Radius 119

Discussion in '119' started by Darryl Durdin, Feb 26, 2022.

  1. Darryl Durdin

    Darryl Durdin Australia Subscriber

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    Hi fellas I had this radius 119 proudly sitting on my top shelf in my office for a few years, it was a good find, no glass. I had bought jet , needle and the fuel cap pressure seals, I came across a radius globe the right size it has import on it,
    The lantern looked all brass, it had the usual patina and surface grime and dust.
    I would look at it up on my shelf and say I’ll get it going one day, so I did and here it is.
    I stripped it down. The parts I washed in hot soapy water, a bit of polish with 0000 steel wool, it all came up good clean with as much patina as found,
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    the pricker was a bit out of the ordinary it has a spiral taper, I have not seen anything like it before. ABBA9285-2814-48E7-874C-422F8E972BA5.jpeg
    The Preston loop generator was choked I lean it out with the heat and cool a few times, the I used a long drill to drill it out it was quite blocked. I used break cable to clear as much as I could from the loop.
    I used the original eccentric block a pricker rod from an 1 A Aladdin perfect for the job.
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    new pricker and jet.
    I maid a new generator seat seal from lead, new graphite packing in the pricker control
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    some fine tuning on the pricker length, the reassembly went well.
    Finished looking good, dunk test was good.

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    test run B662356F-0E7D-4BAF-A9E9-C94C5ABF5F65.jpeg 8A2B7F91-826B-494D-8474-19106697F594.jpeg
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    the money shot.
    Very happy with my work, learnt about new pricker being different, there was either a disaster or someone has good work skills.
    A very cool bright lantern in my collection C6857839-268B-49B5-99BC-22E3CD81467D.jpeg
     
  2. JEFF JOHNSON

    JEFF JOHNSON United Kingdom Subscriber

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    Well saved!:thumbup:
     
  3. Nils Stephenson

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    Well done Darryl. It appears to be working well. The 119 usually works well and is a quiet runner.

    The one you have would be from somewhere between 1934 and 1937. It is not unheard of to find original brass versions but a lot have just had their nickel coating removed. I believe that was very popular in the 70s and 80s.
     
  4. Tony Press

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    @Darryl Durdin

    Well done.

    Do you think it is the brass version, or was it once nickel plated?

    Tony
     
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    Nice job mate. Lovley to see it running again.
    Are there many Radius lanterns in Oz ?
     
  6. ROBBO55

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    It's cleaned up nicely, Darryl :thumbup:
     
  7. Darryl Durdin

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    It still has some nickel plating here and there in the creases hard to get at
    @Tony Press ,
    Not many that I have come across, I can assume they are about the place @Fireexit1
     
  8. Reinhard

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    Very cool :clap:
    Manufactured by the descendants of the Vikings in the golden age of pressurelamps.

    Regards,Reinhard
     

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