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OK, You and hundreds of other folks have the very same problem!!!!! I do not need a picture of the stand, as I own about 3 or 4 of them (i believe). I have done extensive research and work on this very stand. I am assuming that you are talking about the 1928 Noma cast iron tree stand with the embossed poinsettias and holly leaves going around the base. There was perhaps, 2 other stands, that had that same electrical set up, but those are very elusive, and even an old collector of Antique Christmas like me, does not own on of those. All I will say is that those threaded sockets AND...The nut that screws onto them, MUST HAVE ONLY BEEN MADE FOR THAT STAND!!!!!!!!!! As far as I have found...There is no equivalent!!!!! Or even..... anything close. I have had hardware experts try to find those nuts, and no one has been able to come up with the threading, that is on that piece. I had a person send me their messed up existing strand, from their stand, so that I could try to make a mold of the original socket......which I did.....But finding the nut to go on it, is truly impossible!!!!!! LOL Please know that I am SCREAMING.....But not at you!!! LOL I am a huge collector and helper of folks with their Antique and vintage Christmas lighting, and this piece totally eludes me and everyone else. I did make a replacement strand for the person, that sent me their original cord and sockets, from their stand It works by simply holding newer era sockets into place with pressure. It allows the person to replace all of the old cloth covered cords and electrical with something a bit more modern. If you are interested I will be happy to tell you about it, but I ask that you email me at c6lites@gmail.com and I will send you my phone number and we can talk it thru on the phone. I hate typing long fixes to people.......despite the fact that I have just typed you a novel here!!!! LOL

Hi, I am not sure what you are asking for. C6 lights must all be in series, so they normally come in sets of 8. None are 6. I would need to see what items you need bulbs for. You can email me pictures at c6lites@gmail.com

Thanks, it became necessary when I started getting all forms and sizes of light bulbs. I realize it looks very crude, but I hope that one day I will build a more refined version. That one is so clunky, but It works like a champ, LOL

I just sent the instructions to your gmail. If you don't get it, you might what to try your junk mail or spam folders.

Never mind, it came back to me, so I will need your email address to send it to,

Thanks, I saw your Royal relamp online this week. Looks great!!

Hi there, It's always nice meeting a new person interested in old Christmas lighting. Thanks for you nice comments and I'm glad you like the videos. I try my best to help collectors out, because I want to see their goodies, once they are up and running. Anyway, You can always reach out to me at C6lites@gmail.com. if you find any problems not covered in a video. Have fun with your lighting!!

As you see in the video the two halves of the base come apart rather easily as they are not glued together. They just snap together. However, you will need to find a way to retract all of the teeth inward. The newest way I have heard is someone uses a socket, of the correct size to push the base onto, to retract the teeth. I have heard of some folks having the same trouble as me with removing the tubes. It's like they used some form of SUPER, SUPER GLUE or epoxy to put them in. Soaking in hot water doesn't even begin to soften it. A lady on our facebook page just posted that she broke several tubes, trying to get them out.

Have you tried solvents like naphtha or acetone to soften the super glue?

Yes, I tried many different things. Paint thinner, denatured Alcohol, rubbing alcohol, lighter fluid and the like. I did not try acetone....which probably would have worked, but I would probably also melted the plastic before softening the glue that was used. One of the items i used ruined the clear plastic ring one one of the white ones. I can't remember what that was though. If you find something, please feel free to share. I'm always up for new things.

Just letting you know that I am placing a C7 bubble light candolier on my facebook marketplace page for sale of $25. It's a basic gold one and comes with basic bubble lights that have silver sparkles in the tubes. however only 5 of the bubble lights work the other 4 will need relamping. Anyway, If you want it you may want to speak up as it probably won't stick around long. Let me know

How do I find your marketplace page, do you have a link?@@c6lites

Thanks, It's my pleasure to help folks out with their vintage Christmas lighting. Hopefully it keeps folks collecting and enjoying their collectibles.

