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It's about time you rub that lamp with a match Tom and see if a genie pops out.:rofl2:

Well gents, after spending most of the winter restoring Aladdin lamps to get Tom lit up, I finally got a razor to work on. One of my divorcees presented this little gem to me today. My first razor...

Yep, my last years supply of kerosene was dyed and they did it because some guys were burning un-dyed in their cars and pickup trucks. Yep, farm diesel fuel is dyed and the boys were burning it in...

Un-dyed is clear. Some people say the the dyed will clog up the wick. I never noticed wicks getting clogged from it but I don't like the red color in my clear fonts. The reason they dye the fuel...

No. I have the font filled with dyed kerosene. Last year I couldn't get un-dyed from my local supplier so I had to settle for dyed. I recently found a new supplier right next to the oil refinery...

Yep a cheap black light. That will tell you an approximate age of the font. After war was declared civilian use of uranium was halted. Aladdin used it in several of their glass formulas. They...

Tom--IIRC you have a green Washington font. If so put it in a dark room and shine a black light on it. If it glows a weird color it is a pre-WWII font that has uranium in the glass formula. The...

Besides my razors here's the latest finished projects of the year. The shelf lamp is my latest and was a real mess. The lamp with the shade is a Corinthian that Roy found and told me about on flea...

That old blacksmith and I traded a couple of secrets that day Roy. The secret I gave him was how to turn a heavy rolled up threshing machine flatbelt inside out with out unrolling it.....totally...

Yep, and the chips came out both of the flutes. I remember telling you that to be correct I should have used my L.S. Starrett drill point gauge but I was lazy and didn't.:)

Too bad they can't capture the manly smell of Hoppes #9 in an aftershave and matching cologne.

Yeah, but you can learn how to cast bell metal and make bells instead of wind chimes.:rofl2:

Here ya go Tom......a forum for amateur metal casting---> Melting metal in a home foundry, backyard metalcasting, metal casting Your neighbors will be impressed when you fire up a homemade cupola in...

Tom, I started playing with molten aluminum when I was a teenager. I melted diesel pistons in a make shift furnace and poured the melted aluminum through a mesh to get the iron struts and piston...

Another Wosty! I weep.................that it isn't mine.:cry:

I get most of my parts at Lehman's Hardware in Ohio. #1 un-dyed kerosene is the best. Aladdin doesn't recommend using dyed kero but I've been using it for years because I can't get un-dyed anymore....

BINGO!!! Tom.

I have no idea what they are made of Rez. They went to a new material that doesn't have radioactive thorium. Personally I love the old radioactive mantles and have a secret stash of them. After...

Yes, you need to buy not one but at least two mantles. Buy a new wick as well.

Mantles are what makes them illuminate bright white and you need them. You have to be careful as they are very fragile especially after you do a burn off. All it takes is one insect to drop down...

Spot on with those pics Roy. Really a quite simple contraption but does it give light when working properly. I think we have a new convert to lamps.:D

As near as I can tell from your pics Tom, your green font was made some where around 1941 and 1942.

Tom--You have a green Washington Drape font. Roy's is a clear Washington Drape and I have a matching pair of clear Washingtons. Kroil can be your best friend in removing that stuck wick and freeing...

Roy, that lamp sparkles and shines like a diamond. You did her right.:tu

I'm not a virgin. My girlfriend and I took care of that little problem over 40 years ago. :roflmao