Restoration and upgrade of 80 year old flashlight // with gun bluing and crackling lacquer
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2020
- So I borrowed these two old french Wonder flashlights from my father-in-law's cabin. I wanted to restore and upgrade them a bit. DIY style. They are both from the 1940`s
One got a warm light led array, and the other got a "normal" light directional led. One got an AAA battery compartment and the other got a lipo battery that u can charge trough the hole in the bottom :D
The brass part is there to conduct the heat away from the led and into the chassis. I will in the future fix the glasses with som good acrylic varnish to make them 100% translucent.
I am unsure how the different finishes will hold up, especially the crackling lacquer, I will keep you posted on that.
Now to sneak them back into the cabin
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Hope you like it. Please leave a comment if you want me to answer anything.
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Yesterday I found two of them and I was thinking how could I upgrade these old flashlights. Thanks for your effort.
Glad I could help, send me a pic when you are finished >D
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It is great have very old ones restored and modernized like new again.
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Flishlight 1$, materials 100$. Hmmm, so cool))
They turned out really great. Keep up the good work. These videos brighten my day....
Hahaha :D "brighten" :D hope you have a safe and nice easter.
Flokroll Projects . You too. Take and care and happy diy-ing.
I loved those lights as a kid! My grandad had to pay quite a pretty penny to keep our lamps going. Their ergonomics never made any sense to me though, very akward to hold for longer periods of time. Definitely designed around the battery and to be hung from a nail and not for a human hand. But they were ubiquitous nonetheless.
Your conversions are fantastic btw! Especially the AA one. I always go AA because I'm fed up with all the proprietary chargers.
same, i love the aaa ones, especially when i got some rechargeable ones.
Thank you for the nice comment and nice words. Have a great day.
They're supposed to be hung from a coat or shirt from the pocket to keep your hands free
Always a pleasure to watch your video's . Greetings from Ireland and keep safe .
Thank you very much. Hope you and Ireland is staying safe :D
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cool :D
Awesome work!
Thank you :D that is cool to hear
super modification ,bravo .
Thank you very much
Awesome!
thank you very much :D
Nicely done! Liked that you made the battery type and lamp different in each one
Thank you, and yeah, it is always cool to mix it up :D
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Oh, and nice video I guess, I would rather just turn on the lights.
Nice work! Can you please tel me the wattage on the LED you use?
Hi there, i used some 5 volt and 3,3v leds both 1w i think , i got em on ebay and from adafruit, They drain the battery pretty fast, but are good and bright, i will look them up when i go to the cabin this winter
Nice!!
I have a similar flashlight I want to upgrade. Do you have a link to tge LEDs? They look easy to use.
Hi, and sorry i do not find the exact ones, the one is 5v and the other is 3v. here are some similar links.www.ebay.com/itm/1x-10X-Led-Cob-Chip-Proiettore-1W-3W-5W-7W-20W-30W-50W-Grow-Lampada-Pianta/153150925102?hash=item23a881a92e:m:mLHldM-xgUDFbECC8IG28kQ
What was his reaction?
He have not yet seen the video. Will keep you posted
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Did he see them in these 6 months?
@@DinnerForkTongue nope, still not. But next weekend we are going to the cabin togheter
Fikk du kjøpt «GUN black»’en i Norge, eller bestilte du fra utlandet?
Bestilte den fra ebay for en evighet siden, men man får tak i det i norge også. Men akkurat nå husker jeg ikke hvor :(
Nice don, but those lamps are not from the 40s but from the 70s'.
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Ahh, okay. darn, and thank you. i got the year from my father-in-law :D will change the description.
When i google i see that they started making them in the late 1950`s