Hobo Pocket Lamp! [ Trench Art! ]

Unveil the art of trench art by converting a 1930s miniature whiskey bottle into a charming hobo pocket lamp in this engaging DIY video. Dive into the world of upcycling and learn how to craft this unique piece of functional trench art, perfect for both history enthusiasts and eco-conscious crafters. Hit subscribe for more inspiring tutorials on transforming historical items into practical, artistic treasures.
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[@WayPointSurvival]

This video is for informational purposes only. Never drill a live shell. As I stated in the beginning of the video this one had no primer and no powder. Thanks for watching. Go to www.waypointsurvival.com where you can sign up for survival and bushcraft classes as well as check out the required gear list.

[@johnperetore151]

I know all about live primers & ammo. I’m 78 and well informed Thanks for the heads up. I understand why you must include this warning. 👌🏻

[@didiergortebeke5400]

Sorry I don't speak English What is the nature of the fuel please?. I discovered your channel. I will continue. THANKS Belgium. (Next to France.)

[@MT-hz8fz]

​​​@@didiergortebeke5400that was my question too i am from germany

[@liveswithgarden6566]

In America they have k-1 kerosene its like paraffin but not as clean. I'm from Britain living in America I'm actually in Ohio. They don't use paraffin in large amounts like in a stove they use this k-1 kerosene. I grew up with the old paraffin stove that made a pattern on the ceiling at night. It gets really cold in Southern Ohio I believe you and the chap from Belgium will be ok using paraffin. Hope this helps.

[@alfonsedente9679]

​@@didiergortebeke5400"kerosene" "liquid parafin" You choose

[@Blackwolf1400]

My grandpa made me a hobo flashlight by taking a coffee can and turning it on its side, he then used a coat hanger to make the handle (poke two holes towards the front and back of the van) and bent the ends to fit the holes. He then placed half a candle in the middle of the can and lit it. It puts out a bunch of light.

[@mrspleasants8529]

And no tools needed.

[@EverettVinzant]

@@mrspleasants8529Okay, I’ll bite… How do you put holes in the can without tools? I’d at least need a nail and a hammer Or maybe a church key instead?

[@Mr_Erutrot]

@@EverettVinzant teeth perhaps

[@anonymousf454]

​@@Mr_ErutrotSavage😂😂😂

[@mrspleasants8529]

Poking an hole Nina can is possible with items you can find lying around. For instance, a nail and a rock. Drilling cartridges not so. @@EverettVinzant Just being practical.

[@MrTimthetoyman]

Just a tip with this, if you want the lid to continue to seal so that you don't leak kerosene into your backpack, don't put it directly on your "candle" while it's still red hot. Give it a few seconds to cool off. Definetly don't use it to snuff the flame. I made two of these about 15 years ago. I still have mine in good condition. It's a great little item. Ps. If you don't have a cartridge handy that fits the mouth of a shot bottle, You can cut a piece out of the side of a pop can and roll it like a cigarette until it fits into the bottle. Cut mine long enough so it can't be pushed to far into the bottle and get lost and then used t shirt cotton to make a wick and rolled the pop can tube around the wick and put it in the bottle.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent! Great tips and ideas!

[@lindakleckner215]

So the wick tube can be all one piece? Just so long that it has a tiny crack between it and the rim of the oil bottle🙄?

[@user-ws8eu6jl8c]

@@lindakleckner215 yes, the wick tube can go the entire length of the bottle. When making one of these, you specifically want it to go the entire length so that it doesn't fall down into the bottle. You don't need to use a bullet casing specifically, this is just one cool way to make one. You could use any piece of high heat resistant metal tubing as long as the top has a bit of a cup shape like the drilled out ignition cap spot in the video. You'll need to do some customization to the wick tube length to fit whatever small, antique, snake-oil, flea market treasure bottle you find :-) IIRC, the gap at the top is so that air can get into the bottle while it is lit, so the liquid can continue to work its way up the wick properly, otherwise the bottle would start to act as a vacuum. @WayPointSurvival You can use this in combination with a small ceramic pot (flipped upside down on top of it w/ventilation) to create a tiny makeshift room heater. You'd have to pull the wick out a bit more for a bigger flame which would burn more oil, but the ceramic distributes the heat very nicely. Keep up the great videos!

