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Thanks @presscall I like the idea but already a local from the Wimmera, in the west of Victoria has done this: Do a google search for: Wimmera...
Thanks @Loe I think I will try to make more use of cheaper fuels but only on a few test units for camping.
Just got back from the local Australian hardware store and Shellite now $68.50 (AUD) for 4 litres. Kerosene about $35.00 (AUD) for 4 litres. I...
I have written elsewhere in CPL about the value of AI for research and irrespective of the concerns mentioned in responses, I continue to believe...
Google the right side image. Seems to be either primers or safety fuses. Interesting.
Looks remarkably similar to Cosyglo heater made in Australia by J Gamble (from memory).
The lower section of the control cock unscrews to grant access to the 'pip' and the spring. Usually just the pip needs replacing. If the spring is...
Glad that it is in good hands. An interesting and less common lantern, probably especially so in Australia.
@Paul Aslanides Thanks.
For just under a year I have been using AI to assist in stove and lantern research. This has to date been on topics that I have not yet published....
Thanks @ROBBO55
I think it might be UNEF
Wondering if anyone knows what the thread type is on the bottom of the Coleman air stem part is that screws into the Check valve? There is...
Nice extraction of the text. So much easier to read.
Nice acquisition. :thumbup::thumbup:
Cut a slot across the end of a short length of wooden dowel. Insert a small length of fine emery cloth into the slot and wrap it around the dowel...
Makes sense the O-rings might need a redo after 11 years. My 229 is from 2005 brand new (coppery bronze finish on fount) and used a few times....
Interesting all this talk of ducks on lamp shades and walls into the fifties and sixties. Luckily, I am not old enough to remember seeing the...
Great photos including some lanterns with stove like founts. Yes old tools too are often very interesting. Thanks for posting details of the meeting.
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