Old Dietz Junior Lantern Restoration.
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/ @ajrestoration Welcome back, Ladies and Gentlemen! This was truly a great find, I happen to find this beauty at the metal recycling yard a few days ago and it's a Dietz Junior and the glass has not been broken!
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/ @ajrestoration 1840 Dietz kerosene lanterns have been used on boats at sea, in the covered wagons of pioneers heading west, for railroad signals, and by farmers finding their way to the barn in a snowstorm.
The Dietz Oil Lanterns are made to be used on the homestead. They're resilient even when accidentally knocked around. Due to seamless operation even in lawless winds, Dietz lanterns are known around the world as, "The Old Reliable."
Some history of the company.
At age 22, in 1840, Robert Edwin Dietz bought a small lamp and oil shop in Brooklyn, NY. Robert, with his brother William, called the company Dietz, Brother, and Company.
One of their first products was a candle lantern; they later made sperm whale oil lamps, girandoles, hall lamps, and chandeliers. Three more of the brothers joined the company in 1855, and the name became Dietz and Company. That same year, the brothers built a large factory in New York City, which was later destroyed by fire in 1871. The next year, 1856, they patented a flat wick burner to burn coal oil, a much cheaper fuel.
In 1868, Robert sold his interest in Dietz and Company and partnered with Absalom Smith to form a new company, Dietz & Smith. When Smith purchased 6,000 velocipedes (a mid-19th-century bicycle) on company credit, Robert decided he was a bad business partner, bought Smith’s interest, and continued the company as R.E. Dietz.
In June 1897, a devastating fire destroyed their factory in New York City. To avoid going out of business, the company merged with the Steam Gauge and Lantern Company of Syracuse, and eventually moved the company’s manufacturing center to that city.
In 1906, Dietz began making acetylene gas headlights and taillights for automobiles and trucks. In 1956, company president, Gerry Dietz, established R.E. Dietz LTD in Hong Kong. Two years later, he introduced the Visi-flasher road marker and established the Hazard Division to make and market the product.
The company commemorated its 125th anniversary in 1965 with a celebration at the Hotel Syracuse. That year, the company was one of the largest manufacturers of truck lighting and hazard warning devices. In 1971, they ceased making lanterns in Syracuse, moving all production to Hong Kong. Although sales were strong during the 1970s, they dropped to an all-time low in 1990, the company’s sesquicentennial year.
The company closed its doors in Syracuse in 1992 and the building became the new home of Superior Office Furniture Company.
Today, after “a nearly $20 million renovation of the factory in Syracuse’s Park Avenue neighborhood, the building has been transformed into apartments and offices,”.
very nice👍👍
Beautiful work ❤
Great video
Excellent quality of work and attention to detail ! Way above my pay grade ! Well done video, thank you !
Wow, thanks buddy!
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Beautiful job
A true source of light never dies 🕯
Wow! Gobsmacked!
Nicely done. You're pretty well prepared to survive an apocalypse... Camp stove, lanterns, cutting implements, cookware. 🙂
Fantastic job 👍 turned out great. I like your plating set up.
Oh my soul, I had no idea you were South African until I saw the R56.00 price tag on the white pen 😂. I often watch your videos! They are super satisfying!! Thanx for your hard work!!
Haha thank you so much! Yes that was a dead giveaway wasn't it :-D
I appreciate your kind comment!
Excellent!
Clean restoration not to hard not to easy.just keep doing your thing and carry on.👍👍👍😎😎😎
very nice. I enjoy watching your work
Biautyful video
Good job ,AJ , as always I feel so good,so relaxed watching your video !!! 👍👍❤❤🙏🙏👌👌👋👋
Thank you so much 😁
Beautiful restoration
Dietz nuts will enjoy this one.
Beautiful, dude! Very nice! 👍
Nice job of you restoring that classic lantern✌
Very interesting. I do own a Dietz lamp, it's a No. 76, much smaller but with all the exact same characteristics. If one day I need to restore it, this video will surely be a guide.
Nice refurbishing project. Let us know how the powder coat holds up to the heat. I am interested if it does hold up... Thumbs Up!
I like the color choices you pick out it look good
I just saw one of these today, on Facebook marketplace, for $50. 👌🤷♂️
VERY NICE. THANKS.
Looked better with the original galvanized finish.
Interesting, just picked up 2 from my grandfather's house,in good shape with some patina,original globes and wicks, cleaned them up but decided to keep them original. One is a BLIZZARD the other is a MONARCH.
I still want a Blizzard one. Quite rare where I am.
Hard, arduous work but the effect is excellent. ongratulation from Vietnam 🥰😘👍
I have that model that I bought in the mis 1970s and it is in great shape with no rust. The pain is slightly discolored from use.
