@podbros I managed to eventually free off the picker after several days in an ultrasonic cleaner. It had the usual oil soak and heat but to no...
Excellent work and plenty of it, I liked the adapter for using a petromax jet and great fettling restoring the tank to serviceable condition.
What a transformation! It's once again a beautiful and useful piece of kit, not to mention fun to play with. Great effort, well done.
Great find and it's in really good condition. Nice one!
This is the victory light up for my AGM project which has left me the proud owner of two of them. Although these lamps are cheap and plentiful in...
Sounds like it could be an L227 or a 220 We would need a picture to confirm.
The blue bits look to be in very good condition, great find and very cool.
@Sellig33 I am away from the the workshop for a week or so but I will get you any dimensions I can help you with. Meanwhile, have you seen the...
A nice original porkie with a good top cap, well worth the effort to get it running well.
Good stuff, looks like a day in my life when I should be fettling but with different workshop and shoes! Nice one for lighting the coleman 427, I...
Another possibility is a veritas superb hood, it was to small but only by 1-2 mm it felt like you could almost force it on, one might grind out to...
A lovely lamp and a great find. I hope it gets to shine brightly again soon.
Enjoy your enhanced reflected down light, finding handy stuff is great fun!
What a lovely gift! You are very lucky. Splendid fettling and ingenious use of the spray can. I have been testing available hoods on a primus 1050...
Great find, enjoy your fettling.
A beautiful lamp and a great find.
Very nice, a little gem!
In the above pics the PL53 is not so bright, this was due to running at low pressure as the mantle developed a huge hole after lighting and I did...
Thanks guys
This light up is for Carl who passed away this week. He was known to his incredibly large number of friends as Smurf. He was my employer and best...
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