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Lanterns/Fixtures => Vintage => Topic started by: Jace the Gull on November 21, 2011, 04:39:34 PM

Title: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Jace the Gull on November 21, 2011, 04:39:34 PM

Here is the link!!!

Restoring FGS and his family's posttop lantern! (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150411823322068.385503.684187067&type=1)

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Jace the Gull on November 21, 2011, 06:09:39 PM

Quote from: streetlight98 on November 21, 2011, 05:23:08 PM

Can't see it. :-[

Oh I guess you have to be a Facebook Member....do you have any older brothers or Sisters or a friend that may be old enough to show you? Fear not, you have 2 more years until you are allowed to be on Facebook ;-)

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: joe_347V on November 21, 2011, 06:29:09 PM

Nice fixture, I hope you're going to use something other than the corkscrew after you finish restoring it. :P

For the people who can't open it here's a preview: :P
(http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss50/joseph_125ON/Gallery%20of%20Lights/5bd0e004.png)

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Mike on November 22, 2011, 09:53:03 PM

Ooooo! Very nice! :D Thanks Joe. :)

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: joe_347V on November 23, 2011, 02:20:01 PM

No problem, I wonder how would this look in MH or MV. :P

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Mike on November 26, 2011, 01:35:04 PM

 let us know how the post top comes out Jace! :D

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: joe_347V on November 26, 2011, 02:00:03 PM

Yeah looking forward to the end product!

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Vince on November 28, 2011, 10:25:06 PM

Hard glass if often known as Pyrex. It indeed is borosillicate glass. The first mercury lamps using borosillicate glass often had a name designed around the concept of the better temperature resistance of this kind of glass. For example, the first Westinghouse lamps made with hard glass had the "WeatherDuty" brand.

Basically borosillicate glass will withstand higher and quicker thermal shocks without flying apart.

And tempered glass is treated with a precisely controled thermal shock that makes it stronger instead of breaking it.

Title: Re: Restoring a Posttop for FGS and his family!
Post by: Jace the Gull on November 28, 2011, 11:04:30 PM

I have posted mostly same pics  here  (http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-9747)