Absolutely right Pete, but Christmas is coming up soon so my family are probably going to get me some bits and bobs. Rolling centre and knurling...
To be honest, I've already created a couple of brass lantern parts but I'll post about those at a later date. I also altered a couple of sink taps...
As a lad I was taught to operate lathes at school. We had a couple of Colchester 2000's and a bunch of Myfords. Now I'm getting on a bit I decided...
Only recently I discovered that Tilley used different grades of brass depending on what that part was designed to do. I'm not sure these grades of...
Looks like it's working well. It's always a good feeling when you get a lantern going.
Yea, thanks Darryl. I am well aware that it could have gone way worse than it did. Only a relatively small amount of fuel came out of the pump...
Your experience sounds identical to what I went through Randy. I too wrapped towels round my arm to put out the fire and even though it was only...
Excellent job!
That is one of the prettiest little lamps I've seen in a long time!
Having had a dive through the NuLite section of the reference gallery, it could either be a model 100, or a model 5. Can anyone confirm?
Any ideas? I thought it might be from an early NuLite, especially with the external pump valve/filler cap but does anyone have any other...
I wonder if it could be a line where the solder was flowed around the base plate when it was sealed. Perhaps the solder takes the paint...
At this point I really don't need any more Veritas but if you feel like passing them on, why not? I've got a number of projects on the go, like my...
Wow, that Superb scrubbed up amazingly well. As you say, it's nice to have a positive shut off on a lantern for a host of reasons. The 350 looks...
The scary thing about the Optimus 111b is that it was specifically designed to be run on naptha based fuels like CF and regular unleaded but it...
I showed my hand to the nurse at our local health centre just to make absolutely sure it was OK and she told me it's healing well, so that was a...
I managed tp drill and tap the rods without a lathe (although I recently bought myself one). It's a little bit fiddly but perfectly possible.
I've drilled tiny holes and tapped into the ends of the rods and used small screws to fix the ring in place. This has the advantage of making it...
Thanks for your kind thoughts everyone. Hand on heart it was completely my own stupid fault but at least it's a lesson I'll not forget in a hurry!...
[ATTACH] My right hand with a few heat marks. Note, my hand are a bit blotchy anyway as you can see.
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