Make a working oil lamp

Step 3

The first wick worked a litle bit, but would go out. It was not large enough to draw the oil fast enough so I got a larger wick and added the first wick to it and inserted it into the rod. This worked better but not as good as I hoped to,so I took out some of the oil and added babyoil to the veggie oil to make the over all oil thinner. It is mixed about half and half. This time it lit up and has stayed lit with a good high flame for about 2 hours now. It has been burning this long and there is hardly any movement in the oil level. I will now let it burn for another hour and measure about how much oil is used in an hour. I will add a comment later to give you the findings. The flame does have a slight amount of smoke to it, about the same as I have seen with regular lamps. That is all for now. Have fun but don't burn the house down!

Michael J. Kaer, author of "What Money Can't Buy"