Diy Candle Lantern

[ArmorerRoy]

I found a small rusty tin can on a hike. I cut off the top, added a wire handle, and cut an oval hole in the side to make a small candle lantern. I keep it inside my tea pot.

 

[Timber Wolf]

That’s pretty cool right there. Nice work, how did you cut the window?

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Dremel

 

[Mulebrain]

I like! Thanks for sharing

 

[Timber Wolf]

Dremel

You got skilz for sure. I would have butchered the can and myself doing that.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

You got skilz for sure. I would have butchered the can and myself doing that.

It works surprisingly well.

 

[Red Owl]

Some cow horns are white, has anyone ever heard of scraping them very thin and using them as break proof panels for a candle lantern?

 

[Jaeger]

Dremel

If you had said "plasma cutter", I would have said "Whoa....now you've gone toooooo far with non-period correct...."

 

[appalichian hunter]

Some cow horns are white, has anyone ever heard of scraping them very thin and using them as break proof panels for a candle lantern?

They would be very thin and probably prone to cracking I think, perhaps a better solution would be Isen glass (hope I spelled that right)

 

[azmntman]

VERY cool, I may steal that idea, found 2 OLD cans wood cutting this year, be perfect.

 

[Red Owl]

Well, I'm told some cow horns were shaved so thin you could see through them and tell how much powder was left in the horn. My worry is if the candle heat would melt or discolor the horn.

 

[Tyler L]

Red Owl,
You can still buy thin horn for lanterns:

https://www.townsends.us/products/cow-horn-pane-for-lantern-or-hornbook?_pos=4&_sid=b8c97e3ae&_ss=r

 

[appalichian hunter]

Well, I'm told some cow horns were shaved so thin you could see through them and tell how much powder was left in the horn. My worry is if the candle heat would melt or discolor the horn.

I would think a thin horn used for powder is still a little thicker than a horn panel for a light and as you stated I think the heat might be a problem, If you decide to use a thin horn panel such as was mentioned by Tyler let us know how it holds up to the heat, my guess after some use it may blister and I still think it would be prone to cracks. Good luck.

 

[hawkeye2]

Horn flattened and scraped thin was used in lanterns before glass became readily available. There didn't seem to be any problem from the heat. I believe that's where the noun lanthorn came from. Thin flattened horn was also used for the lights in windows.

 

[Red Owl]

Thanks- didn't know it was used.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Mica panels were also used for lantern panes. Very break resistant, but I don't know how far back in history that practice went.

 

[Tyler L]

Mica panels were also used for lantern panes. Very break resistant, but I don't know how far back in history that practice went.

17th century Russia made and exported mica windows as a cheaper alternative to glass (called “muscovy windows”), so it's plausible.

 

[Rancocas]

Some corn horns are white, has anyone ever heard of scraping them very thin and using them as break proof panels for a candle lantern?

I tried horn for another project, but I found that heat quickly warped it. I doubt it would work in a lantern for that reason.