coffee can candle flashlight
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:43 pm
Here is another idea from way back. I am not sure if it was used in the victorian era though. If they had coffee cans back then, then it probably was.
You take an empty coffee can, you nail a wooden handle ( like the end of a broom handle ) to the bottom of the can from the outside.
You partialy flaten part of the rounded side, this becomes the bottom of the flashlight.
With some melted wax, you place a candle on the flatened bottom of the inside of the can.
The metal from the can becomes a reflector for the candle.
The can helps block the wind from blowing the candle out.
The handle is used to hold the light in the direction you want.
I made a couple of these years ago but I only tried them inside. I was always going to try it up at the lake on the dark road. That's where I learned about these coffee can candle flashlights. The old timers up at the lake used to use them when walking home at night.
You take an empty coffee can, you nail a wooden handle ( like the end of a broom handle ) to the bottom of the can from the outside.
You partialy flaten part of the rounded side, this becomes the bottom of the flashlight.
With some melted wax, you place a candle on the flatened bottom of the inside of the can.
The metal from the can becomes a reflector for the candle.
The can helps block the wind from blowing the candle out.
The handle is used to hold the light in the direction you want.
I made a couple of these years ago but I only tried them inside. I was always going to try it up at the lake on the dark road. That's where I learned about these coffee can candle flashlights. The old timers up at the lake used to use them when walking home at night.