Candle Lanterns

[Zemenar]

Does anyone know of a site that has plans on how to make a candle lantern?
Thanks

 

[TANSTAAFL]

You might get an idea from here.
[url] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=making+period+candle+lanterns[/url]

 

[hobbles]

This works well

 

[ameling]

Wooden candle lanterns look great, work well, and many designs are based upon documented originals. But please heed all the safety warnings and take appropriate measures when using them. I have seen the aftermath of 4 wooden candle lanterns that burned when the candle tipped over inside the wooden lantern, and caught the wood on fire. One scorched the lantern and broke the glass panels. One did the same and also charred a wood camp box before burning out. But 2 burned up the tents they were inside - one with nobody inside at the time and one with people sleeping. Luckily, only property was lost.

I have a wood one around somewhere, but I never use it. I only use one of the several all-tin candle lanterns that I have. It's a personal choice I made several decades ago - for my own safety and peace of mind.

Just something to consider when using any lighting device employing open flame.

Mike - wandering around out in the Hinterlands

 

[wetpowder]

Found this
[url] http://jointer.oldetoolshop.com/lantern1.html[/url]
[url] http://members.aol.com/brlscouts/gilwell/candle.pdf[/url]

:v

 

[hobbles]

Evening wetpowder
My Wife found me the top lantern a few days ago, Cost her $3.50
New lantern

 

[Zemenar]

Thanks wetpowder
:thumbsup:

 

[Twice boom]

How would you compare in brightness the candle lantern to modern gas lantern.

T.B.

 

[wetpowder]

Now that was a good deal :thumbsup:

 

[wetpowder]

Your welcome :hatsoff:

 

[ameling]

The simplest comparison would be to light a candle in your dark kitchen, look at how it lights up the room, look at the quality/color of the light, and then turn on your flourescent overhead electric light.

It would take 60 or more lit candles to equal the amount of light from one gas lantern. And the type of light is very different. Those gas lanterns give off a bright white glow with hints of blue. The candle gives off a yellow/reddish glow.

In any camp you can immediately pick out any tent or camp that is using a gas lantern, just as you can spot the people using flashlights. They just stand out as artificial lighting - compared to candles and campfires. They look like electric floodlights. How many have seen that tent across the way GLOWING white? And the huge shadow puppet show of the people moving around inside?

That type/quantity/quality of modern gas lanterns is what makes them so good - in the modern camp.

Kerosene (coal oil) lamps/lanterns give off a little more light than a candle lantern. It takes several lit candles to equal a kerosene lamp. But the quality/color of the light is similar. The Alladin oil lamp took a kerosene lamp and added that glowing mantle you see in the modern gas lanterns. This bumped the amount of light up to about a 60 watt electric light bulb. But that mantle was much more fragile, and occasionally the whole lamp would flair up out of control and potentially explode the oil. That's why the pressurized white gas lamps became so popular - because of the increase safety and better quality/quantity of light. And then electricity came in.

Just my humble observations to share. Take them as such.

Mikey - out in the Hinterlands - away from those cities with their streetlights and store lights on all night!

 

[Twice boom]

Very good discription.Gives me something to conceder for the future..
Thanks a bunch.
T B.

 

[wetpowder]

Found another
[url] http://www.greydragon.org/furniture/lanterns/index.html[/url]

I'm sure you could use candles :grin: :v