The design and materials are far removed from the usual Tilley fare - and doesn't appear to have been marketed in the UK. It makes one question...
Brass would be an unusual material form which to make a ball bearing....
David Thank you for conveying this very sad news. I appreciate Trevor was a close and good friend - and it must be a real shock to you as well...
All as above - and I have several of both. But the 320 offends me inasmuch as the cage is held by a single, central nut. And a single nut is not...
I have tried something similar as an experiment. I made a heavy dent in an X246B tank, filled it with water and then pressurised it using a...
Seems entirely logical to me too. Until you look in the reference gallery at Vapalux E41 and 300. Of the eight lanterns with the single...
I would try a frayed-end Bowden cable - probably bicycle sized - rotated in a drill chuck. It should work its way through eventually
Interesting pricker control. I wonder why Tilley experimented with a different style to the XN. It looks to be a single casting - which I would...
Hi Jim Whereabouts are you in Kent? I am near Ashford. If it helps, I may be able to come and have a look some time if it helps. I have a...
There is also a Bialaddin T5 in the background........
I bought this part-lantern in connection with a VL1 replica. It looks very bit to be an AL15 although the heat shield and the handle support have...
I reckon that mantle is a later change, too
Very nice. But if its an AL9A, shouldn't it have the later R1A style tank (similar to the X246B tank - but with the stud for the handle)? Or if...
Hold a large screwdriver in the vice (assuming you have one) and the tank in your hands.
Agreed. It is preferable to forget about the 120A, if you can.
Other than a TL120A
Was Esso Blue or any other paraffin typically stored in large quantities at little cottages in the UK? It is possible, of course, but mostly it...
If only the washer between the tank and the pricker control needs changing, you can remove the fixing(s) that hold the cage to the tank which will...
Moka JPN could reasonably claim to be among the elite, in owning a Vapalux donut lamp - albeit an incomplete example. If he wishes to acquire...
That's interesting. Not having another VL1 to hand, I was unable to closely compare the top with the AL15, but it did seem to me as if the pump...
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