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
Testing the burners on a Coleman 220K. The lantern was in very good condition, but… it would not light because the bottom hole in the fuel pickup was corroded shut. It’s taken me a few weeks and some patience to get the lantern apart (heat, penetrating oil; repeat; repeat; repeat; leave along before you break something. Come back —> repeat; repeat. Notice that the brown thread lock has started to crack. Repeat… wait until brother-in-law arrives and ask him to be ready to firmly hold the tank. More heat and quench and penetrating oil —> brother-in-law hold a tank very firmly; I grab large Knipex parallel pliers… Voila! Back together. Cheers Tony
Outside in broad daylite: Aussie Gloria Table lamp using a Gloria hollow wire No. 20 burner. Cheers Tony
Testing a 1958 Canadian 236 straight out of the delivery carton because it had a (broken) mantle on it. This should be a straightforward restoration job, by the looks of that burn. Cheers Tony
