Blow lamp spares anyone?

I have recently obtained a "king size" blowlamp. To give youb an idea of size its the same height as a Tilley x246b, weighs 5kg empty and holds 5 pints of paraffin!
It is military, made by "T&W" in 1943 and has a steel tank. Everything is complete apart from the pump washer. does anyone know where I could get one? i'd love to get this beast fired up!

 

I guess you mean the pump leather? Maybe an FL6 leather will fit...

 

If you mean the pump leather then you could try to make one.

 

@Scouter Bill

Here's the quick way of making a leather "pump cup" if you can't find one the correct size.

1. Get a piece of suitable (rough) leather.

2. Cut it into a circle that about 10mm greater than the diameter of the pump bore.

3. Punch the correct sized hole in the middle.

4. Soak the leather in water to soften it.

5. Put it on the pump and push it into the pump tube just far enough for it to form the "cup" (the wrong way around, of course).

6. Let it dry out.

7. Remove the pump with the leather and reverse the cup.

8. Soak in machine oil.

9. Voila! Robert is your father's brother...

@kerry460 makes odd sized leathers from time to time...

Cheers

Tony

 

Perfect method Tony.
I have used that process many times with success.

 

Or you could try here :
Leather cups price list

 

Thanks for that link, @Henry Plews. For some reason I've never uncovered it at The Base Camp.

Cheers

Tony

 

Nor me cheers Henry

 

I can't remember if I've ever bought any of them but it's good to know what is available when you're having difficulty finding that odd sized pump leather for your appliance.

Using the method described by @Tony Press , I've made many a leather pump cup myself but :

Suitable being the operative word. If the leather is too thick, it's not always suitable for most stove pumps where the leather is held firmly between two pieces of brass. Too thin, it's not always suitable for pumps where the leather is simply held in place with a small washer and nut.

Henry.

 

Leather needs to be Vegetable tanned and about 2mm thick. ::Neil::

 

Looks like a beast, maybe we could see how much of a scorch mark we can put on the field at our next Sussex get together

 

I have two of these, one with a pressure gauge and one without. I've never managed to get a long flame out if either them but the heat is ferocious. That's one big burner to pre-heat so to reduce the risk of having a 4 feet long stream of burning paraffin shooting out across the camp site, make sure that the priming cup (cup ? more like horse trough) is FULL of meths. It needs it.

Play safely
Henry.

 

Oh, I thought that was the whole idea - I must have been doing it wrong...

 

Mmm... @Henry Plews

I did that once (once only!), in the shed, lighting a large Sievert blowlamp.

Patients is a virtue.

Cheers

Tony

 

Tony, was that last miss-spell a Freudian slip?

 

@Jean J

Definitely an auto spell check Freudian slip - but not bad under the circumstances.

Cheers

Tony