Here are some pictures of a Dickinson Marine kerosene stove I picked up recently. I forgot to take pictures before cleaning, it was more sooty and greasy than it is in the pictures now. The ‘internals’ were taken out, so I just put them together quickly to get some idea of the total look. All opened up it looks a bit menacing: It’s a 3 top burner version with an oven. On the Dickinson Marine website they currently offer only closed diesel stove’s and heaters and I can’t find any reference on their site to open kerosene stoves. Some measurements: Total outer dimensions (HxWxD): 55.5 x 55.5 x 52.5 cm ‘Box’ without top lid (HxWxD): 47.5 x 52 x 45.3 cm Oven rack (Clearance to top of oven x W x D): 16.6 x 44 x 40 cm Here’s an exploded view of what makes up a burner assembly: It uses SAE 45 1/4" flare fittings, I believe. One of the knee fittings that connect into the burner has a little nozzle, the others don't. I got the stove with a lot of burners, most of them taken apart, some new/refurbished. From the top left corner and then clockwise: 4 Primus burners 3 Optimus burners 4 Patria burners 2 Geniol? burners (my guess, based on some of the outer caps having Geniol markings) I think a previous owner was planning to change to ‘Taylor’ type fittings, also shown in the picture, bottom right. The Primus and Geniol burners have all kinds of outer threads, the Patria and Optimus burners fit the Taylor's fittings perfectly. Also included were a bunch of parts, mixed used and new, having odd differences among same-type parts. And a fuel tank: After pressure testing the fuel tank, the released air had a distinct diesel smell. Finally, worn outer spindles: Tea time is nowhere soon with this one.
That's an excellent presentation of what's obviously a very high specification of hob/oven combination, Koen. I bet it'll serve you well. John
That is probably the reason the he sold it. It is really is a first class boat stove. But the balancing jet leave a lot to be desired. First the size of the orifice is smaller than the main jet, so it clogs easier. The only way to unclog it is to disassemble the feed tube from the burner. That gets old real fast. So what most people did is remove that small orifice from the system. NOT RECOMMENED. The burner chuffs very unevenly. If the orifice has been removed, than replace with rolled fine brass screen or a cotton mop string. That will give enough backpressure resistance to reduce chuffing. Each burner needs one as close to burner as practical.
That would explain the worn inner thread on most of the old burners. While cleaning them, little pieces of what resembled PFTE tape came out. Point taken, thanks. The knee that still had the nozzle came from the oven. My guess is the top burners have been used more than the oven burner.
