1930s Sears Junior Lantern Restoration

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2023
  • In this video I restore a 1930s Sears Junior lantern made by the Prentiss Wabers Company. Along the way I discuss the history of these lanterns, pull out some old catalogues, and eventually tie on a mantle and fire it up.
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Komentáře • 13

  • @silvermine2033
    @silvermine2033 Před rokem

    Nice looking lantern!

  • @scottblachly9353
    @scottblachly9353 Před rokem +3

    Another great video. I just finished restoring that exact lantern. Old coleman parts has fuel gaskets and other parts for prentiss wabers lanterns.

  • @Chungustav
    @Chungustav Před rokem

    I really like the look of that lantern

  • @johncrabb4053
    @johncrabb4053 Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for this info. I just picked up a 742.43 for 24.00 dollars. Any idea of the date it would have been made. Your videos are very well done. You would be a great teacher.

    • @king.coleman
      @king.coleman  Před 6 měsíci

      I've had difficulty finding precise dates for these. All I can really say is "1930s". If it has a Pyrex globe, it's probably one of the later ones. Thanks for the comment. I am a teacher, just not the school variety. I'm an Anglican priest.

  • @elviraines7974
    @elviraines7974 Před rokem

    😊

  • @LordNelsonsTrousers
    @LordNelsonsTrousers Před 9 měsíci

    Very nice! What do you think you could pack that preheat bowl with, that's a flame resistant fibre, that's not asbestos,

    • @king.coleman
      @king.coleman  Před 9 měsíci +1

      I think fibreglass rope might be a good candidate.

    • @LordNelsonsTrousers
      @LordNelsonsTrousers Před 9 měsíci

      I'll have to get some and experiment with it, was trying to figure how to put a preheat cup on my slant 220 and 228 that doesn't interfere with the mantles, now I might try wrapping the generator in fiberglass rope, soak it in alcohol the ignite it, and see if that pre heats them enough @@king.coleman

    • @king.coleman
      @king.coleman  Před 9 měsíci

      An L220 or L228 doesn't need to be preheated.@@LordNelsonsTrousers

    • @LordNelsonsTrousers
      @LordNelsonsTrousers Před 9 měsíci

      Usually I have to hold a few matches to the R55s I have them equipped with to prevent a flame ball and I heard you can run Kero through an R55, so I figure it will remove the need to run through a few matches and allow me to run Kero @@king.coleman

    • @king.coleman
      @king.coleman  Před 9 měsíci

      Something else may be wrong if it's really fire-balling while running on naphtha. Like any instant-lighting lantern, it should flare a bit initially, but it shouldn't fireball. The R55 was designed to burn both gasoline and kerosene, but you also have to factor in the design of the fuel pickup and the volume of air flow through the burner. You can burn gas in a kerosene lantern, but it won't be as bright, because the fuel and air ratio for gas is different than kerosene, but it works. The same isn't usually the case the other way around. Trying to burn kero in a gas lantern usually just makes a sooty mess.
      I'd be surprised if braided fibreglass could hold enough alcohol to preheat for kerosene. I also suspect that you'd have a lot of alcohol running out the bottom. At least on the PW lantern, there's a cup to hold it, even it's open on the inside.@@LordNelsonsTrousers

  • @RychaardRyder
    @RychaardRyder Před rokem

    I keep forgetting how asbestos was quite literally in everything then