TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I have a similar lamp - I'm not worried about the curved glass, but need a replacement circular bit for the front. Suggestions welcomed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted November 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 15, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted November 15, 2020 Moderators Share Posted November 15, 2020 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted January 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2021 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? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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