NEVER ENDING JOB Restoration of a Train Lantern

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Hello everybody,
in this video i am restoring an old train lantern from the former gdr or east germany. A good friend of mine asked me to restore the train lantern for her father, who used it with his friends over 50 years ago as a light source when he celebrated and relaxed with his boys. The lantern will be restored for his 73rd birthday, then he can finally enjoy the lamp again with his three daughters and friends.
The lantern was manufactured by VEB Ueckermünde in 1967 in the German democratic republic. Funnily enough, the train lantern was produced by the ship lantern factory located there.
Before the introduction of overhead lines, which supplied the trains with electricity, train tail lights marked the end of the train or the end of a wagon. Lamps of the same design had already been manufactured and used in all German train traffic since the 1920s. In the original state, these lamps were operated with petroleum burners. The present example, however, was equipped with an electric bulb more than 50 years ago.
The video of the restoration documents all phases of the diy project. Starting with the disassembly to the assembly of the finished parts.
A restoration project that took me much more effort than I had originally anticipated.
Already during disassembly I realized that this mass product was not intended for disassembly. Rivets were used instead of screws. Hinges were mounted and then painted over and many of the metal joints were spot welded.
After I had done my best to disassemble the lamp into its individual parts, I could begin the actual restoration work.
First, all parts were sandblasted. I used corundum or glass beads as blasting medium.
Glass beads are used when only a little abrasion is desired. Since I wanted to preserve the enameled lampshades, they were sandblasted with glass beads.
After blasting I started with the metal work. With body tin I soldered cracks and deep dents. Then, after a primer coat, filler could be used to even out the last uneven areas and to create a good base for the paint.
I then painted the lantern in three colors with water based paint and sealed the whole thing with 2 component clear coat.
I then polished the paint with car polishing compound in grades 1000, 2500 and 3800.
After I finished the painting I could straighten all small and connecting parts, grind them, nickel plating them and finally polish them.
Afterwards I had to ask myself how to cut glass, because a non-original red acrylic glass was replaced by a real red glass.
I was also able to find an original petroleum burner and thus restore the lantern to its original condition. If you want to know what john wick has to do with this part you better watch the video :)
The work was rewarded this time with a "Stiegl - Goldbräu" beer, which did not perform in the test quite as well as I had expected. Nevertheless, a good beer for a day on the mountain or after skiing.
The assembly then worked smoothly and I am very happy with the result in the end. Especially after I was done with testing.
Let me know how you like the project and share the video with friends or family if you had fun.
Stay healthy
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Disassembly
05:07 - Sandblasting
07:38 - Tin Soldering
08:28 - Metal Work
09:31 - Paint Job
12:58 - Nickel Plating
13:43 - Polishing
14:56 - How to cut glass
16:11 - Beer test
17:11 - Assembly
19:51 - John Wick
20:34 - Results
21:50 - Testing
Music:
Intro:
Elegant Logo by Free Music | / fm_freemusic Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Result Scene:
Timeless - Lauren Duski from KZhead audio library