination of materials and overall design

[nomadicbear]

You did Good! You can also use cooking oil or olive oil. The olive oil will burn clean. I've done this kinda just not using the can to hold the wick.

[biofueljunke]

this design is an oil candle (the flame dosent have force air like kerosene lamps) so it should be using ultra pure 99.99% pure paraffin oil, medalion is by the same company but is for keroene lamps. you can also be green and try making your own biodiesel