Thanks Jeff, I'll remember to always shut it off, here first; then when fire's involved, the reservoir below, is always safeguarded. What ever's...
Hi Dan, Well, fire shouldn't always = Panic, but if I sort of did, it was for the safety of the globe, and not for my own eyebrows. The...
Yes Jeff, a nice high, after the toil; seeing the lamp take off, with out much resistance. I hadn't mentioned this before, but the clearing tip...
Hi Dan, Yes, cheers for that; the photography didn't go too well, initially, going back some months now. I was up & down like a Yo-Yo, not...
Thanks for the thumbs up, Claus C; your right, all that was required (luckily), was the elbow grease. I'm a new starter with the more serious...
Hi All, The grand old lantern pictured, is an ebay Import from the US. It wasn't so filthy, in or out the fount; which meant I had it all...
Hi Tony, I took some photo's of my Austramax, I thought you'd just like to see the condition it's now in ? You do have the same one, if I...
Well Neil, if you don't rightly know how to ask; and Google can't tell you, I was just hoping for the best lead back, embarrassing or not ? I'd...
Hi, & I do too, Gneiss. I've just spent a full day of disappointments, turning the remainder of the night (Possibly), into another Photo shoot ?...
He He; I was just dizzying myself with ideas above my station; but as one thing leads to another (when enjoying your breakfast) boiled eggs n'...
Dan, Well, I didn't reply to this thread, you've supplied, prior; this wasn't intended, I know it's always worthwhile, hearing all I can, about...
Hi David, Yes, I may have simply just left the brass, to long in the soak, and that's what caused this very slight, mis alignment; it's...
Hi Neil, I did re seat the check valve, after the second burn of the pictured lamp, the reason behind this, was I could feel the threads to the...
Hey Tony, Yes, right on; I've just coincidentally been taking photo's of my 2 J.C. Higgins lanterns; both shouldering one of the finished Tilley X...
Hi Dan, Cheers for the thumbs up, it all took some putting together, but despite the confusion of losing a good part of the story, which I...
Yes Neil, I've been blood sweat n' tears, with this little tank; it was the first 228D I bought, and I just wanted to actually see, and own...
Hi All, I'm sorry, but I've just spent the last day and a half, working to try to display the inner workings of an old Coleman Lanterns fount,...
Thanks, whom ever it was, loaded this topic; yar Cleesy's still doing the old favorites. Nowt wrong there, then; a few paragraphs; observably well...
Hiya Dan, This does seem a very demanding discipline, did you manage to seal all the marvelous founts, with one fell swoop of manual effort, or...
Yes David, they're called Brosteward Haits & Sankers; made in, I think; Brussels, but unfortunately the Co. went bust, back in the early...
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