[@lindakleckner215]

@@user-ws8eu6jl8c Thanks!

[@ericktamberg670]

I made some improvised lanterns on my teenaging. I used TV antenna aluminium rods instead a fired cartridge.

[@CarlAquaForce]

These are the little gems that make me stick around KZbin.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@CelsoBrand]

This idea is interesting. I spent my childhood and much of my youth using lamps similar to this as a source of lighting. I live in the south of Brazil, and we didn't have electricity. We were small farmers, and with this type of kerosene lighting, we did a lot of the night work, such as milking the cows, feeding the pigs, cooking, eating, studying and doing school work, and finally, my parents had conversations with children about politics, history, and social life and plans for activities in the following days. It was also common to listen to the radio, notably international broadcasters such as Voice of America, Deutsche Welle, Moscow Central Radio, Radio Beijing, Radio France International, BBC, etc. It was a very intense time. It was the 1960s.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent. Thanks so much for watching!

[@primeaardvark646]

Wow. This is one of the best comments I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen many. This is perhaps the most memorable. How was the radio from east vs west? You intrigue me with your thoughts my friend. Go with God. ❤

[@blazergamer6425]

Wait how did you listen to the radio if you didn't have electricity? I would assume batteries of some kind like those crank rechargeable ones.

[@scumbaggo]

That sounds both incredibly interesting and an incredibly tough life. Glad you're well!

[@CelsoBrand]

@@primeaardvark646 Shortwave radio was the mass form of social communication for governments and citizens. There weren't many telephones, and even fewer televisions. The roads were pretty bad, to say the least. On rainy days, buses were avoided between cities, to avoid getting the vehicles stuck and damaging the roads, which were unpaved. They were just very narrow and precarious paths in the middle of the forest. The poorest people, like us, had to go to the city, or to school or church using their feet, horses, ox carts, or bicycles. Almost no one had cars. We were very poor. We rarely wore shoes. We never had money. People used to speak Portuguese as a general language, but they spoke their ethnic languages at home. German in our house, while the neighbors spoke Italian, Polish or Guarani, depending on their culture. In church and school, everyone spoke Portuguese, or tried to. On the radio, we follow political and scientific events, such as the Vietnam War, the Kennedy Assassination, the coups d'état and the installation of dictatorships in Latin America, the conquest of the Moon, the revolutions, etc. It was the cold war. All countries had their radio stations. It was an instrument of power. Many countries still have it.

[@willblack5419]

My in-laws had stories of growing up in rural Pennsylvania near Pittsburg and having “hobos” come to the door for food or work. The grandfather worked on the railroads so had a job and they would often give these folks a meal or some money for some chores. Difficult time in America but made better by good honest people.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed. I'm sure that they were grateful for the assistance that was given them.

[@timmynormand8082]

There are plenty hobos even nowdays of course they call them homeless now

[@Mulletmanalive]

@@timmynormand8082 I thought hobos wanted to work…

[@meljane8339]

I worked in an independent bookstore coffee shop some years back. The proprietor of the establishment always hired, for a few hours at least, and not on the till, any people who would go door to door offering service on the fly like that. I thought it was a west coast thing, or something older that would become new again

[@crgaillee]

Everything in history is repeating it's self, those of us old enough to know this see it.

[@bushnut8305]

At the end of the 90's I was hitchhiking around the west coast of Canada while reading a book about the depression in Canada. I found it fascinating that some of the hobo jungles described in the book were still in use by homeless people. Sadly I can't remember the title of the book. Learned lots, glad I'm no longer homeless.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Interesting. Thanks for watching and sharing your story!

[@40below1000]

Canadian here. I'll bet you a double-double the book you were reading was Barry Broadfoot's Ten lost years: 1929-1939, which was an oral history of the depression in Canada, Studs Terkel style. I've read it, ir's part of the school curriculum and has been since I was in HS in the 1980s and it sure sounds like it. I can't think of another book you'd be reading about Canada in the 1930s. Seriously, not one.

[@TheDarkSkorpion]

Here in the USA. Never heard of it. Sounds fascinating, found it on internet archive. Gonna give it a read. Thanks @@40below1000

[@ritakisil1669]

Happy new year...today is Jan 1st 2024. Good to know you're not homeless anymore. Wishing you and everyone a better year

[@jamesellsworth9673]

The bottle reminds me of the ones used for vanilla extract.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, I'm sure there are some similarities.

