New Tilley Lamp

[Nat]

Hi all, well i finally plucked up the courage to buy a brass tilley lamp and it came with a new mantle.
Thought you'd like to see some piks. No idea what model it is, although it has 2570 in tiny numbers on the bottom.






Any advice would be appreciated
ATB

Nat

 

[rik_uk3]

Hi Nat, nice one mate. Its worth picking up a service pack from www.base-camp.co.uk and they sell spare mantles too.

 

[Matt.S]

Oooo shiny!

I'll give you a tenner for it

 

[Nat]

Oooo shiny!

I'll give you a tenner for it

Ends in "Off"
It needs a clean around the frame and handle, but the brass is mint. He had a brand new one sat in a box when i went and picked this one and i was so tempted but the wife would have kittens after the 442 i've just got and this aswell - plus all the other wee bits i've squirrelled away in the shed to play with when she's in bed

Cheers for the link Rik, much appreciated. To be honest it's in pretty good nick and feels like a "proper" lantern. Shoould of had the others off him aswell

 

[Toadflax]

Funnily enough, I bought a Vapalux off eBay last night, just waiting for it to arrive now. I've been tempted by one for ages and was watching several of them and took this one on the spur of the moment, prompted by my current paraffin-mania after getting one of the 1956 Monitor stoves. With hindsight, a brass one would have looked better, but at £16, this one seemed too good a bargain to miss.

I've been using one of the wick based storm lamps down the bottom of the garden, but they don't throw out a lot of light.

At least I hope it's a Vapalux. I realised after buying that it was listed as a Vaporlux. The profile of the cap and tank seem to match pictures of Valapuxes.


Geoff

 

[Nat]

I was looking at the vapalux's aswell but the brass one was only down the road and i figured if it blew up or was broken in anyway i knew where the guy lived
Just fitted the new mantle and i'll light it up later tonight.
If only i knew which way to turn the control knob

 

[rik_uk3]

Funnily enough, I bought a Vapalux off eBay last night, just waiting for it to arrive now. I've been tempted by one for ages and was watching several of them and took this one on the spur of the moment, prompted by my current paraffin-mania after getting one of the 1956 Monitor stoves. With hindsight, a brass one would have looked better, but at £16, this one seemed too good a bargain to miss.

I've been using one of the wick based storm lamps down the bottom of the garden, but they don't throw out a lot of light.

At least I hope it's a Vapalux. I realised after buying that it was listed as a Vaporlux. The profile of the cap and tank seem to match pictures of Valapuxes.

Geoff

The Vapalux/Bialaddin are brass tanked, just strip off the paint and get out the brasso

 

[Toadflax]

The Vapalux/Bialaddin are brass tanked, just strip off the paint and get out the brasso

Woo hoo!


Geoff

 

[Nat]

The Vapalux/Bialaddin are brass tanked, just strip off the paint and get out the brasso

You lucky boy now get scrubbing

 

[johnboy]

Hi all, well i finally plucked up the courage to buy a brass tilley lamp and it came with a new mantle.
Thought you'd like to see some piks. No idea what model it is, although it has 2570 in tiny numbers on the bottom.


Any advice would be appreciated
ATB

Nat

It looks like an X246 'Guardsman'

 

[Deanno]

I have two tilley lamps "The ones with the red base?" not sure on the model their both complete handed down by my grandad, i need to get antles and a Pre igniter?? where can i get bits from?

 

[Toadflax]

Have a look on this web site: http://www.base-camp.co.uk/

They seem to be the best, but this place also seem to do similar things: http://www.parafinalia.biz/

No experience of either of them, but Base Camp has been recommended by rik_uk3



Geoff

 

[rik_uk3]

I have two tilley lamps "The ones with the red base?" not sure on the model their both complete handed down by my grandad, i need to get antles and a Pre igniter?? where can i get bits from?

www.base-camp.co.uk is just about the best supplier of all stoves and lamp parts in the UK if not the world now.

 

[Mikey P]

www.base-camp.co.uk is just about the best supplier of all stoves and lamp parts in the UK if not the world now.

I'll second that. Not just for rare/hard-to-get parts, etc, but they are also very knowledgeable about stoves/lamps.

I had loads of fun fixing an old Tilley lamp and got all my spares from Basecamp. Great lamps which throw out hods of light and a reassuring 'hiss' (yeah, you know what I mean!).

 

[keen-edge]

It looks a super bit of kit that Nat nice one been looking at these for a bit now any one no how long the Mantles last ?

 

[Nat]

Roll on tonight, i'll fire it up and take a photo. Feel special now i've got one

 

[Nat]

Right, i've got to be doing something majorly wrong, i'm getting flames shooting out the bloody top every time i open the valve

 

[Philbert]

By the sounds of it you haven't let it pre heat enough. Classic school boy error that I have made hundreds of times.

Looks cool/scary but blackens your glass fairly well.

You nearly need to let the pre heater nearly burn out in a draught free area before its hot enough to light properly.

Have fun!

 

[johnboy]

Right, i've got to be doing something majorly wrong, i'm getting flames shooting out the bloody top every time i open the valve

By the sounds of it you haven't let it pre heat enough. Classic school boy error that I have made hundreds of times.

Looks cool/scary but blackens your glass fairly well.

You nearly need to let the pre heater nearly burn out in a draught free area before its hot enough to light properly.

Have fun!

Philbert is bang on the money.. You need to dip the preheater torch in meths and clip it around the vapouriser tube then light the meths on the torch and allow the meths to warm the vapouriser tube. Parrafin needs the preheating to get it to vapourise.

A good idea might be to preheat it twice...

If it's still flaring up after a good preheat then the vapouriser might be duff....


HTH...

 

[Nat]

Cheers guys :You_Rock_

Aye it's still flaring up like a bonfire, despite following the instructions and prelighting