Good idea Pete, but if you look closely at my first picture, you'll see that the spindle has been cut back too short to allow the gland nut to be...
I don't have another GF cock of the same style and vintage, and I'm aiming to keep the lamp as I found it, mods and all, as they're part of its...
I think I know the answer to the control knob conundrum. The lamp's previous owner was a member of a model engineering club, whose members would...
Excellent, thanks for that.
With apologies for the appalling quality of the photo, which was taken through the window of a closed shop in Polzeath in north Cornwall last...
Mmmm... from what I've seen, railway mechanical engineers consider anything smaller than 1" Whitworth to be a watchmaker's size, and this roll pin...
Thanks both. I admit the bracket is interesting, as this lamp used to hang from it on the outside of a Scottish railway signal box to illuminate...
I wonder if anyone can help me estimate the age of this lamp, please? It has the short socket for the control cock, and a 14" diameter...
Got it in one, David. I've bought a few items from that supplier and been impressed with the quality. Chuckle! Yes, I should have done that, I...
As promised, here's a couple of pictures of the finished lamp. The tank has been sprayed with three coats of Rustoleum grey primer followed by...
Here's the lamp alight. I've since bought a new reflector (missing when I got the lamp) and been looking through Jim Dick's book. It's got me...
After a delay of six months, this cheap PL53 is working again. The soldered base of the original tank turned out to be sound, but both threaded...
Quick update: today I resoldered the threaded pump connector, and it worked like a charm. Found and soldered two more tiny pinholes, and the tank...
Thanks for the kind words, but I have yet to solder (100% successfully) the brass threaded pump connection where it joins the tank. As Bob...
Excellent! Thanks Matty and Jeff. I now know how to proceed.
Thanks Matty. Does the original stand look anything like this? If so, I should be able to make something suitable. Phil [ATTACH]
Thank you Jeff. One thing I'd like to do is make up a stand, to replace the one that's missing. Can anyone please post some pictures to show me...
I achieved first light this afternoon! I still have a small air leak from one point around the threaded pump connection, where the brass insert is...
Quick update: I have now soldered up around twenty pinholes, and whilst it doesn't look too pretty the tank is now airtight. A washer kit and some...
You're quite right. Intermittent faults obey Sod's Law, more politely known as The Law Of Maximum Cussedness, which states: "If a thing can...
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