[@DanielIvan707]

That’s great! 👍🏽

[@jimskarw25]

….I’ll take the whiskey bottle….

[@susanp.collins7834]

I have one just like it but unfortunately it's plastic.

[@susanp.collins7834]

James, can that also not be made using a ROUND bottle? It might be more stable...

[@chaosmorris5865]

Gotta say I love the historical angle, there's 1,000 Bushcraft channels that give mediocre to bad advice ((not saying you do)) but I always stop to look at historical Bushcraft Videos because 1. I'm a history nerd and 2. If it worked in the past it'll probably work now.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching the video!

[@blackoracle69]

the lamp looks good and thank you for the kind words safe journeys brother

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome, my friend! I always appreciate you stopping by the channel!

[@davidmorris4353]

Hey James! I have seen this done with an old powdered snuff can( round cylinder type), about 1.5" wide and 3" tall with a piece of flared copper tubing inserted flush with the top of the can. These powdered snuff cans were everywhere and in almost every families trash because granny would sniff it and put a pinch under her lip. . .she never was seen spitting, ladies didn't do that! (ha!) My uncle used a 70/30 mix of white gas and cotton seed oil(readily available in the south at the time.) The tin was stuffed with cotton around the tubing, with a 1/2" hole punched in the top of the can with only the flared edge of the tube protruding. He said the mix above, burned brighter and did not smell bad like kerosene. The tubing was perforated with several small holes at the bottom and the wick was pulled through the tube just like you showed. There was a tiny hole on the top of the cap opposite of the wick for air to get into the snuff can so it would not vapor lock. The cotton insured that the fuel would not leak out in his pack as long as he filled it only to the absorption of the cotton. He carried the fuel in a tiny Liniment sample bottle that they handed out for free at the drug store. Very bright and almost smokeless. . .thanks for making me remember this!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thanks so much for the info! I may experiment with this and even make one for the channel!

[@graemecamday]

You and Blackie are the best, your videos show people how to make use of materials with out the politics and drama

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@apepex1464]

Hobo tech is awesome, I love simple survival gadgets and knowledge. The hobo stew was interesting as well, hope to see more hobo tips and tricks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Will do, Lord willing!

[@shinytitan5066]

@@WayPointSurvival have you seen the mini can stove by Follow the compass north? It’s really good, all you need is a soup can and a beer can. Both empty of course. Works great and he cooks an egg on it.

[@jeremyj3017]

I love Blackie Thomas videos! Make 'em Cry. This Hobo Pocket Lamp works great to warm up the hands during winter.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely! That would be a great use for it.

[@LarsonPetty]

I can remember my father talking about such improvised things in war. My favorite was the cooking on c4 recipes.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes. I have heard of that as well. Thanks for watching!

[@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438]

I'm glad your father cares about styrofoam recycling ❤

[@licustoms]

Love this! I might actually make one! A hobo was the first thing I wanted to be in life, even dressed as a stereotypical idea of one for my first Halloween school event. They were so smart and resourceful with so little! Just kind of amazed me... still does. My dad grew up in the great depression, became a hoarder (probably because of that and because they had so little then), saved everything but also very resourceful!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamespaul2587]

Thanks for sharing another simple, yet brilliant idea James

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@unfi6798]

It's always like going into a survival class when watching your show. Cheers mate from Australia.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much and I'm glad that you enjoy the channel!

[@dmo7815]

Kerosene = 2 parts diesel. 1 part gasoline

[@lindakleckner215]

This is if you're out in the air right or have and opening in your shelter, right? 'Cause the soot from the oil can get all over. Once my uncle had it all over his face & we let him use one of our towels to clean it off...what a mess!

[@benterwellen]

You and Blackie make a good team, I enjoy both of your channels…

[@moviesandmysteries4538]

can I have the link of blackie's channel please

[@walterashley149]

Blackie Thomas, hes like a secondary cool grandfather, love that man!!! Just look up Blackie Thomas and you'll find him. Love that you asked, he's a wealth of info!!!

