Very nicely presented. Thank you John. That assembly is surely a good conversation piece in your home when you have guests... Did these early...
Very nice lamp! And welcome to the forum!
How about building your very own mini arc furnace at home and making it from crushed lime and coke. A quick search on google shows a few...
Brilliant! Saw an old one on eBay a while ago. I was tempted as it was going for a fiver with a half full gas bottle. Problem was it was for...
Very nice lamp! Congratulations.
Beautiful lamp Darryl!
Just saw this thread Pete. That’s a beautiful lantern you have there. It appears to be incredibly bright from the photo. I think you should take...
Oh wowww! You have an Aga stove! I love those. Bet you can cook like a pro on that. Very jealous!
They look very festive with those Santa hats on. I particularly like the view of all that lamp fuel on the wall to the right of the cupboard.......
This hobby is getting confusing...!
Hi all, Some of you might remember the hard and long fettle of a battered Primus 981, which I greatly enjoyed. Being a masochist I wanted to...
Hi Grigorios, I suspect that the wire is defective as it shouldn’t have a ‘cut & shunt’ joint anywhere along the length. I would aim to get a...
Hi Fiona, nice lamps and cosy cottage there. Welcome to the forum!
Good luck with the fettle!
Hi Darryl, I rather like those chrome x246s and yours is in good nick from what I can see in that photo. I also like the line up you have behind,...
Watch out for the fettling bug. You start with one old lamp from the charity shop or a wreck you salvage from a skip as a fun project and 2 years...
Hi Paddy, You were given a very handsome lamp. You can get repair seal kits from the Fettle Box and a 182 onion globe from Juliands or base camp...
Fantastic results. How quickly did the brass pierced hood turn dark after lighting, if at all? I generally find those 300X hoods to resist heat...
Great idea and they also look ‘the bees knees’! I’m running out of space in the display cabinet, so that’s a possibility for storing rare lamps...
That’s a fantastic photo. Very atmospheric. You gave me a splendid idea.... watch this space!
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