Correction! Correction! Correction! The lamp is, of course, a Canadian Coleman 118B!!!! I don’t know why I started out calling it a 118A. This note applies to the 4 posts of mine directly above. Cheers Tony
Testing another Canadian Coleman 118B. Note that the original screens in the burner caps were rusted and falling apart. The screens have been replaced here by a finer brass mesh. Operating at 15psi with the valve just open slightly. Probably the burner caps should be replaced, but I like to keep as much of the original fittings as I can. I expect this set up will last a long time. Cheers Tony
Testing an old brass bottom, patent -stamped Tilley 606 vapouriser. I cleaned it up and gave it a few shifts in the ultrasonic cleaner. Here testing with a known working burner, hood and mantle. Here, with the burner I’m fitting to a 1949-1953 Tilley X246. And here, the finished X246. Cheers Tony
@JEFF JOHNSON I dug it out of the shed and got it going for a friend who’s renovating an old house. I was pleased to get a vapouriser that works like it should. The vapouriser spent a hour or two in the ultrasonic cleaner. Tony
@JEFF JOHNSON There are many concoctions, products, and secret recipes… But I mainly use one heaped teaspoon of clothes washing detergent per litre of water. It’s a good all round recipe, especially if you’re dealing with brass, or brass+steel parts. If I’m doing a batch of hard steel or cast iron parts I might use citric acid in the same ratio. Tony
Testing a 1956 Tilley CS56. Note: the orange flame is not because it’s burning rich, it is because it’s the first light up of the burner after cleaning, and a mix of cleaned brass, steel, stainless steel, and new stainless steel. Starting pressure (unstable) Operating pressure, No soot. Cheers Tony
