Finally I have been able to finish the restoring of this nice heater. I was in doubt how to do but I find the condition, with a lot of rust, so...
Great job James! This trigs me to restore the one of the same model I have here waiting for a second life. Alcohol and steel is not a very good...
Aha, thank you for that information. I was absolutely sure it was a China lamp. Neil, you say Gloria company but the lamp is called Glory, is...
Anyone that have heard of this brand? It is a 250cp lantern and very similar to it's many cousins. Sorry for the dizzy photos, they are in second...
Here is another one, exactly the same as yours. Unfortunately also missing the guard. But I can see David has one original on his heater. Maybe...
This is a very wide shade, 38cm in diameter. But when I compared it to an Optimus shade, I found them looking the same. Taking a close look at the...
Here some photos showing the pressure meter. The base is original I guess, maybe also the cover but the I am doubtful about the glass. It is...
Here is a photo showing exactly the same model. I got it many years ago from my late friend in France, Philippe Touillet. I cleaned up this one...
Here is my last restoring object, a Solar heater. As been told in other topics, this brand seems to be very solid and of high quality. This one...
That sounds plausible. The yellow painting did not look like made by an amateur. So maybe all stands were in gold from the beginning and then...
[ATTACH] Last weekend I descided to take an item out of by barn for restore. This time my choise fell on a R1 heater with a stand. As far as I...
In approx 1920, Lux sold the patent of this lamp to Optimus. Probably they also got a batch of parts for future manufacturing. The result was an...
This is probably the biggest existing Optimus lantern, nearly 1m tall. Unfortunately is it electrified. In Uppland Vasby, the city where Optimus...
Thank you both for this info. It is absolutely an Olympia. And the style is very similar to the Olymp, without an a so I would say this is the...
This one is very similar to other of the same style but details are different. I haven't find it in any catalogue this far. At the Swedish...
I agree, the 930 is the best model ever made by Optimus. It gives a great output so a 400cp mantle is no problem to use. The only negative you can...
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