1950's Big Beam Flashlight Restoration
Odd Tinkering
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I make restoration videos. If you wish to send me anything, letters or packages, mail it to: PL 81117 Odd Tinkering Vetokuja 4 01610, Vantaa Finland [email protected] The bellow email is for video related business inquires and such. I don't unfortunately offer repair services. You will also not get my permission to post my content on your facebook or other media page for free.
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Thanks to EcoFlow for sponsoring this video! Visit EcoFlow’s site at https://us.ecoflow.com/products/delta-2-portable-power-station?aff=347 to check out Delta 2! EcoFlow Website : https://us.ecoflow.com/products/delta-2-portable-power-station?aff=347 EcoFlow Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QXXWXL Please use the 9E88NJGJ coupon code for 5% discount on your DELTA II(2) until October 16th on both platforms. You will also get a free waterproof bag if you order before 22nd September. In this video I restore a 1950's Big Beam flashlight. The Flashlight is rusty and the paint is partially gone. Thgere are also some dents. I started by disassemblign the flashlight. I needed to take off the rivets to be able to get a good paint job. After diassembly I used electrolysi to remove the rust and paint. Dents were hammered flat, and any repaining defects on the surface were filled with bondo. The body was painted with 2K primer and then with red 2K paint. I also made custom stickers with the Big Beam logo to finish the look. I created the image in photoshop based on some images I found of another lamp. The handle and lamp part were polished and nickel plated. My nickel coating tutorial: https://youtu.be/O3DCexCLoGQ To reassemble the flashlight I needed to make some new rivets on my new lathe. I don't really have all the tool for it yet so it was easiest and fastest to do the final shaping and polishing with a drill. The lathe will be very useful for making thing like this, because it's always hard to find a specific kind of screw or rivet and if I do find one it might take 2 weeks to ship it to me. I also couldn't fit a hammet inside the case to hammer the rivets so I made a simple tool to help me do that. The following links are affiliate links. By clicking them you are directed to a amazon (or other) product page. If you purchase that or any other product I will get a small fee but you will not pay any extra. This is an easy way to support this channel and allow me to keep making these videos. Thank you for watching and reading! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oddtinkering T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/odd-tinkering-2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odd.tinkering/ Some of my tools: Mini lathe: https://amzn.to/3xxtqMG Induction heater: https://amzn.to/3BfkQTK Polishing kit: https://amzn.to/3NuyeY8 Soldering station: https://amzn.to/3AdEbGa Hand drill:https://amzn.to/3Lki58a Black gloves: https://amzn.to/2YY8a09 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE ▶▶▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf_suVrG2dA5BTjJhNLwthQ?sub_confirmation=1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- #EcoFlow #PortableGenerator #PortablePowerStation #bestportablepowerstation #SolarPanel
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