Hi there, I made this video, back when the person that made these kits was selling off all of her stock. They were quickly snatched up and now reside in other folks collections. So they may not pop-up unless one of those folks decide to let them go. Of course the older ones are much better in quality. They are not made out of bakelite, they are just hard plastic. However, the older ones have had many years of use and may often need repairs, like replacing the crumbling original cord, or worse yet, having to replace a brass socket that has gone bad. Removing sockets from those older, original Royal candoliers is super hard as they seem to have been molded (or melted) into the plastic base. Anyway, quality wise, the plastic on the new ones and and old ones are quite comparable, and they came in more colors than the originals. The bad difference is that the newer C6 brass shells used in the newer ones are soft and not as good as the older ones. You may want to join our facebook page and see if anyone there might have one for sale... facebook.com/groups/475901481145293 I hope this helps

O.K. Thanks. Of all Candoliers ever made in different colors, which colors display Bubble Lights best? Found this 24 year old post from an older man who made candoliers under the "Reproco" brand. He said the molds cost $15,000 & he made them because he liked them so much. Ever seen "Reproco" Candoliers? "AS THE MAKER OF THE NEW STANDS I CAN TELL YOU THE FOLLOWING. THE COLORS OF THE NEW STANDS WERE INTENTIONALLY MADE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD ONES. THIS WAS DONE TO AVOID CONFUSION. THE NEW COLORS, ROYAL BLUE, FRENCH VANILLA, BLACK ONYX, HALLOWEEN ORANGE, PEPPERMINT, SPEARMINT, LIQUID GOLD, AND CHRISTMAS SPARKLE; LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE COLORS USED BY ROYAL, RED, GREEN, AND MARBELIZED. ALSO, TO CORRECT ONE ITEM I HAVE READ HERE, THE SOCKETS ARE INSERTED FROM THE TOP, NOT THE BOTTOM, AND IF IN ANY DOUBT, ALL THE REPRODUCTIONS ARE MARKED WITH THE "REPROCO" TRADEMARK ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PLASTIC, AN R INSIDE A TRIANGLE. ALL PRODUCTS WHICH WE MAKE ARE MADE TO HAVE VERY MANY DISTINCTIONS FROM OLDER ITEMS, WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS MISREPRESENTED AS OLD. IF I CAN HELP FURTHER, PLEASE EMAIL ME". @@c6lites

@@parapatton I like that post you put up. That sounds like The man that owned a Christmas lighting business back in the late 80s and thru the 90s. The business was called The Lion's Den.....He and his partner had many things recast in hard plastic....Including the Bubble light bases. He passed away about 12-15 years ago. I believe his partner ended up with all of the bubble light candolier bases. Last year, she blew them all out at super low prices. She stated that she was getting rid of the last of them. Everyone jumped on them and they were quickly bought up. She first sold them as kits with the wire, brass shell and plastic base.....Then later she finished out with just the plastic bases. As far as what color is the best....That is a personal preference thing. The bubble lights are the star....and the base is just the way to display them....so the color, should be something that will fit into your own personal decorating scheme. I bought the red and green as they are typical Christmas colors and the colors that they originally came in. later I got the gold and silver flake, plus the red, green, silver flake, orange, black and several others. Your problem is....Not what color is best....but where will you find one for sale. You better just take whatever comes along. LOL

Yes, you're correct there's very few, if any vintage or new 9 light candolier stands for sale. Have seen a few candoliers with Santa Claus, Snowman & Halloween lights, are they the same as Bubble Light candolier stands because they look the same?@@c6lites

Yes, but Most the the Santa Claus, Snowman and halloween candoliers are C7, not C6. I thought you wanted a C6.

