My two old Rayo's burn well and brightly. I also have several all glass flat wick lamps, but once i used the Rayo there was no comparison. My...
I'm happy and relieved to know that she finally has you trained to pump up a favorite lamp and light it on request. A lot of us fellow would have...
I spent my weekend being the happy father to a happy bride, my youngest child and only daughter as she married a lucky young man and began their...
As I watch eBay, and the lamps I have been able to buy, i notice that lots of the wood hand grips are scorched and burned. Here's what I did to...
I read the fine tutorial on the CCF, http://www.oldcolemanparts.com/resources/re_2lant_a.php and came away wondering how i would ever get the...
Great pics, all. But i have a question: I have my crooked old 168K running and wanted to show off some pics but the doggone thing is so bright...
Stu, here I was rather proud of myself for partially straightening a bent stem on a Coleman lamp.......and i stumbled across this EPIC story of...
So many lamps.........so little shelf space. Wait.....I can build more shelves!! piper
OK , so what you are telling me is that i need to buy at least one lamp of each model in both Kero and Petrol? What if a third fuel is or was or...
Hey Neighbor, yup, based on John's earlier recommendation I visited and joined the CCF. Now all i have to do is retire so I can spend some...
If, by chance a fellow who does not know much about all of this (yet) has an old Coleman table lamp rated for Petrol and another rated for Kero,...
I just bought a 129 on eBay this evening. I hope to have it fettled and fitted as nice as yours before winter is really upon us. Piper
How did the other fellows like that pocket notebook John? See, you needed that and you didn't even know it. piper
I just know that none of you guys have ever done this, but today i bid on an eBay auction and bought the second old Coleman lamp I DON'T NEED....
Anyone who will title a post, "J-tube twisty doer " is welcome to stop in here for coffee anytime. You'd fit right in. piper
Great find. If keeping it at your place will be trouble then send it to me and you can come visit it when ever you want. Could be just the...
The whole unit has been bent. Some of that was in the column and i have not addressed that. Some of it was in the fount itself and for that i...
You guys are a bad influence on me. I've been running petrol stoves for many decades and then stumbled on the Kero brassies. Somehow, i got...
New gasket. Pulled the generator and nipple, flushed everything in spirit and blew it all out and reassembled the lot. Tied on new mantles and...
I considered the blowtorch idea but didn't want to cobble up a spring i could not see inside the valve. Many of life's most challenging...
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