G'day, "A lot of parts to contain some light..." Have you ever tried to jog through the rain at 10 mph in the dark, by the light of a Hand-held 1-inch diameter Beeswax Candle ? Neither have I... But to do it one requires a Lightweight Enclosure to keep the Wind off the Flame...; with at least one Clear Glass Pane, and a Reflective Lining behind the Flame... All while allowing Fresh Air to be drawn in from below - and hot Combustion Products to be sucked out of a Chimney above the Flame..., and ideally like in a later "Hurricane Lamp", the Air Inlets & Chimney Outlet s are "balanced" in their Areas such that any strong Wind-Gusts blowing past the Lantern cause a sufficiently equal suction (Venturi Effect...) above and below the Flame that the Fire between them is undisturbed... And all that has to be literally Tinkered together so as to be sufficiently robust as to be mounted on an undamped Wooden Vehicle with an unsprung & undamped Undercarriage - yet light enough as to not burden the Horse/s when going up a Hill. All hand-built using mostly Period Correct Tools & Techniques. I now regard my (hundred & twenty year-old) Railway Signalman's Lamp, a Kerosene-burner with 2 Beveled-edge Rectangular Flat-Glass side-Windows, a Circular Curved-Lens Front-Glass - with a Lens-Hood and a Circular Concave Silver Reflector on the inside of the Door...; and a shielded Chimney and fixed hollow Sheetmetal (Air-Cooled) Handle... With a whole new understanding, after watching Rick making Lamps from scratch... Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
All of the tools, tips, and tricks of the trade, you have acquired over the years, are as valuable as the lamps you make! It is a pleasure to watch you work.
Rick, your videos are fascinating to see. Not counting hand tools which large pieces of machinery are newest and oldest. You seem to have mastered them.
to see the tools that you have acquired, or made in order to do what you do are more than interesting. watching you use them is a nice treat. to be able to watch a craftsman, thank you.
Great episode! You have a great way of bringing us on...but not to long and then to the next process. Your manufacturing process is amazing. Thank you!
I've been watching since you started. Your camera work and video editing has improved and because of that it is showing your true craftmanship. Good job! I enjoy watching. Thank you
An idea. When soldering the bail studs to the body - instead of the nut used to hold the stud, use a connector nut fixed to a length of threaded rod (or even soldered to a plain rod). Make the rod the length needed to provide the support instead of the board. Solder a fender washer to the end opposite the nut to create a foot to stabilize it if needed.
Congratulations on this milestone. I often make dozens of little things in my shop and I know the joy when you finally hit that first big milestone in the construction phase. I look forward to the assembly videos. Btw, you have some of the "coolest" tools I've ever seen;-)
Rick, as a time-saver, have you looked at the deburring tools made to remove the burrs from "the other side of the hole" from the side that you are on? My deburr tool appears to be exactly the same as yours but I've watched several RUclips machining channels using Noga deburring tool "kits" that have a half-dozen (or so?) different tools in them -- one is especially made to reach through a hole to deburr the back side of the hole. That type of tool _might_ be something for you to look into. (I don't own _any_ Noga products, but these kits look awfully useful. And, I _assume_ that other companies make similar deburring tools to do the same "back-side" deburring.)
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Lots of parts to contain some light. They will awesome looking carriage lamps when they are finished. Thanks for sharing your skills.
G'day,
"A lot of parts to contain some light..."
Have you ever tried to jog through the rain at 10 mph in the dark, by the light of a
Hand-held
1-inch diameter
Beeswax Candle ?
Neither have I...
But to do it one requires a
Lightweight
Enclosure to keep the Wind off the Flame...; with at least one Clear Glass Pane, and a
Reflective Lining behind the Flame...
All while allowing Fresh Air to be drawn in from below - and hot Combustion Products to be sucked out of a Chimney above the Flame..., and ideally like in a later "Hurricane Lamp", the Air Inlets & Chimney Outlet s are "balanced" in their Areas such that any strong Wind-Gusts blowing past the Lantern cause a sufficiently equal suction (Venturi Effect...) above and below the Flame that the Fire between them is undisturbed...
