Awesome work, Reinhard! RxR
Good Evening, folks, i realised Chad, that i had not sent an image of how that lamp looks now, here are a couple, taken this evening. I used...
Treasure!
Welcome, Chad, that's a lovely lantern you have, mine above was dropped in the forest on its hood, lit, the thing kept burning and the Luxor...
I have straightened two of these by hand thus far....gently does that.... Here:-[IMG] You can easily get parts for these, new globes etc in the...
You probably need some spare jets & needles tho' as that sounds like your jets on the way out.(or coked vapouriser or whatever else causes...
You have some gorgeous lamps there. The glowing mixing chamber/nozzle when you turn the lamp out is normal, if you are quick you can catch the...
Fiona, God willing, and if that flows i shall attempt to coach you through getting that Petromax , "Up and Running" as when they are, they tend to...
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Perhaps, i have noticed, at least that the petromax rapid-starter port can be blocked off lovely with1/8" B.s.p. blanking plugs and that the...
That's a beautiful lamp!
How far have you got with your Petromax, Fiona?
The pre 2000's sometime petromax nozzles were 1" approx...Anchor lamp nozzles which you can get cheaply are still that size as are any old stock...
i reckon that your vapouriser/generator/jet is on the way out, maybe dead, depending upon how orange the light has gone...i have experienced this...
Many Thanks, with the demise of the LampGuild and times as they are, these resources are more and more valuable, RxR
The Jets may be gas jets, some cooker burners etc use jets of this type, measuring the threads would narrow that down some 7mm are petromax size,...
Dear iwoo , to be honest these symptoms you describe can have many causes in a petromax-style lantern ... the information you give also needs to...
Thank You , Neil, for the pointer to that , I hope that you are enjoying the summer . Blessings , RxR
Blessings , David ... as i say in my reply to Niel , i have had the exact same with tilleys and petromqaxes both , though to be fair to both those...
Thank you , Neil , and of course this is true , i have had both Tilley and Petromax do this very thing..( possibly even Vapalux....) each time i...
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