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Narrated: Antique Stage Light [Restoration] (Patreon)

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2026-06-24 11:59:33
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2026-09
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Narrated: Antique Stage Light [Restoration]

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Blake

🙌🏻

Marco

Love the Intro. We need more fancy Remixes.

John willis

It was nice of them to write “Stage Light” on it in Sharpie. If you look on the bottom of HTR’s right foot, there is a little outline of a Moose with the words “Canadian Man” written inside. (Enjoying the restoration and the remix 😊)

John willis

Where do you take your hazardous waste/asbestos? What surprised the hell out of me when I visited some science labs at Tokyo University, the active labs were like inside a nest of 20l plastic tanks full of (I assume mild) Chemical waste lining most of the hallways leading up to the labs. They probably had 4000L worth of tanks there! Is there a secret asbestos pit in the forest near your house? 😅

Goose Gosselin

Jokes aside, watching you strip the asbestos off that lens retainer made me want a HTR knife handle in my accoutrement of HTR tools.

Loren Watts

Does using bent punches add to the struggle? Perhaps you’re drawn to the added difficulty?

C

These would mostly be used in film sets/sound stages. Theatre productions would have typically used Fresnels, LEKOs and PAR lights.

Geoff Riley

Fabulous! I did a bit of state lighting when I was at school (1970s). I always loved the little lamps like these. We had mostly Rank Strand lamps, but there were one or two 'odd' ones that needed special treatment because they had odd fittings or such like. 😊🤣

Joe Dowling

A new HTR video to brighten my day. Very enlightening.

Donovan Olson

Amazing restoration. Loved it being something different. You need a batman symbol for it!

TheOnespeedbiker

As mentioned stage lights are often identified by the type of lens (Fresnel) or reflector, Ellipsoidal (Leko, with a smaller non-modifed convex lens) or Parabolic Aluminumized Reflector (PAR), in this case it's a Fresnel used for area stage lighting. In essence the lens is convex with the majority of the material removed to reduce weight; often the inside edges of the groves in the lens are painted black to reduce refraction.

Izzy the Bootblack

The narrated versions are worth the Patreon membership! Looking forward to watching this tonight after work

Andrew

Is anyone else only able to load the video at 360p?

Izzy the Bootblack

The light housing is (was) painted because you don’t want it to reflect ANYTHING where you don’t want it. Dark colors to hide stage equipment.

Kevin Conrad

Your "body work" is really good. Give yourself more credit.

ericvfx

Movie light, not theater. $100 to 500 is about right. They are now useless by the thousands over the last 15 years. That maroon burgundy color is Mole's signature color go on ebay and look for a Mole catalog. there have been 10's of thousands of lights and all kinds of gear all in that color. This one is a Frankenstein though. That is a Senor or "5K" but there is also 10 and 20Ks and " BIG EYE Tenner" was a favorite of people shooters. Its late 40's through the 2000's unchanged. Built like tanks to last. Film needed a lot of light. Think 50ASA (ISO) for films shot in Technicolor . Actors baked with dozens of these on them and the backgrounds behind them. Common for resellers to chrome or brass plate them for max pricing. The front casting had to hold a LOT of weight. A steel ring with large steel Barn doors with color gels and or diffusion is attached for softening and shaping the light, also, round framed steel wire Scrims are used - different screen spacings and layering them up to and over an inch thick in front to the glass each one dimming the light output. The gels attached for color or a neutral non color gels also for darkening but all gels burn through after hours of use. Also big 4 foot frames are sometimes attached to the light's front casting via long arms. These squares of diffusion can travel with the light on wheels. The casting needed to be strong for all that weight hanging on the front. If anything they started small and beefed up the casting over time. Gaffers and Grips were touching the hot hot heavy lights every day. Source: Just a guy who lit things for decades but never had to repair the lights.

James Holmes

The teeth on your needle nose pliers are something mean!

John Boyarsky

Check out the Reddit Thread r/f*ckyourheadlights (without the *) and please set it up for those super-bright-headlight-and-halogen idiots!!

Last Born

congrats …you are now a member of the Canadian civil aire defense program …and you didn’t even now it …as a Homeless Deathspot electrical sales assc. I sold 1500w sodium lights with ballast to several grow operation when it was fully legal to operate such establishmnet …those grow houses still needed massive fans in the dead of winter to cool from the heat of the lighting not to over heat the crop …amazing! …the LED UV grow strip lights …game changer!

Boatmonger

Yeah, you miss a bunch of the history in the un-narrated videos

Marc McKenzie

Wow! When I saw the cover image, my initial reaction was “how complicated could this be?” Well, this piece speaks not only to your skills, but patience and perseverance. It came out beautifully, Eric!

Oscar Bartos

That remade emblem is a thing of beauty

rik

I just picked up 2 1929 GE novalux projectors..similar, 1000w, used for studio lighting and exteriors, skyscrapers, washington monument, etc. also $125 ea. not as mechanical as that, but pretty steampunk, copper and brass, rivets.. all original except for a modern socket. I have one on a downrod and made a deco stand for the other. it would be nice if you could enjoy yours without getting blinded, maybe a clamp-in socket for a dimmable led that could be removed.

Nathan ShrooMaker

I want to see your silhouette or logo cast onto the clouds at night like Batman

Nathan ShrooMaker

Brillant work. As always! P.s . I just met YouTuber Uri Tuchman with my son and he showed me his HTR wrench from you. He speaks highly of you!

EAKER

Worth the wait as always. Thank you for all your content man

Dan Johnston

I believe your lil' wire wheel sticks are bore brushes for cleaning rifles, etc.

Clifton Ballad

You said welding again, so yet again I have to remind you that I love welding and can do All of the things. Last I knew you were no longer a continent away and are near the same ocean as me, albeit in canada. I'd take vacation time to go up and teach you what I know of melting metals together. The practice side of it would be on you, but I can give you what tips and tricks that I can.

Emile

The anticipation started 23:46, reached peak at 24:08 and was greatly rewarded right till 24:20. I can't wait to see the next one ❤️

Auron Wabeke

Htr you are my favorite repair youtuber ♥️

Hand Tool Rescue

You can take it to the dump on certain "hazardous waste" days.

Old Crow Bourbon

Now I know which SOB riveted the brackets onto my rain gutters.

Michael Messmore

I worked with fresnels in the 90s. Those were stupid hot. Aiming them was a planned exercise. This had to be insane. Tacking on, the filters are called gels (I think with a ‘g’) in the biz. By “biz”, I mean I did theater lights as a teenage volunteer. Basically the opposite of the “Money for Nothing” scenario.