Restoring an old handlamp

[TEAMYAKIMA]

I guess this is the right place to ask this question as I am (sort of) preserving a railway relic.

 

I have an old hand lamp. It came from Argentina but appears to be 100% British design.

 

 

It can display clear, red and green by revolving the handle.

 

Unfortunately, the green glass got broken. The diameter is approx 11.5 cm

 

 

My question is ...... is there a source of coloured glass available to British enthusiasts which might restore it

 

Thank you for any help you can offer

 

 

[Phil Parker]

I have a similar lamp - I'm not worried about the curved glass, but need a replacement circular bit for the front. Suggestions welcomed.

[dhjgreen]

57 minutes ago, TEAMYAKIMA said:

I guess this is the right place to ask this question as I am (sort of) preserving a railway relic.

 

I have an old hand lamp. It came from Argentina but appears to be 100% British design.

 

 

It can display clear, red and green by revolving the handle.

 

Unfortunately, the green glass got broken. The diameter is approx 11.5 cm

 

 

My question is ...... is there a source of coloured glass available to British enthusiasts which might restore it

 

Thank you for any help you can offer

 

 

One of these was on the repair shop tv programme recently.  The process to produce a new filter involved slumping a suitable piece of glass (expensive?)  I suspect the only source of an existing glass would be another lamp.  If you just want it to work you could fit a gel.

[AY Mod]

1 hour ago, TEAMYAKIMA said:

My question is ...... is there a source of coloured glass available to British enthusiasts which might restore it

 

Remove one of the other lens, form a mould and cast the new one from tinted clear resin. Wouldn't be any good if your light source produced any warmth though.

[avonside1563]

I tried to source a new red aspect for a handlamp, found one but it wasn't the right thickness or height. There are so many different types of lamp it won't be easy. I will ask a friend who works with all sorts of lighting and knows all about colour temperatures if he has any ideas.

[rodent279]

Green? Or blue? Do you have the original, broken filter?

I have a very similar Midland Railway lamp, which has a red filter and a blue filter. Odd, I thought, but if you place a yellow light source, which oil lamp flames are, behind a blue filter, you get a green light. So would it originally have had a blue filter for showing a green aspect?