Yes @andrewdwork the new valve assembly came complete with a new pick up tube, the lamp is useable but not as bright as it should be , it seems to...
I bought one of these brand new and have had nothing but problems with it, apart from having to wait for the valve assembly to fill up with fuel...
I dare not pressurise it fully, if a seal goes or the fuel pipe ruptures you are in a world of sh*t, best case scenario it will burn my garage...
Thanks @MYN :thumbup:
this is probably one of my favourites , it’s a shame (for me anyway ) that there isn’t a forum like this one for blowlamps, there just isn’t...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] @podbros these are my 5235’s that I fire up and sometimes use for brazing , I’ve waited ages to get a ‘ turn...
@podbros yes but to be honest the ones on the Optimus blowlamps aren’t positioned very well, instead of blowing right under the heat shield they...
[ATTACH] On second thoughts I think this is just the blowlamps as the lanterns obviously have a sealing washer
Hi guys, could any of the experienced hands on this forum please let me know what type of thread sealant is used on the rapid starter threads from...
Thanks @Rod2500S , they are both cracking soldering butts
@Rod2500S in your top photo is the other lamp in the foreground a Primus or Barthel ?
Looking good, I just got this unused Burmos lamp for next to nothing on eBay, This will definitely be a shelf queen [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Like @Tony Press says it’s better to use naphtha than pump gas, especially if it’s just for hobby purposes, it’s amazing how much crap in in pump...
It would, Although Primus are undoubtedly fantastic quality, in the early days it was Max Sievert who did a lot of the pioneering, especially with...
@Rod2500S like @Tony Press says it is a gasoline soldering butt, It will most probably need a new wick and it might be tucked away out of sight...
Thanks @Dashwood i have read on the Petromax website about manufacture and I noticed it says ‘assembled’ in their Magdeburg factory Germany, this...
Thanks @Dashwood i was expecting it to be Chinese made it’s just these ‘made in Germany’ stickers that are concerning me [ATTACH]
Hi, I have just bought a new petromax hk 500 which I believe are now made in china but it says made in Germany on the box ?, the star has 11points...
@Tony Press Ah that would make more sense being British made. 0.125 is 1/8 inch, just looked it up
Sometimes you can get a good idea by counting how many threads are in a centimetre, I.e if there is exactly 10 it’s a 1mm thread pitch, or if...
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