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Collecting lamps and lanterns is a fun and interesting hobby. There is a large variety of them, interesting history behind them and still usefull today.

@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 so true. I love the history behind them as well as I enjoy tinkering with vintage stuff and using it. I've also met some great friends through the hobby

Me too!

Good find at a good price !

Nice to hear from you. Happy Thanksgiving !

I have explored quite a few old logging camps and deserted railways here in the PNW. I have found chokers, cables, bits and pieces of old machinery and even odds and ends of old railway equipment. There are many books on logging, railroads and mining operations to help on locations . Lots of neat areas to explore. We found an old dump and remains of a logging camp in Skykomish about 4 years ago. There were old car bodies, old bicycle parts, broken bits of machinery etc. That was a fun day of exploring. The town has a museum that has both logging and railroad historical stuff and is worth a visit.

It came stock on the saw. This model was referred to as the Super EZ Auto Western, made specificly for the PNW and west coast.

Happy Thanksgiving Mr Obsolete! I think you are spot on, in regards to some of the vintage saws, my pro mac 700 is a bit fussy in warmer weather, but she runs like a dream in colder weather, she sometimes vapor locks, like you said when they heat up they can be a bear to restart, the solid state on mine is about 45 years young! Lol

The reason old saws vapor lock is because of the crappy gas we have today. There is a term , vapor pressure, which designates the temperature that gasoline turns to a vapor. When everything had carburetors, the vapor pressure was fairly high, so vehicles wouldn't vapor lock. Because most everything is fuel injected today, and the gas is under pressure, it can't vaporize till it is injected into the cylinder. As a result, poor quality gas can be used with few problems, which is what we have today. Happy Thanksgiving.

The Super EZ is a real powerful cutter for such a small chainsaw for sure.

150's don't seem to be very common. It is interesting how you improved one by porting it.

Most old Homelite saws have a ferocious exhaust bark. We adjusted the sound down on the video so as make it more tolerable.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 that full-wrap handle bar has to be scarce. I didn't know they built those with manual oilers. I might have to acquire one, one of these days.

The Super EZ has many features that usually only came on larger saws. The overriding oil pump, full wrap bar, large muffler with a guard and a decompression valve make them pretty unique. I saw one reference that these models were called a WESTERN.

Thanks for watching and thenice comment. Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanks for watching and commenting. The nice thing about collecting vintage chainsaws is that they can still do a day's work, they have interesting history behind them, and figuring out their glitches and quirks, keeps one's mechanical skills sharp. A great and useful hobby.

Neat memories about the saw. The EZ's are great little saws and not too hard to work on. If you need parts, try Leons chainsaw parts and repairs. He has a store and also a You Tube channel.

The old Homelite saws have very a unique and very loud exhaust note compared to most others of the same time frame. Happy Thanksgiving !

Thanks for watching and commenting. Homelite made a bunch of great saws in their heyday.

The last year and a half have been the worst time for many of my trees. I have had six blowdowns in this timeframe. Many of my trees are dying and will need to be harvested by next fall. The little Homelite is a great little saw. Happy Thanksgiving too !

They are excellent small saws. Nice collection.

The early little Homelite Super EZ's were some of Homelites best saws. Happy Thanksgiving !

These are great little saws. The real late ones are not nearly as good as the old ones though.

The old Homelite EZ's are great little saws, real workhorses.

These old Homelite saws are cool because they were well engineered, made of high quality materials and were made to last

I get a real kick out of hearing about Poulan Wild Things actually lasting and performing well. On rare occasions a few of them slipped out of the factory that were properly built. These are the ones that last. The other 98% of these crummy little saws failed in short order due to poor quality control. If your dad gets a new smaller homeowner grade Stihl, he will be very disappointed and he will be back over to get his original saw back.

every two weeks

RAT-SAWZILLA is corroded and rusty but still runs ! My XL-12 is in really nice shape by comparison. Nice to have both.

The bar oil from Tractor Supply used to be good stuff but is now crapola. The last jug I picked up is a lot thinner than it used to be, and makes smoke when in a hard cut. I recently picked up a gallon of STP bar oil. If it isn't good I will try the ECHO oil next. The STIHL and Husky bar oils are too expensive and don't work that well in my old saws.

@ don’t forget to thin it out with a little kerosene if it is below 50 degrees. I add one TBS PER GALLON.

The simple diaphram oil pumps in my Mac 610's are not affected by cold weather. They always pump bar oil with no problem, hot or cold. The saws that are affected the most are my Stihl's, which are balky in cold weather as for pumping oil for the bar. Before going out in extra cold weather, I put the saws in a warm shed before I go cutting and warm them up too. Most of my winter cutting is not too far from the house, and I put down cardboard in the trailer so the saw is not setting on cold metal.

