Petromax

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  1. Alfons

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    Hello everybody,
    little puzzle. does one of you have an idea how it was produced?
    Greeting Alfons

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  2. phaedrus42

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    I think it was 3D-printed.
    What material?
    And what is it?
     
  3. ColinG United Kingdom

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    It could be a high quality casting....zinc for instance can be cast into incredibly complex shapes.
     
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    Looks like a meths tray off the bottom of a donut lamp to me
     
  5. Alfons

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    You are on the right track, a 3D laser printing. Edelstahl 1.4401. It is a Vorwärmschahle a Petromax 835th what are not heard there, are needed to build.

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  6. phaedrus42

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    Wow! It must have cost a fortune to make! What are the dimensions, and what does an original part look like?
     
  7. Alfons

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    the drawing has made my son, then s.pc created a model. After that he printed them.

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  8. phaedrus42

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    Brilliant! I would love to see the lamp (and for that matter, the printer ) in operation.
     
  9. Alfons

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    I will submit.
    I am currently at the lamps assembly
    a few photos

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  10. X246A

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    @Alfons

    What a lovely collection and display!

    Regards Jeremy
     
  11. WimVe

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    So the intricate designs are the studs for keeping the material up.
     
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    Probably a homemade marriage out of a stove tank for the larger, one burner kinds and a lantern top.
    E.g. an Optimus 531 tank, or similar stove/furnace tank, with an Optimus 200, or similar Petromax-type lantern, on top.
     
  14. Nils Stephenson

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    I saw pictures of that lamp at last years meeting. It is a large Optimus tank (maybe from a 703 heater) and a 200 top. From what I could see then, it is the first variation of the 200 as well with the single piece vapouriser. It should keep burning for a long time. :)
     
  15. eiremax

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    Would it be by design or a hybrid? American chicken farmers were using lanterns such as this to increase output of their flocks,

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  16. Carlsson

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    The one with different Optimus parts is just a thing someone put together, probably because they had the parts laying around.

    Poultry lanterns, however, were made by the factories. As the Coleman.
    E.g. Primus also had a factory made, large tank lantern for long running time; the 1021.
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    (Picture from M.Meijer in the gallery)
     
  17. Graham P Australia

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    My thought on first sight , looks like Australian Aladdin Stove /Heater tank, could it be an early high volume Radius
     
  18. Carlsson

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    Optimus stove tank and Optimus lantern, as already guessed by me above, and confirmed by Nils who was at the meeting.;)
     
  19. Alfons

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    I once asked the owner of the lamp. This is a tank for a lamp and the vent screw is also like a typical for a lamp. The tank has no numbering. that would be common for a digester tank.

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    The Sassenberg Petromax and Mantle Lantern Meeting.


    Was there yesterday. Saw the 3D printed preheat ring. Amazing.
    Regards
    Willi
     

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