those Optimus lamps look all quality :thumbup:
after giving my Austramax a run today realised that hidden away in the den was a reflector shield I bought with it but rarely used. tonight I...
fitted one of the new mantles I purchased from the factory yesterday and fired up the Austramax for a test. burns very well for a lamp that's now...
I was visiting my mum today to wish her a happy birthday and on the way passed the Austramax Factory that's located nearby. there was a parking...
yes, the globe is of particular good quality being thick glass not like some of the Chinese copies of today that are paper thin and break just...
and in action this evening [ATTACH]
thanks to Paul M who supplied me a new globe. and today I dressed up my Chalwyn Fare East lamp with steel wool then sprayed it with high temp...
interesting and a very informative post. I have worked in underground gold mines and the atmospheric danger down there is not explosive gas but...
actually, they were, or copies of them, still used in Victoria well into the mid 1970's by the former CRB (Country Roads Board). I remember coming...
Annie Lennox?
thank you both for a good explanation :content: are the Veritas mantles still available? I like the packaging
I have seen mantles being sold by various vendors that state their double tie mantles are suitable for both Tilley and Vapalux mantles....but, my...
that was a good read ^^ I thought they were called a hurricane lamp, not because they would stay alight outdoors in a Hurricane (we calls them...
ah yes, the decal. I was wondering if an eagle eye would notice. I bought one during the early years of the internet and stuck it on as I...
not bonkers. just thought I would give it a go to see how it works as I've been using diesel in my wick POD heater now for ages with success and...
my go to pressure lamps are the three below. a Tilley I bought new from Sands just before they moved from Elizabeth Street, and Austramax bought...
when I first bought the x246b from Sands it kept blowing vaporisers. it annoyed us at the time being a long distance from anywhere, and especially...
the x246b kept burning for over an hour with dirty kero. you can see the holes in the hood [ATTACH] the kero that was in it looked like...
in the shed I've got two old Tilleys. one's an x246b that I bought new back in 1974 from Sand in Elizabeth Street Melbourne and other is what I...
I remember a colleague buying Jet-a1 from lethbridge airport, north of geelong. access is 24 hours. you can drive straight in and just lob up...
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