Nice pair. Would be lovely to see them lit together.
Takes me two months to fettle one. Multiply that by 12...:shock: very nice though!
By the way, Holts brake cleaner, as suggested by Henry, works really well as fuel, and no smells either. [ATTACH]
Thanks Rob, can’t wait to do the next one! :lol:
That is very creative and shows you must be quite good at DIY and metal working. Love it.
Alex, Pete, beautiful looking things. But were these lamps designed for using indoors at home? I’m conscious of the fire risk as they run on...
Looks great. I love finding old lanterns covered in cobwebs and dust. It’s nice to take photos to show ‘before’ and ‘after’ (restoration) too...
Victory and victory ale! Thanks again to all of you who have helped me restore the older one of the pair. I learnt a lot and couldn’t have done it...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thanks guys, so I decided to test them last night, after watching a...
Bought these too (are they ok?) so tomorrow hopefully the money shot. Tonight I’ll try and light them without mantles to view Size and shape of...
The 327 came with a modern glass globe so I’ll sell it as spares and parts on eBay soon. Hopefully saving someone in the UK shipping and import...
But there’s more.... as I run my lamps ‘in pairs’, just before Christmas I bought another old 427 and a 327 from the US and they arrived last week...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi all, There’s progress on all fronts. The ball bearings arrived on Tuesday and the pump now works a treat! I changed the seal...
Bingo! Fantastic guys. Thank you all for all the advice. Henry was right all along. I’ll order them tonight (just got back from work). Hopefully...
Evening/morning, Depending on when you read this... so I don’t have a vernier calliper but I’ve asked the question to the Coleman’s collectors...
Brilliant, thanks guys for all the encouragement. I’ll just have to look up the diameter of that elusive little ball now! And let’s hope that it...
:shock::shock:Brilliant, thanks Henry. Great to hear that it can be replaced. Once the size is known, I’ll go on the hunt... And I’ll leave the...
Update. By shining the iPhone torch inside the side hole ( where the hex screw goes), you can see light clearly at the bottom of the pump cylinder...
Myn, that sounds like a degreasing procedure taken from an organic chemistry lab manual! Good stuff. I use methanol too to dry pieces at the...
Hi George, I haven’t in afraid. I would have though ultrasonic baths cause pitting if used for a long time on metal parts? Due to cavitation/...
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