Brass plating on a rare 1945 German Mining Lamp! (Full Restoration!) I Dr. Hut of Handcraft

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In this video I restored an old german mining lamp which I bought online from a private person.
While doing some research I found out that it was made around 1945 by a company named 'Frivo'.
This project was really fun but also a lot of work. I had to do a lot of planning and also changing my plans a lot.
The brass plating on the small part was pretty straight forward, but it was much more difficult on the big part.
First I had to nickel plate because the copper electrolyte I used is very acidic (pH=1). The layer of nickel protects the steal from getting damaged by the acidic solution.
For this way of brass plating it is very important that the thickness of the last plating layer (in my case zinc) is as uniformly as possible. Otherwise some spots would become brass before others and while heating up more to get the non brass areas to become brass it would destroy the other spots where brass has already formed.
Also it is very important that you have as less bubbles forming on the plated parts while copper and zinc plating as possible, since that would cause the layers to be not as uniformly as you want them to be.
Btw: theoretically it would be possible to first zinc plate and then copper plate. That way you would not need to nickel plate before. But for that order you would need basic copper electrolyte which doesn't harm the zinc (the acidic copper electrolyte would pretty much destroy the zinc). Since I had the acidic electrolyte I just did it the way I did in the video.
About the battery:
The original battery, which probably was a Nickel Cadmium battery, isn't sold anymore. So I had to find a 6V battery that would fit inside and also fill out the inside of the lamp. The batteries I used were the only ones that I could fit in due to the size. But since they are very thin I put two of them behind each other and connected them with the little board I made. That way the two batteries fill out the space and don't wobble around while moving the lamp.
I put them in parallel so I have 6V output.
Fyi: Putting them in series would've given me a 12V output.
The work on the project took about 70 hours (inclusive filming) plus about 45 hours of editing 250GB of video material.
I hope you will have some fun watching the video! If you have any further questions on the process, tools, material, nickel-, copper-, zinc plating or else write a comment, I will try my best to answer your questions.
Disclaimer:
The experiments are only for educational purposes and serve as entertainment.
I am experienced in handling the used substances and I advise everyone who is not a trained professional not to imitate the experiments I show you.
For experiments which could cause potential danger I will not tell you which chemicals I am using to prevent imitating. Those who know what is happening, know the chemicals anyway and probably are trained professionals. :)
Also work on electronics shall only be done by certified professionals.
I am not responsible for personal injury or property damage if any actions shown in the video will be imitated.
I hope you understand.
Until next time :)
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Brass plating on a rare 1945 German Mining Lamp! (Full Restoration!) I Dr. Hut of Handcraft

[@mymechanicsinsights]

Beautiful work!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Wow, it’s a huge pleasure to have you here. Thanks man, much appreciated!

[@jclark2752]

Okay… I really dig the Brass trick! Especially how it gives a uniquely nuanced result! It would look Awesome on historic replicas! Very Clever!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much, glad you liked it!

[@tnxstaff]

MASTERPIECE!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 😄

[@rahulpatadiya6044]

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[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@rahulpatadiya6044 hm?

[@tiagogoulart6131]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AliMorshedlou]

Wow, what a fantastic job.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@LittleRestorers]

I found the whole brass electroplating process very interesting. Thanks for explaining it all in the description. Fantastic job as usual 😉👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much my friend 🙏🏼

[@adrianw.1638]

Gut gemacht! Vielen Dank fürs Mitnehmen :-)

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Danke!

[@johanschoeman869]

This work is a lesson in craftsmanship. Everyting is neat, from the tools to the workbench. Fantastic attention to the smallest detail. I enjoyed every second. Thank you.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much, much appreciated, it means a lot!

[@Lancars]

Sad lamp is now happy lamp. This makes me happy.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄🙏🏼

[@karsten0023]

Saubere Arbeit 👏👍. Die Lampe hast Du wirklich gut hinbekommen. Ich mag es sowieso, wenn man elektrischen Geräten ein neues Leben einhaucht.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Danke Karsten, freut mich dass es dir gefallen hat!

[@jayanthykanpiriya9161]

You are magician in engineering

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄 thank you 🙏🏼

[@AndreaMerchak]

Great job! I was so happy when the light bulb worked too. 😉😊❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Me too!! 😄 Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@Tag-Traeumer]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft Wer an einer besonderen oder seltenen Glühbirne lange Freude haben will, sollte sie mit Unterspannung betreiben. In der Lampe hier könnte ein Widerstand im Batteriekabel dafür sorgen. 5 % weniger Spannung verdoppelt die Lebensdauer einer Glühbirne, 10 % weniger vervierfacht sie schon, und so weiter. Allerdings sinkt die Lichtausbeute im selben Masse.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@Tag-Traeumer Richtig :)

[@vinceianni4026]

Hello mister what a wonderful restoration beautifully restored well done

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Vince!

