A bit of a mystery with the flare-up, the clean flames on your test burn without a mantle are a classic example of what one is looking for. I...
Can you silver solder the original vapouriser ? I doubt very much that adding the mantle caused the fireball ! My personal experience with...
Correct. The valve is basically the same as the one in the pump tube i.e. a springloaded rubber pip, the difference being the small piece of brass...
A nice little trio. Enjoy your weekend.
Glad you got it working. Sorry I forgot to mention the long threads screwed into the burner, had I remembered, it could have saved you some time....
Is the cleaning needle still intact ? I ask because I think the "thingy" would have had a fine wire attached at the end for cleaning the jet and...
@AndrewA air intake tube at the top. The 6 holes are actually exit holes and should be at the bottom. When the burner is installed, the top of the...
@podbros no, it's for paraffin only. Even if it could be run on alcohol, the cost would have been prohibitive, at least here in the U.K. where...
Definitely had ceramic "radiants. I have seen one of these in the flesh but it was a long time ago, certainly before I had a digital camera and if...
@andrewdwork your Anchor 950 is a copy of a Petromax lantern, this link will provide all the necessary information needed to service, strip down /...
@Simon Foxxx the valve washer for X246B is different to the X246. See images X246 [ATTACH] In these two images for X246B, you can see that...
Welcome @Khushboo the Wells lamps are good quality. Have you had it burning ?
Grit / sand blasting is O.K. on steel parts but for aluminium, brass and nickel plate, I prefer to use glass beads / ground glass. It may take a...
Also, check the needle hasn't come loose. There seems to be a lot of plating missing off the hood for such a young lamp.
Mmm, why just the 169's I wonder, after all the only difference between a 169 and a 606 is the length of the steel tube. :-k As far as I know,...
Same here, plus the fact that pressure is much cheaper than meths / alcohol. :)
@pete sav glad you you found it interesting Pete. I had to experiment quite a bit with the number of pump strokes before lighting the pre-heater...
I'd say it works best with the 500 cp jet, but it does work with others too. Second life for Butterfly
@Conny C Very interesting. Thank you.
Phoebus burner yes but compare the tank, filler cap and wood handle on this Standard table lantern Standard No.3060
Separate names with a comma.
