My first attempt at a brass cap as a replacement for the steel cap for a Bialaddin 300X's brass "pepperpot" hood. What do you think; honest opinions now! Does it sit OK to the eye, even though it is a different shape to the original steel cap? Bashed it out from the base of a scrap Tilley 246B. Steve.
Looks like it sits pretty well to me steve, i reckon its a far better job than i would do. Its a good utilisation of old brass from redundant tanks too Well done, from here steve, you can only get better still, looking forward to MK 2 Regards
Looks good to me Steve. I've just bought two small brass dishes for 99p that I'm going to drill and fit and see how they look. Need to search my nut & bolt tin for a couple of brass bolts first. I'll post a pic in the next couple of days. Your's looks to be a better shape than mine, but I'm lazy.
There's a few of these out there with brass ashtrays on top. I used to polish the a---e out of the lamps, fit an ashtray and flog the result for £70 at steam rallies. Must have sold a few dozen in the 1990s. Always amazed me that folk actually bought them for that but they did. Never looked right to me and that top you made looks a lot better. ::Neil::
Seen that one too. Somebody from here ? Its worth to ask what a small batch would cost. It looks like it is pressed alu. But neil's solution will work too: ashtray or dish from a camping set. You "only" have to find the right size and shop....
Is it possible to get these and other steel tops re-enameled. There must be plenty of people wanting hoods and tops re-coating.
Im intrigued now, i have some ali surplus in the shop, anybody fancy posting me a top to copy ? I'll send it back ofcourse Worth a go me finx
Okilly-dokilly, I'll send one to you when I get a minute - might be the weekend. You can start with the easy one and then move onto the curved ones...
I know, I know, but I was talking about the ebay one. I wanted to quote it but was pointed out that this wan't a good idea .....
Yes, we agreed not to have an auction-watch forum here. I didn't realise you were referring to the eBay one mentioned above, Wim...
Looks to be a decent job there Steve any chance of you letting me know the dimensions off a 300x top as I need to get one made for one I acquired recently.
Wim has supplied them along with a drawing [url=http://0flo.com/index.php?threads/3319 Scroll down about half way Good luck
One variety of top has been commissioned already by steve, so maybe hang fire for a bit and see what develop's !
