Nice lantern, @Johan Osinga , Should restore well. I do like those strange upside down lamps. You can see they had an issue in those days with the...
Thanks Henry, you are a true friend.
How to clean and start these beast is mentioned many times. You can upgrade the lantern with a pre heater disc for alcohol and soft start...
Seems that the question didn't trigger many responses. So are there any lantern collectors in Ireland and then specific in the Cork area? Now my...
India, no particular antique shop ..... I guess you end up buying another one for parts. But what parts are you missing ?
The vin is original. Patent DE873381.
Best wishes to all of you.
I bought my first (incomplete) Petromax in a trift store. It was repaired in the shed behind a hardware store where the owners father had his...
Merry Christmas to all of you ! May the light be with you.
Just an idea: if you can form and weld the strips together, also create a metal bottom in it. Then it is sturdier then using alu foil.
Thank you for the update. It's a blessing to have friends like you both.
Outch, seems to have been in a sad sad place. @IKEBUNWA DONATUS , what are your intentions? Repair, use, selling?
That looks very fine !
It is an Oak Island lantern...
Well water will flow into the tank, onto the carbid which then releases gas which you can ignite on top....
Danke ! I stand corrected. I was really convinced it was the Lahde book. (Must be the age) So all the models mentioned where made in Altena !
Correct, but the focus after the war was not on kerosene lanterns but on electronics. Please read all the Graetz Nachrichten of those years. Only...
The date code is reveiled by Dr. H. Lahde in his book. You may be right he was wrong. A former employee of the Altena factory told to who was...
Looks like it. I have to admit that I have to re configure the lettertypes.
It's on my website. In the past it was no problem to share detailed pictures until you see you own stuff coming around via the back door. Then...
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