My grandmother had three cast brass ducks hung on the wall next to the fireplace. That was quite enough. Alec.
Great finds, spotted them on the CCF 8] The only experience I've had with IR emitting lenses were IR covers for Land Rover headlamps. With those...
Lovely, well done! I have a small handful of iffy 7" vapourisers. I have heated/quenched with success but the major issue is getting the old...
Lovely bit of research, nice references. Alec.
I've seen at least 3 or 4 variants of the Tilley/"Replacement for Tilley", with respect to push-on, 2 types of "Butterfly", aluminium tabs, tin...
Lovely example! Alec.
All artistic license (Joking) :p I tend to fit deep globes on the Pork Pies but its invariably a fight to get the preheater torch into position,...
Bit of a faux pas last night, it was running nicely and then the light output changed slightly. Hmm, thinks, must need pricked... Err, no....
I know you shouldn't really have favourites but I love a Primus 1001..... :lol: Photos from 2025 Running with the enormously thick (3mm)...
And pump, a bit of artistic license there I think. It looks as if the lower ring isn't seated on the posts and the glass is sitting in mid air...
Ahaa, thanks very much! :thumbup: Alec.
Now then, thanks for that Henry. I set a pair of long-jaw calipers at 5 9/16", that is bang-on the correct diameter to sit on the outer rolled-lip...
I may be over-thinking this..... But was there ever a reflector designed for the X246 Pork Pie Lantern? I tried a KL80 style but the bore was on...
Very much like British Military stoves such as the No.2, No.3 and No.12, the staple retains the pump rod to stop it interfering with case lids...
Superb, great find! Alec.
Go for it, Tilley and Willis & Bates are close cousins and work on similar principles. See if you can find a decent Vapalux 300 project, great...
What a superb uncommon lamp :thumbup: Alec.
A post on FB regarding the 80th Anniversary of the introduction of the X246 "Pork Pie" spurred me on to find my un-fettled early example and do a...
They are great little lamps, I think that one would stand a little clean and a polish, it will bring it up nicely without resorting to new paint....
I'd suggest a bulletproof Tilley Guardsman, but fit it with a spirit cup/wick then you only have to worry about carrying a squirt bottle of meths...
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