DIY Hobo Oil Lantern: How to Make a Rustic oil lamp from a small bottle and a Cotton Wick.
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2023
- In this video, I’m going to show you how to make a DIY hobo oil lantern using a small glass bottle and a cotton wick. This is a great project for woodscraft, bushcraft, and camping enthusiasts who want to add some rustic charm to their winter camps.
I’m following the instructions from James Bender, a survival expert and the host of the Waypoint Survival channel. You can check out his channel here: [Waypoint Survival]. He has a lot of amazing videos on how to survive and thrive in the wilderness.
To make this hobo oil lantern, you will need the following supplies:
A small glass bottle with a screw-on cap
A thin wire (about 12 inches long)
A cotton lamp wick (about 6 inches long)
Some cooking oil or lamp oil
A lighter or matches
The steps are very simple and easy to follow. Just watch the video and see how I transform a glass bottle into a cozy and functional candle.
I hope you enjoy this video and find it useful. If you do, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel for more DIY projects and woodscraft tips. Thank you for watching and have a safe journey.
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Nice. Yes, the Waypoint Survival Hobo series is fun stuff.
For those who may be interested, every year in Britt Iowa is the annual Hobo Convention/Fair. There's also the National Hobo Museum there as well. This DIY liquid fuel pocket lantern is so easy. My grocery store sells the mini bottles of liquor. Gonna get a few.
I am 75 now. In my travels I fould a metal flask that was curved and fit in my back pocket well. I made a lamp out of it that would not brake and had oil to help lite a fire if needed. Had it for years . The guys said I was wasting a good booze canteen. Smile
I made one this type of lantern for my shop. I use it for a open flame to warm plastic welding tip and shrink tubing. Baby jar with metal lid, a metal tire stem with a metal stem cap from a tractor, and a round cotton wix from hobby lobby. Drill hole matching valve stem size in lid, mount valve stem, remove valve from valve stem, stuff in wix and fill then light. Metal stem cap seals and the wix stays in with friction from the valve threads. I use my knife to regulate wix height. This is so useful and I use it all the time. Very efficient and cheaper than propane torch, which do not work well in cold weather.
thanks for watching
Waypoint added all those bullet parts and I thought to myself “that’s gonna be hard in this state!” And then you came along and fixed that problem right up! Thank you, sir!
Ditto over here in the UK. Where am I gonna find me some bullet parts :-). Thankfully this solves it.
coffee can, strip of single cell and candle ends. cut trip smaller than the can and make a roll fill with wax and make a tent heating candle
nice
Interesting
Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for your time to make these videos.
Hello Mr. Thomas,
I enjoyed your video, very helpful. I have seen Waypoint survival's video on these pocket oil lamps, nothing wrong with his style of lamp. Your's is a little easier. I just finished one, I forgot to pick up key rings the other day, so I haven't tried burning it yet. I plan on making a couple more. I found another video on the same type of lamp, but that guy used a spring as a wick holder. Seemed to work good. Just a thought.
I have watched most of your videos, I think you are a great presenter with your knowledge of the subject and just your mannerisms and your voice seems calming.
Great job.
Regards
George Jeckells
I made a couple with those short 1/2 pint mason jars for around the house
Another interesting way for someone to start a wildfire…If you make one maybe test it at home on a paved or gravel driveway…Just to test the bottle and such …Have fun stay safe.
lol it does require adult supervision
Anybody that doesn’t drink can go walking down a country road and find dozens of those little bottles lying on the shoulder. Also those screw-top aluminum beer bottles which are handy too.
Great project Blackie something to make on a rainy day
This one was fun. Thanks!
I like it!!!👍
Neat idea, thank you Blackie.
Great little project. Thanks.
That's great, Blackie. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍
Thanks Blackie
Love it Sir!
Love it! Very cool.
thanks
Good job 👍
I just love the way you explain things 😊
Very cool! I’m going to make one. I’ve been thinking about it since I saw James’s video
Great content Blackie!! That's how I found your channel, through James, and definitely NOT disappointed buddy!!!
thanks for watching my channel
@blackoracle69 you're very welcome buddy!
outstanding 👍💯🏆💥🔥
sweet great content
Great video thanks great idea
thanks
That is pretty cool. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
glad to do it
A very handy item. Thanks .
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You bet!
Love these tips Blackie.
glad to help
Outstanding piece of kit
thanks
Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia, thank you for your time to make this video, great idea muchly appreciated.
Love to see need things like
thanks for watching
Thanks Blackie.
your welcome
A little oil lamp would be very handy.
Good video Blackie , thanks for sharing YAH bless !
thanks for watching
Freakin AWESOME!!
Good idea
Many many thanks
Good one Blackie 👍👍
thanks
Blackie, Great Information and bring back forgotten knowledge on the old technology ,it still works. I do watch Your Channel, James's Channel Y'all always have Great Information. Thanks Again for sharing your Time, Vast Knowledge, Experience and Passing On The Craft.
thanks for watching
I like that idea. I have something similar that I made out of a 6 inch piece of copper tubing. Thanks for showing how to make that.
Very cool!
Glad to see the return of the down n dirty episodes. Silver wolves lounging around in camp often resembles a hobo camp. The skills, applications and mentality crosses over well.
yep i gonna try and bring a few more videos on it
P.S.
