Something to do with all those old blowlamps ?

Saw this on Ebay: I must admit I am a little conflicted....

 

Yes! Now that has to beat drilling to death?
I might have to re-tap the control tap to something else tho :-)

 

Yeah I saw this last week. There is quite a lot of work gone into it and I actually think it looks okay, bit pricey though…
Not sure about,…. what looks like an 0 ring between the control cock and tank nut, can see that leaking in time.
Interesting though.

 

Yeah once again I'm famous, yes it's mine.

 

Did you make it or buy it ?

 

Made it.

 

Very clever! Never seen one before

 

Some good work there.. I like the gallery

 

That's a good looking little lantern you've made!

 

Does the pump get hot?

Tony

 

No not at all tony, heat rises, its sold now anyway, its of to the USA.

 

Thanks, I was curious. Heat does rise, but lamps also radiate. Some small lamps, eg Austramax, can get very hot tanks.

Edit: I have a little stove that was made from a small blow torch and a Primus burner. It looks as though it was made by someone during WWII.


Cheers

Tony

 

Kind of reminded me of the one posted by Michel (nothing like it, really) think it was a Focus ?

 

Tony it was my concern it would get hot too, but had it lit for two hours and it stayed nice and cool thankfully.

 

MK II ?

or is this MK I ;-)

 

To begin with I did have an extension piece (as photo shows above) but the lamp looked messy and also it had to use two seals which I didn't like so I removed it.

 

It looks well constructed. Now you've got a lamp with a removable (and repairable) pump.

 

This is definitely giving me ideas for a future project!

 

I've made these in the past
Great fun and very useful in lieu of an X410

Alec.

 

It's a neat creation and I have seen another which still had the handle fitted.

 

Mmmmm now there’s a good idea @Rickylee
You’ve got me thinking.
Well done.
Cheers
Pete

 

Put a handle and reflector on that and I’ll buy it.

 

Already sold!

 

Thanks for all the positive comments!