Kerosene Lanterns That Will Blow You Away! 

Nice lanterns. Yeah, restoring old things can be a long process, sometimes. We all have different levels of tenacity... Or maybe it's just toleration of chore involved. Me, I'm a Army veteran: no matter how grueling the task or training, we just grinned and asked for more. Haha, that was 3 decades ago. Yeah, i have two lanterns in my shed. Even though it is wired, the lanterns provide light and heat! Not 40kBtus, but just enough to take the edge off of a 25°F day. Looking forward to the lamp cookery...could be a hit!

Nice old Lanterns 👍🇺🇸

Thanks a million! I found an old lantern similar to yours and couldn't figure how to remove the shade. I was getting closer then did a search. I have to clean mine up and repaint it. Cheers.

The lantern looked beautiful when it was lit .😊

Awesome job on the CT ham lantern there Ken! Me too I’m a wick snob too myself, as I like to have the flame just perfect & fine tuning on the trimming of the wicks on my lanterns! 👍👍 Neat little battery lantern too & a cool air duster that you scored too! 🙂🙂 Beautiful day here to light a few lanterns & it’s lantern time!🙂🙂

I understand the wick trimming preference. The flame should burn properly

Great Lanterns Ken👍 Thanks for sharing. I subscribed!🇺🇸

great video i was looking into getting a lantern and this vid sealed the deal lantern community seems fun

Awesome lanterns! Thanks for sharing.

Hello Ken, another nice video and great work on the restoration. Thank you.

As a collector I am surprised you don't trim the wick ends or slightly half moon. My mother showed me many years ago.

You should look into setting up a electrolysis tank which can be done in a 5 gallon bucket. It's really easy and much cheaper and less labor than paint stripper.

Just last week, I saw 2 lanterns with thick paint. It seemed the sellers were trying to hide the rust.

Outstanding Ken! Looks great! Awesome little blower too!

Just found you, great stuff. 👍 I prefer an arched trim myself. Lol That blower looks good, better than the cans of air and easier than dragging out my compressor!

Hey Ken excellent job on the Ham and the Winged Wheel no.350 with the LED lamp looks super bright too. Thanks for posting really enjoy your videos and always learn facts about lantens and restoring.

Nice Ham New Style! Yeah, sloppy red paint is a PAIN!!! You did a good job. Say, that’s a really cool Warren Sta-Lit there! Love that metal on it! I’d love one of those!

Great job!

Another great video. I need more practice with wick trimming. I take the scissors and cut straight across using the burner as my guide. Still, it seems the flame wants to do its own thing. 😀. Do you prefer a certain type or brand of wick? I just bought the cheapest 6 foot role of cotton wick for lanterns on Amazon. Thanks for sharing sharing.

If you have a 500 farad capacitor you may try a diode bridge and a induction pan cake coil and you could use that to run an led light and just have a cell phone charge charge up a led lamp and maybe use a solar panel to run the induction charger. Just a nutty idea.

Thanks Ken...got me looking for a New Style now lol.

Hey Ken. I’m about to get my first lantern. A feuerhand 275 from EBay. Not sure what I’m getting or how old it is but it looks pretty clean.

I really enjoy your videos & I always learn something while watching. Just courious, how did you become interested in railroad lanterns? Also, which one or ones are your favorite(s)?

I have found lantern buying is addictive.

Hello, could you tell the name of the small lantern again, please? It's so beautiful, but I don't know the type of it. Thank you!

I know absolutely nothing about lanters. Someone gave me a winged wheel number 500. Are they decent lanters?

Do you have any recommendation on lanterns I could use outside in winter around camp looking for somthing that will provide good light.

Have you ever worked on a presco 331 buggy light I think it's kind of rear .

Red Paint.. is the worst. Nice restore!!

What Is The Lantern On The Left? Looks Like An Antique Dietz Jupiter 2500 Or A Close Derivative?

Hi Ken, another very good restoration, that lantern looks great.

What kind of paint do you use on the oil burner?

When batteries go bad they leak and corrode the terminals, and the terminals loose their conductivity.

too bad about the Winged Wheel

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