Help in identifying a Radius

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  1. Migwar

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    Hello everyone,

    Someone sent me pictures for a Radius. Any hints on this model? I am willing to get it.

    The stove looks acceptable in terms of health.

    Thank you,
    Migwar
     

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    Hi Migwar

    Without a size reference, there's some uncertainty, but to me, the filler cap looks rather small in relation to the tank. In other words, if the filler cap is standard, it might be a relatively large stove. If the entire stove is a Radius (and not just the burner), the proportions of a Radius 36 look similar to me:

    Stove Reference Gallery: Radius 36

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    Christina
     
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    Get it for the cast iron grate if nothing else.
    Duane
     
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    I agree with Christina- it looks like a Radius 34. These large size Radius stoves are an uncommon find, they don't seem to have sold in anything like the numbers the larger Primus models did.
     
  5. Migwar

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    Thank you everyone.

    I will look into it more closely. It would be great to pair it with the 35 silent I possess.

    Despite being a 34 or a 36 ;)

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    Excuse the typo- I meant 36!](*,)
     
  7. Migwar

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    I was happy with almost a hand of them. Now back to 35 36 then :rage:
     
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    @Migwar Sorry to get your hopes up, inventing stoves which don't exist! I wish Radius had produced a lot more models though. Although my wallet wouldn't agree!
     
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    Hello again,

    I've traveled 50 km to get it today. I will deal with it when I have the time. It requires some attention.

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    No worries @Blackdog I will live with the 35 and 36 for now. There is a 34 existing btw, but it is gonna be a very little Juwel [-(
     
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    Hi again,

    Performing some restoration. I usually prefer to keep stoves old patina like what I did with the 35. Engraving was covered for this stove. While I am doing the usual fettling, I started cleaning the tank. Surprisingly the stove appeared to be a 26!!!
    Didn't find any 26s in the SRG.


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    @Migwar An even more interesting find then. The Radius No.26 is a silent burner model, featured in a 1950s catalogue only in the (somewhat limited) selection on CCS.

    Primus really did seem to have the majority of the market when it came to larger sized stoves, both silent and roarer.
     
  13. Migwar

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    @Blackdog This one features a roarer Radius, and due to the burner, I could identify that the stove was a radius since everything else was obscured. The stove is marked Radius number 26, and there is no "Ltd." Not sure if someone in the past switched the burners, from the size it doesn't seem like so.

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    @Migwar Amendment to what I wrote above, which is twaddle and suggests I need more sleep! The No.26 is the roarer version of this stove, the No.26A is the silent. The A designation is somewhat unusal for Radius.

    So it is the original type of burner, and most likely a pre-1938 example from the markings. There are relatively few Radius catalogues uploaded to CCS, and catalogues were not always accurate, so examples like yours turning up really do add to the knowledge base!
     
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    Thank you @Blackdog . I am gonna check these catalogues out of curiosity and hope to share some pictures for the stove roaring soon. Cheers :thumbup: