I'd really like to fix this Aladdin 1A (now I know what it is!) Are there any clues as to how I could repair the pricker wire? or isn't that an...
Well that seems to go okay Pancho. Is that brown liquid you filled it with just simply used cooking oil? Very nice hot orange flame. I wonder how...
I should have read the article first, because it refers to various oils (though not Rice Bran Oil). Well I have too many wick lamps so I'll give...
Perhaps a little off-topic but... Cooking oil as a fuel? After wiping out a frying pan with rice bran oil in it (used as cooking oil - gluten...
Hmmm I've just been out in the workshop, and only one of my four Austramax's works properly. Shame 'cos the working one is SO bright! That's...
Aren't Austramax still a going concern in Melbourne Australia?
Seems so strange to me now, but as I watched that ol' Irish Tinsmith It occurred to me that my 'craft' is now a thing of the past just like these...
And just watch out for the two types of 'brass' threads - there's a parallel type and a taper type. I think the taper one is for gas joints (but...
And there was Sophia, etc... And on the other hand (!) think of the more recent heart-throbs! [ATTACH] Oooh lucky Dennis Waterman!
But the brass will 'mature' to a less shiny, but with more beautiful subtle colours. But they do look so beautiful eh?
Recently I've restored a motorbike headlight switch panel (mounts on top of the H/L shell and holds the main lighting switch and an ammeter). It's...
Cutie...
Yeah... I note he's onto something harder as the sun's dipped. :clap:
Brilliant reference pics (now I get it) -and advice boys, thanks for your trouble!
Lovely... (And I do like the 'ammer on the bench in case of misbehaviour!)
Tony it's not rust, more like carbon deposits. I keep swilling with Kero, and the black stuff keeps coming out. Yes LOTS of rinsing out done. I...
Well, this uncooperative Scout. I've swilled out the fount dozens of times and am still getting black crap out every time -see pic. I'm not game...
It's probably only available at Jewellery maker's supplies.
Yes mate that's the technique 'we've' always used, but the syringes make it just so easy.
Super work Duncan. Have you guys seen the silver solder that comes loaded in a syringe... very clever, it has the flux already mixed in and is in...
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