12A Aladdin

In between call outs to work I had some time in the shop.
I made up a new pricker thanks to robbo and others.the brass tube arrived which gave me a U turn back out to the garage….. 2mm 1.5mm and .75.I bought acupuncture needles and my mission begun.
At the end the nrv gave me more trouble than anything but the joy of seeing this old lamp alive was amazing and a light to the new year.cheers all of you

 

Mantle burn and alive…. Need to make a handle now.paint bucket wire

 

Well saved!

 

Thanks for the feedback,here’s the untouched and started on the green unit now.

 

Congratulations Roy, it's working nicely.

FYI. The retaining clip you have installed on the filler cap should be on the pump. It stops the pump accidentally coming up and getting in the way.

 

Holy ell,thanks Robbo,so much happening at one time I missed the obvious.lucky I fitted a new nrv seal.
Today I’ve started the othe 1a and had to fabricate a new generator….. cut ,set height and silver braze but the barrel for the cleaning tip wouldn’t fit so drilled out.that all worked out until I saw a crack on the tank.

 

Where is the crack? They can be fixed.
Australian Aladdin 1A Fettle

 

It has two from bottom of flange up.not leaking.already had one heavy solder from its past life. Silver 15% solder woul be ideal if I inverted the tank so the base soler doesn’t run.

 

Roy, stress cracks in these painted founts is common.
Lead solder is normally used for the repais rather than silver braising.

 

Well I got out there and ripped into it.I cleaned well and used 15% silver solder redoing the bad soft solder also. I then went back and re did the base soft solder that ran out with the heat. Clean up time now.

 

Nice work, again. If you like to keep practicing I’ve got a small pile of stress-cracked Aladdin 1As.


Cheers

Tony

 

Still learning thanks Tony appreciate your support also mate. Ex Melbourne and Queensland

 

A well-done job. Repairing stress-cracks isn't exactly an easy task.

 

Thank you

 

Here’s the finished 1A cracks soldered

 

Nice work Roy.

At some point the hoods have been swaped . The one with half a line of holes belongs on the 119.

 

Thanks Martin,I have a 3rd hood set so will go check.you have a keen eye ol mate

 

And finally up and running, 1 Veritas 2 Aladdin

 

They look good Roy.

 

Cheers Martin,just that hood to polish up and swap to be authentic