I’ve started on the Gloria pile!

..Thanks Tony!

Btw, what is Carbon felt?.. Not familiar with that one??

 

@podbros

Put “carbon felt” into a Bay of Evil search.

Tony

 

@Tony Press ...Blimey!.. it looks like something out of a Sci-fi film!

How did you come across it? Through work or similar?

Looks like it does the job and more!

 

@podbros

Carbon felt is used by stovies over at CCS for wicks in spirit bowls and similar. I use it that way a lot.

I bought a roll of it and use a big sheet of it for the surface of my “hot table” where I do soldering, silbrazing and heating things.

I also use it as a hot mat under my stoves or when I’m lighting a lantern.

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Tony

 

Is it now!

We used to use a Kevlar based sheet when we were oxy/Acetylene cutting over things that we couldn't move (to protect them), but this stuff looks better!

I will have to look into it

p.s. it must allow stuff to soak into it, then?

 

@podbros

Yes. It allows fuel to soak in. After
prolonged use as a wick it gets “hard” but continues to work. It also sheds some fibres onto the surfaces it is placed on.

Tony

 

The Kerosafe is now in the Reference Gallery here.

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Tony

 

Next in line:



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Tony

 

It looks like it will clean up nicely, Tony.

 

This is a very recent addition to the Gloria pile. Very pleased, I am, to pick up this Gloria No. 40 (@Mackburner)
hollow wire.

With the help of some of the Aussie colleagues (@Anthony) I might be able to get this operating and looking 80% original over the next few months.





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Tony

 

Coo !..That looks to be a nice project Tony!

The pic has it wearing some lovely holophane-ish shades... What sort of era is the image from at all?

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@podbros

The catalogue is 1914...

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Tony

 

Rebuilding another 400...



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Tony

 

Excellent fettling projects!

 

Jeff

The main issue with the Gloria 400 is remembering how the jigsaw puzzle goes back together. I wasn’t going to strip this one down, but there was a split in the soldered tank seem that I had to deal with.

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Tony

 

Hello Tony, photographing each stage of the process for future reference might help.

 

Jeff

I’ve done that, don’t worry. I’m in the workshop with the photos as I go along. If I didn’t do that, I would have to pull my other one apart.

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Tony

@JEFF JOHNSON

 

That's good news!

 

I’m 95% happy with this lamp. It took a fair bit of “running in” while the generation cleared itself of past residue. Then it kicked into full roar and bright light.

The red control knob shattered when I was closing it down. It did have a few cracks in it and the heat from running the lamp must have been the last straw. I’ve worked out a way of repairing it (I think).



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Tony

 

Nice to see but one looks brighter than the other; is it the camera angle, different mantle or ?

Your shed must have a good strong roof, I know how heavy these 400s are.

 

@Henry Plews

The interesting thing about the photo and the “brightness” is that it’s to do with how ‘dirty’ the glass is.

Both lamps have the same mantle and look the same to the naked eye. In the top photo above the one on the left has a glass that has been handled extensively during the fettling process so it has finger prints and some mantle dust spread all over it. The one on the right has a new glass fitted after lighting the lamp.

In the second and third photos the ‘dirty’ glass is to the right of the photos.

I think it must be to do with the dispersion of light by the surface of the glass (poor man’s frosting).

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Tony

 

A fine light up!

 

Next cab off the rank. Also not a Gloria, but from the pile.





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Tony

 

A gasoline fueled Nagel Chase if I'm not mistaken.

 

Well spotted, @Henry Plews.

It is the Nagel Chase 5 that I found in various different boxes in my Gloria pile. I’ve already done some fettling work on the frame. I need to check the integrity of the tank base plate this morning.

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Tony

 

Getting there...





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Tony

 

It's coming along nicely.

 

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Tony

 

Looking good. Do you have a mica for it ?