[@walterashley149]

​​@@moviesandmysteries4538 Blackie Thomas, he's like a secondary cool grandfather, love that man!!! Just look up Blackie Thomas and you'll find him. Love that you asked, he's a wealth of info!!!

[@moviesandmysteries4538]

@@walterashley149 thanks mate, I really appreciate it.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@RobbyGarber]

My grandfather (Papa) had made one of those for us kids as he told us stories about his younger years in that time period. He lit it up for us and we were in awe lol. Memories of good times, I really wish I had all the stories he told us recorded and to hear his voice again. But the memories will have to do.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@independentthinker8930]

Blackie is a wealth of knowledge on cap and ball revolvers

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely. He is my go-to source for anything along those lines for sure.

[@TheAtarashiiKaze]

This is a very clever piece of kit! It's small, efficient, using easy to source materials. Thanks for sharing!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like it!

[@badger31738]

That is absolutely amazing. Love ur channel. So many people feel that you have to have a lot of money to have things. You prove that all you need is an imagination.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much!

[@GordonCodyDixon6591]

I found out about Blackie from Dan luts. Blackie is how I found out about you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow. I really miss Dan. He was such a great friend. Thanks for watching!

[@williamwitkowski458]

This is exactly what Viet Cong and NVA carried for light at night that picture BlackiE C showed you was a Vietnam war relic... and you are the only yputuber to ever show one! Awesome

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! I actually have some of those old insect repellent bottles.

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Great job in adapting commonly available materials into something that is very useful. So many ways to fashion a candle lantern. This is an excellent example. Thanks! - Tennessee Smoky

[@davidmetzger9349]

I agree, however not everyone has access to spent 308 brass.

[@WayPointSurvival]

I was just trying to copy the original. You can just roll up a piece of aluminum can and stick it down in the bottle and it will serve essentially the same purpose.

[@lesjones5684]

Get a life 😂😂😂😂

[@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798]

Yah....now I know what happened to my break line!!!

[@jimv.661]

I still have a grenade pin from basic training in 1969. It holds my keys. The big thing back then was to spread the pin part within the loop and make into a peace symbol.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Interesting! Thanks for watching!

[@benterwellen]

Yea, I remember that

[@mondob2867]

Very cool little project! One of many "old" bits of technology that will still serve well today! Exposing young people to these kinds of things will hopefully help them think constructively when their batteries go dead or the electricity goes out!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed!

[@user-dh2xz4pe5d]

I have throughly enjoyed all you videos on the Hobo culture. Keep up the good work!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@davidhewson8605]

Things made for nowt have value beyond shop bought ! Thanks and regards. Dave ( Welsh Mountain man )

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very welcome!

[@veliarivera9256]

How about using old telescoping antennas from discarded portable radios or discarded car radio antennas? They always seem to be lying around. The antennas will have different diameters which can be cut and used accordingly.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes. That would work also.

[@user-hx9tp9cn2h]

James, I pray that God will bless you, your family, & all your viewers with a very meaningful & Happy Thanksgiving! The Old Preacher

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! Same to you, brother!

[@starlingblack814]

Thanks James for the video. I'm not on Blackie's subscription, but think I will subscribe to it. As a young man in Alaska I lived off the grid and would use oil lamps for lighting. They are not bright, but very pleasant if you keep them trimmed. I love this hobo series!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@johndeggendorf7826]

Hmmm…might have an old 308 shell in my sock drawer. 🤔 🍷🎩🎩🎩🙏

[@autiemuse]

😂❤

[@emmanc88]

I remember, same idea we used when I was a kid, growing up in an island with no electricity. When the sea is rough for weeks and run out of kerosene. We used also a coconut oil, vegetable oil or meat fat oil but in a bit different method for its harder to light it up.

[@timebandit2951]

Gotta say I am enjoying this channel, just simple old technology, almost lost to the moving of time. None the less still as good as ever. Thanks

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@ifell3]

Priceless

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@jamesoldaker2434]

Really enjoy your Hobo series

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@CRANEREVIEWS]

I remember making one in school, minus the bullet casing :D

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@motorgearhead]

This was a good video. I find improvised lighting so interesting & satisfying. My wife was just shocked when I took a can of bacon grease and a rolled up piece of paper towel and dunked it into the grease and lit the paper towel making an animal fat lamp. It wasn’t refined, just a can of grease but it burned for hours before I put it out. The paper towel worked wonderfully as a wick. Not sure I’d want to use this in bear county but it worked and made use of leftover grease from our bacon.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@adamlarsen1566]

Awesome! While not necessarily survival related it would be interesting to see a video about hobo graffiti and how that was used as a means of communication with other hobos.

