The excuse for my wife was taking a walk ... 490 Km .. and the truth was to find and buy this piece of 1950. I went back as an athlete with the Olympic flame! Here are pictures of victory ...
Yes, that is a really interesting lamp with a design of its own! They look a bit unstable, these. Does it have the steel ring under the tank to lower the centre of gravity?
Very nice. We look forward to see it lit. I read through the other posts here with this lamp, and Juan says that the holes in the ring shall hold small rubber feet. I can't help but noticing how many similarities this lamps upper half (Globecage/hood but especially the burner) has to Radius lanterns like the 119. Does anyone know if there were any connections? Can you post a detailed picture of the jet and needle?
Uh Oh Arturo. Your beautifull lamp looks to clean up nicely and you were Lucky to get a shade too. You are very fortunate to live in southamerica. You have so many lovely lamps over there. Do you think it would be a nightmare to ship to Danmark? Claus C
Yes, it takes rubber pads. These are pieces of the Volcan 400...before cleaning ... Jet... Old and new:
Thank you very much for your appreciation. I live in a very special continent, but beautiful. I know the difficulties to export,but if your obsequies me a ticket to Denmark (round trip) took her gift Claus! ja ja jaa!
Thanks for the additional pics, Arturo. Yes also these parts show many similarities to Radius. I wonder if there was any connection here between Volcán (Radiosol) and Radius. Similar to Australian Aladdin and Radius.
You Guys here on CPL!! how much would it cost for each of us to give Arturo a eurotrip if we all paid a Little and loaded him with lamps from Argentina Not much is what it will cost - and I sure he wont leave empty-handed Claus C
I have always thought these are more a sort of HASAG copy although the control block and pricker seem to be designed in Argentina. Most lamps from Argentina seem to have at least some German heritage. Some were marketed German made lamps and some made in factories set up by German engineers. The research info is lean though and I am partly guessing based on style more than engineering detail. ::Neil::
I still think Radius is much more alike. But then I don't know exactly how the HASAG lantern look up under the hood, so perhaps you're right. People are too bad at taking pictures on details. But on those I have seen, no one look as much as Radius under the hood as this Volcán does. That square shaped air tunnel which the J-tube runs through, and how it is fixed to that plate with the flame spreader, the plate it sits in and how it connects to the two parts of the hood. And also the typical construction of the J-tube. Very 119 to me. And the tiny jet, the pricker and how it all is put together, control block and all, is also almost identical to 119, even if tiny differences exist. It would be nice to see how the HASAG of the similar looking model look like underneath if someone could take good pictures. As always the manufacturer has glanced at eachother, and perhaps it's just simply so that Radius also looked at the HASAG lantern you are thinking about.
I have the feeling that Volcan made their own design and took style and design ideas from several other makes. I have to admit I just assumed that any Argentinean lantern would be Germany influenced rather than Sweden. A bit academic really because Volcan is Volcan and pure South America. ::Neil::
Then it's still exactly the same thing as I say, i.e. that it would look like a Radius, since Aussie Aladdin were, when not actually made by Radius, atleast lending its design from them. That's also why I compared above just that thing about Aladdin vs. Radius, and whether perhaps Radius also could have had a similar cooperation in South America with some brand like Volcán.
Mmmmmmmmmm. I don't think so. Many German and Italian influence on every manufacturing facility here by no evidence of any Sweden. But no one knows as Cuareta closed many years ago and nobody knows much about his story.
