My latest ebay purchase -£3 + postage.. Took a bit of fettling - The NRV was stuck shut - not allowing me to pressurise it. Didn't have a tool to fit it, so filled the pump tube with carb cleaner and left it overnight which did the trick. New pump leather and a bit of a polish and away we go - coffee brewed! It's got a horrid solder repair to the filler tube, but I don't care - it works! The jet may be slightly enlarged, as the flame patterns not too clever, and there's a fair bit of orange in the flame without a pan on top, so I may treat it to a new one. All I need for it now is a nice tin, or even a Tupperware type box, so if anyone knows for one (about 9" x 9" x9"), I'd love to know.. Ian
The coffee pot was another ebay purchase about three years ago - cost me a tenner as I recall and has been my brewing tool of choice every morning since! Ideal for mainlining caffeine first thing in the morning.. Later in the day I tend to reduce my caffeine intake (though only very slightly) by using a Smart Cafe mug with built in press..
You sure that's a #1? It looks a helluvalot my #2. And the #1 that a friend of mine has looks more like a discus stove. Still, you got a pretty sweet deal on it...
You'r right - to me it looks identical to your number 2 stove - has the same big tank too! The reason I referrred to it as a number one is that it has "Prabhat.1." clearly embossed in the top of the tank...
My #2 just has "prabhat" stamped into it. I've been thinking you might have #2 tank with an R1 burner screwed onto it, since the diameter of the burner seems a lot less. For comparison: My tank is almost exactly 8 inches across at the bottom. My flame ring is a little over 3.375 (three and three eighths) inches across at the top.
