The pump knob is unplated brass though. Original component do you think? John
@Camp numao I’m sure your restoration will be outstanding. John
@Johan Osinga Yes, a Thermidor 303. My encounter with one is HERE. I found that the vapouriser ceases to vapourise after a while and resolved...
@Adolfo Franz Racek probably, an agent/importer for Petromax.
@MYN Would Pirhana Solution corrode the base metal, brass or steel, of a vapouriser? Thanks again for your excellent insights into such matters.
@Steptoe Glad I’ve maybe helped you decide. My apologies for not giving you my thoughts about the solvent. Truth is, I’ve nothing useful to offer,...
@Steptoe Tilley vapourisers are the biggest challenge because not only does the lack of a removable jet prevent a through-put of compressed air,...
I’m unable to visualise the vapouriser you’re referring to. The cleaning method I use is to get the vaporiser up to red heat and omit the...
Very nice indeed Tim. The two-piece shades certainly are the finishing touch.
@Sedgman The welder depicted in the illustration on the cover is wearing goggles but no-one featured in the photographs is shown with them. On...
[ATTACH] Caption: Road works in fog, Trafalgar Street, Burnley, Lancashire, December 1965
Glad you liked that @podbros and thanks for that priceless nugget of industrial history passed on by word of mouth! Here’s an advertisement from...
No longer in business @MYN unless as a firm under another name with trading or family links unknown to me. Their premises on Octavius Street,...
A bit of biographical detail about the company. This promotional booklet was produced by them around 1911, primarily advertising their...
@MYN Easily enough, yes, but only one supplier I know of and more expensive from them than my pre-Brexit sources in Italy and Germany. Even with...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Stamp on the clamp specifying ‘tested’. [ATTACH] Date stamp is my guess,...
@pete sav ENT (Ear/nose/throat) forceps Pete, used primarily to hoick out objects kids stuff in their ears, I think. John
It’s likely many of you have already discovered this type of device, listed on an ebay source as ‘alligator ear crocodile forceps’ - the supplier...
True, Henry, though the failure point was the bakelite-like material used to fabricate the ‘shutter’ on/off seal, which didn’t seal reliably....
Wonderful find, Harder. John
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