Not much about RM stoves on the site, especially before 18/5/1950 when the manufacturers were taken over by S.H.&S. Or have I simply not looked hard enough again, Ian? Anyone have any information, thoughts, experience etc. with stoves from this maker? Now I'm not so naive as to ask about value - perish the thought! - so let me pose two questions, if I may... 1. Are these stoves in plentiful supply? I suspect they are not. 2. Are these stoves generally desireable? - in terms of, for instance, good performance, historical interest, curiosity value or whatever... Cheers
HI david, rm stoves cant de too rare ,,, ive two of the 2/3 rd pinters. plastic pump knobs ..chained filler... trap door burner windshield..neither with rm transfer intact ......... fine capable stoves cf. 00s. not as interesting as burmos 2/3 rd pint stove with nipple access removable screw on burner head.....parallel drilled gallerys as opposed to more common cross drilled. figure rm stove as a british no nonsense 00, my opinion only. go on david.... you know you MUST have one.
Hi David, I got an RM picnic stove in its tin with, as usual the spirit tin missing, for a couple of quid on ebay last year. simple roarer burner stove, but with nice touches like the folding legs, chain to hold the tank cap on etc. cheap and cheefrul, compact and competent also. fits in my rucksack a treat and is likely to be with me some while! Just done a quick restoration on an RM range for a mate of mine. Quite a cheap folded metal pan support, but the tank, vent and silent burner all appear well made. He owns a tug boat and has been boiling his kettle on it for years! After a quick polish for the tank, a bit of stove blacking on the newly de-rusted frame and a new washer for the pump I reckon it will make his cups of tea for a few years yet... As you can probably tell, I'm a bit of a fan! Now if anybody knows where I can get hold of a Taylors marine cooker to restore, for beer money price...... Ian
Hi David Sorry can't give advice on RM stoves, I haven't got any yet. What is encouraging though is that you are asking the question - keep it up Cheers Keith
David It all depends on which type of RM stove you are talking about and how old it is. There are quite a lot of the later RM stoves around. They are reasonably well made but many are the exact design as some other ailing British manufacturers' stoves. They usually have a plain fount with just their red RM transfer on, which doesn't survive well. They usually go for much smaller amounts than similar Swedish stoves unless they are rare / old. Their earlier stoves have their founts embossed. Below is one of my RM picnic-type stoves in near mint condition. The plain red tin tells that is a late model.
Hi Rik I have to admit (not grudgingly) that the RM stoves I own burn very well. My only problem with later models is that it looks as if the stoves were made by a common manufaturer and then distributed to a number of stove companies where they had their transfers applied. I imagine that others, like me, have stoves embossed with the S.H. & S logo and also the RM logo. These later stoves do work very well but look rather boring. |imgRemoved|
tritonofnor Thanks for the eBay number. Henry had a wonderfully restored one of those at Newark last year. I think he has since sold it. I had an unrestored one and sent it to a forum member sometime last autumn. I am hoping that he will turn up at Newark in June with it fully restored. The one on eBay has the RM logo but, as usual, it has nearly disappeared. It would have been much better if RM had decoaratively stamped the brass with their name.
It belongs to son James. Rik kindly sent it to him as a project. I sprayed the frame up for him but he did the rest himself. There's a pic of him at last years bash flashing it up. http:// They have a bit of a design fault in that the tank is very low in relation to the burner and if you fill them more than half full the fuel leaks from the jet.
I have one as well, hope to have it fully fettled and at Newark this year. Design fault or not, they are an impressive big hunk of Brass ! Cheers Keith
Henry, you mentioned a design fault -- the jet / fuel level bit , any idea if this was rectified ? it's just that you prompted me to have a look at my RM range and the jet is 5mm above the top of the tank. Just to be sure I filled it to the top -- and no leak. I've also got a fixed leg RM, sollid but mundane.
David Heres one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-Para...756869254QQcategoryZ16036QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem jc Can't answer that, don't know. Did you leave it for any length of time? I've just measured James' by eye and I'd say the nipple is just about level with the top of the tank. You shouldn't fill a tank more than about 2/3 full anyway
Thanks Henry, it was me who asked the question about makers marks etc. I hadn't banked on the seller posting my query as part of the auction I don't usually get p*issed off when I get outbid but I'm mighty cross about this one at the moment - not sure why. Still, as Rik says, there'll be another one along soon... Anyway, I'm not a bloody stovie and I don't collect bloody stoves...
Hi David I think they generally do post replies if they are thought to be positive and would induce others to bid, and it does say on eBay that sellers may well put Q&A's on the item page. I picked one of these stoves up last year, similar condition and price, so don't panic, I understand a lot of these stoves were sold in the 1960's and plenty more will come out of the woodwork in time. It is however the only stove that impressed me with how big it was, usually when the wraps come off they look smaller than expected, but this is a big chunk of stuff ! You have now blown one of your eBay handles ! Blimey David in these days of people smuggling and worse, I'm surprised you haven't had a visit from the boys in blue ! Cheers Keith
Not in my experience, Keith. I frequently message sellers with information regarding their items - most are generally very grateful but only about 50% bother to amend the description even when it's blatantly incorrect. I'd guesstimate only about 10% bother to post the info I've given. Given that this was purely a question, I thought there would be a good chance it wouldn't be posted. My eBay handle (one only!) isn't a secret and it refers to a 'rowter' i.e. one of these:- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7578870880&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1 and not a 'rooter' i.e. a piece of arcane computer wireless networking gubbins - and definitely not what you think!
Easy tiger ! I agree that many sellers won't put up stuff which they think might damage the sale, but otherwise I haven't found them too bad. Keith