[@apprenticegilligan1635]

I was thinking th exact same thing. I was told years ago a circle with three X's inside the circle was a Hobos sign to others good food, hospitality, and good people.

[@wytchypu7412]

yes! i too would be very keen to see a video on these. fascinating!

[@charlesclark7350]

My mother when a little girl had passersby (hobos) would ask for handouts and they always wondered how they knew they could always get a sandwich or leftovers at their house during the depression of the 1930s. Somebody said they leave a code in chalk on their wood fence to let others know.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and for the suggestion!

[@brian-pu3yy]

Whete to find a bottle that size, cool stuff.

[@shadomane]

Very cool little lamp. I have used the single serving liqour bottles to make a similar version of that lamp. And they can even be used in place of the candle in the UCO lanterns. Thanks for the video and for sharing.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@GrayWolf420]

Dude id chill with this guy cause his hobbies are just like mine I grew up on a farm so we did this stuff whenever we could it's very useful skills to have

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@MannaAzad]

Olive oil works great also. It has the added benefit that if it gets knocked over it won't combust. It's safer. Not to mention edible.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, you could definitely use that.

[@robertweldon7909]

This is a great idea. Obtaining these exact same supplies (bottle, cartridge, etc.) may be difficult. However, you could make up something similar quite easily. Like using a small glass olive oil bottle (and the oil too)instead of what you used. Maybe you could make a video, using different stuff too. Great job, videos like this touch on all kinds of ideas, methods, and other great stuff, commonly never thought of. I would never occurred to me to make a lamp like this.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked it!

[@40below1000]

In most countries, you sinply can't assume the ground will be littered with spent rifle shells as a raw material. I've never found a single round of expended brass in Canada and I've been looking at the ground here for 54 years now. Hell, even in Afghanistan, I never saw brass spend more than a ouple of minutes in the sand, if you didn't pick it up, the locals would. Need to find something other than expended shell casings to make it work.

[@robertweldon7909]

Ya, like an end flared piece of brass tubing to start, from the hobby shop, then step it down to your desired ID? Your right, you cant expect to find stuff just laying about. FYI, a brand of olive oil (Virgo) sells a small glass bottle of olive oil, with a metal cap. Bottle for the container, oil for light and cooking. (2 wins)@@40below1000

[@floppydisk4500]

@@40below1000 I'm going to use a cut down steel metal straw for mine

[@stellarjay1694]

Bingo

[@KevinsCampingAdventure]

That's an awesome idea. I should be able to find most of those items. Thanks for sharing. ✌️

[@WayPointSurvival]

Any time!

[@SDMountainMan]

Really cool I'm going to try this out

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@billyblastoff7027]

Thanks for the video James that is great and thanks to Blackie for sharing this idea

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@2gpowell]

Love it !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@FredFreiberger-pk6wc]

Use a bean can for a wind block & reflector

[@WayPointSurvival]

Sure, you could definitely do that!

[@mikafoxx2717]

Wow, i thought that would just be a little trinket, but thats actually still useful for outdoors camping today as a refillable candle

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@michaeljones5395]

Great idea! Thank you for sharing! Yes Blackie Thomas is a wealth of knowledge! Love watching his channel as well!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@rankin242]

Great idea 💡 I think I seen some of them in Flea market in Ohio. When I was growing up ❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

So cool!

[@cnybanditoutdoors]

Fantastic little idea James!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like it!

[@zerkfitting]

Very clever. That's something they should teach in the Boy Scouts too. Thanks for filming this.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@halfsharona]

Simple and beautiful.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@rayborupe8930]

love the content bro im from southeast ohio great videos hope more people find your channel ill do my best to spread the word god bless.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much and God bless you too!

[@bkay1067]

Nice tip , , , , , BTW would like to know more about HOBO signs (codes) on the trails & such , would be very beneficial for future reference & use ,& thank you kindly

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and for the suggestion!

