We’ve remarked on that before, David. Dexagas and unloved gassies generally I think we’ve said!
@David Shouksmith Hiya David. That’s the crucial detail to enable the passage of a good through-flow of compressed air - a removable jet nipple....
@Dean D Thank you for the photos of the tank Dean. The label makes a grand read! “To read in comfort without eye strain …” Marvellous! John
@Jean J It’ll combine well, sixties-style, with this Primus butane stove. Newark and Ashover, I’ll be cutting quite a dash! [ATTACH]
@Martin K. You’ve surely nailed it with the identification of the car Martin. Thank you. [ATTACH] Interesting reading up about it, a...
A late 1960’s rarity from Campingaz, here making use of its ground spike. [ATTACH] Here, it’s base plate … [ATTACH] … and here, with one...
@JEFF JOHNSON The packing nut threads are steel as you say Jeff. I acquired the EX100 before your treatise on control cock types and it was...
@Gerard It is, yes. A reproduction, from Base Camp (UK), the design pre-dating the manufacture of the lamp, but a plausible combination I think...
@Dean D Sorry, I guess I didn’t explain what I meant, which is the fount enclosed by the ceramic, assuming it simply lifts out and isn’t anchored...
@Dean D Can we see the shape of the fount please? John
In a condition I’ll maintain, unrestored (apart from replacement of seals and pump cup washer) but in good working order. [ATTACH] [MEDIA] The...
Sometimes repeated (verging on OCD!) use of the pricker can put that right. Handy too are acupuncture needles (different gauges, but around...
@Epohderf Firstly, Fred, good for you for going about things properly by reading up on lamp lore here! You’ve gone the extra mile too by...
Glorious, Pete. Sounds like a previous user hasn’t been following the Do’s and Don’t’s for using the pricker as the instructions you posted...
To conclude: @Tony Press generously gave me three partially-complete Tillite pre-heaters and having repaired one I installed it in the X359....
Something like the Buflam fuel tank I paired up with the Dolphin I have, Colin. [ATTACH] John
Congratulations on a successful experiment @MYN though in terms of light output it of course relies on the luminosity of a gas mantle rather than...
Coming up to the 11th hour of the 11th month in the UK, and I lit a lamp to accompany my moment of prayer and reflection. [ATTACH] [MEDIA] My...
Best to keep an eye on it while in solution and remove the article to check every so often. Quantifying ‘how long?’ ‘what concentration of...
… coupled with Dolphin Firelight and Tilley PL53 lamp components in THIS and THIS project respectively. [ATTACH] [MEDIA] Buflam’s own lamp is...
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