"What a maroon! What a nincowpoop!"" Bugs Bunny,
Whoa! That one looks pretty close to bottoming out on the bung! It's a taper fit and each time it gets tightened up a bit too much it expands the...
I think I usually use a couple of heaping spoonfuls in 500mL of water. Sorry for the mixed kitchen drawer and metric units! Lately I've been...
I feel like I'm exploring the wreck of the Titanic! Great pics! If you want to get a lot of the fuel residue and varnish out, use a lye solution...
Nice! You'll love the 327. Pretty much bulletproof and such a classy looking lantern. A Q99 generator would be what it came equipped with, but...
Nothing wrong with a well-worn but clean lantern in my eyes. You've always got to let them tell a bit of their story--even if it was sitting in a...
Thanks for the nice history summary, Tony. Mike.
I know nothing about Kayen, except that's a lantern I would want...badly! What a very sweet find! So school me on Kayen, please. Were they copies...
Looks great in all the different metal hues. I made a similar tight weave mesh chimney for a Coleman 222 I use night fishing. No more broken...
Exactly! Mike.
I've used a dremel tool abrasive stone chucked in a pin vise to gently clean up the valve seat. Mike.
Whoopseedoodle! Punctuation can be another weakpoint in communications... Mike.
Somebody went to a lot of effort/expense getting that plate made up. Definitely needs to stay with its soulmate! Mike.
Coleman Canada date stamped the sides of the fount into the 70's on some models, whereas Coleman USA went to bottom in maybe 1930? They also used...
Neatsfoot is what Coleman has recommended for an eternity and also what you get in their cute little squeeze tubes so that you poke them in the...
You'll have better luck releasing the little ball in the checkvalve with a bit of carburetor cleaner squirted down there, then poke and prod the...
A 242D is a rare bear! That's a prime find Buckaroo. It's not a 9/66 date is it? They had a very short production run. Mike.
Here you go in all of its unrestored beauty! It's dated B/46. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mike.
I'm liking the green on that Australian 242B! If you like seafoam then this must be the ultimate--fount, vent, and collar. This is a D/43 and the...
They get pretty hot although I've only had mine running long enough to see how they work on a couple of shirts. The charred handles I always see...
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