Titus lamp

Greetings

Not quiet pressure stuff

Yet an interesting project



Seems this baby had been on display for many moons

Post strip down there where plenty of issues

Tube holding the Wick was totally rotten

Here I used a piece of copper tube as a replacement



Fine pitting on the fount

This recieved a little lead solder

The Wick was also rotten
Here I used some strands from a mop



The jet also has some fine mesh




Off to get some benzene for a test

This was the second lamp I procured 3 years ago

It's been on the back burner while I went down the rabbit hole of stoves pressure lamps and centre draught lamps

I am sure many of you suffer from the same symptoms

I will need to do a little more research on the fork and mantle settup



Here all the bits pre assembly

 

Good job.
Some things to consider:
The "wick" should not be bound together on the top with a metal ring.
The loop of the strands should be on this top an a fine metal gauze would be over/cover it. To get the strands in the tube it has a metal rod with fork inside.
This is also the reason parts corrode together over time.

 

Thanks Wim

So if I understand
Wire up the top of the wick stands and cover the whole lot with some gauge mesh

The fork you reference
Is this inside the stands ?

 

This was as I stripped
Found the pic

I cannot remember if there was wire / "fork" inside

Seems a similar settup to a Svea wick
?

 

Indeed the fork is inside the strands.

The strands are hold together, shape wise, with a piece of string.
The metal gauze on top is there for heat transfer and to create some space in the dome for heated gas. I found the rod inside also later on when "drilling out" the remains of the strands completely rusted together.

Maybe the fork was only meant to push in the strands and not left in there.

 

A fine fettling project and the tank is designed to fit into a vase or a wall bracket etcetera.

 

Managed to get the wick inserted

Pre heated with a butane torch and we have life

Next to get some kind of mantle up there

Sure this will help sustain the heat and then the cycle can continue

Got benzene in at the moment

 

Yes Jeff

I shall fading a wall fitting as a holder

 

The fork for the mantle can be a flattend, splitted, steel nail.
Original they where made from magnesia as I was told.