Thanks for the answers folks. So they were still made for general use then, unlike the trackside lamps, spot lamps, flounder fishing lamps. and...
Can anyone tell me what was the Tilley SDR lamp made for? Its design with the double reflector? Thanks
my late model bowl fire nrv was brass
It must be a full time job you are doing there to keep finding all these lamps... Do you house and barn clearances for a living? Farms perhaps?
My local garage has 4 Ltr containers on the forecord next to the firelighters and packs of coal... But at 10 pounds for 4L...they can go jump!...
Be careful of the seal/washer kits on ebay, I have had a few and after a few days the rubber swells up and disintegrates. The only ones that are...
White spirit is a more refined kerosene. It works well if you cant get regular kerosene. Do you wash out your founts regularly? no matter how...
Is the rest of the lamp OK, if so just get a new burner if you cant get the spigot out.
@Glen Campbell Have you tried white spirit as an alternative?
@adamresearch Hey Adam... I used to live in Hastings, up on the hill near the castle. The control black knob pulls off the shaft. There should...
I use a medical syringe with a blunt needle from ebay. perfect for lamps and stoves, and you can measure how much meths is needed so you don't...
year 1965-1968. It's a 320 Bialaddin/Vapalux I think... have a look under GB/Bialaddin in the reference gallery. Are you planning to get them up...
It will come up nicely with care and a bit of elbow grease, (tried to find a tub of that on Amazon... Oh there's some.)) [ATTACH] I always...
Interesting excerpt from wikipedia re: the term gasoline "Gasoline" is an English word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The Oxford English...
Poor @george Clearly you are a very unwell man and you need the expertise of a highly trained professional counselor to help with your...
Take a look in the reference gallery for a colour match, but I am sure they originally painted the cage with the same gold paint used on the...
It's what he uses... [ATTACH]
Great work, that's running nicely.
@ColinG Hey Colin, Its a late one, very common, a twin mantle "powerhouse" Straight glass, dark green, made about early 1980's if memory...
I use the cheap single tie chinese ones and unpick the bottom stitching, turn then inside out and attach the bottom bit with a bit of wire on my 2...
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