Hail to all CPL viewers. I recently bought a Bialaddin 300 X. The vaporizer in it appears not to have a hole in the business end of it. I can not find one even when putting it to a large, powerful handheld magnifying glass. How can that be? The piece does not appear to ever have been subjected to any serious heat. Please inspect the attached images of said vaporizer. Thank you, Captain Mike De Long in Hampton, Virginia.
Have you tried pumping pressure into the tank and checking with your hand over the top of the vapouriser for air flow? If so and there is no air coming through the jet, then it's either blocked or the jet has not been drilled in the factory and Willis & Bates quality control did not spot it. It is the proper vapouriser, Jeff.
Those old vaporisers with the patent number on are not common now. Pat GB537892 was granted July 10 1942 and presumably was stamped on the vapouriser tubes up to around the mid 1950s. I have seen modern ones without a hole but the old ones were normally very good. Still I guess a rogue one could have got through. ::Neil::
Hail & good morning to my English first cousins Jeff & Neil. I went a step further by pressurizing the fount then submerging the unit's Vaporizer in a sink of water, NO bubbles at all. I am now convinced, with the supporting verdict from you two gentlemen, that I have a vaporizer that was never drilled. It's a hoot, as we say here in the states, that one of the reasons I bought this piece is because of British quality such as to be found in Smith gauges, et cetera. Not to fret, all this effort to get it lit again makes the end result all the more satisfying. I have managed to find and purchase a good, used example of a vaporizer from a gentleman in the UK. It should be aboard in another week to ten days. I also bought a really nice example of a Tilley lantern as well. My saloon, yes saloon, is fast beginning to resemble a lantern shop. Saloon is an old nautical term for main day cabin. As per the Tilley, you in the UK no doubt find it rather common. For me, it's a joy to own & play with whilst night fishing off the stern of my boat on a warm, summer's eve'. Okay gentlemen and all those who read my rants, top of the day to you. Captain Mike De Long in Hampton, Virgina.