[@bkay1067]

@@WayPointSurvival , hiking on off trails would see signs, some old some newer , was told these were hobo codes , asked what they ment , all I got was dunno , have noticed a sign , 3 X's and an arrow, which led to a homeless encampment of nasties , water signs often led to good springs , haven't figured out the other signs yet

[@greywolfwalking6359]

A good idea!! Simple to do n easy to operate!!! 👍🐺🧙‍♂️!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, thanks for watching!

[@jujisama855]

Thats awesome lamp easy to make for kids to learn to make as well

[@matthewsmom010902]

Absolutely loving your Hobo Series ❤Thank you so much!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@greyscout01]

I love these cool, 'vintage' type things. Thanks!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@melodyclark4347]

I really like this. I make mini kits as backups, and for friends. I'll be making sure to include these. God bless you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and God bless you too!

[@thedriftingspore]

Yes sir that is really cool. Thank you for sharing James.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@aarde7036]

Hi James. Looks very nice that little lamp! In other parts of the world -where people don't have bullets- you can use a metal ballpoint-pen or any other metal straw.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Good idea!

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Sheeple problem

[@Garethprice1979]

​@@Kyle-sr6jmwow... get out much?

[@Wyi-the-rogue]

… huh? They literally can’t get guns legally in many places. 2nd amendment is American, and not everywhere is America

[@branch_preparedness]

Is there a workaround for not using a bullet? Not everyone has access to that. Cool idea.

[@DeepSouthEdc]

Look for one of those spouts that goes in olive oil bottles maybe. 🤷‍♂️

[@shaded9989]

Maybe a looped paperclip would work, from what I can tell with these designs of self made lamps all you need is to separate the wick from the well while maintaining the capillary action

[@IluvinortheIneffable]

Any copper or brass tubing will work as long as it is the right diameter.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You can use a rolled up piece of aluminum can stuck down inside of the bottle which will essentially serve the same purpose. Just make sure it's not all the way to the bottom so there's room for the wick. It also has to be just below the neck of the bottle so the cap will fit. If you make a tight enough roll, tension will hold it in place.

[@TheScottishKayaker]

You could use the glass tube from beard oil dropper. In fact, you could use the bottle to hold the kerosene. You just need a metal cap to replace the rubber for the dropper.

[@Thedaytondigger]

I've made a very similar one. I used brake line as well. Pro tip: take a Dremel and carve a small channel into the side of the shell 1/4 length down the edge. Wide/deep enough to solder a 1/8 piece of copper line inside the channel. You can dimple the casing instead and CA glue it but soldering looks cleaner. It's ok if you go into the shell and create a hole just fill it will the solder. I recommend a heavy flux solder so if it gets to hot it won't rebead it or melt it. The point of this is to provide better airflow if needed. The funky shaped ones need a bit more air it seems

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@scottsyoutubeworld1824]

So great that you are respectful of Blackie. He's an awesome guy just like you! Sadly, he has recently been the victim of a vicious troll. Pure evil! I have been feeling bad about it until just seeing your shout out. And now I feel great! Thank you!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome! He is indeed fine friend and a true country gentleman.

[@Menuki]

The sudden revelation that hobos of the 1930s were probably homeless WWI vets and victims of the Great Depression/PTSD

[@WayPointSurvival]

I'm sure that some of them were based on the testimonies of others who lived through that era.

[@LarsonPetty]

There is other traumatic events of early last century that could lead to such a meager living existence. My great grandfather was involved with the Easter Uprising in Ireland in 1916. When everything fell apart over there, he and a few other family members fled to the US to avoid capture from authorities sent by the Crown. My grandfather was only ten years old at the time. Such a forced relocation with little funds only exacerbated the deprivation of the Great Depression. Backbreaking work(when it could be found) led to the creation of some very hard men and women. So much so, that when my father volunteered for military service, he wrote back to my grandparents that, boot camp was "Kinda nice." Lol.

[@Menuki]

@@LarsonPetty well, the inclusion of a .308 cartridge is something reflecting a more military background than most. No where near as abundant and more valuable to be reloaded compared to a military person. Trench warfare needed low light and relied a lot on sappers. This would have been a cheap and easy way to outfit a bunch of sappers. Not to mention it was a low profile light that every soldier could have for personal use.

