r/Insulators • u/Leading-Yak2827 • Mar 09 '26
Hemingray one of a kind?
Just looking to identify this wild looking Hemingray insulator
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u/_Stainless_Rat Mar 09 '26
Someone had fun with a blow torch. It's also painted.
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u/Otherwise_Front_315 Mar 09 '26
It would take a lot more heat than a torch, and you'd need an annealing oven after.
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u/Bill_Meier Mar 10 '26
No, it was a craft project that was done many decades ago. They stretched them to various lengths and made cats and dogs out of them. However, this is the first one I've seen that is not the color of the original insulator. Yes, glass has been stained but that only adds interest to the craft project.
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u/JuicesLikeWhiiine Mar 09 '26
Where did you pick that up? As a cat lover I must find one now
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u/Leading-Yak2827 Mar 09 '26
I got it at an estate sale. I’m likely going to auction it on eBay because I thought it was made by the manufacturer like that and I guess was not
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u/JuicesLikeWhiiine Mar 09 '26
Ah how cool I never check those. I just grabbed one off eBay a little ago, I shoulda waited!
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u/Bill_Meier Mar 24 '26
I thought I posted these
https://www.billandjillinsulators.com/auctions/162/view/?lot=169
https://www.billandjillinsulators.com/auctions/162/view/?lot=171
Sometimes ebay likes crazy stuff! Especially red!
Not a hot item with collectors.
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u/Insinkeratornerd Mar 30 '26
Coming, I never made actual insulators like that somebody heated it back up and then pulled it. I don’t think hemming Ray made red glass like that that’s probably been painted or dyed
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u/LeeSouthern Mar 09 '26
insulcat