JAMES MCCALL on fri 3 oct 03
Don Henley has gotten me interested in making some oil lamps.
Any comments about method, techniques, suppliers of wicks, or other
accessories?
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on fri 3 oct 03
Hi James....
Just...make sure they are fully vitrified, or have an
interior Glaze as will seal them against capillary seepage
of the 'Oil'...
I have heard of that hapenning..and sometimes it takes a
while for the Oil to seep through...and by then, it was on
the Customers furniture...
Have fun!
Phil
Las Vegas
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Subject: Oil lamps?
> Don Henley has gotten me interested in making some oil
lamps.
>
> Any comments about method, techniques, suppliers of wicks,
or other
> accessories?
>
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Louis Katz on fri 3 oct 03
Make sure they are made vitreous. Porous clay will wick oil to thee
craze lines and can catch fire.
Made an "Eternal Flame" lamp and almost burnt down an amphitheater
during a Ninth of Av service at a Jewish summer camp.
Louis
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> Don Henley has gotten me interested in making some oil lamps.
>
> Any comments about method, techniques, suppliers of wicks, or other
> accessories?
>
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Laura Berkowitz on sat 4 oct 03
Hi James,
Many of the pottery supply places sell oil lamp supplies. I use Seattle
Pottery Supply. Axner has a nice selection too.
I only make oil lamps with enclosed flames. You can buy the burner and wick
with matching size chimney when you order. There are different sizes of
each to enhance your work. I order the chimneys by the case (24) and they
just ship the original box--no repacking charge on their end and no breakage
when it arrives. I keep extra wick on hand in case someone needs some--but
no one has asked. When I was selling in lots of galleries here, I'd give
the galleries extra chimneys so if they or their clients broke one, they
could be easily replaced.
Use a good glue to glue the burners to the lamp. Though I've been using an
epoxy, I plan to find some of that PC-7 or PC-11 that was discussed here a
while back. It is unnerving to watch people pick up a full oil lamp by
placing their hand under the brass burner.
I ALWAYS glaze the inside of my lamps. Since my lamps are larger than most
I've seen, and the opening is small, I pour the glaze through a funnel,
swish it around to make sure the sides are covered, and pour it out. I let
it sit over night to dry out before glazing the outside the next day.
There is a product called pottery sealer or lamp liner that you might want
to have on hand for yourself and your customers. You pour it into the lamp
then pour it out and it coats the inside to prevent the lamp oil from leaking.
I keep several bottles here because sometimes someone in town will have a
leaky lamp (not necessarily one of mine) and I'll loan them the bottle to
seal their lamp, then they bring back the remainder.
I've only had one lamp of mine that I know of leak. It was here at my
house. I've had it, along with four others all fired together, filled with
oil and setting out since the mid 1980's. A few years ago I noticed a bit
of oil seeping under one when I moved it! So one never knows and it might
be a good idea to just pour some of the sealer in regardless of how vitreous
you think they are--just in case!
Talking about oil lamps, years ago I saw a beautiful ring of fire--someone
had thrown an enclosed ring, cut holes around the top for an open oil
burner, filled the ring with lamp oil, and with the 10 or 12 lit wicks going
at once it was quite nice. That's another idea for you if you want to use
open flame.
And another idea--don't know where you live, but if you have mosquitos--sell
oil lamps! They make a critonella lamp oil. These are nice to burn out on
a deck and you can tune the wick to burn a little smokey for the bugs (you
wouldn't do this indoors.)
Laura (Fairbanks, AK where we have lots of power failures and lots of
mosquitos and we use our oil lamps.)
JAMES MCCALL wrote:
>Don Henley has gotten me interested in making some oil lamps.
>Any comments about method, techniques, suppliers of wicks, or other
>accessories?
Darnie Sizemore on mon 6 oct 03
I throw some oil lamps, and depending on the size I will throw them off the hump. When you choke the top in, it can go off center, just go slow and in small increments. I also have some small animal molds to attach to the sides of the piece. They can work like handles. I usually go to my local ceramics dealer and buy wick in yard lengths. (Rovin, Runyan)
Have Fun!
Darnie
JAMES MCCALL wrote:
Don Henley has gotten me interested in making some oil lamps.
Any comments about method, techniques, suppliers of wicks, or other
accessories?
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