@ColinG outstanding work Sir ! What did you use to bring the brass up like that please ?
* should of course read metal not meal ...........though thinking again :lol:
@AussiePete brilliant work and what a great looking lamp. Truly in awe of your meal working / engineering skills
Liking that, good work gents !
Mike that's great, thanks for taking the time to reply. Am on the look out for a keeper rather than a user but they are all a bit expensive at...
Looks like a good find @Jean J . Wish I had the skills to do justice to a lamp like that. Talking of skills, great work @Gary Waller
The 300x I recently acquired bears a striking resemblance to this one - two screws on top and riveted frame supports / rods ( but nowhere near as...
@presscall Great post, thanks for that - really useful @malcolm race @BigStevie thanks guys. Looking forward to getting her going again
Excellent, thanks
So as I mentioned in another post I found a mystery lantern on FB marketplace. It was described as a "Tilly"but even from the very dark 'photo it...
@Jean J thanks. What a good name - I have the one in the picture and another with him on a bike and sidecar combo - never heard them referred to...
The camera was kind, but please find below the money shots of my first fettle. The Guardsman is next :lol: Not only did ebay come up with a new...
Sorry all fell of the interweb for a while there. Had another look at the globe that went ping and there is some scratching evident on the glass...
Great work @Pitsmoor Col Looks great
As you know I recently sourced a 1957 Guardsman off eBay to dip my toe in the CPL fettling world. As luck would have it a x246b also also came my...
@jf20938 What a great post, thanks for that. I would have thought the jet a1 would have been highly refined - every day is a school day. Best, G
@paparazi Thanks for the suggestion. Found a local-ish oil merchants who has C1 paraffin and kerosene on pump at 1.35 and 0.7 gbp per litre with...
My local hardware shop only sells pre-packed paraffin at £13 for 4 litres.So that is £3.25 per litre - go on ask me how I know :lol: On the bay of...
That AL10 is a thing of beauty - hadnt seen one of those before. Must keep an eye out. The present Mrs Ngoz will be pleased :lol:
Great work. Going to bookmark this for future reference. Thanks
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