OOh - that's a result ! - it looks like it is going to put out a fair bit of heat, comparing the burner size to a Bialaddin one.
Nice one . Could you please take lots of pictures. I have one needing a few parts and attention and would like to see how the preheat cup fits on and how the burner screen fits on with the retaining ring. Also the size of the jet would be helpful. Thank you Andrew
Congratulations on the find Darryl. I think you'll be pleased with it when you get it running. A couple of questions. What is the date stamp on the bottom of the tank? Is the reflector painted and what metal is it made of? These heaters came with three options of reflectors. A polished aluminium one (this is the most common), nickel plated brass and polished copper.
Nice find Darryl, I have one also that I have been thinking of restoring for some time...maybe a good time to start fiddling with the old gal. Best of luck with your restoration she is in good nick. Regards Jacques
Hi fellas, @Nils Stephenson , @Andrew T , I’ll be checking it out soon, I’m a bit distracted with work that interferes with my lanterneering, it’s a cool piece and I hope to fully document the fettle All good, it is a painted reflector
Ok, it's from 1936 and someone has painted the reflector at some point. Can you see what metal the reflector is made of? It should be aluminium, brass or copper. My guess is aluminium. The original jet is part number 6146 and is almost identical to a 1020 jet (6145) except it has a smaller hole (200cp). If you need a new jet it works fine with a 1020 jet.
Pictures of reflector I assume aluminium I’m going to scratch a bit of the back to see, it’s not very heavy
If it is aluminium it would have originally been polished on the front and left matt on the back. The problem with aluminium is that it corrodes pretty quickly when polished, so it is hard to keep a shiny surface.
@Nils Stephenson , do you know of a preferred method of removing the paint. Not wanting to damage what I have
@Darryl Durdin That looks aluminium to me. Get yourself some “Mothers Mag” to polish the reflector. Tony
@Darryl Durdin Thank you. The ring for the burner mesh was upside down and I thought there was something missing but it matches what you have. The centre portion of the preheater is missing but should be an easy fix. I will have to make a cleaning rod and find a jet. I have a spare 1020 cleaning needle.
Hi fellas, today’s job make a pricker for the heater, I used a pricker needle for a 1A Aladdin, looked similar, the thread was similar as well. The original pricker rather small, I threaded the entire length of the pricker I cut it down a bit to try out, screwed in all good and cleared the jet. I cut it dow to the size of the original pricker, fitted it to the rod, looks and works a treat There’s mor to come I’m pleased with my skills set
That should work (as long as it is the 6145 jet). What thread did you use? I use a #2 UNF as being close enough to the original.
That, I don’t know. But I have that tool that Darryl uses and it’s good for prickers. I suspect it’s #2UNF but I can’t confirm. Tony
Hi fellas, I have no idea but it’s been Handi for so many occasions, I can find the the thread size, @Nils Stephenson , @Tony Press I got it from a hobby shop
I have found that the numbers on the tool correspond to the diameter. The numbers go from 7 to 20 and the diameters go from 0.7 to 2.0 mm. So far nothing about the thread type.