[@hovikmalians3523]

‌Excellent restoration 👌👌👌

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@jako6214]

LOL, falling at the end of the video! Better than when it was first made!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄😄 thank you very much!

[@ricardoconti3868]

"Beter than factory " ! Congrats from Brazil.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@TheSockMonkeyGuy]

Love the brass accents with the black! 😍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Glad you like it! Now you now what the picture was about 😄

[@Pk70817]

Became a fan of your detailed craftsmanship

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Happy to hear that, thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@andersals9375]

Chapeau! You are realy a doctor of handcraft!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@mlasdu13]

Wonderful restoration and thanks for the harry potter reference

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@brentjackson7637]

Nice job! Beautiful!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@larrykelly2838]

Beautiful restoration

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Larry!

[@fredfreeman6732]

You carefully preserve pieces of history, this is wonderful! Walter, an eighteenth-century French thinker, said: “He who does not know the past knows neither the present, nor the future, nor himself.”

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much for your comment! 🙏🏼

[@churlepatakha]

Nice satisfying restoration.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@19Bmiller]

For this project you went above and beyond. Well done at every turn.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much Bob, I really appreciate it

[@dazedconfused5019]

Beautiful and the bulb was definitely a surprise.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄 Thank you!

[@F1oridaman]

I am watching a master work. It was an honor sir.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@supershiba8346]

Wow! has to be your best work so far!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼 thank you mate 🙏🏼

[@dezottiav]

Very nice job!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks Adriano!

[@acm-3001]

Simply Beautiful!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@nurmaybooba]

I am always happy to watch your work, always happy to spend my time with watching you.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Nora!

[@LFKGooner]

One of the most beautiful pieces of restoration I have ever seen.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much! It really means a lot 🙏🏼

[@klauszenkert4969]

Absolut topp Arbeit. Einfach der Hammer. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Ich danke dir mein lieber 🙏🏼

[@alexanderalbach468]

What a great job ❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much Alexander 🙏🏼

[@ex-scientia4234]

Awesome restoration! You’ve created a work of art. Clever technique to amalgamate copper and zinc into brass. You even added a touch of humour at the end when you turned off the light. Great stuff....looking forward to the next video.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

[@texas6065]

Well now that is awesome. You do such a Great Job of Cleaning and removing little items and Parts even if they are not seen. Thats whats so Special about you. Take good Care of The Family an be safe. Thank you for Sharing this Awesome Video.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!

[@cecilgore495]

excellent work really awesome.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@suhayl5157]

You've done an excellent job restoring as well as making the video. keep the good work.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I am glad you liked it Suhayl, thank you for commenting

[@takispados545]

Κάποια πράγματα δεν πεθαίνουν με τον καιρό, χάρη στην αγάπη για τη ζωή. Ανεκτίμητη, καταπληκτική δουλειά. Μια μικρή ιστορία να γραφτεί καλά σε καλής ποιότητας χαρτί μέσα στο θάλαμο του, να το βρουν οι επόμενες γενιές.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@arielon13]

Amazing! Black paint with brass is a cool combination

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@sidwallace6053]

That’s a work of art mate,look good on anyone’s shelf etc,thanks for sharing Love and peace from Ireland

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

[@t_i_988]

What a lot of work has been done! Congratulations

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Yes, a lot of work 😄 Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@peternielsen5908]

WOW! Excellent job!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@neilhaas]

Nice German mining lamp 1945 end of the second world war. Nice restoration on this lamp. ❤😊👍🤗☺️

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@RidiculouslyLongName]

Fantastic. I enjoy the black & brass/gold colour scheme. Very regal.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! Happy you liked it 🙏🏼

[@conscience-commenter]

Outstanding restoration of a quality German tool . I hope someone can use that for many years to come .

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@jarrellcox9976]

Love the harry potter quote, awesome job!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much, and thank you for recognizing the quote 😄🙏🏼

[@ldemiguelrodrigo3204]

Precioso trabajo. Una maravilla. Felicidades.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@wernerfeil7900]

Eine wunderbare Arbeit mit einem fantastischen Ergebnis.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Vielen Dank!

[@foxwhiskey]

Great job, great vid ! Fantastic result. Thx for showing. Greetings !

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much !

[@harshabiliangady3211]

Fantastically done Sir. God Bless you.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@georgelequin5070]

Good job man!👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@scottcates]

This work is exquisite.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Scott

[@MASI_forging]

Super result. 👏👏 This looks real good after renovation. Great work man 👍👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@gdgobi7330]

Beautiful Work

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@renatorocha4363]

Schöne Arbeit. Glückwunsch!!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Danke!

[@Austeration]

Beautiful job my friend. The plating process was very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing. Love the finished project. 👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you mate, glad you liked it! 🙏🏼

[@Ryan-ok1il]

Great job

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Ryan!

[@hildaheadge8213]

Fantastic skills to bring the light to life, amazing❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@brianhoerl9526]

Loved it. Thank you.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you for watching

[@paulorth2251]

Very well done sir. Thanks for sharing.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@lacliniquedubiclou]

magnifique restauration !

