Splosh has told us it's a cobbled together lamp. TL120A have a chrome finish - and the gallery is different. But I wonder where the column came...
Calor cylinders are grouped such that you can exchange cylinders within the same group. So you could acquire a size that wasn't the one you wanted...
Any Vapalux or Bialaddin will be good - and arguably all or better made than a Tilley although spares are a little more difficult to source. The...
I think the control cock is wound down until it sits snugly on its seating washer. But where it lies in relation to the filler and pump is not...
It's quiet with me too. But they are still out there because my nephew found a Tilley VL1 in a junk shop a couple of weeks back. Most annoying!
Make sure it is leaking. Air is expelled as the indicator rises - and it can take time to settle.
You're right! Its a 300. No idea why I said otherwise
Very nice lantern. It's a Vapalux E41 which is less common than the 300
BA provides a nicely spaced offer of sizes. The proportion, both diameter and pitch, are a base 10 logarithmic progression. This avoids the...
5BA is not a common size - but it is close-ish at 0.126" and 43tpi
Thank you, Henry.
That is such sad news. Neil was a very kind and generous man. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
I think the spot welds conduct heat to the cowl and the differential expansion cause the enamel to crack and flake. Then the exposed metal rusts....
Put the nut (it's a machine screw......) and turn the barrel
Tilley's naming system seems to be a bit hit-and-miss. For example the R1 range extends across several iterations - as does the X246 with quite...
That IL47 even has an IL33 transfer!
The most common Tilley Lamp bearing the 1258X stamp is the later version of the X246 model. This is archetypal (UK) pressure storm lamp; it used...
It's a nice lantern in good condition and with it's original box. Whilst it will work very well following a little attention, you might want to...
Nice lamp. If the pump travels its whole length easily (too easily) the leather pump washer is not sealing. Most probably it needs more oil and...
I think it is to hold the funnel after it has been used; the drips fall somewhere convenient.
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