Carbide Lamp Restoration - carburo lamp - Back to life - lampada a carburo

[@MaPhy]

Sehr schön, vielen Dank für Ihre Mühe.

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Grazie 😉👍

[@efisiovaquer2368]

Un restauro fatto molto bene... Complimenti

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Grazie Efisio 😉👍

[@MrZinoTube]

Ho una lampada a carburo dei miei nonni, cercavo info per restaurarla e mi rendo conto che non ho gli strumenti, oltre alle capacità, per fare un bel lavoro come il tuo!

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Non importa in che condizioni si trovi, l'importante è salvare i ricordi dei Nonni 😊👍

[@blueprintgames9795]

nuovo iscritto. Davvero professionale!

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Grazie 😊👍

[@stefanoalpe9813]

Che ricordi, mio cugino ne aveva una precisa identica. L'aveva comprata per cacciare le rane nelle risaie, poi l'ha modificata togliendo la parabola e portando con un tubo di gomma l'uggello su un casco da miniera, per le nostre scorribande nelle gallerie❤

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

É sempre un piacere sentire che un video rievoca bei ricordi 😊👍

[@josephpatrick8291]

Great workmanship! The Africa part was uncanny! LOL Good to see old things brought back to life.

[@rustyrollers4831]

Good to see things saved from the trash heap good on you man

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thanks 😉👍

[@RM-ub8og]

nice video with the miner lamp BACK TO LIFE 👍🏾

[@Subgunman]

Fantastic restoration! I to have restored an antique brass miners lamp. What I have discovered with its use is that the lower container becomes quite hot during the reaction of the calcium carbide and water. I would worry that the metal filler you used as well as the paint might not hold up if you intend to use it frequently. You might try a high temperature paint if you redo the lower container if the color fails. I only have the reflector to do on my lamp. It will take some time since I want to bring it back to factory new condition to reflect the light properly. Not only do I need to polish the metal but needs to be replated with silver and polished out to a mirror finish. Some day...... As for now it serves me well during those winter power failures.

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you for the advice 😉👍 honestly I turned it on a few times after the restoration but only for few minutes, and it didn't heat up very much, the paint is still in excellent condition. As you said maybe if I keep it on for a long time it is likely that it will get hotter. You're lucky yours is brass so you don't have this paint problem. Thanks for watching, comments and for the good advice, there is always room for improvement

[@pierrequenouille4742]

Don't worry about the heat from the chemical reaction that generates acetylène, it is around 50°C on carbide surface so the container is even at lower temperatures depending how it's been built. It's actually quite pleasant to hold one by the lower part when it's cold outside. Speleologists take advantage of that heat in order to warm up a little bit.

[@rlm98253]

Extremely well done, sir.

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you 😊 for watching and for the nice comment 👍

[@ShadowRune]

I'd never even heard of this type of lamp before really interesting

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

😉👍 Thanks for watching and comment

[@luigigreco280]

10:40 I love the tank lid 👍 very creative

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you 😉👍

[@domeferry4673]

Amazing job, awesome result

[@hovikmalians3523]

Excellent job 👌

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you for watching

[@jasonsummit1885]

More than likely it was used in a mine, these types of lamps were used by miners before portable electric lighting was invented.😁 the powder that you poured out was calcium carbonate which is what is used in making antacid tablets. When you mix calcium carbide with water it produces acetylene which is what burns and the rest of it turns into calcium carbonate in the bottom.

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you very much Jason for watching, for the comment and also to have provide a nice explanation for non-experts 😉👍

[@lucaronsini8655]

amazing restoration, I love it

[@shrey114433]

👍

[@smokeydoke100]

Interesting. I never would have thought to use a bowling pin as a dolly.

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

I had nothing else of the same shape, i tried and it worked 😁 Thanks for watching

[@paulorth2251]

I think these were mine lamps, West Virginia coal miners displayed these quite often as the old way.

[@thomascolmer1440]

awesome restoration, how many lumens is that lamp????? 😁

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

🤣😂😂🤣 I should check...

[@jessh.8103]

😂

[@lucasb1324]

It can explode but you probably already know that! Carsten Sweden

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

💣🔥😜

[@pierrequenouille4742]

I own one like this, it's an italian company, Santini Ferrara, I'm surprised it's not inscribed on it. Nice jet by the way. These ones are very light, compare to a Mercier for exemple, I really like to use it. You showed nice tricks to think about when restoring theses lamps. What is the material you used for the new gasket, did you test it with a lighter around the gasket in order to see if it works well ?

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Thank you for the information you gave me, I didn't know the company. The only one I found is in a museum of ancient crafts. The material used for the gasket is the same as the one used in engine gaskets. I had never lit any carbide lamps before, I didn't know how it worked, but in the end it's much simpler than it looks. I am very happy with the final result.

[@martinjhons2743]

that is look amazing, very nice restoration, keep going like this I'm a subscriber now 👍🤓

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

thanks for the nice comment 😁 and for subscribing 👍

[@jonvincentmusic]

12:48 well that's the paint stripped off your vise lol

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

😂😂

[@simo7897]

Africa, Madagascar... 😹😹😹😹😹

[@samuelfellows6923]

So this is a type of gas lamp...

[@HobbyTimeRestoration]

Acetylene gas, created by the reaction of calcium carbide with water