Restoring Dented Vintage "Tommy" Lighter - Lighter Restoration

I will be restoring this dented vintage Tommy-style lighter. I restored one of these almost a year ago and that restoration was one of my first popular videos so now after passing 500 000 subscribers I wanted to try to restore one better. That video was also where I originally got the idea to get my nickel plating set up. I didn't have one at the time so I started plating things a bit later. Starting my new channel "Odd Experiments" this was a perfect opportunity to show in detail how anyone can make a simple plating set up with relatively cheap parts. I will link that video here soon once it is posted. Link to the video:    • How to make simple DIY nickel plating set ...  

As a difference to the previous lighter I restored in this one the wheel was attached with a screw that could be removed. In the previous lighter there was no hole to remove the screw. After the disassembly I decided to try to make the dent repair on the tank much easier. I noticed the tank seam running around it and the bottom and top parts were soldered together. I used mini torch and tried to separate those but for some reason that didn't work. Instead I was able to remove the pipe on the tank. Now I had two holes on the top which made it much easier to push out the dents. I used tool made from nail I made in my first lighter restoration video. After I had most of the dents removed.

I gave the parts quick polish to better evaluate how much sanding was needed. I sanded the surfaces flat with 400 grit sand paper. After this I polished the parts with metal polishing compound on a buffing wheel with the bench grinder I restored in my last weeks video.

After polishing I had to re-solder the pipe to the tank. Used the tiny torch and some electrical solder. I tested it for leaks at this point. Now the parts were cleaned with acetone. Prior to plating no other cleaning was done because polishing had removed all the oxides from the surface already.

For nickel plating I used a system I made for "Odd Experiments" video. It is not much different from my normal system but I still wanted to show it in action. Learn more about that from the other channel. After plating I disassembled the lighter and added new cotton, wick, flint and spring. Spring is just part of long spring I bought to cut pieces to my lighters if needed.

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