Thanks. Yes it is good news. So much so that I felt obliged to sit in the garden smoking a half decent cigar (not allowed in the house). Only...
I had a bit of a fettle with this lantern. I replaced all the seals and washers. Rinsed out the tank with freshly bought paraffin (not the 20 year...
I thought people might like to see the kind of quality control present on the new Petromax branded lanterns. I had read that these were not great...
Thanks John. I have some copper grease for brake servicing. I hadn't realised it could take such a high temperature. Good idea.
Oh and another thing, a friend of mine is an electronics hobbyist and he has recently built a geiger counter. This evening we had a play with...
It is mighty bright though..... [ATTACH]
I'm waiting for an order to arrive and I happened to have a number of Tilly mantles. No choice!
Ok. Well if I remember my experiences in chemistry labs with bunsen burners, the heat of the flame varies with distance from the burner. The...
Hello Matt. Yes I do mean that spigot. I couldn't seem to get the bottom hole of the mantle over the lip on the spigot but if you say it will go...
I have a Chinese Petromax clone that I bought from Clas Ohlson some years ago. It is a small 150cp model. It is the very devil to light. It once...
I just thought I'd share an observation from my use of Tilley 164H mantles on my Vapalux M320. I did read some threads on the subject but I didn't...
I know this is off topic but the Continental paraffin problem has me intrigued. I don't know whether it is possible to upload PDF files so here is...
I think it was. She would regularly trim the wick and adjust it for a blue flame. I just don't like the smell of paraffin.
Well there used to be several ironmongers near me where you could fill your own 5 gallon jerry cans but these have all gone. I might do a search...
Good idea. Yes I read the post about paraffin in Central/Eastern Europe. I also read on Wikipedia that there are two types of paraffin in the UK;...
Thank you Jeff. That thought did occur to me and I have a new vaporiser on order. The lamp appeared so little used that I thought a worn out jet...
The test this evening (with a new mantle) was mainly outdoors but then it started to pour with rain so I brought it into my lean-to. I always...
Paraffin
Hello All, I am new to the forum so perhaps I should introduce myself before I ask my question. I am from Surrey, UK and I have a fondness for...
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