Hi fellas, ive been inventive with a bar of soap. A Collins Brother Radiant Star i have had a pricker issue, i did not know at first but it didn't seem to clear the jet , so under investigating the pricker lever worked but the needle did not go up and down. A closer look, there was no ecentric block it was gone no block bits nothing but the pin. What to do, i have sat on this for a while. Thinking, ill have to be resourseful. I looked at other brand lanterns ecentric blocks for ideas. Action time. I cut the block of an Austramax filed it down to close size i needed with my dremel and small files. Cleaned it up a bit. I set about using a small hand drill and drilled a hole the size of the pin diameter, Its looking good, taking shape my plan is coming together. I silver soldered the two bits together. Look a bit rough but its solid. I set about cleaning and filing to shape and clearance to fit into the lever gap. It has come together better than i expected, It will be a real sucess when i get to put the lantern back together for the money shot. I thought i would share my handy work Im happy with the out come
Well done @Darryl Durdin you have an engineer inside of you. This is a sample of the obstacles to be overcome. With your native ingenuity the victory will be all the sweeter. Looking forward to the money shot. Cheers Pete
I had a similar issue on an Enders stove. The eccentric 'pin' that moved the pricker block up and down had sheered off so I drilled a hole the correct size (approx 1.5 - 2mm) where the stub was left and force forced a tiny steel 9BA or 10BA screw into it before cutting off the excess. It didn't look pretty but the chances of finding a replacement Enders part was pretty much zero!
@Darryl Durdin Nice work. very much the original. My approach would have been simpler. Do z shape bent in the lever shaft. Making it turn eccentric. Use the end of shaft as pin. Thats it. R55 generator lever works pretty much the same. Regards Willi