The old timer way of cleaning glass globes is with newspaper wad up s section get it soaked w/ soapy water and scrub.. It doesn't scratch the glass.
Approved !
Nice restore! I just done one similar to this, a Japanese made lantern. Bottom was rusted out that oil thing they wick is in was almost gone but I got it out. Then I replaced the bottom and I electrified it. I did a gold and black combo on it.
Just bought one off ebay! Half the price of a similar Etsy listing 🤯 (the Etsy listing did look better though, it had more of a patina look than straight rust)
Definitely gonna be referencing this video when it comes time to clean and repaint it 😊
I hope you have good results with your lamp. All the best to you buddy.
@@AJRestoration Thanks :D
It's actually in fairly good shape (the pictures did it a dis-service) a touch of light sanding with 80 grit sandpaper and some soap and water took care of the majority of the issues, though I may swap out the wick mechanism for a freshly made one eventually
But for this winter it will definitely work as is :)
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cool
Very good restoration 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
Cuando era niño vivia en un lugar sin electricidad y el uso de esas lamparas era comun, me remontaste a mi infancia jajaja, ahora esas lamparas son escasas y encontrarlas con el vidrio intacto es aun mas dificil, buen trabajo amigo felicidades
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Plan on using it for a long time with that long wick?? You did a fantastic job restoring it and it looks great
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Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Nice lamp.
Was watching the video and noticing how light the metal was, almost like tin. I'm given to wonder something? Have you ever had a restoration that required a delicate hand because the metal was in bad shape and you couldn't locate a replacement? You could repair but not replace.
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Great restoration make it new wow thanks for sharing your experience i have same video but its grow rate so down.i restore this type of lamp.its views are not growing.i try my best.i think I have some mistakes in my video.i see all your videos thats are so awesome and helpful.
Great job, I love old paraffin lamps. Was the powder coat heat resistant ? , I know the tops get quite hot 👍
Exactly, it is absolute nonsense to use powder coating on hot parts if they are protected by plating in the original design. A heat-resistant metal powder-based paint belongs on these places, otherwise the moment the lamp is used the paint will immediately start to blacken up to burning, moreover, I prefer not to talk about the smell.
I recently got the same one but it has some attachment that enables you to use a candle instead of Kerosene. I might do a restoration video on it in a month or 2.
Looks like a very old coal mining lamp early 50'-70's
They still make these lamps, you can buy them brand new.
This one is quite old, but it looks like they do still make them. I recently got the same one but it has some attachment that enables you to use a candle instead of Kerosene. I might do a restoration video on it in a month or 2.
@@AJRestoration
Would love to see that video on the second lamp :) (I scrolled through your page but didn't see it so forgive me if you already posted it and I'm just blind 😂)
You either need to lubricate your turntable or feed the hamster who drives it…
I'm actually restoring a Dietz Junior lantern, it has a bunch of patent dates and I haven't found the actual date it was made, the lantern also has Hindi translations on it, one saying American the other seems to say Dietz Junior but Google translater ain't helping me out
Wow Id love to see it, I have a Dietz lantern that uses a tealight candle as a fuel source.
@@AJRestoration Wow, that's very interesting!
nice but i dont like the white color, that part is red too in the originals.
powder coat wont last long with the heat from the flame.
No, about 15 minutes and the coating will be done.
Me regalaron una esta mui mala la boi ha restaurar I le boi ha incorporar un bonbillo
How could anyone let a globe get that nasty ?
Fake
Whats fake?
The lantern isn’t all that old, the rust is only superficial, the zinc still has some shine to it the burner looks like it was buried in dirt because that’s not rust and the wick is brand spanking new and look like it’s ever touched fuel. Also the bottom of the fuel cap is brand spanking new. It would be shiny but not that shiny. I can’t help but think you bought it put it outside for a little and then threw some dirt on it. Great disassembly though and I like the red paint.
@@rossparker4374 I would never fake a video. I am not one of those faker restoration videos. I bought this from the scrapyard to add to my collection. It is not that old since the Dietz logo is painted on by factory and not embossed in the glass. These lanterns are sill made today. How you saw it is exactly how I found it at the scrap yard. Something does not have to be full of rust and borderline busted to be restored.
@@AJRestoration thanks for the back story on the piece forgive me for being skeptical there are so many fake restoration channels out there
I am having one hell of a time getting out the top piece that contains the large spring. It moves freely up and down and rotationally but no go. Have any suggestions for me ? I'm no Superman but I'm not that weak !! LOL Also, do you know what the age is of this Junior #20 and how can it be determined ? Thanks for any help. Kenny C Oregon
Aahhh....the birdman again🫕🧈 lets have him wwork for a while