Thanks, George - that's so kind of you! :lol: Apart from a Vapalux do-nut, I think the only lanterns that would start me collecting again would...
If that's a new blow-lamp preheater seal you intend to make, best of luck with that! In the meantime, just use a standard preheating torch and...
That's a lovely lantern, George, so it's such a shame it no longer has the correct globe. Please send it to me so that I can put that small matter...
The Fettlebox - where you got the Tilley kit, hopefully...
I agree with Tony - if you leave the burner in vinegar for too long, all you'll succeed in doing is preferentially leech out the zinc from the...
I think it's almost certainly come from a wickie-**** hurricane lantern of some sort. Cosmetic issues aside, you may find access for the lighting...
Cheers, Tony. What I find a bit difficult with the tank-dating section in the PLC is that (as Neil says there), he initially came up with a...
A previous owner has added it - you can't lose it and it saves you carrying around the separate Tilley torch...
I've never managed to get clear in my head how to date Tilley tanks after the pork-pie variety and before they began dating in October 195(7?)....
Yep, there's one of those fitted to my X359. I tried it and found out it was a POS... :-& :cry: Henry Plews and I had it apart at a Newark Meet...
Yes, I have it on very good authority that they were catalogued by the military as:- 'Lamp, stealth, hostile situations, for use in...' i.e....
:-k I'd also be interested in latest dates so we could know how long Tilley persisted with this model before giving up on it...
Many years ago when I was trying to sort out my own X359, someone (I think it was Ross) put me onto this:-...
Bialaddin / Vapalux did supply spirit cans with the lanterns but anything will do - people just tend to cobble up something. A squeezy container...
You couldn't manage to put up the bat signal as well could you, Darryl..? [ATTACH]
They have to be the correct way on your computer before you upload them. Unless you're using an iPhone when this is a problem we've had...
The originals were about 1mm from memory - 3mm is going to be far too thick (and difficult to cut such a small, intricate shape, I'd have...
Good question! Whatever it was, it led a hard life in a tricky environment and soon went hard. In that state it couldn't do the job and,...
In a word, no - sorry... The idea of these was that the paraffin in the tank could be used to pre-heat the lamp instead of carrying around a...
It won't work because most of it is missing. Don't ever turn the little rectangular tap when the lamp is running because a jet of kero will shoot...
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