One of the best, they just work.
Hi wolfie I was wondering what mantle you were using on it seeing as it's a 500cp lantern a large mantle would be correct. Ian
Yes its definitely a bialaddin 300x from the second half of the 1940s, should restore well, I've done a few of these, if you have any questions...
For those of us that have bialaddin bowl fires without wire guards you can make a tilley reproduction fit by bending the arms back until a snug...
Nice one Pete, good bit of fettling.
[ATTACH] I put this together last autumn, the fount and harp hanger came from a boot sale for the princely sum of 4 pounds, the harp was a bit...
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Hi Ross It could be vapouriser problem . You could try the one out of your good lamp to see if that cures the problem, if it does a replacement...
Hi Andrew The hoods on these lamps are made of steel and coated in vitreous enamel, theres been plenty of debate on this forum about trying to...
A beautiful piece, well deserved to be working again.
I've got 2 of these but they dont look as good as your one, nice one.
I've been up the shed today and had a look at the cages on my 300x lamps and found 4 that have screws holding the frames together, 2 chrome frames...
Hi , Looking at the picture I'm not able to see which model it is , the only difference between the last model 300x and the 305 was the size if...
Hi all bialaddin and vapalux lamps were designed to run on kerosene. Trying to run them on gasoline would be highly dangerous as they do not have...
I used anchor 500 mantles on both of my 930s and they work very well, the anchor mantles shrink too small for the large petromax type lamps but in...
Not used one myself but other members may have. Ian
Hi, I do believe this reflector was made by a fishing tackle supplier called Wilmek who also sold a twin tie mantle attachment , all useful items...
Nice one, finds like that dont come up very often, it shows they are still out there.
Nice to see it has an original optimus globe as they are now getting hard to find, both of my 930s have Coleman globes fitted, also I find they...
Are you going to repaint the T10 or leave it in the natural brass finish Ian
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