Okay, I attacked my Aladdin fount and collar today. Removed the home applied paint job. Probably lucky it was on as protected the chrome quite a...
Yes I'd like to do my own nickel plating. I do zinc plating and aluminium anodising. The anodising is a bit tricky. Cheers Michael.
Thanks Pete. I too have been meaning to try it for a long time but was worried about the setup. In reality it was very easy indeed and no really...
Hi Colin. Is it special because of the hood? Quite curious to know. Cheers Michael
Looking at the library here I only saw the existance of this self priming light tonight, and here you have one. What a beauty! Cheers Michael
Nice looking lamp that one. I like it. Hope you had a great Easter. Cheers Michael
Nice one. Well done and looks good.
Thanks Damien. Yep, just the collar and tank to clean up. I said I may leave it with original patina, but I just can't help myself. Cheers Michael
So I took the cage out of the electrolyte bath after 18hrs at 6 volts. Apparantly the rust is converted to magnetite, which is a stable form of...
Turned my eye to the rusty cage today. Have watched many youtube vids on electrolysis for rust removal so thought I'd give it a go. Needed a...
Oh dear. Yep, I've had many things "disappear" off the polishing mop. Pretty sure it's 1/8" imperial thread.
Thanks Darryl, much appreciated and I will keep that in mind, but for me it is more about the journey than the destination, getting great pleasure...
Thanks Damien. Just used normal electrical rosin core solder, a bit of bakers soldering flux and light heat from the thread end with my kitchen...
Okay, in a previous post above I mentioned I had broken the control rod in front of the control knob when trying to free up this part of the lamp....
Just as a side note, we were watching Babe on the tele last night (yeah I know, isolation works wonders) and I noticed in one of the scenes that...
I assume you're referring to this part.[ATTACH] Mine was very tight as well and got it off with an adjustable spanner. If it's loctited on then...
Acetone would work well. I just used what I had on hand, which was thinners. Cheers Michael
Yes you can, very carefully, but assess whether you have to or not. I had to do mine as it was locked tight. Tried to manipulate it best I could...
Hi Damien, I'm no expert but what I did was soak the jet in thinners over night then blew it with compressed air. This removed some gunk. I then...
. Thanks Damien. I've had these lamps for years. Had the urge to do something about them so joined this group. If you look into the tank through...
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