[@badtchad4935]

That little ring on it is the game changer, love it 👍🏻

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@mjc4942]

I love this. I'll have to keep a look out for the right bottle.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@moorshound3243]

This is wonderful thank you for posting. People will say i have a rechargeable led light on a solar charger, but this little guybwill make younfeel cosy under your tarp.

[@WayPointSurvival]

True!

[@inezwatson6192]

This is the best oil lamp I've seen.. thank you.. as always, good info.. God Bless

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, you too!

[@Stray1One]

Priceless,

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Once again you're showing something that looks so strangely familiar from way back in my memory as a child. I've seen these in thrift stores in my town, I've seen them in the old man's little wood shops and what not growing up and probably around the property with my granddad. I was like looking at something I haven't thought of in so many decades. Love your channel!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@patrickharmon9459]

Great idea. I do watch Blackie as well, along with other survival videos. It brings back memories from when I was a youngster. Keep up the good work and God bless.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much and God bless you too!

[@Jesses001]

Cute. My wife likes to have those...umm...sent things you plug in around the house. When they are spent, you are left with an empty glass container. I used copper tubing that used to be used to connect ice machines in freezers to water lines. They have switched to polymer line but I still have some of that copper around. Worked well.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Great idea!

[@lindakleckner215]

Are you serious? Polimer now?😟I wonder why that is.

[@Jesses001]

@@lindakleckner215 Yes. Too be fair, the copper was very easy to kink when running it. The polymer line does seem to work better. We will see how many of them bust over time though as they age.

[@glennpurchase807]

Wow. So simple but very very efficient. Thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@earlshaner4441]

Blackie speaks highly of you my friend

[@WayPointSurvival]

He is a really great guy!

[@C.Earl77]

This is awesome project! Thank you for sharing!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@qwerty2008100]

I was just using one of these that I was given at a festival. I opened KZbin and this was one of the first videos recommended to me.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@dmason8078]

I love this series

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@puddin94]

So cool. another great gadget, thank you👍😊

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like it

[@shelliegrove3300]

I love Hobo anything! Thank you for your channel ❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@andrewcheff4035]

That lil lamp is awesome!! Great videos! Thanks for all your work!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidleasure9138]

Another good piece of kit. Thanks for sharing

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@sevenproxies4255]

This video was very helpful to a project i'm working on. I'm going to make a "kerosene candlestick" of sorts, which is composed of laboratory test tubes, preferably lined up in an old style, wooden test tube rack. The idea is to use cork and poke thinner glass tubes through and then pull a wick through before corking up the test tubes with kerosene to make test tube lamps. In my mind's eye, it'll look rather nice and a bit steam-punkish. 😄

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very interesting!

[@krishoogstraat6866]

Super cool lantern. Thanks for showing us how to make our own.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome, my friend!

[@exiledintheus7251]

Wow I was expecting something you could throw together on the road but a hobo with a drill press that is something I see everyday 😅

[@WayPointSurvival]

You could actually drill this out with the awl on a Swiss Army knife.

[@bettyboop9148]

Thank you. That was amazing. I love your stories about hobo’s

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@rickhall1027]

Thank you for another good idea.👍👍👍

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@evolv_85]

This will make a great addition to my camping kit. Awesome.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@out-landishintheokanagan270]

Ohhhhh.....I really like that!!! Thank you very much! I'm going to make one

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@MAPkiller_shitsummoner-wizard]

Saw this video and got inspired to make a more cheap version of it. Just took a mini pocket sized glass liquor bottle (similar to that in the video), filled it with olive oil and then put a thick cotton wick (easy to find on Amazon) into the bottle. Also used a hooked paperclip to take in and out the wick from the bottle and it's actually more efficient. When I'm done i just seal the bottle with it's cap and I'm ready to go. Much appreciate the video.

[@bettyboop9148]

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@user-sn4nd7qm7y]

I'm definitely glad we get these safety tips online for other people and have a Merry Christmas this year and God bless thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

Same to you!

[@Dingomush]

Awesome idea. Great job. Thank you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@stevenladrig9592]

Blackie Thomas is the best things you I bought in just about everything❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@KAREMOO123]

I was very pleased with your style and ideas

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@alanfaulkner6329]

Thats is a thing of beauty.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!