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Steampunking a Bar Lanternby Infrasonic on January 24, 2012

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Steampunking a Bar Lantern .....................................................................................................

Intro: Steampunking a Bar Lantern .............................................................................................

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Step 1: Changing the light ....................................................................................................

Step 2: The eye of the lantern .................................................................................................

Step 3: Columns to the corners ................................................................................................

Step 4: Changing the footage ................................................................................................. 1

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Author: InfrasonicIm workig as a technican for computer wiring in germany. Got a head full of ideas but so little time...

Intro: Steampunking a Bar LanternFirst I have to say that this is my second instructable and as some people noticed at my first - it is a showable. I am sorry for that but this is the result of my way to dothese things. I search for antiques and matching parts everywhere and everytime and after collecting these I combine this parts to something else. Sometimes I searchfor something very special (and order this from realy extraordinary specialists) and on the other hand I find matching inspirations in my collection of founded parts of junk,waist, garbage.

I found this Lantern on a fleamarked and got it realy cheap. Its made of tinplate and the glas is a bottle. I think a cover on the spout is missing. In the stand is a batterycompartment (2 C-cells - 3 V) and a switch and a small bulb is under the bottle. All in all its a good base to steampunk it.

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Step 1: Changing the lightAfter inserting batteries I experienced that everything worked but the bulb was dark and boring. I opened all and disassembled the bulb and the lamp socket of plastic (itwas wedged in the bottom) and cut the wires up there. Some weeks ago I bought some flickering candles, tealights made from LEDs and a CR2016 and soldered 6 of theLEDs to a small ring for another idea that didnt work. In this lantern they should develop the life that I missed with the bulb. So I replaced this first.The wiring is from the original now, only the bulb was changed to the LEDs. Because the soldering was made for something completely dif ferent I covered the metalhousing with tape down the hole to prevent any shortcuts or losses.

At this point the electric modifications will do it for now. Lets do the steampunkination and look where it goes.
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Image Notes1. A ring of flickering LEDs all soldered parallel to the 3 V circuit

Image Notes1. All the parts2. The bottle with the screws on it3. lamp socket with bulb4. Spout5. Lantern housing of tinsheet

Image Notes1. The new lightning. You see the green tape covering at the hole.

Image Notes1. The bottle has enough space for a small bulb and a lamp socket so it can takethe LEDs too.


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Step 2: The eye of the lanternThe look of a lantern is heavily changed by a magnifying glass. And I love it. I love the old torches that uses them and I love the old film- or slide projectors with this look.In a dollar shop I found paper weights of glass and I just had to scratch off the picture on the plain side. Things like this Ive got in stock - I take them as I see them andthese will fit to many other objects.

To prevent scratches and as a ground for constructing I taped the funnel with paper tape. Next I marked the outer diameter of the glass. With the tool you see in thepicture woodturners are allowed to find the center of round objects and it helped me too. The whole construction was made on the funnel and at least I needed marks atthe 45-135-215-305 degrees.From the 0-90-180-270 degrees I marked the half with compasses. I used the compasses also to mark the distance from the outer rim for the screwholes. I realy couldntfigure out where to place them so I guessed. And Mr. Spock couldnt have done better. ..

The found and marked points got punched and drilled 3 mm wide. 4 M3 screws, each with a srew-nut on the inner and outer side fixes the glass perfect. No glue orsilicon. No rattling or sticking.

Image Notes1. First fitting

Image Notes1. A pencil followed the glass

Image Notes

1. I love this tool


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Image Notes1. Identified West2. Identified North West3. Measured North

Image Notes1. Punching (important!!!)

Image Notes1. Drilling

Image Notes1. Smiling

Image Notes1. Smiling more


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Image Notes1. Looking for matching screws in the M4 drawer.

Image Notes1. Any M4 screw would fit in here.

Image Notes1. The mark is at diameter of the adjacent part of the column plus 6 mm (3 mmat each side)

Image Notes1. Im doing this with a hand saw. 4 x of course.

Image Notes1. Equalizing all with a file. Changing order and direction of the piecessometimes makes it more equal.


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Image Notes1. After marking the middle, the same distance is used from the top so this holeis drilled with 3 times the same distance to outwards. The drill is 2 mm to centerall first.


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Image Notes1. I drill with oil to cover the tool from heat and get good results.

Image Notes1. After opening the hole to 6 mm (for the columns) I deburred both sides of eachhole.

Image Notes1. Grinding with the machine. A screw holds all now. The other is just to havethe same high but that?s only needed at the short sides.

Image Notes1. In the middle is the position for the M4 hole to connect to the housing.


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Image Notes1. Punched. Important!!!

Image Notes1. The table says I need 3.3 mm hole for M4 thread.

Image Notes1. For threading all 4 plates at once I use a 3 step thread drill.

Image Notes1. The marks tell the order to use:1 mark = first2 marks = secondno mark = last

Image Notes1. Everything is well done and the block is fixed with 2 screws now.

Image Notes1. This is a drill with a centering tip. After finding the correct position I drilled a


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matching hole to this tip so this drill can drill down without slipping away.

Image Notes1. And this is the result.

Image Notes1. The file shapes everything to a new outline.

Image Notes1. Some more contours and the first fitting for the columns.


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Step 4: Changing the footageAt least the foot is looking boring and I dont like swich position in the front.

I thought about changing the whole thing to a massive brass candle foot I have but I would need to add the energy managemant and the weight of the thing is already atabout 4 pounds. Its cold outside and even colder in my workshop so a modification is all I want to do now.

So I looked in the parts I disassambled from a old clock and found the holders wich connected the clockwork to its wooden housing. The angle was exact the same asthe foot of the lantern, they are black and I had 4 of them - good luck. At this point I didnt knew what to mount there but 4 holes at each holder that point right downwardsmake anything possible.

To reach the place with my dril l I had to disassamble the foot. Its connected with bounded plate. After marking the position and drilling I fixed the new holders with M3screws and reassambled all with the switch backwards.

I thought a little bit about adding some fancy funky stuff there but at least a steampunk lantern has to be a tool in several expeditions. A steampunk lantern has to go tonew worlds and has to work in unbelievable and unknown situations. So I made the stand adjustable with 8 M3 screws and 16 screw-nuts. This lantern can be adjusted tothe slopes and dales of the moon as well as the different concavity of venus or deep under the surface of the earth in any cave.

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1. Assambling point of the new footage. 1. The lantern got new shoes on!

Image Notes1. I lost something in the workshop...

Image Notes1. This is ready for now and perfectly adjusted to this table.


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