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Ever thought of using it to power a Stirling? 😁

  That's a good idea! There are several things you can fuel the little brass lamp with, but I did read in the reviews it will overheat with Alcohol, I have an idea to correct this. I think if I bend. Some copper tube in an L shape and slide one end in the spout and cut the vertical run so it's only perhaps 1/4 inch tall and run the wick thru this tube, it will get the base of the flame up off the brass lamp enough to aid in cooling. There may be some better ways, I will give it some thought.

Here we have an India lamp Firing a china Stirling, powering An unmodified USA Ertl cast display model engine.

  The lamp height is nice for this Stirling and a couple of my others, I have ordered a second lamp of similar style that was very low cost to see if I can modify or perhaps even remove the lamp base to make a low rider lamp for some of my low Stirling engines.

  The paraffin lamp oil is sooting the glass after only a couple minutes of run but there is plenty of heat and the glass cleans easily with just a wipe from paper towel for now.

I started this thread in "off topic" but I see we are nicely back on topic!  

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