Hello, I have completed the restoration of this very nice Moha No 1. I have made another post regarding the restoration so here I make a short description of this adventure: 1: The stove was found in a very poor state, it was missing burner and trivet, as well a complete support. Pump valve (accessible through the filler cap) was missing the top cap that allows the access to the valve body. So this stove was abandoned into my “for spares” box. 2: Some time ago I found onto another stove the Moha trivet that should come with this stove and I found also a burner that, for what I have seen on previous gallery examples, is similar if not the one originally used on this stove. Unfortunately no catalog images are available, so is not known the correct burner… this one anyway is a good fit. I took the three supports holders from a donor stove, their shape wasn’t perfect for this stove but with a generous use of solder they now fit perfectly. 3: So, having all the bits to work with, yesterday I started the restoration. Useless to say that the pump restoration was the main task that fortunately went well. Photos of the pump assembly are available into the restoration post: Moha 1 4: The ugly oxidation that covered the stove has been removed with a couple of hours of elbow grease… as I usually do, I don’t like to make an extreme mirror polish on my repaired stoves. Polish is necessary considering all the soldering made on the tank. I have done what I like to define an “half polish”, in a way that not every age sign is deleted forever. On thank we can’t find the DRGM text as found on all the other examples, so I am not sure if this missing detail can date the stove as earlier or later if compared to the others. Well, here is the stove working very well. I just add as last picture the “as found” state photo. Enjoy, Nicola
Hi @Nicola Francesco Elia Wow, reborn in a clean state. Your love and devotion to the stove is reflected on the screen. Good job.
Hi @Nicola Francesco Elia Chapeau bas! Amazing work, I didn't think it would be such a beautiful result. Stanislaw
Do you use a special background and lighting to take your photos? They are very professional. Regards.
@Knee yes some years ago I have built this still life limbo with semi transparent plexiglass. It helps to diffuse lights also from below and behind to remove every shadow. In this case I use a black plastic curved sheet as base and background to give some depth. It works fine to contrast the brass of the stoves. Nicola
