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.
Very nice lamp, Jean.
Decided my late father's Tilley X246 (1949-1954) needed an overhaul and I decided to replace the incorrect control cock (push on knob) with the...
The tank holds around 830 ml, and common advice is to fill tanks to around 3/4 full; so say about 600 ml otherwise a lot of air in there.
Well Jean, I have not seen such an excellent presentation case display of lamps before, not even in a museum. Very grand indeed and such...
@Beanie Thanks for mentioning your late model X246A brass based control cock 777, which looks like it may have been plated originally. I chose...
I recently asked a question about changes during the Tilley X246A production as I had a couple of mine flagged as early and late but I had...
@tandm7 Hi The reference you provided earlier is for the state of Western Australia MRD. I believe your lantern being made in Queensland is...
Welcome @LesRiekie Nice history. He should be pleased. Flounder lights were definitely a common use in the past. Good job on your part too. Now...
I should add, as my post is not clear, that the 1961 lantern is 9 mm taller than all the rest.
I have labelled some time ago a few of my Tilley X246A as early and later but have now forgotten what the issue was. Perhaps an age thing, (mine)!...
@Andrew T Looks like June 1964 and this fits in nicely with those later ones without the 'Model X246A' stamp.
The stamping on the side of the X246A founts, "TILLEY Manufactured in United Kingdom - Model X246A" started on the 1961 straight legged X246A or...
Double the unusualness! Very nice find. :thumbup::thumbup:
Have you tried slackening off the nuts on each shaft a bit? Those nuts compress materials that seal the shaft from leaking but over time things...
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