This pump adapter enables the operator to substitute a bicycle pump or air compressor for the Tilley fount pump. The advantage is less perspiration and faster pressurization! The replacement pump cap features a Presta fitting, an integrated NRV valve, and a small hole to enable the operator to control releasing the pressure in the fount.
This is the standard Tilley filler cap/inlet valve used on all the do nut lamps and early ML93s It comes in quite a few minor variations. They normally had a cap chained to the body to hold back any slight pressure bleed from the valve. ::Neil::
Is it so that you have to pump all do-nut lamps with a outboard pump? Dont they have a fixed in-build pump? I cant understand how to hold the lamp and pump with a outboard pump at the same time, it must be as difficult as playing mikado with my buttocks. I am planning to find me a donut-lamp but I cant find a you-tubevideo about how they work and is lighted. Claus C
No, you use a bicycle pump with a flexible connection which screws onto the air inlet - the do-nut remains hanging and you have one hand on the pump barrel while you pump it up with the other. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy, Norman - no YouTube video needed...
Ahh thanks David. The only outboard-pump I ever did use is for my Leacock and in the gallery I can only find pumps with no tubes so I couldnt understand - sorry. Is that a origin pump - the one with the tube attached? Claus C
Good question Claus. I don't think I've ever seen an original Tilley pump - maybe just an illustration of one somewhere. If memory serves me correctly, it was actually a footpump with a long flexible hose - but maybe I dreamed that... Edit: Click [url=http://0flo.com/index.php?threads/1471 and see page 8 - a cycle pump with 14" connector was available from Tilley.
All the Tilleys I have is very very user-friendly for pumping and I have difficult to believe they chose to make a foot-pump for a ceiling-lamp - hah. Anyway the hose-pump could be origin. They did have rubber at that time (1920's) and if so - very smart Funny though that none survived apparently Btw I cant use the link - I am not cleared for thoes sites. Claus C
The do-nuts were usually mounted on a pulley (also available from Tilley) so they could be lowered to a convenient height for pumping - and filling, also, when you think about it... Yours for a mere $9 - a bargain!
A pulley like the older kerrosene-wicklamps with a plumb? They are getting more and more charming to me. When I see the lamps at the gallery then they normally have a eye/ring and I was auto-thinking a hook for hanging them. Any pictures of such a system? About the bargain. I will surrender to that. It also makes it possible for me to set in a photo of me - I cant wait Wth is that a dollarsign you use - hmmmmm. Claus C
Yes - I can't remember why it is, but annual subscription is 9 US dollars... Various members have pictures of their do-nuts mounted on a post. Kenny Connolly and Stephan are two that spring to mind. Whether they've used original Tilley pulleys is another thing - original users could easily obtain various pulleys from the local ironmonger. I think another member, Listertrucks, has shown pictures of an original Tilley pulley...
I would have used an original pulley but it's harder to find than a Tilley doughnut http://0flo.com/index.php?threads/5673
Thanks Steve. Impressive piece of work you have made beside the lamprestoring. I was thinking on the donut-lamp as a indoor-lamp , but the size must be about 40 cm in diameter ? So now I (hopefully) understand the pulley. Its more for street-like lightning? I thought gas-lamps covered all that way back instead. The pulley puts it in perspective. I want a donut-lamp definitely now Claus C
Hi David. I found this link http://www.lampenkueche.de/html/liotard_lilor.html and that must be something like the pump you wrote about. I was in the "old town in Aarhus" Danmark yesterday and I even saw a pump like it and took a photo of it. It was used for gas-lamps said the sign??? I put in the photo later. Claus C
Yes, we call those stirrup pumps or footpumps. Some of the Tilley do-nuts are for use indoors and were used for large halls, churches and the like. Other do-nuts were designed for outdoor use so they have features intended to keep the rain out - see the reference galleries. Tilley must have made thousands of do-nut type lamps because they're seen quite frequently here in collections. I think I have about half a dozen of them now. Unfortunately they're much in demand with collectors so eBay prices tend to be high - usually £150-200 and upwards...
You are potentially rich just on lamps David. As a wise member said once "if we not are willing to pay the price, then we all would be lighting candles". I found the pump from the museum, and still cant see the line to gas-lights but they must mean pressure-lights. A lot of normal gaslamps was mounted in the houses at this museum and were in use. Heres the pump: No marks, signs or tags on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnEV8N07HM Claus C
