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phennommennonn
07-21-2008, 12:55 PM
Sharing a few things that might help. one post i made as my intro post but it got moved to intros so ill post the link to it here titled homemade meat smoker
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3664

I made some oil lamps out of glass olive oil bottles and 40oz beer bottles. the metal screw on caps you have to be careful with. lay the cap on the flat side down use a wood cutting board. take a small sharp knife and puncture a hole thru the cap. make sure the hole is tiny - a metal compass point is a gr8 tool to use for this. the other side may have sharp edges, if you have a file handy file it down. take some old cotton (must be 100% cotton) socks, cut long half inch strips. fill the bottles with vegtable oil - or you can go to big lots, or an outlet store that sells the outdoor bamboo garden oil lamps - a gallon here is like 2.99. thread the sock strip thru the cap about an inch and the rest put in the bottles. wait a few hours til the oil soaks the 'wick'. this will light.