As an alternative, I used www.suffolkglass.co.uk to create a replacement borosilicate globe for a Tilley SDR. The price in 2018 was £22 + delivery...
One of those happy cross-overs of interests. I'm much more familiar with pulling a watch to bits than a lamp...
1.50mm, Cousins Should get you to 1.5mm round mineral glass.
You should be able to get a mineral glass watch crystal for that pretty cheaply. If you're in the UK the Cousins has 20mm 1.5mm for 75p plus...
And tonight we have our first power cut in ages...
Hi all, Thanks for the commendations and condolences. The glass was made by Suffolk Glass (link in the 12th post on this thread). Apparently the...
[ATTACH] After a bit of a wait I have now received my reproduction globe. As this lamp has family history, I don't want to restore it to...
I've checked with Base Camp, and as I expected they have no stock of any of the globes that fit or could be made to fit, which only leaves me with...
Thanks, will do, though I thought I read somewhere on here that they no longer had them. Worth a shot though. Rather impatiently I oiled the...
Bit of a thread revival, and update. Very sadly my father passed away this summer, and my brother and I now have the task of emptying the house,...
Thanks for checking. I'm sure it will be around somewhere, he's not someone to throw much away. Which is part of the problem - trying to find it...
Thanks for all the info. I'd imagine the correct hood will be there somewhere - I know for a fact that the globe is broken. It sounds as though...
Hello all - looks like I've found the authority for all things Tilley here! My father has what you could now call a 'barn find' SDR. I remember...
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