Hi, I am glad you like the videos. I like to help folks with their vintage Christmas lighting. I would be happy to take a look at your lights if you want to send pictures. You can always email me at c6lites@gmail.com

Hi There, I am glad you like the videos and found them helpful. In order to help you find the correct strand/string to put your lights into, I will need to see your bubble lights. It sounds like you have C6 or miniature base/series bubble lights. but I will need to see them. You can send me a picture of your bubblers to c6lites@gmail.com and then we can get you set up with the correct strand. If you truly have Noma biscuits they are C6 series lights and all bulbs will have to work on the strand, in order for them to light. But later you mention a Royal Crown and that is a C7 bubble light, that one can be tested in a candelabra base socket or a night light. Anyway, send me your pics and I will help you out.

I fully agree with you. The modern LEDs are really pretty hideous!!! LOL

I have always assumed this base is from Noma, but I just went thru may catalogs of Christmas Light companies and it actually looks like Paramount used this base on several of their trees. If you are asking about Make And Model as if you intend to go shopping on Ebay for one. All you really need to look for is Bubble Light Tree. Most seller's have no clue as to who the maker is....unless they have the original box. There were only about 4 companies that sold bubble light trees. Noma and their lesser company Glolite, plus Paramount/Raylite and lastly Royal. They came in 9 light, 17-18 light and 20-21 light varieties. There is a super rare 24 light tree that many of us believe was only made as a Prototype tree that was given to stores in 1943ish to test market the 1st Noma prototype bubble lights that were only released to see if they would be a success. Noma sold out of the prototypes that they had made, in Chicago, in just one hour. i think that was in '43.

Ok, Now I have looked at the catalogs a bit more and see that Noma did use this base for perhaps one year.....And the plug on my tree says Noma!!! So there's the correct answer, LOL

Right now, the best light bulbs available are Tom Carlisle's bulbs...They are super high quality and they have the needed long shank for matchless or bubblers or any other light. I really don't want to put that info out for all the world to see but you can email me at c6lites@gmail.com and I will give you all the info. The schofield Lion's den bulbs were actually some of the worst I have ever encountered...Tom C's are the absolute best. You can also get the super long shank bulbs from Nemojonathan on Ebay, but they have super long shanks and I find that they don't get hot enough to make my bubble light bubble.....and they burn out fast!!!!

​@@c6lites Hello! I'm also interested in purchasing replacement bulbs for some matchless stars. Just wanted to give you the heads up I'm going to send you an email. Thank you!

That sounds great!!! We have several UK members in our facebook page. And several of them have made their own bubble light trees as well!!! Brits are very inventive!!!! Here is a link to my facebook group if you want to foin.....Just be sure to answer our entrance quesitons. facebook.com/groups/475901481145293

Yes, I was glad to finally get one!!! I have been wanting one for years!!

I happen to have a large bunch of the best light bulbs for bubble lights!! You can email me at c6lites@gmail.com and we can work on getting them to you.

Hi There, you can reach me through c6lites@gmail.com I believe that I used every photo that I took in the museum room for that video You can also reach me thru my facebook page at facebook.com/groups/475901481145293 then you can message me. I thought you were already on my facebook page.

Thanks, I'm always glad to be of help to folks. I love all of my old Xmas lighting and I want to be able to help other folks enjoy theirs too.

Hi there, I have helped tons of folks out with their trees. It will be easier on the phone, so if you want to send me an email and state broken bubble ligh tree in the title,I will respond and send you my phone number. Just so you know....Noma never made and 8 light bubble light tree..LOL It's must be a 9 light. Anyway reach out to c6lites@gmail.com and I will get back to you.

A few folks have made reproduction Oil tubes, that you can put in your own base. Christopher Radko remade the Paramount bubble light bases about 15 years ago so many folks will put a new oil tube into a Radko base to create their own Paramount oil bubble light. There is a new person that is claiming to make oil bubble lights, who sells them on Etsy right now. I think each bubble light is about $50 each?? You can email me if you are interested and I will try to direct you. We have a pair of fellas that make oil tubes on my facebook page. So you can join the page and try to reach out to both creators. facebook.com/groups/475901481145293 please be sure to answer all entrance questions.

