Hi all. I very recently rescued this delight ( it was going to be crushed believe it or not) It does need some parts and work though. I understand its a uncommon/rare Corinthian colum table lamp so am hesitant to just start On it without some advice. I'm tempted to very carefully remove the bottom using a gas ring to remove the dents then resolder.... What do the more experienced fettlers think? Regards.
I don’t want to belittle your lamp, it’s part of a model TL10 by the way but it’s as common as muck in my part of the country. Others will advise you about removing the base but you might like to read earlier posts about using the freezer method.
Welcome. These are nice lamps but certainly not rare. Less common in some locations, yep and more common in other parts of the world but nothing like rare. Firstly a good picture of the base and your advice on whether the middle of the base is dished downwards will help others to comment better. Trying to remove the base is not something that is in any of the books on fettling. Dents are a fact of life, though as @Jean J has advised you, there are some other ways that people have tried to mitigate them. Many including myself would say leave the dent there and just restore the rest. Really, so long as the base is not dished out to inline with the rim then I would work on getting the unit operational, which would include replacing all washers, seals and pips which are at the bottom of the pump and the control cock. Do you have these? If not you need to get ones which match the model lamp. Good luck. I’m sure others will offer you further good advice.
Before thinking of removing base have a look at "paintless dent removal tools, I think they would be ideal for that job.
Ahhh well I like it and I guess I was basing my uncommon/rare tag by eBay where I've only seen a few of these (with the out of my buget price tag to boot) compared with 246 a + b ,guardsmen, 120a table lamps, and R1 heaters all of which are indeed "common as muck" Thanks for the feedback so far. I have read about the ice method and will keep it in mind . I will also research paintless dent removal - thank you for that tip Graham p. I have a spare gallery and have a nos vap in the draw with a seal kit in the post so will see what happens. Thanks again.
