To be clear, fitment is the same based on gravity, not automaticly with size! The latter depends on inner diameters, and almost all different...
Tim, the reflector - if original issue - for the ubiquitous Tilley X246 (in any incarnation) is a case in point: they are rare as hen's teeth....
The single piece reflectors fit on any W&B lamp ever made, simply by lowering them on the lamp (with or without the bail or handle standing up)....
Tim, I think you are much on your own in deciding which shade of white you are going to use if a new coat of paint is unavoidable. In literature...
As to its provenance, Rijkswaterstaat is a huge candidate: see picture from a stash in Zeeland - where RWS was and is intensely present. [ATTACH]...
Wow!
Re-reading my comment on Colin's remark, I realise we use a different vocabulary. A 'hood' is to me, like the atire, something you can use or...
@ColinG Colin, you mentioned: However, after a (bare) brass top for just the E41 model, this same shape was produced already in grey vitreous...
Surely? How else can you protect delicate glass than on the outside? Or do you mean the outside of the frame - which gives the same protection in...
According to Ian Ashton, who collected most of todays knowledge on these lamps, this wire came along with the switch to short cylindrical glass...
That's what enthousiasm does to you: you bought it for way too much. But welcome to this forum!
I have no idea which method was used to hole glass globes by the german Schott company, but they are not drilled, ground or cut as far as I know....
Drilling is not a practical solution without a lathe or precision drill press to ensure a centered and staight hole. Tapping would require a tap...
@Nevermindthedarkness The 'typical' Petromax type glass is a plain and straight cylinder without any hole. You might have the holed glass for...
Through the years I have come to conclude top reflectors are rare in relation to the number of lamps. This is valid in particular with the Willis...
And that is exactly what I do for any wheelin'and dealin', not only Ebay. An account off which you can only draw the positive balance, and is...
Nice period document, when hands-on labour was combined with real knowledge and common sense. Thanks for bringing this film to attention. Mike
Aha, another festive picture; well done! These 320 models are like Marmite: either you love 'em or you don't. I regard them as one of the most...
The first picture looks like a fine christmas card to me, Scott. And you 'posted' it uncountable times worldwide. Remarkable how the bright red...
John, you surely will know of younger generations that consider pressure lamps 'stone age' anyway. But an ethnographic survey of Tilley users...
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