Well done! Beware, keep your lanterns separated as they are very quick to reproduce. Before you know it, in a couple of years you will be hiding...
Well I had to remove minor rust from the hood and if I had a buffing wheel would go so far as to polish it off. So have sprayed CRC on it while...
The hood has no traces of ever having been enameled, most unusual. Have to say I am not impressed with the design of the needle control handle....
This lantern has a steel hood. Other than the word Handi on the control wheel and globe there are no other inscriptions to be found. I had to...
I sandblasted the enamel off the top of a Tilley hood and then sprayed it with one coat of heat resistant engine paint, mat black. Then cured it...
Wow what a wonderful and impressive restoration job you have done :clap: It's great to see such care and love put in to bringing a light back to...
It never ceases to amaze me that somewhere out there someone hauls out archival information, shedding light on an obscure subject. This is...
Research I have undertaken reveals that Austramax did make Coleman 249s under licence. Certainly Austramax lanterns globes are a matching size....
This 249 was made in Australia under licence of the Canadian factory. You can see the date numbers are stamped above the logo Feb 1953. The...
The primus hood had completely rusted apart. Thanks for the suggestion of using the veritas hood as these lanterns are available in NZ.
Other than stumbling across another Primus 1020 for parts with a decent hood, does anyone know where I might be able to get a spare hood? I have...
Today is my birthday so took the day off work and yes could not resist finishing off the Coleman Quicklite and get her to life. This baby was made...
Given that this Hasag no longer has its mica globe or bail and now the vapourizer has been replaced with a Petromax one, makes it a bit of a...
In order to provide more air flow I drilled the lower holes on the hood to 4.5mm and now it is burning much better. [ATTACH]
Here is the Hasag with a 150CP petromax vapourizer fitted. The petromax vapourizer is slightly shorter than the Hasag so had to trim the guide rod...
You describe exactly what I have been thinking of as a last resort. Thankfully I have a 150CP Geniol which will enable me to see if this is a...
My Hasag 34 is missing its nipple jet. Now I know that Petromax jets are too small. It has an outer thread diametre of 7.5mm, in fact an optimus...
Instead of throwing out the remains of a Tilley I thought of a novel use for it. Now no gnashing of teeth :whistle: [ATTACH]
Yes, a Px 150CP jet is too small.
The opening at the top of the generator for the nipple jet is about 7.5mm in diameter. Just above the jet, in the hood, you can see a small wire...
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