The original nozzles for Petromax donut lamps were always made of iron , because the bases of these lamps were made of cast iron.
Look , Tony , I also found one of these little Barbies without a hood cap last November. Mine is from July 1935. I had to solder the bottom of the...
I wish you a full recovery too , Tony ! Screw all illnesses.
I just weighed the empty weights of two Petromax 829 lanterns from 1960.The Bundeswehr Petromax with a petrol vaporizer weighs 2,210 grams , and...
@Antar Sellers often try to drive up the price by claiming a high age.
Hello Antar "2121" stand for the 21st week of 1962, 1st day ( Monday ) This date code was originally discovered on a sheet of paper by...
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This is for a two-hole mantle.Petromax lanterns used by the westgerman federal border guard were frequently equipped with them.
Testing donut lamps [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
827 B / 200 HK means 827 Benzin (gasoline) / 200 Hefner Kerzen ( Hefner candles )
@Gilles Many thanks for presenting the two Petromax 827/200 lamps with their complete accessoiies.The accompanying documents are also very rare...
Testing donut lamps. Every night. Here comes the sun ( Rammstein ) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Almost identical in construction to the Petromax, yet featuring different parts; it has an empty weicht of 7,8 kg ! -making it about1,2 kg...
The lamp is airtight because the air and fuel holes in the rapid preheater are clogged. You need to disassemble the parts,soakthem in citric acid...
@Jörg Wekenmann Many thanks Jörg,your well-informed posts are invaluable to me; this is what makes collecting fun for me. @Sploosh33 In the...
Last night, I testen my post-war model 835.As you can see , it differs from the pre-war model in a few of details.None of my other lamps run so...
I'm glad my Donuts are some attention. Thanks to everyone.:thumbup::thumbup: @Piotrek I used to have the same concerns as you. Concerns are...
Tonight Petromax 835 Klaebisch Testing donut lamps [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It"s due to the burner. Einher too many of the small holes are blocked , or the burner is cracked innside the mixing chamber. You can't see that...
Very nice tank engraving :thumbup: Don't forget to clean the inside of the tank,scrape out the old gaskets, andcreplace them with new lead...
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