@Kevin Goyer The lamp should run properly with the valve fully open. The valve is not a light output regulator. See here:...
@Dean D Those vapourisers are rare as rocking horse shite. Cheers Tony
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Very nice, @Dean D. I like these lamps very much! Tony
For those interested in Tilley, I’ve posted my Tilley CS56 stove over at CCS: Tilley CS56 (1956) [ATTACH] Cheers Tony
On the X246 lantern you show it is the tank that is speculum plated. Later X246b lanterns may have been (are) chrome plated, but I don’t know. Tony
Great that you’ve got it going well, @Kevin Goyer. Cheers Tony
You can substitute modern copper, brass or soft alloy fuel, oil or brake fluid tubing for old hollow wire, but getting the right outside diameter...
@mR_Slug I think @JEFF JOHNSON and @Kevin Goyer have you sorted on this lamp. These are not very common at all, so you have a great lamp in...
@Jan R Try rubbing white chalk into the scratches, and then using a “black light”. Tony
Great shade! Cheers Tony
[ATTACH] Have you checked for wasp/spiders in all the places they can get to? Also… is the burner mesh ok? Photos of the lantern might help...
@Jan R What catalogue? The Pressure Lamp Catalogue has this information as two lines of text in a list of models. Tony
Neil McRae’s Pressure Lamp Catalogue has the Aida 251 as “early 1930s” and 300cp. Cheers Tony
Testing a 1956 Tilley CS56. Note: the orange flame is not because it’s burning rich, it is because it’s the first light up of the burner after...
@HibbertAllen For aging the Tilley X246 variations, look through this thread: First renovation. Cheers Tony
Yes, Jean. These are a neat little lamp, very simple and very functional. Tony
This is a Coleman 318 shade. Darcy Vantiger has this in her book, "Guide to Coleman & Non Coleman Lamp Shades", as the third and last variation...
Excellent! Cheers Tony
I’m trying to track down a pre-WWII company in Japan. The company is “Strong & Company” in Kobe. This piece of a cardboard and cloth envelope was...
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