Center Draft Oil Lamp Wick Replacement

Many of these lamps were works of art and survived the lack of suitable wicks simply for that factor.

Center draft oil lamp wick replacement. High quality cotton wick for central draft and rayo burners. Double sewn construction for cleaner burning and longer lasting operation. For later style oil lamps where the wick and the wick raiser is incorporated into the burner the procedure is a little different. 2 1 2 wide when flat 7 1 2 long circular stitch.

This is a circular tubular wick. Junior and other center draft lamps. Fits a 1 45 draft tube. Later style center draft wick winder lamp.

Wicks eventually burn away and should be replaced with one of the same width that fits the oil lamp s burner. Slip the wick tube assembly over the center draft tube and trim to the top of the tube using a razor blade. That would be at least a few lifetime supplies for my purposes for one lamp. Priced per piece 7 1 2 long each.

Center draft lamps came with wick diameters of baby at 5 8 to huge store lamps requiring a 2 9 16 diameter wick. Widths of the wicks are indicated along with the type of burner for each. Oil lamps provide light without electricity by using a wick to absorb lamp oil and carry it from the lamp tank through a brass burner into a glass chimney. Also various sizes of circular round wick for center draft lamps.

Burners collars chimneys wicks tripods for conventional flatwick lamps. Wicks for most oil kerosene lamps these are the wicks that i keep in stock. Char it a bit and it s ready for fuel. If you decide to remove the wick completely take particular note of how the wick is secured around the draft tube so that you can re assemble it correctly.

The burners shown will fit eagle scoville victor queen ann miller kosmos p a jones russell acorn gem nutmeg banner fireside white flame argand dorset risdon and other standard burners. Now i have wicks for virtually all of them. Lamp wicks 23 oil lamp collars caps 27 oil lamp chimneys 64 fancy lamp chimneys 6 hanging lamp hardware 29 lamp parts designed to fit aladdin brand lamps 29 oil kerosene glass lamp fonts 19 shade holders kerosene electric lamps 24 oil kerosene style fonts font caps and oil tanks 7 miniature oil lamp parts 24. 0s special wick for tiny little and other 0 size center draft lamps with small and shallow fonts.

I d give it five stars but for the fact that it only comes in packs of five at the time of this review.