A couple of months ago I picked up these two Primus 96 stove carcasses. They are dated 1961 and 1959. There were not enough parts to rebuild both so I concentrated on the one dated 1959 (same age as me) There was on tins, windshields or pot supports so until I can find originals I have improvised. Luckily the one lipstick burner is in good condition and the jet is not too worn. The 1961 carcass will have to wait for now. So on the 1959 stove I : I replaced all the seals including the lead tank seal. A previous owner had cleaned the top of the stoves and scratched the buggery out of them. Luckily they only damaged the top. So I cleaned the parts with GSR (citric acid and wallpaper glue) and polished with bees wax. The pump leather was dry and only needed soaking in neatsfoot oil to make it functional. The pot supports are missing so made new ones out of 3/16” stainless steel rod. I bent the rod using a simple gig and applied heat as required. (The first leg I tried to bend without heat but the result was not at all satisfactory). A flat was filed onto the base of the pot support as the rod will not fit into the mounts otherwise. I did not try to put the kink in the rod so the pot supports are straight. The substitute windshield is a bake bean tin cut to size and drilled. The substitute tin was a tea tin from an opportunity shop. I painted it red and made a wooden insert to hold the stove components. The tin will eventually be finished with a Primus decal on the lid. The flame was a little yellow to start with but settled down after a while to a more blue flame. It passed the pot test, boiling water without leaving soot on the bottom of the kettle. This stove will be a user and overall I am happy with the outcome. Thanks. Martin
Hi Martin A very nice rebuild. The kinks in the pot holder are purely for aesthetics so not really required. With one lipstick burner you can test your second No96 fount, pump, caps setup, then .... you can gratf a nice tiny silent burner on it - one of my dream projects Have fun Zoltan
Excellant rescue! You will enjoy it all the more knowing the work you personally put into it. I like your jig and will copy it. I also will steal elements of your custom woodwork in the tin. Once again, fine job.
@SomiZ @MartyJ @Tony Press Thanks gentlemen for the encouraging comments. Zoltan, I hadn't thought of fitting a silent burner to the other one but now you mention it. I can feel a frankie coming on Marty, Feel free to use which ever concept you want. After all that is why we make these posts and the concepts of what I have done is not new. I have just varied them to suite what I have available. Exeter_yak made an excellent post on hot bending pot legs for the 96 https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/making-potlegs-for-models-96-using-hot-method.7737/ with a jig to die for. Thanks Martin
