Just thought this may be of interest to somebody! I'm in the process of restoring what I believe to be a late 30's R1 heater. (I'm thinking 1938...
I've now settled to make a small rounded 4BA extension nut to fit the original screw, will try and take a picture tomorrow. I do need to find...
Bodged a screw in that I had with the right thread for now
Thank you for that tip! Interestingly with this globe it did go on (indicating it is likely smaller.in all dimensions) but I can see that it would...
Interesting! I may have to try and find a dealer who is happy to measure globes before selling them! It seems Tilley got looser and looser with...
Also interesting that there was obviously an earlier TL120A with the older type gallery, I had asked they went to steel when the "A" was added!
I would say mine is about 96/96mm. Interesting that there are different screw lengths. Will check that out, mine is brass but appears to be about...
That's good to know! I'm at 82mm which may be just enough in guess!
Hopefully some pictures may help!
Hi guys, after posts a few weeks back I had a few comments saying that my frankenstwin lamp seemed to resemble a TL120A. Given that it does seem...
Thanks guys!
Thank you! If there's any interest i may be able to make up some more for people once I've fine tuned it?
Hi Anthony, it's great to see the sales leaflet, and confirms I've got my large diameter the same as original at least! I'm currently using a...
Hi everyone. Had a play at making a shade today, hoping to replicate similar ones i have seen on here and using dimensions from other threads....
Good tip on keeping the glass shades sat straight! I'd quite like a parchment shade of some description, maybe not necessarily an original one...
At least it now works!
Yes, Juliands - that's the one! Yeah the first picture is one of those. When I first got it I took it apart, cleaned the swarf out and...
So after a couple of gin and tonics, and more parts swaps than I can count, I came up with the following: - New vapouriser is naff, however it...
Here is the BR49 I've cleaned up, this one works a charm! (Excuse the background, I'm not an alcoholic, it just lives on the drinks cabinet at the...
Really? I got it straight out of the box, direct from Tilley this afternoon, after having tried 3 old but unknown ones that I'd cleaned out as...
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