The guy that used the spring in his lamp is France Survivor
Hey Blackie. You were saying how much you liked it when one idea sparked another idea amongst the community. Well this video gave me an idea. Well I found out that a fiberglass wick fits precisely inside either the mouth of a stainless steel hip flask or a single shot alcohol glass. No need for wires or cotton wicks just measure your fiberglass wick and that’s all you need. Stick that guy inside a hip flask and you have an ergonomic lantern, or get several glass shots and do the same. The 1/2 inch fiberglass wicks are the perfect size.
Tekey Lamp oil with bug repellent might be a great Idea I'm going to try ???
Thanks 😎
We made a few oil lights with small jelly jars.😊
I love your dialect, where is that from?
Good to hear real American English that were so common in the movies before it all went to hell.
It's from the Deep South somewhere (southeastern U.S.) I'm from the Deep South and raised here all my life.
Your version seems a bit more doable for me. Thank, Blake!
Ive been using tiki torch canisters filled with 91% rubbing alcohol, works awesome
a while back i came across a video of someone making those bottles into oil lamps for use in the 3 candle UCO candeliers. he saved on the candles and got to drink the booze as a bonus :-)
Use a coke or vegetable can opened up as a improvised reflector or some aluminum foil could you use a shotgun shell or copper pipe cap as a snuffer
Down N’ Dirty woodcraft rides again! 😊❤🎉
nice
Pretty cool.
I think an old metal whiskey flask would work well without the perils of broken glass.
I may give it a try and see how it goes...as soon as I finish the whiskey that is.
that might work well
Blackie, great design on the wick carrier. I can't wait to make my gasoline lantern. 😆
oh thats gonna be a BIG flame !! lol
I promise to keep it outside the tent, and only deliver it to others with a slingshot. Just to keep it clean, maybe it needs a few tablespoons of Dawn... (Promise I would never do that to my friends.) 😆@@blackoracle69
I have not seen a glass bottle like that for a very long time the only small glass bottle I've seen at the liquor store is for Jagermeister. Which is not a round bottle but it works.
My problem is I live in Oklahoma I made one of those things about 6 years ago, I don't even remember if anyone had done a video on it or not I just thought I would be clever and make one. But anyway the wind was way too strong here in Oklahoma. Not strong enough to keep the bugs away unfortunately but it kept blowing my little lamp out.
Actually I do remember what gave me the idea I got a little insert for that ODC lanterns that lets you burn oil in it instead of those expensive candles and that gave me the idea to try to make one myself since I had more than one of those lanterns. Although I never tried putting the one I made inside the lantern because Jagermeister Square bottles would not fit. But I tied a little wire on the side and made a loop in The Wire I didn't use the key ring. Can I use a single wire down through the wick and out the side at the top to wedge it on the neck.
Side note that is probably worth mentioning baby oil really puts out an odor when you burn it and it is Smokey. You can also use cooking oil, and olive oil of course. The lamp kerosene is the best although it smells pretty bad too
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Great content as always..I was just wondering if it was possible to put essential oils like lemongrass or peppermint into lamp in order to repell mosquitoes? Ofcourse up wind.
I Use An Old Glass Dr. Tichenors Bottle
All of the gunshots in the background are the perfect soundtrack for a video like this.
Howdy Blackie thank you for all you do, the dangers of sweating while sleeping winter camping and how to recover and how to avoid it when and if it happens, do you have any suggestions please, no matter what i do I seem to sweat while sleeping no matter how cold it is outside, ty again mafriend!
Wear wool,and get checked for diabetes.
Thanks for the video and so I made one, I used olive oil, but the damn thing stays alight for 5 min then goes out, do you have any tips please? Thank you in advance and what great Chanel 👍🏻
Blackie, do you think it might be necessary to protect the bottle from rapid temp changes and even small misty rain , to keep it from cracking like a mason jar when canning? I only ask because obviously those bottles are probably not Pyrex or borosilicate glass? Thanks
Doubles as a Motty Cocktail ???
Thanks 😎
Handy item. Wonder how much heat two or three under a flower pot would produce?
might work but it gonna soot pretty bad
Nice idea 👍
may i ask where i could get the thumbnail picture?
One thing to be aware of is that not all small liquor bottles are made of glass, so be careful.
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Personally I would prefer to just carry a long burning candle or best, a candle lantern. This method is a lot of trouble and fuel is not available in the forest. put the candle out and stick it in your pack or pocket without having cool down time.
You did not what type of oils could you use use for fuel?
Don’t lose the lid
Nope been a while.
Blackie, ty for the video however I saw the one James made, so I skipped this one…
hey i understand thanks for watching anyway
Can't find one of those alcohol bottles you're really not looking take wale round you town you will see them. 99 % are plastics keep looking round back of hotel best place
It will explode because the fire touching your bottle
I love your dialect, where is that from?
Good to hear real American English that were so common in the movies before it all went to hell.
One of the funniest things I ever saw was a co-worker from Oklahoma working with me in Pennsylvania. Whenever he tried to say Massachusetts it came out as Massatussets.
i am from L.A. (lower alabama) lol
"bdea, bdea, bdea, that's all folks!" I thought the same thing.. blackie? English?... not so Northern all....I'll stick to Jawja. @@blackoracle69