it’s a really nice bit of kit actually… I think this one has had a bit of a beating but it’s cleaning up ok. No date stamp on the cage mind you -...
Slight delay while I’ve been wandering up and down the country with work… anyway … some progress on the Veritas. Parts stripped and treated with...
Thank you @JEFF JOHNSON that’s really interesting. Just as a matter of interest, could you fit that to an x246b? best, Chris
Hiya, I have tried boiling but no joy… also paint panther, nitromors and strupit. Whatever it is it makes Bialaddin maroon seem positively easy to...
Quick update … here’s the Veritas hood post stripping. Cage and hood are about to be gently blasted to remove the heatproof paint. As you can see…...
Quick aside … stripping the main tube between the vaporiser and the burner shows that the metal underneath is stainless steel. As the tank filler...
@Darryl Durdin @ColinG It's a lot of fun to clean up - under that black paint the enamelled hood is in excellent condition on both sides with...
Quick update on the Veritas which had been stripped down as far as possible today. Note the green paint (almost like a Brunswick green) on the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thank you once again people. I’ll be starting work shortly. In the meantime I’ve had a...
Thank you people... I'll keep you all posted when I start. I need to drill out a burner spigot for a Tilley first alas... but yes, am looking...
Thank you… a quick trawl shows that Base Camp does the seal kit so I’ll get one of those at some point. I’ve a couple of Tilleys in the pipeline...
Thank you… as I say there was another similar Veritas there with a polished tank and Esso decal but a lot of bits missing and a battered Coleman...
Sooooo… despite my self-imposed ban on buying more lamps I have been weak! On visiting a scrapyard in Buxton I found this pair… there were others...
Hi all, am working on a Tilley X246a which came with a broken spigot. Quite simply the thread inside the burner has snapped off while the rest of...
Soooo… I couldn’t resist… While I did tell myself that I wouldn’t fettle anything until the x246b was finished the recently acquired Guardsman...
[ATTACH] Work progresses anon … two X246a’s and a ‘b’ have come back to life but a quick question when it comes to brass … stripping down my April...
On a different tack … what’s the best thing to do if the tip of the pricker needle has broken off in the tip of the vaporiser? A Quick Look...
It’s a veritable menagerie in there… much cleaning to be done! I can only think this lamp has been a very very long time in store. Also...
Alas… they keep multiplying. On a trip to Bridgnorth yesterday I discovered this sad specimen… but I’m glad I did as it’s not one I’ve already...
The tip of the needle is intact. Once it came out it was very hard to get it back in again... also the vaporiser hole seems to be open as well as...
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