Brass and Bronze lights? Let's see them!

[DaFABRICATA]

Some REALLY great lights in this thread so far!!
Keep 'em coming guys!! :twothumbs

 

[Tejasandre]

Prometheus & reylight

 

[PolarLi]

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!

 

[Thetasigma]

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!

Thank you sir.

 

[Jbraman]

Any for sale any time soon?

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.

 

[Thetasigma]

Any for sale any time soon?

Unlikely, I have a considerable list to work through before I switch to batch release. Any that the reserver falls through on will show up on Flashlight Fanatics though.

 

[Balance 58]

An absolute inspiration! So impressive, thanks for posting!

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:

 

[PolarLi]

Balance 58, thank you for the kind words!

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

PolarLi, Does Batman ever show up when you turn this on?

~ Chance

 

[DaFABRICATA]

Beautiful lights guys!
That spotlight restoration is incredible!!!

Here's another one I'm working on finishing.

 

[DaFABRICATA]

Just need to make a retaining ring for the McClicky boot and might add some crenelations to the bezel and it'll be done.

 

[egginator1]

 

[PolarLi]

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...

 

[egginator1]

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...

The 4th one up is a Photonfanatics brass Luce de Note - It has a fairly large (19mm +/-) tritium sphere seated in a reflector. I will try to get a head on pic.

 

[mcbrat]