I have 6L capaciy. I bought it especially to clean/de rust inner casings, because it is really hard (for me) to do it by brush and I was...
Thank you @Steven67 Alles klar ;)
OK, so I was informed that ZB stands for Zivil Bund - civil defence, or something like that. Now I know :oops:
Dears, Just spotted in the Internet that unusually marked (at least for me) top of the Bundeswehr Petromax 829. Altea 02.1960 on the metal box....
Hi @JEFF JOHNSON I just discovered that thread. What a beautiful place that you live in! This is just another universe comparing to high-rise...
I wonder if Coleman style long mantle would perform better or worse in heater-mode? Most likely worse... It is interesting that despite having a...
Other solutions - high heat stove black paint presented below Petromax 827 (1937) I tried once, but paint peeled off. Maybe because that was...
@Antonis Tsolomitis - after rust removal and covering steel parts in WD-40 I heat them with gas torch. Repeated several times. Or after first...
Fighting rust on heated parts is not easy. You can make that part clean and shiny by keeping long enough in strong citric acid solution and...
I would keep that Petromax pump knob that you used as a further improvement ;) Plenty of ambitious fettling and improvements completed -...
Thank you @Martin K. for that research and shared information. This is very helpful and how smart of me :lol: for asking here for help instead of...
Thank you @Camp numao I really enjoy the fact that there are still some mysteries even about these lamps :content: At the beginning I was going to...
Dears, I am going to fettle my Petromax 824 N. I am not sure if that lamp should have that paraffin preheating dish with that perforated cone or...
Dears, Please find below Petromax 823. As far as I know it was made approx. 1925-26. It has steel tank bottom plate and no date numbers/scratches...
@Carlsson @Reinhard @Camp numao Thank you guys for your comments. Personally I would say that this lamp was only "inspired" by Ditmar lamps,...
Dears, Please find below my favourite lamp model – old and unknown :lol: Well, let’s see for how long. I bought it from Hungary. No letters, no...
Hi @Camp numao Great presentation! I would never do these parts myself (to practical and lazy), but I would be overjoyed when accidentally...
Dears, I am about to finish my HASAG 102 lamps project. There is one more lamp left to be completed, but in the meantime, I can post that alcohol...
I really enjoy that presentation @Tony Press The last picture would make a fine poster somewhere on my wall :D I almost smell all these lovely...
Very handsome lamp @Titoo Congratulations :clap: There should some "lamp rarity index" introduced, because there are eight Radius 103 examples...
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