Good solid lamps, plentiful and cheap spares, not particularly valuable but a USER! the enamel tops do suffer. This one looks to be early 50's?
[ATTACH] The same colour me thinks..I've not seen it on anything else?
Seems like a lot of us were following this Darryl, nice that it went to one of our members. Martin
Sputnik! .. the top (from what I can see) looks pretty good, which seems to be pretty rare on these as they tend to crazy pave. I'd personally...
It could be a worn vapourizer and over fueling but as Henry says, the mantel offers 'a resistance' so I wouldn't be looking for a replacement...
I followed both, I reckon the first one was a self bid (well someone he knew bidding up the ridiculous £450) Rijkswaterstaat SDR .. was expected...
Tilley Gaurdsman, Vapalux/Bialaddin M1/21C/300X/310/315/320 All good first lamps. Martin..
[ATTACH] That AL21 looks very much like one I sold 6 - 7 months ago...a fine collection mate, I too favour the UK models but do have the odd euro lol.
These are as good as it gets as far as light output goes. I would say 50 - 75% brighter than your average Tilley/Vapalux, so if you're not seeing...
Bonus I'd say...two mounting rings for free, worth £8 -£10 each.
[ATTACH] I'm surprised that the top sits fully down with the support ring underneath a standard glass but to be honest, that isn't really the...
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I decided against it, mainly on the grounds of the original idea of making hand sanitizer was not economical. Around £18.75 for 5 litres, add on...
I was looking on the site again this afternoon, everything marked as 'SOLD OUT' but what a shame, some really nice lamps, stainless steel & brass,...
rayw ... As a side note, the type of glass you are using on the lamp doesn't require a support ring under it (that is for the later short...
They are not at all fussy about the grade or make of paraffin, I use kerosene just because it can be bought much cheaper. If you don't feel any...
Depends on what they are made of but recently ' Harpic Max Power X10' was discussed. There are several YouTube clips showing it getting rid of...
I second feeler gauges, a new set can be picked up for under £4.00..
Back in March/April this product quadrupled in price due to demand. The price has now come back down and is only marginally more expensive than...
My wife wants to make some hand sanitiser and I believe isopropyl alcohol 99.9% is the main ingrediant (70% plus aloevera water etc) but it got me...
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