My first rocket. I picked this Primus 733 up recently [date stamped AN (1949)]. It was in reasonably good condition with a nice patina so I gave it a clean and then polished. The burners are marked Primus and Sweden, they were choked and needed cleaning, using a blow torch and compressed air. The flame tubes were missing so I made two from some steel tube I had in the shed. @darlton
Up and running. The flame is a little yellow / orange and may need some tuning if it doesn’t clean up with some more use.
@ROBBO55 That appears to be going very well! Great to see that the twin spirit cup is still intact too. Thanks for sharing.
@ROBBO55 Excellent furnace and great job of cleaning and polishing yet keeping a superb patina well done there
hi Robb, very nice result on this beautiful stove. I’m looking at a similar task, cleaning but keep the patina, on a rocket stove from 1932. I’m wondering what you used to achieve this result? Best regards, Edwin
@Edwin S in this case the patina is due to age, good storage and having had little use. There was no heavy buildup needing attention. All I did was give it a wash with hot soapy water followed by a coat of bees wax. Sorry, l can't be more help.
May be thats all the help i needed. Recently i got my first really old stove made of brass. Your 733 looks a lot like the one i have, but I’m a bit of a novice at these kinds of stoves. Wanna be sure not to do anything wrong. Before i got this Primus 745 i restricted myself to Coleman stoves and lamps.
