I like the red fount table lamp especially and the two X246B's have come up very nice too. Congratulations.
Wonderful idea and endeavour, Paul.
A very old lamp and article. Thanks @Anthony for the added details.
Firstly, you have a nice blow torch there and it looks good. The 294 model was previously known as a model AKP2. Sievert renumbered quite a...
Not sure where these go or which country. These nice lamps were in a museum on the way to the Flinders Ranges. I have included the second one...
Very nice and so shiny. I love the bigger lamps with the 660 bulge globe.
@Anthony Looks very similar. I was amazed the paint stripper removed all the green paint but left the underlying gold substance or paint. Was it...
Good question. On recent years I have only operated both pumped and gravity fed petrol irons. I have fired up a Tilley D.N. 250 a long time ago...
@ROBBO55 Me neither! But it sure looks like it. Here is a photo of the fount before I put paint stripper on it. [ATTACH]
Good general warning as most old irons have either some washers or pads of asbestos i guess to minimise how much heat goes towards the handle.
Whilst stripping off the military light green paint I found gold paint underneath. Undercoat? or something else? [ATTACH]
Coleman Model 1 (Type?) The 1923 and 1924 Coleman Model 1 irons were made by the Monitor Sad Iron Co. in Big Prairie, OH. They also made the same...
The Horstmann Clockwork Time ‘Controller’ was a clock like mechanical device that was used to turn on and off street gas lights. They were used in...
My bench is equally magic at making things disappear. Cannot count how many small parts have gone south. Lastly I have often been surprised when...
With hindsight it did look the same, except mine also was a series 8. I believe now that the 8 has the twisted frame and the series 15 has flat...
:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Masterful work on this one.
Very sad news. My sincere condolences to Neil's family and friends. R.I.P. Neil
Not something you see every day. Nice.
Great to see you have it running well. Nice globe too. :thumbup::thumbup:
@Marko57 I also reckon the iron was first and the Handi Museum The Handi virtual museum - Timeline confirms that with "1933, 23rd December. The...
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