Woke up this morning to a lovely surprise it was this optimus 930 lantern, a fantastic gift from my dad, very happy with it, just needs a new...
To begin with I did have an extension piece (as photo shows above) but the lamp looked messy and also it had to use two seals which I didn't like...
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Tony it was my concern it would get hot too, but had it lit for two hours and it stayed nice and cool thankfully.
No not at all tony, heat rises, its sold now anyway, its of to the USA.
Made it.
Yeah once again I'm famous, yes it's mine.
Most of the stuff posted on here there is nothing wrong with it, its called having an imagination and putting old parts to use! Who cares if the...
Anyone ever seen a red stamped/etched tilley 171 glass? I personally have never seen a red one before. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Buggerlugs fair enough, your choice at the end of the day, all the same it's still a beautiful looking lamp.
@Buggerlugs I'm not really fussed with what you do with it to be honest, just sharing my opinion and thoughts, its your lamp do what you like with...
I personally would have left it in original condition too (and I hate original normally) but when a lamp is original as that and just looks right...
It's people like this bidding silly money on lamps just so they can break it and sell the parts, yes I sell a few parts but these are from scrap...
He thinks he's a big time eBay tilley dealer, but most of his items are scrap!
@Buggerlugs you have a Very nice lantern there that will clean up well, I was in the same predicament as you with a broken pin but with a little...
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Couple of nice finds, standard tilley x246 guardsman and a tilley B/R (British rail) x246 guardsman.
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Sounds like you have the short shaft one fitted hench the knob catching on the frame, the 300x needs to be fitted with the long shaft cock to...
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