Restoration of Tilley Table Lamp TL106

So i bought this lamp in this condition.




Then of course i had to restore it as i love doing this to all my Tilleys, i love the brass, just cant get enough of it.

But i had no gallery for it. So i acquired one from Great Britain which i ordered on the 15 of March 2020
and finally it arrived today, this was the longest time that i have ever waited for a part to be shipped to me hear in Australia, just over one month.



I thought something was wrong. See what happens to me when i get excited, can you tell what i did? yes you guessed it, i put the gallery on upside down what a fool.



This is how it should go on, looks better to me now.


Looking better almost there.


Just one more part to go, and that has to dry and be cooked in the oven.

Well i'm very happy, but i know you want the money shot give me time to think about it. i hope you like my restored lamp

 

Very nice , excellent job, I like these table lamps very much.
Ian.

 

Thanks i wish i had a lamp shade as well.

 

Nice polishing job as usual. It’s a shame in a way that you then light it up and have to polish it again. Why do you have to put the bugscreen in the oven?

 

To bake it on

 

And thanks I'm getting better at polishing I believe practice makes perfect they say

 

Brian,

I have been thinking about vapourisers / generators and some I have seen over the years. can you tell me what coating was on your vapouriser? It looks painted black or has grime, carbon on it.

 

Nice job!

 

Before you cleaned this lamp up, the lamp looks like it has been damned by a witch or something.

You did a great job. I know the great feeling you have when you polish the brass and bring something back to life. Sadly my old body is giving out quicker than the lamps.

 

I'm not to sure but here is one of my new old stock vaporizers that I have, and it doesn't have black on it, its never been used and i have had it for 30 years I'm sure someone will know

 

As is my body it hurts and takes about 15 - 20 plus hours and i have been hit by 4 cars and full of arthritis, so I understand what you mean, but it's worth the pain for the gain

 

Also depending on which model of course, and I only collect Tilley lamps and some Kayen

 

Thanks my son taught me to polish

 

Do you use a buffing wheel?

 

Yes just on the brass, I learnt my lesson on the nickel plate, not to use buffing mops as they will fade or come off, that's why I have some X246 brass founts

 

Sorry for my ignorance boys but bake what on?

 

Hi Jean, high temp paint needs to cure in an oven for some reason.

 

So buggerlugs is going to paint that bonnie shiny tank? Surely not? I give up.

 

@Jean J

The type of paint used on the upper bug screen is resistant to higher temperatures than normal paint. It stays relatively soft until the first heating. I suspect the paint used here requires 200deg C to cure. It is preferable to cure the paint in an oven where temperature can be easily controlled.

I don't think Brian intends to paint the fount.

@Buggerlugs

Nice work on the lamp, Brian.

 

For now I'm only going to bake the upper bug catcher, but I am going to bake a different fount this one in gold.

 

Thank you it's great to have people interested in Tilleys, it's a shame I didn't know about this site earlier, as I would have taken a lot more photos

 

The tank in the last pic is for either an R1 or a TL13/14.

I've done that.

 

Yes I have made it into a TL13 I just don't have a photo with the handle on , as it's been pulled apart at the moment.

 

FYI.
"The TL13 came with the opal shade but no glass globe,while the TL14 had the glass globe"

Quoting Jim Dicks book