The C6 marbled base is made by Royal from teh 1950's normally called a Royal Bubble light Candolier sometimes battleship. The red one is a Christhopher Radko Bubble Brite or light candolier from the 2000's

@@c6lites thanks for the info, yes I’d probably have to buy something of a new base cause the vintage ones are alittle expensive

@@savingsoul That's fine as long as you only want a C7 stand. Most collectors want to display their C6 bubble lights. There is a fella on my facebook Xmas Lighting page that changed the sockets and wiring in a Radko C7 and it looks good, but he took the long and jerry rigged way of doing it, but it looks ok. Us purists are more interested in doing things the solid and correct way. In his credit...he was afraid of having to solder, so he did the best he could do. LOL It does look good though. Here's my facebook page if you are interested in collecting Xmas lighting items.. We have a big bunch of dweebs there. LOL facebook.com/groups/475901481145293

I wasn't aware that they had gotten some in to sell. Most of what they have is not the right size though. Much of what they are offering is MINI which is meant for making decorations in dollhouses. If you get that size stuff to redo a bubble light tree it will look really bad and won't be to scale. They have one that they claim is 3/4" across, but I think they may have their measurements wrong as it also looks like the dollhouse size. I went down this path of trying to find the correct width of needles and ended up sending most of it back as it was the tiny dollhouse size stuff and they give the wrong size in their description. Also price is a HUGE deterrent. I see one that may be the correct size, but In order to use that stuff, it is $5 each and you may need up to 20 of them to do a 9 light tree. That's $100 just to get the greenery, plus shipping. God forbid, if you need to regreen and 17 , 18 or 21 light tree.....it will cost more than the tree is worth. In this video, the greenery is only about $20 for one 9 foot piece of the garland, and I got the entire 9 light tree done with about a foot and a half of the garland still left. So again,be careful when buying from Factory Direct....Be sure of the size you are getting and make sure you will be able to return for free.

Thanks, Glad you like!! If you decide to regreen a tree I hope you will think about joining my facebook page and show your tree off. Our page members will love ot see it. facebook.com/groups/475901481145293 Be sure to answer all entrance questions.

I'm glad you like it. Hope you have a good holiday too. If you have any questions, be sure to reach out.

Thanks for the kind words!! I am sorry this got so long, I tried everything to edit it and gave up!! I am always glad to help folks out.

Yes, You can normally get C6 strands on ebay rather easily. You may want to keep in mind that the best strands are the 9 light Straight-Line strands. They are not in a loop arrangement, but they run out in a straight line. They also come with 9 sockets as opposed to the normal 8 socket sets that are normally the loop construction. I just sold a Straight-Line set on my Facebook pages market page. You may want to join my facebook page and the market page to align yourself with a group of Vintage Christmas Lighting Dweebs!!! LOL it can be found here... please be sure to answer all entrance questions....facebook.com/groups/475901481145293 if you just want 8 socket loop sets....I have a bunch of them for sale on our market page at much cheaper prices than you will get on Ebay

​@@c6litesthanks so much, I went ahead and joined the Dweeb Team haha. Some really awesome people in there!

@@mattdavis5603 You joined the other group, not my group. My page has the market with the C6 strands for sale at super cheap prices. But you may be able to get some on their page too. All the best

@@c6lites I went ahead and requested to join the correct group this time. I was confused because looking through replies here, I have seen you link to the Yesteryear group.

Cool, I let you in. Both groups have great and knowledgable folks in them. i thought you wanted to get into our market to see the C6 Strands that were available. Anyway, nice to have you in the group and hope to see your Bubble lights up and in use real soon.

Thanks, I very glad you enjoyed. It's great fun to help folks with their Christmas lighting!!

I was thinking that, but I don't have an airbrush, nor would I have the artistic expertise to do it. I wish I could find someone that could do it.