1914 Dietz Wizard Lantern Restoration
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2023
- Fixing a Dietz 1914 Wizard lantern.
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very nice flame on that Wizzard. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Moray 👍
Lookin good, you brought that one back nicely!
Thanks so much 👍
That's a really nice job on the repairs. I have a 1915 Wizard that I had to resolder the lift bracket and tried to keep most of the original black finish. The thing I like best about the Wizard over the D-lite is the rising cone burner and this is one of the few lanterns I have that the crosswire guards clip over the loc nob ears perfectly. Thank you
Thanks so much I actually forgot to mention it in the video but after I completed the crown repair and fired up the lantern the bottom solder on the lift bracket popped off and I was trying to solder it then the top solder also came off so I had to clean both the lantern and the bracket tabs really well and hold it with a small C clamp and solder that back in place too 😂 but it’s all good now 👍
Isn't that the way it goes. My favorite lanterns are the ones that gave me the most fits, lol
@@jerrynelson5711 yes that is the truth 👍
Really nice tab job Ken!
Thanks so much I appreciate that 👍
Excellent save Ken! I like the bigger lanterns, they really feel substantial! 😃👍
Yes they are 👍 and give a generous amount of light too.
Wow a fantastic job on restoring the Dietz Wizard lantern & that lantern looks great too there Ken! 👍👍 Yes getting excited to light my Embury traffic gard lantern as soon the parts come in from W.T. kirkman lanterns & it’s lantern time! 🙂👍
Thanks Jeff 👍
@@lotsatrains You are welcome!🙂👍
Great job Ken! I'm curious about the overlap between the D Lite and the Wizzard and what the differences were. It's interesting that they ran them so long with more or less the same specs especially into the 20's and 30's since they seemed to have started making efforts to do away with duplicates 20-30 years prior.
Thanks and yes they are pretty much very similar overall to each other I don’t know really what the whole story was why the 2 models were produced at almost the same time.
Nice repair. Looks good. Are you going to the farm and tractor show in Titusville this weekend?
Thanks Tony No I didn’t know about the show but unfortunately have other plans.
Very nice finish, just wondering what you coat the lantern in to stop it re rusting ?
Just use WD-40 but I’m hearing lately that Clenzoil is supposed to be better and was planning to give it a try.
Lovely lantern. Ive watched a few of your videos now and you seem to really put your heart into these. Ive a bluegrass belknap air pilot im working on that has no fuel cap. Any idea where i might find one? The opening is 13/16". Think one from a d in etz would fit? Idk who made it for bluegrass belknap hardware co.,but i doubt theyd manufactured it themselves. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your kind comments and I do believe that your bluegrass lantern is one made by Embury lantern company and maybe could get a cap from WT Kirkman at lanternnet.com but you might have to call them because they sell a lot of different sizes.
@@lotsatrains I appreciate that. I'd bought this one at an estate sale some time back and originally it was just gonna hang for decoration,but I think I'm gonna fix it up and put it in working order. I noticed when I picked it up that it's got a big star stamped into the bottom of it. I thought that was neat. I'll keep an eye out for some more as I'm working on this one. Thanks for your help. I'll check them out.
Nice job Ken ! What steel did you use for the taps?
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These always work well and are pretty cheap
@@lotsatrains Thank you Ken I appreciate that
@@steveyoung9951 you’re welcome Steve 👍
I think I saw a version with red glass at some point, any info on such a thing?
Yes just a different globe could have been used for a utility company or just a replacement globe.
@@lotsatrains ah you know what, i probably should have gotten that from the word "bell" printed across the globe.
@@realconservative7735 oh a bell system globe yes that is a desirable piece to own 👍