Good advice on the asbestos wick, I hadn't thought of that & I see what you mean about the frosted glass. Thank you. Cheers.
Cheers Colin, yeah i like to bring stuff back to life, the cheaper the initial cost the greater the satisfaction. A respray is on the cards once I...
Thanks! Yes, looking forward to a bit of fettling. All my other lamps were fettled so well a few yrs ago that they've needed nothing doing. Now...
I've a few other lamps 6x Coleman's & 3x tilleys, countless camping gaz, but this is my very first Vapalux. It's a M1 & in a bit of a sorry...
It's been a long while since I've needed coleman fuel.... & OMG the price of Holts brake cleaner has shot upwards! / thank you...
The annoying bit is, there's a seller on evilBay selling a whole load of the exact 1.9kg primus bottles (the low squat type) I need, they look in...
Thanks Robbo55, this was something I was thinking about, now that I know the 1.9kg primus tanks are very difficult to find. Maybe a two-adaptor...
Thanks John.
Hi, picked up this little beauty at a local boot sale, thinking it would fit nicely onto my camping gaz bottle, but, alas the thread is...
Haha, on the basis of the bidding, if I had a X410 it would be getting eyed much like a fattened-up goose before Xmas.....
@Jean J Good luck, wasn't knocking, just way beyond my price-range & it's heartening to see such strong bidding! ;)
Haha, Godwin's law fulfilled then Colin :lol:
Cheers everyone. The cheaper buys seem the more satisfying somehow. If I was forever chasing the rare grail lamps & spending big amounts doing...
It's like a moth to a flame..... I'm walking around the local boot sale with the missus with no intentions of adding to the collection...... &...
Such good advice.
Always been a bit of a minor prepper myself. I see so many friends & family with empty cupboards & living very much day-to-day on processed...
Looks like a simple solution to just deflect a bit of heat. My ceramics glow but not the main tube as it should get cooled slightly from the...
To get more pre-heat (more meths) have you considered an extra absorbant collar around the base of your tilley vaporisor? Much like the vapalux...
Good for you Colin. I haven't watched live TV or had a licence for over 6yrs now. Don't miss it. Get stacks of lovely threatening letters from TV...
Well said. Unfortunately most in the UK believe everything our state broadcaster, the BBC, says without wider reading or research.
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