Summit N°:266B from Gerrit Janssen, Arnhem, Holland. Found in New Zealand. Based on other posts the 266B dates from the early to mid 1930’s I have cleaned the lantern as a shelf Queen because the steel base plate is rusted out. The lantern is assembled using many Nulite- National Stamping Electric Co. parts. The generator with its asbestos lining is embedded in carbon (seen in photo 9) but as the lantern isn’t in an operational state I haven’t disturbed it. The pump is removable and has a lead seal (seen in picture 25). The end of the pump shaft is tapered and screws down to form a positive shutoff on the NRV. The NRV thread was badly damaged and needed reshaping. The thread measured ¼” x 32TPI. The needle is broken. The mica globe is rusted and falling apart.
Very interesting lantern. Some similarities to Hasag 102. Thanks for posting it. I would not resist to try to fix that bottom to be able to play with all these extra features all the best Piotrek
Great lamps the Summits, shame about the base. Interesting to work on though and a B is a great find!
It has a very interesting shape. It's a nice lantern. What is the adjustment knob in the middle of the vaporizer used for?
Thanks everyone for the positive comments. One day it may shine again. Piotrek, Yes, long term I hope to replace the base but still pondering the possibilities The lantern fuel is gasoline, That is a fuel shutoff valve to shut the lantern down safely.
@ROBBO55 Pontering possibilities - as I am afraid of soldering (and do not like visual effect of the soldered new bottom) I would just stick some silver tape to that bottom and pour inside enough epoxy resin to create stiff, strong bottom out of epoxy. Maybe approx. 1,5cm-2cm thick layer. That second epoxy bottom could be even reinforced by thick nails/screws and thin metal wires/mesh etc. dropped to the tank before and covered by epoxy after that (just like reinforced concrete to avoid flexing and cracing). People make large dinning tables using epoxy so that solution seems to be quite reasonable I guess and do not impacts lantern from outside in any visible way. One would have to remember protect and not to seal with epoxy any other parts inside the tank, but that can be avoided by pumping air through the pipes, inlets etc. and maybe even additionally covering them with some grease. I am going to do something like that to create second bottom and strenghten my Petromax 823/6 (Petromax 823/6), because I just want to save that scraping with production date on the tank bottom and do not want to solder another bottom from outside. If that does not work I can always try other solution from outside. So far I have never done anything like that and others may have better ideas, so this is just one option to consider. Good luck and have fun, you can't damage that bottom any worse so you are lucky from that point of view all the best, Piotrek
Thanks @Piotrek , Yes, that is one of my options. And I have seen it done on at least one lamp before. But I can't remember how bad the base was or if it was a kerosene or Gasoline fuel . On this lantern the rust in the base is far worse than it looks in the picture.
@ROBBO55 Shame about that bottom on the lamp It will never run with that base so better to leave it as is or cut it out and solder a new steel bottom in. Then seal it up inside with some tank sealer to be sure Main thing is safety with petrol fueled lamps Cheers pete
Thanks @pete sav and you're right safety is a major concern when repairing a petrol fount. I'm not rushing in on this one, so for now it will sit on the shelf.