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Merci 🙏🏼

[@arturoaaguilarperez1200]

WELL DONE. THANKS.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@galka_brutalka8045]

Absolutely amazing 👏💪😄

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@AllStatus_RP]

Awesome Brother! Very Nice Project! Hope More Project’s Like that! ❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@g4tito0]

friend, you really can't imagine how much I would love to have these tools and equipment to restore, it is truly magical to see you resurrect these wonderful tools, congratulations

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I really appreciate it mate, thank you so much! I also didn’t have all those tools when I started, you don’t necessarily need everything and the tools add up with time and you also can get a lot of stuff second hand. Just start if you like 🙂

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Ridiculously beautiful

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄 Thank you!

[@paulsweeney5642]

Top notch work.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks Paul!

[@Sweden-restoration]

Nice touch with the black and brass

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@lalitmjoshi3407]

Wow! What an extraordinary work of Restoration.......

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@marchelleharris4842]

Magnificent. Thank you for sharing.😊

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you for watching and commenting! 🙏🏼

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Admirable!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@luisgallardo2084]

fantastico trabajo !!!!! imprecionante resultado ,mejor que nuevo ,felicitaciones

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you so much!

[@christopherprince3250]

Awesome job.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Christopher 🙂

[@michaeldaruwalla8717]

❤ a real work of art !

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

That’s so kind of you, thank you 🙏🏼

[@johnbradford9235]

Wow!!! Superb range of techniques and skills employed to bring that lamp back to former glory dude 👏👏👏. In fact, it's probably waaaay better than it's ever been. Well impressed over here! Thank you for sharing and educating Dr. Hut 🙏. 😎

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much for your kind words John, it really means a lot 🙏🏼

[@mettemettrixx]

Nydelig resultat! Even better than when it was new, bet. Brilliant eye for detail, well done:)

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

[@paolomichielin4849]

Bel lavoro! Un consiglio... Se usavi una lampadina a led.,facevi piu' luce e durava di piu' la batteria! Ciao!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! I wanted to keep the original bulb on it for the video

[@leompk]

Nice done!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@liviostocco1745]

it was a real pleasure to watch this video... thank you so much!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@PZLRESTORATION]

Excelente trabalho. Parabéns 👍👍👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@simonwaters1965]

Great job 👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks Simon, I appreciate it!

[@loch1957]

Nice job

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@fredthomas1953]

Amazing

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Fred!

[@diyfireking]

It's amazing 👍👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you

[@bobjoncas2814]

...LOOKIN' GOOD, NICE WORK, KEEP SAFE AND WELL...

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@jacquespedersen3011]

Tout simplement magnifique 🤩👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@micgreenson7308]

Amazing watch 🎉

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@micgreenson7308]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft welcome akhi

[@nani9k9]

Great work 💐 and you are awesome man replied to every comment.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I do my best 😄 Thank you!

[@MCsCreations]

Amazing work, dude! That's a real masterpiece! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! And thank you very much for your support’

[@bharatshah5862]

A JOB WELL DONE

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@selmamariasantos4775]

Parabéns lindo trabalho ❤🎉

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@graham5710]

Love this lamp

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Me too 😄

[@rayeisenstein4245]

Wonderful

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you Ray !

[@condar419]

Superb result! Your videos are so pleasant to watch, almost peaceful. Also, thank you for the very informative captions.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! I am glad you liked it 🙏🏼

[@tommynygaardjensen8398]

​@@DrHutOfHandcraft why do you use all kinds of means first, you can sandblast it right away, then you remove paint and rust in one work step 🙄

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@tommynygaardjensen8398 I could but the most important reason not to do that is that there is high possibility of lead in the paint, because it was used back then. Even though I have a suction system on my sandblaster, I don’t want lead paint fly around my workshop. Second it would take longer, because the paint was very persistent. Due to that the blasting medium turns bad much faster.

[@tommynygaardjensen8398]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft it's a hobby you in the small amounts it doesn't matter it's more harmful to use paint remover 🤔

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@tommynygaardjensen8398 Using paint stripper in those amounts is definitely not more harmful than sandblasting lead paint if you use the proper proper protection gear, which I do. Please don’t spread wrong information.

[@serialkiller7354]

Cool again 😊❤😮

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@CraftGentRestoration]

Wow very impressive

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you very much!

[@johnnyfeher3412]

AWESOMENESS!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@mikeb5749]

Brilliance what a restoration im speechless

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@lillycollu2741]

Complimenti un super restauro. 😍😍👏👏

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Edok3777]

Sir! This is amazing. Nicely lit and nicely shot. Love the macro shots to. Thank you for the length of the video. Absolutely loved it!!!😊

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it 🙏🏼

[@ferquimaferquima9344]

Me uno a este comentario. Que minuciosidad en los detalles.