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Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« on: August 22, 2025, 12:59:44 am »
Converted some old Hurricane Lamps with some low voltage bulbs -

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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2025, 05:21:00 am »
They look great, Jim. I have some converted railroad lamps in my layout room and in my upstairs office.
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2025, 05:31:46 am »
Quote from: skeptic49 on August 22, 2025, 05:21:00 am
They look great, Jim. I have some converted railroad lamps in my layout room and in my upstairs office.

Thanks Jim, if you ever get a chance to take a photo of them, I'd love to see them.
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2025, 07:32:16 am »
good looking lamps Jim, well done!.
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2025, 10:11:39 am »
I have a couple of RR lamps that I've occasionally thought of doing such a conversion with, but I keep thinking that they could be very useful as kerosene lamps in extended power outages, which we seem to be having with ever increasing frequency anymore, and we do have a quantity of kerosene on hand as that is our backup heating source, so have a 275 gallon tank out in the yard.

In any case, those lamps you have modified are just brilliant Jim ..... perfect for the incredible "depth" of your Man Cave ..... er, I mean Steam Room!!!
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2025, 07:55:51 pm »
Jim the Hurricane Lamps look great in the room. Here is a photo of my grandfather's old blow touch.

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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2025, 11:18:10 pm »
I like that Carl!
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2025, 09:12:07 am »
That blowtorch really makes some Brassy & Classy Bling!!!
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2025, 12:11:02 pm »
Great work Jim!

Your Steam Cave is looking awesome.
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Re: Converted some old Hurricane Lamps
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2025, 05:58:28 pm »
Quote from: txlabman on August 27, 2025, 12:11:02 pm
Great work Jim!

Your Steam Cave is looking awesome.

Thanks Charlie.
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