And while I'm at it, I'll feed some into my ol' dad's 1940 'Tommy' army issue lighter - that's what we used to use for them isn't it? Now... flints...
Cheers Tony. Shellite -At the local hardware shop - for testing - easy.
A few of the lamps / heaters I have specify Benzoline, petrol, or Coleman fuel. Is there an alternative fuel available easily in Australia? I'm...
Lovely scene Tony. Yesterday old friends came up - good day... fired up my Rocket (BSA). I gave my mate a couple of Anthony's lamps to play with....
I assume you use Meths to start it as usual and not petrol? And, could you run it on kerosine, or are jet sizes different?
Tak Nils, I'll take care when I start it... don't want a molotoff cocktail on my hands!
I have one of these beautiful Max Sievert APH blowlamps which I'm working on. The 'Stoves sister site' doesn't seem to cover blowlamps hence this...
Yes sorry Carlsson, perhaps I hijacked this post with info about my own Benzoline lamp. The OP lamp appears to be a petrol lamp but with a...
Ok so tomorrow I'll have mine ready for starting. What's the routine? How do I pre-heat it? (didn't realise petrol ones needed pre-heating) -Using...
I have one of these beautiful Sievert blowlamps which I'm working on. (Is it ok to discuss blowlamps on this forum?) The 'Stoves sister site'...
I remember back in the day there was a fuel called 'National Benzole' As far as I know it was petrol -it was sold as such anyway. Thanks, I'll...
I have what looks to be an identical lamp. It runs nicely on Kerosine. BTW I have a beautiful little 'MAX SIEVERT APH' blowtorch which I'd like to...
Excellent reference, thanks Colin.
What a beauty... good score!
The very first day I joined this forum, I read the 'safety lecture'. Thanks, useful content for sure. The very reason I asked the "basic lantern...
Thanks Colin, I'll look into how to get it working. Wim, I'm a beginner where it comes to lamps. Technical background? Well, I've restored many...
Ooooh you're a naughty boy.... 0.8"! Teles only start to work with 0.10"s ! :lol:
So tell me how to work it Wim...
Looking more closely at these... One is a SOLAR 350CP, Also in the pic is an 'ORIENTAL ALOCO' 500CP which has a weird valve on it, see red lever...
It's a 350CP. I have x3 of them but (though I haven't investigated yet), the prickers in the other two are either not there or broken. Yes it's a...
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