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Where can I purchase a smoking oil lamp for use in inletting a stock? I'm referring to the type seen in videos about making guns like Purdey and H&H. I thought Brownell's carried them but I can't find one on their site.
I previously used Jarra's inletting compound but used all I had. Besides, I find it messy and it got all over everything. I tried using a hurricane lamp burning kerosene and it worked sort of OK, but not as well as the lamps I see in the videos. Also tried a candle and a dry marker without success.
Any know of a source?
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What about an engineers oil lamp? Ebay has lots of them. Something like this: https://ebay.us/4jf9rZ In one of the Midway videos, Jack Rowe uses a stick with kerosene on it. It seems to make plenty of soot. He keeps the stick in a can of kerosene and then lights it with an oil lamp when he wants to make soot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EqfxRugPVw&t=1599s
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Any small jar such as a baby food jar will do. Poke a hole in the lid, insert a cloth wick, soak the wick in kerosene and fill the jar with kerosene.
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The oil lamp on eBay appears to be the same as the base on my hurricane lamp. I made a torch from a small jar with a hole in the lid. Had to shop around for a circular wick, which I'm using. Works well with lots of sooty smoke.
The Jack Rowe torch seems a bit scary, given that it takes two people to blow it out. That would set off the smoke alarm over my work bench.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.
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 Dave is it one of these you are talking about? Unfortunately the days of fitting to the thickness of smoke in the engineering world has almost died out. This lamp was one I rescued from the scrap bin it was just one of the many hundreds that where in use at Crewe Loco works here in the Uk that where scraped. All is not lost though a good low cost replacement you may find are a type of Paraffin (Kerosene) garden oil lamps.
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damascus, that is exactly what I was looking for. From what you say, they probably aren't made anymore. I found a small garden torch of similar size that uses some type of insect repellent. I suppose it would work if Kerosene is burned in it. Only $5.
Don't stock makers use smoke anymore? I gave up on the mixture of grease and carbon. That stuff stains and gets everywhere, and is a pain to apply to the metal.
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Here's mine. From eBay for about $20 I think. Not the best photo, but you get the idea.  This one sold today for $13: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F174141196561
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This is what I use for smoking metal for fitting. Bought it off eBay years ago. Works perfectly, and you can use it either leaning or standing straight upright. Kerosene goes in it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Glass-Alcohol-Lamp-Spirit-Lamp-Burner-Adjustable-3-16-Wick-5oz-Polisher-Wax-Work/333374915648?hash=item4d9eb18440:g:3OkAAOSweahdsyvL
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What about a rail road marker lamp? Seems like it could make plenty of soot.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401999255421
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An old oil can, cut the spout back big enough for a wick and use mineral spirits. I found some stuff in the sowing section at walmart that makes a good wick. A empty shell case makes a good cap.
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