Y'know, using an auction sniping program is just another way of entering a bid - there's nothing personal in it and I don't think there's anything...
You didn't lose them to snipers - they were just prepared to pay more than you were. Just the same as a conventional auction, in actuality...
It all looks perfectly fine to me as it is. Have you checked the seals and vapouriser, changed them if necessary and got it running? I'd use warm...
This is another reason why it's a good idea to leave the original colour underneath when a tank is stripped. You can then take the lantern to your...
Well, eBay is a real auction - just time limited i.e. the highest bid at a defined time wins. I agree, though about sniping programs - they're...
Unlucky, Rob, but as you say, you bid to the top of your budget and increased it twice more so someone just wanted the lantern more than you did...
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I don't know much about welding but surely that was done by machine rather than by hand, thus...
That's not an E41 hood, George - just the standard 300 one. Looks like you've got the makings of a nice lantern there, though. Mind the globe...
The shade seems a remarkable survivor, too... :whistle:
Well that could be a burgundy/maroon tank but then it probably would have had the red enamelled hat. Mind you, that's a horrible colour-clash IMHO...
I took a steel wire brush to mine and with a bit of persistence that worked well enough. I'll try heating it next time. :thumbup: Naturally, if...
At the back of the hood there are two pushed in slots (you can see one of then in the fourth pic down) which act as 'ledges' for the globe to sit...
Is the seller a member here? Over the years he's had a prodigious output of lamps and lanterns that are, er, not to my taste at all (I hope that's...
It's Greek or Latin for mirror - you could always use a search engine to check out 'speculum metal'... :)
I suppose you'd have to use abrasive on a bench grinder / polisher. That sounds like lots of work to me for no real purpose. I'd live with the...
OK. I've just looked at my minter P9955 and the steel base-plate has the pricker operating wire going through the circular hole and is undated. A...
You can take it out of the hood and give it a good clean but resist the temptation to take it apart because it's quite likely it won't screw back...
But it's good if it does! However, given the age of these lanterns who's to say what the original Tilley colour looked like and what changes in...
Yep, first one I looked at (the Dutch X246 I've been fettling and playing with for the past two weeks!) has only one hood flare. Just never...
The top (hat) would have been either yellow or orange vitreous enamel - what you have looks to be an after-market replacement. If you light it...
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