We missed the worst of the storm, but I will be out looking for tree trouble when the sun comes up.

The PETROMAX and WENZEL are the same lantern. The WENZELS were not made in Germany. You can replace the generator in your gas lantern to a kerosene one and add a preheat cup. Easy conversion to make it a kerosene lantern also.

I actually don't remember what rank I achieved the Boy Scouts. I didn't make Eagle scout though.

Thanks for watching!

@ I’ve got an old CQ lamp I’m going to restore soon. It’s nice to hear about the history. I’ve also been watching Frank from Old Town Coleman and he visited D&D lantern works. Great to see their collection.

Another very informative channel is King Coleman. He does in depth history and has how to repair and restore videos also.

@ Right On! 🙌 I think I’ve seen a couple videos of his I’ll check out some more. Thanks!

You are correct about the hat. Our whole family are train enthusiasts. We have a nice collection of books, videos and train memorabilia and we ride excursion trains. Railroad history is such an interesting hobby. We have model trains, toy trains, 1/8th scale trains and a couple of speeders as well. Rail history is US history. GN, NP, SPS and Milwaukee road trains are our favorite ones to study, as they were such a large part of history here in the PNW. Nice history on old chainsaws. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Love that you're train buffs. I watch a few Ytube train vids about trains. I really like Jawtooth. I myself have an "N" scale layout, but have lost interest in it. Getting too small for old eyes, and hard to deal with the smallness because of the shakes. . You ever been into Stihl 4oil stuff ? That is a strange engine. Uses oil mix, but it's a 4 stroke.

I don't have any modern power equipment . All my power equipment is old2 stroke stuff. I am not a fan of modern STIHL saws or equipment. It is generally cheaply built, expensive, hard to work on and parts prices are silly. An example of cheapo parts would be a 4 mix trimmer. The camshaft is made of plastic and has a high failure rate. I like the serviceability of my old stuff, but long term parts availability is starting to be a problem. STIHL doesn't make parts for their old stuff either. An example is that I needed a fuel cap for my 031 chainsaw, one that they had sold hundreds of thousands of them, and STIHL doesn't sell them. So vintage is best for me.

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Mine too !

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Thanks for the nice comment. Your military lantern is actually made by Coleman. From what info I have found it was Coleman State Machine Products. There were several offshore exact copies of this same lantern, but they were not the excellent quality of the Coleman built ones.

Nice to hear that our sharing of knowledge can be of benefit to others. Thanks for the comment and for watching.

Thanks for the sub!

There are two reasons 1. frivolous lawsuits when some idiot uses their products in an unsafe matter and 2. some stoves and lanterns are sold as dual fuel, which means you can burn automotive gasoline in them, and put out toxic fumes as a result of the additives used in auto gas. If used in the great outdoors, the fumes will be dispersed and no problems encountered as a result. I have seen test results of using pure white gas, such as Coleman and Crown brands, with no dangerous measurable carbon monoxide levels. Here is another example of silly directions : keep feet and hands from under lawn mower deck when lawnmower is running. How about this one: open box before eating pizza. You get the idea.

@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I understand, think you

I don't know that one, but Sears used the ELGIN name on watches, clocks, lanterns, bicycles and even outboard motors that they sold.

Nice family memories. Old Coleman stuff lasts forever if properly maintained.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for the extra nice comment. It is sad that less and less people are interested in vintage stuff and the fascinating history related to it. I will continue to do videos on antique and vintage stuff, showing that much of it can still be relevant today.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 Looking forward to your next video!

Thanks.

Nice find !

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I just wish the white/coleman fuel was a bit cheaper 😕 I'll send a few pics tomorrow 👍

All the fuels whether they are white gas, kerosene and propane are all expensive today. The white gas heaters, stoves and lanterns are very efficient and don't use it very quickly fortunately.

Thanks !

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching.

The only times I saw them were at Coleman Collector meets, but I never picked one up. The Coleman Collectors Club International, put on a national meet here in the PNW, and that's where we picked ours up. I am going to restore ours and will use it in real cold weather in the chicken coop, as well as display it at old engine and tractor meets.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I heard that people also use the Coleman lanterns to heat the chicken coop. I guess the light don't hurt the chickens?

Coleman had some globes that were frosted, so the light isn't so bright. They were used in applications where you wanted light but not the bright shining light as with a clear globe.

They aren't too hard to find. We went through some antique stores recently and found them there. I am sure their are some on EBAY too. If you find one make sure it has the snuffer bowl.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 ok that's I'll get on there and. And look around at other places

They are easy to find and are super efficient. Make sure they are complete when you find one.

Our old heaters really warm up small areas very quickly. Thanks for watching.

Our old heaters have been real nice to have when the power is out in the cold weather. Beats the heck out of frost bite ! The Brown Camp axe came out really nice. One of my better restorations.

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching.