Strange thing these days prices go up and up, and bargains are rare. But must have been my turn this weekend, I spotted an ad for a box of mixed...
Wow don't know what to say.
I've just bought a few new butterfly mantles, they come out at about £1 each, the one I tried last week seems fine but a little yellow when...
Back to the subject, thanks to the kindness of @Jean J the old lamp now has a brass pump, which looks much better, and I decided to treat it to a...
That's fascinating stuff, I have not had any opportunity to try this and after reading the story I can see some of the snags encountered. It...
What I did was to heat them up with a blowtorch until they were cherry red, then plunge them into water, (need to be carefull they can spit out of...
We seem to be in a catch 22 situation, we have a demand for the vaporisers, but probably not enough to warrant setting up production. Its...
Yes vaporisers are becoming less and less. Like you I have bought some which turned out to be not so good. I tried the heating and quenching thing...
When I sprayed mine I used halfords enamel spray then fuel resistant laquer, I was pleased with the result Bialaddin 315
That would be great thank you
Gave the cage a bit of a wire brush, and wondered if I should get some gold brake caliper paint and treat it to a coat. I decided I would like to...
Yes I saw that when it was posted, I don't have exact numbers but I understand that its quite expensive, and would be best suited to a rare or...
Yes I tested it in a 246b I have and it works very well, which is a big relief, vaporisers are becoming a big drawback, and I had a few bad ones,...
That's great. Speaks volumes about the older tilleys when you can just add seals and a mantle and away it goes. Nice that it will live on, maybe...
Started to strip and clean it, the paint but the transfer on the bottom was loose and flakey, may replace it later. The control cock seems...
I had to put some stuff up in my loft, so I took a look in the box of old bits up there. I found this 246 looking sad and neglected, I already...
Welcome Warwick, hope you enjoy sharing your Interest
Makes it all seem worthwhile
Great heater, could be very useful this winter.
Lovely lamp 1953 was a great year for making things.
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