Maybe get bioethanol for patio heaters instead. Seems to work just as well. 2L for £8 from well known standard DIY place. You might find better...
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That was prepack paraffin from a DIY centre. It was a sort of light yellow colour. Now use barbecue lighting fluid which is completely clear. OK...
I wonder about the fuel. I had a batch of kero for a Primus stove which created black whiskers at the jet. These made it burn worse and worse...
Shouldn't gassie stuff be in open forum?
@bp4willi I'm glad I'm not alone. I find it very useful when I'm going out in the dark to do a relatively quick job. Being petrol it lights...
My 226 is very bright when going full tilt but it needs to be pumped often. There is some brightness control with careful manipulation of the...
Every now and again there are posts in the open forum about blowlamps. No doubt that for now it is the right place for them. They turn up on the...
@Tony Press @Paul Burnell Auto spell check on actual typing "Avery" I suspect!
Running gasoline with no foot valve? :shock:
That's absolutely right. There is the other aspect about whether the hex head of that jet will sit happily up inside the spigot of a Tilley...
I don't think you can braze brass. You would get a blob. Some sort of hard solder might work. I also doubt tapping a Tilley vapouriser is...
This should have quite a simple fix. It's likely the gas stream from the vapouriser is off centre and hitting the air tube or it's being diverted...
and you have some fine machinery to work with!
I'm thinking this one is a hard case. In the extreme it is de-solder, remove, fix and replace the pump tube. There are threads on here about...
Yes - very Camping Gaz! What did you do to the hood? It looks like a new one - or?
That is a very thin guitar string <0.007" The lightest Top E string is usually 0.008" You might find a 0.007" as the Top G in a 12 string guitar...
Investigating why my mantle suddenly split around the top support I discovered that the dob of Plaster of Paris which secures the hanging wire to...
Has anyone any update on these? I wonder if any of the new ones have been tried yet? Looking around the prices still seem high compared to...
Some months on and these seem to be available again. At £40 each or £100 for 3 on the average! US still $24.95 Has anyone ever had any success...
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