Thanks, just bagged myself a glass on ebay for a tenner as it goes! Must be more careful, that's 2 glasses I've broken now :oops: Steve.
I see thanks, though they all fit do they apart from the dish depth? Steve.
Wow that is a big mantle, bigger than the happy mantles even going by your pic? Not tried a 164X yet and as you say it's a game until you find...
@#!!#@ :rage: @@!!# Gone and smashed my Tilley glass, are the 246 lamp globes all the same chaps? Steve.
:lol: Ah well, at least I will be more easily seen on me bike!! And to think, people used to eat mantles, or so I've heard, to cure stomach...
Ah thanks for the info. I will have to snaffle some while they are still available, not tried a Thoriated mantle yet. Steve.
Can anyone tell me if these mantles really do contain Thorium? The website says they do but I thought they were banned or something? I could ring...
That shop I mentioned George, asks £6.50 per Gallon, about $10.51. My other option is to buy it pre-packed in 4 litre bottles and the cheapest...
Hi there and welcome to the forum :) Yes it's possible to buy Paraffin 'loose'. I have an old fashioned hardware store localish to me that...
A quick spruce up and a couple of washers and the lamp works first time! No pulsing and a good white light from a new Happy mantle. [ATTACH]...
Success at last :D/ Went out hunting again and lo and behold I scoot through Croxley Green on my way to Watford and spot an Antique shop where...
Yup, got it in one Derek :) Had some interesting stuff but nothing that tickled my fancy except a Primus Blow Lamp that I ended up leaving as I...
Well I had no luck in my hunt :( I went all around and found no pressure lamps, only wick lamps. One place in St Albans had this Tilley in a...
Ta for the suggestions, will give me a bit of a chance at finding something. I love finding those old type hardware shops that may still have a...
I have a few days off and today had a forage around the Hemel/boxmoor/bovingdon/chesham area looking for likely shops that may sell lamps. Did...
I'm pretty sure that once a vap tube is causing a fire-ball around the mantle that it is for the scrap bin and the cause is an enlarged jet hole?...
OK, I have lost the lead that plugs into me camera but will have a good look for it and hopefully will have some pics up later? Steve.
Hi all, Not been on for a while but now the nights are drawing in I'm going into lamp mode :) I have been running all my lamps recently and...
Hey Stu, nice custom heaters yo made there 8) have you ever thought about using Carbon Felt in your pre-heat burners? It's amazing stuff although...
Hey Mack, What do you mean by the plate being inserted 'cup down'? thanks, Steve
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