DaFABRICATA
Flashlight Enthusiast
Some REALLY great lights in this thread so far!!
Keep 'em coming guys!! :twothumbs
Keep 'em coming guys!! :twothumbs
Do you use anything to keep it so polished?
I used autosol for the hand polishing. After one year, I did a 10 minute touch up with Autosol on a microfiber cloth. As long I keep water and fingerprints off, the finish hold up just fine.
You can take a look in my project thread for more info: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...5-Francis-Searchlight-400W-Short-Arc-Restomod
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Thetasigma, now the pictures show. That's a beautiful collection of exotic metals and patina you got there!
First one but you have the Copper and BeCu backwards, so it is,
Al-Bronze, Brass, BeCu, Copper, Al-Bronze.
and now to add to the confusion, here are BeCu, Copper, and Al-Bronze below, both in the same order two weeks apart.
This shows part of the reason Al-Bronze is my favorite red metal, it is damn consistent once it acquires its patina. It photographs differently in different lights, but it pretty much stays the same.
Any for sale any time soon?
The big brass.
Francis marine searchlight from 1955.
So long story short, I restored it, and installed a 19000 lumen, 350W UHP projector lamp, a 200mm electroformed reflector, and some electronics.
It make 55,000,000 candela and have a ANSI FL1 range of 14.8 km/9.2 miles.
2800 meters to the target:
Egginator1: That is a nice collection you got there! Any more info on the 4th light from the bottom, with that thick acrylic(?) lens, or what it is?
Chauncey: Haven't seen him around, yet...