Good photo's,,I like the quote you stopped lighting the lamps because you ran out of schnaps, Its allways entertaining lighting lamps when there...
Nice lamp, i'm sure with a little fettling it'll be running fine, good to see someone else using a wheelie bin workbench...
just had the same email,,,if you have a quiet day have a go back at them , go to http://www.419eater.com/
Yes ,a mince pie would be better,maybe my fellow scouts were a bit more mischeivious,,I fondly remember my camping trips with the scouts and later...
Great fun, wish i was 45 years younger,,,,do they still put slugs and snails on top of the lamps to hear (and smell) them sizzle..
The skill is in the soldering itself ,those more experienced than me know what solders melt at which temperature and use a lower melting point...
Good advice you two,,,but if its leaking then isn't the diaphragm split and even if it starts working with a bit of oil it'll still leak?
hi, blob of solder in the pip recess, nothing else you can do unfortunately
Hi, Yes This is getting cheaper all the time, you can buy your own 3D printer to run off you home pc for only a thousand pounds ,these were tens...
What difference does the pricker make? is the pressure gauge faulty ,showing pressure when there is none,,,let the air screw out to see how much...
Just an idea but A Scaffold pole and a selection of hardwood mouldings and you should be able to construct a reasonable replica.... A few years...
Just rec'd positive feedback from my Phoenix park buyer Yujin trading , ebay name affresco4120. so they are not all bad,it took 5 weeks for the...
Nice one David, never seen a box of them before,our banana's are sadly the very small inedible variety, the 'real' ones wouldn't survive here,...
Neil, Yes, like most restorers I'm looking for a tin of 70 year patina , shame that the original paint was just too damaged to do it justice...
Chris, Yes i did completely repaint the tank, I used the recommended plastcote metallic brass but not 100% happy with it,maybe in sixty years time...
Thanks jeff, It only needed a set of seals,pump leather, a bit of paint and a clean up and it worked fine,,,,burner and vap cant have done much...
1940's TL14 fitted with repro Champagne Top Hat shade. [ATTACH]
i managed to restore it (less the column) and returned it to how it left Hendon works ,treated myself ,after a bit of thought, to one of John...
good restoration,I've one in a very similar,unloved, condition hanging from the shed roof beams,its about the tenth in line for a spruce up,,,,
Just purchased a fruit bowl fire guard from my local Lidl,shame it isn't completely flat across the top,but a bit of careful tweaking should get...
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