Hitch Wagon Lamps pt4

One of the differences between building lamps of your own design and restoring antique lamps is that for your own lamps you must design all the parts to fit with each other and come together in a pleasing and traditional style while in restoring lamps all of that design work has already been done by the nineteenth century artisans and craftsmen. In this series of videos Rick is doing just that.

[@oc2phish07]

It continues to be a real pleasure to watch you at work Rick.

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Love your special tools!

[@sjp52047]

It's not so much the assembly that impresses me, but the fact that you developed the forms molds, patterns, etc. to begin with, not to mention the entire build and assembly process. Excellent Sir. Regards, Solomon

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

Thanks Solomon!

[@duanelundgren7985]

Thanks... from a guy who gets satisfaction from working with his hands to ANOTHER!! Joliet *IS* on the map.... Times TWO!! :-) :-)

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

Your getting pretty good at this, should maybe think of taking this up as a job. p.s. say hi to Dave.😃👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jjbode1]

You are a quick learner of the art of video editing. Thank you for that, and the knowledge you share.

[@hayward434]

You and Dave must have worked well together, you work so much alike.

[@tomt9543]

I thoroughly enjoy watching you put your sheet metal equipment through its paces! The last time I used those machines was in high school shop class in the late 70’s, but I really enjoyed it! The work you do looks so effortless, but I can say from experience that there’s nothing “effortless “ about it! That’s a great talent that God has given you!

[@benjohnson1082]

Another great video, Rick. Thanks again.

[@PaulWoodJatobaFilms]

I was wondering for a while why you batch produce rather then assembling each lamp as you went, but I guess that I’ve done similar things on other projects, and old Henry Ford had some great ideas at the time! Well done Rick, and keep them coming!

[@hrxy1]

Outstanding camerawork and details ty

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sammyspaniel6054]

As I watch you employ the tricks of the trade along with the jigs and templates I can only imagine how many incremental steps it took along the way to arrive at such a streamlined process. I currently produce and sell a woodworking tool that has taken me over ten years to streamline the production and it's still a work in progress. There's always a bigger better more expensive tool out there that will do it quicker. I appreciate your skill and love that hole puncher.

[@robertforrest7956]

Awesome, Awesome, and Awesome Rick. 🏆🎉

[@mranthonye]

A craftsman at work. thank you for sharing

[@czs1mc]

As always just amazing.

[@HBTwoodworking]

Great work, Rick! Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

[@glennmoreland6457]

Good Craftsman

[@FritsKooijmans]

Again a verry nice video. Also nice to see those parts come together.

[@brianmoore5454]

They look good Rick

[@MsRazvan29]

Bravo respect Meister 😍🤝❤

[@EDP1]

very cool machiens you have there .

[@davidconaway2830]

The cadence and intonation in your speech is identical to Dave's over at the Coach Shop. Two of my favorite KZbin channels!

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Rick

[@Renville80]

Well, it may be that you and Dave have certain tasks in your respective jobs that you find mundane or repetitive, but to us city slickers, it is still interesting stuff... just a matter of finding that balance. Either way, people do enjoy watching a skilled craftsman at work!

[@Mishn0]

Here's an idea for what it's worth: What if you made your template for the case and liner out of some aluminum plate, maybe 1/4" and used transfer punches to mark the parts. It would save a step, you wouldn't need to mark the positions before center punching the marks.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Out standing video Rick, time flew right by on me. I like the way you made the fixture you use to assemble the cylinders and if I saw what I think I saw you used the step on the inside to do the liners and the outer edge to do the shell. In a large production shop would the craftsmen do all of the steps for each lamp or would they do one step for all the lamps?

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

Good question, I don't know the answer for sure as there isn't much information as to how the old shops worked. The only information I have is statements in old publications which seem to indicate that it took about the same amount of workers as the monthly production of pairs of lamps. 50 workers equaled 50 pairs of lamps. I assume that helpers, apprentices and journeymen all had different jobs contributing to the overall production.

[@twentypdrparrott694]

I took a No.11 Aladdin Lamp the has the center draft tube apart removed the tube. Filled the hole left by the tube with a piece of sheet brass and resoldered the lamp back to together, I then installed the current No.23 burner. No.11 lamp parts are hard to find so conversion was the only way to bring an old lamp back into service. Nothing like a good dependable oil lamp for use in power outages.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

Thanks for warning us about the add and keep up that great work!

[@kevinreardon2558]

Love the music. Also that machine that impresses shapes on the stock. I have one, but have yet figured out where to use it. This gives me some ideas. Thanks.

[@theogantenbein7870]

I like the little roller bending machine it’s cute 🙂 I have one myself, but it’s 40 inches wide as i‘m making body panels for cars and trailers with it.

[@olivier2553]

Rick, I like your contents a lot. But when you are speaking face to camera, please try to frame the picture so that your eyes level is at the upper third of the frame, else it really looks odd :) Thank you for posting.

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

Thanks for the tip

[@kirkpowell6161]

Another great video, thank you!

[@anibalachondo876]

seguimos aprendiendo con tus videos, gracias por comparrtir

[@tamianderson539]

385 thumbs up and 0 thumbs down! Nuff said! 👍

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya Rick

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting. Could you show examples of lamps with original illumination at work. I’m curious how bright different lamps were.

[@pijnto]

Have a look at some of the pervious videos several show the lamps in operation

[@brianjohnston7855]

This may seem a silly question, but what is a hitch wagon and in what way are its lights different to any other wagon lamps? Brian Johnston

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

I am collecting pictures of Hitch Wagons with these lamps on them. They will be up in the last video of this series. Thanks for watching!

[@thisolesignguy2733]

Hey Rick, in the beginning of the video on the shelf to your right, there's a round globe style lamp missing the lenses. What kind of lamp is that? I've got one in my garage that my grandpa found out west that looks extremely similar except it's been converted to kerosene, so I'm really curious who made those?

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

That particular lamp has an oval front flange and a rectangular body which isn't visible in the video. It is a Brewster candle burning in a size suitable for larger carriages probably made by DeVoursney Bros.

[@thisolesignguy2733]

@@TheLuminaryShoppe Thanks! that helps alot! I wasn't able to get much info online but I was able to find it in old book at library.

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@larrybreuer4495]

👍👍❤️

[@MARKLOCKWOOD2012]

Tell you what though. Make a desk lamp be neat to have.

[@harveypost7799]

Terrene

[@rockydavies9555]

Do you use acid core solder when soldering it together ?

[@TheLuminaryShoppe]

40/60 tin /lead acid core solder.

[@dougdukes1039]

What is the name of the rotary machine you use to make the edges?

[@dougdukes1039]

@@mangajack I want to try and buy one. Dolly doesn't help me much.

[@dougdukes1039]

@@mangajack Thanks.... that helps alot.

[@harveypost7799]

Wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole..

[@harveypost7799]

Can't stand it I'm laughing crying same time..

[@michaelhearn3831]

Fantastic video thanks.... but you need an apprentice to do some of that stuff for you..... your far too talented to be doing the mundane stuff anyone could do...👍🏻

[@harveypost7799]

Rick, Dave sent me over so I can watch the boring job u do.. Dave said u thought I was boring check out Rick the old sleeper hold in wrestling... BORING...