Gas lighting

Wood Gas Lamp

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• published: 14 May 2010
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Wood gas lamp burning wood pellets. Pellets are $5.99 for 40 lbs at Canadian Tire. Warning: Do not burn wood indoors as it produces carbon monoxide. Even though there was no smell and I didn't feel any of the symptoms of CO poisoning, I read from the Internet that a nasty amount of CO is produced. Warning: The glass is extremely hot, even through leather gloves. This lamp produced a large amount of heavy smoke when the flame went out. I used a large flower pot with no hole at the bottom, turned it upside down to cover everything and extinguish the smoldering charcoal. It burns for at least 70 minutes, but I am not sure how long did it burned after I stopped watching. - Starting the fire: small wooden sticks soaked with alcohol. - I coated the top glass globe with a bit of dish detergent and waited until it dried before using it. The soot came off by simply rinsing under running water. - A glass globe as the riser would be good for any culture which would like to see the flame on a wood stove. - The flame went out twice when the wind produced strong downdraft. I think if I covered the bottom pie plate with aluminum foil and made suitable holes in it, it would have prevented that. - taller glass globe would be better. I purchased one from Ikea but it cracked on the first use. I think the glass is not tempered because it was designed for small candles. This lamp is based on Everything Nice Stove design by WorldStove. I wanted to make some pretty flame patterns like the Lucia stove, but I don't have the skill or resources. So this is what I came up with.