And all that has to be literally
Tinkered together so as to be sufficiently robust as to be mounted on an undamped Wooden Vehicle with an unsprung & undamped Undercarriage - yet light enough as to not burden the Horse/s when going up a Hill.
All hand-built using mostly Period Correct Tools & Techniques.
I now regard my (hundred & twenty year-old)
Railway Signalman's Lamp, a Kerosene-burner with 2 Beveled-edge Rectangular Flat-Glass side-Windows, a Circular Curved-Lens Front-Glass - with a Lens-Hood and a Circular Concave Silver Reflector on the inside of the Door...; and a shielded Chimney and fixed hollow Sheetmetal (Air-Cooled) Handle...
With a whole new understanding, after watching
Rick making Lamps from scratch...
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
All of the tools, tips, and tricks of the trade, you have acquired over the years, are as valuable as the lamps you make!
It is a pleasure to watch you work.
Rick, your videos are fascinating to see. Not counting hand tools which large pieces of machinery are newest and oldest. You seem to have mastered them.
Rick, you and your BIL have brought me as much pleasure as any of my own projects 😀
Thanks for showing us all the little details that go into lamp making.
to see the tools that you have acquired, or made in order to do what you do are more than interesting. watching you use them is a nice treat. to be able to watch a craftsman, thank you.
That is quite a project! Thanks for showing the process for cleaning the solder joints.
Rick - another great video and view of your craftsmanship. Thanks again for making this videos!
Great to see what you do to make a new lamp including the tooling required, thanks for another video.
Great episode! You have a great way of bringing us on...but not to long and then to the next process. Your manufacturing process is amazing. Thank you!
Very interesting video Rick and man oh man were those some small rivets. Thanks for sharing your skill and craftsmanship with us
I've been watching since you started. Your camera work and video editing has improved and because of that it is showing your true craftmanship. Good job! I enjoy watching. Thank you
Fine craftsmanship! Impressive to watch. thank-you.
An idea. When soldering the bail studs to the body - instead of the nut used to hold the stud, use a connector nut fixed to a length of threaded rod (or even soldered to a plain rod). Make the rod the length needed to provide the support instead of the board. Solder a fender washer to the end opposite the nut to create a foot to stabilize it if needed.
Show us a video of how you do it so we can learn first hand please.
Looking forward to seeing them all shiny nickel silver.
Thanks Rick
Considering the amount of manual labour it takes to make such a lamp, they must be priceless.
This series is very interesting to watch. It’s nice to see that some old crafts survive 🙂👍
Congratulations on this milestone. I often make dozens of little things in my shop and I know the joy when you finally hit that first big milestone in the construction phase. I look forward to the assembly videos. Btw, you have some of the "coolest" tools I've ever seen;-)
Again a pleasure to watch. Almost ready.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for all you do Rick!
Enjoying the videos..
Seems a looonnnggg time between...
Genius.
What a great job.
Another great video!
Bravo respect Meister unicat✌❤😍👍🤝
This little light of mine. A recent addition or did I just miss it before? What a painstaking job. Thanks for the video!
Hiya Rick
🌲👍
Well fettled jewelry.
Hello Rick were you able to get the glass made for your lamps
Rick, as a time-saver, have you looked at the deburring tools made to remove the burrs from "the other side of the hole" from the side that you are on? My deburr tool appears to be exactly the same as yours but I've watched several RUclips machining channels using Noga deburring tool "kits" that have a half-dozen (or so?) different tools in them -- one is especially made to reach through a hole to deburr the back side of the hole. That type of tool _might_ be something for you to look into. (I don't own _any_ Noga products, but these kits look awfully useful. And, I _assume_ that other companies make similar deburring tools to do the same "back-side" deburring.)
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I think that drill bit needs a little sharpening.
Craftsman
With a title like this video has, how can people (interested in carriage lamps) find your video using the search function?
Think about that, Rick.
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Fascinating as usual ! I really enjoy watching a Craftsman at work. I see sometimes a third hand would be handy . LOL