Thanks, @Rodger Willows and @Blackdog. A great stove in many ways. Did a boil test today, not to pleased, but I really don't know what the acceptable boil time for 5 liters of water should be? But at least I finally have a right sized stove for my 10 liter kettle. Vidar
I feel I’m being harsh to this stove posting it in this thread. It arrived today and other than a bit of oil on the pump leather so that I could safely flare it, it fired right up. There _is_ a bit of rust on the tin, and under the pot ring. A Radius No. 4… -R
That's a great find @IRM, it looks like an early model by the pump cap knurling. Beautiful colour to the brass!
They just don’t make them like this anymore - fact is they never did! Picked this up on my way up from TAS to Murwillumbah where my mother is about to turn 95.… It satisfies the “Rusty but Running” criteria! I have to admire the adaptation of a bicycle chain-ring for a trivet/pan-ring. Ingenuity born of necessity for those times… One burner half out: Primus No: 733: “J” = 1920: Fettling presented its challenges. The pump piston was soldered to the pump rod - I ended up replacing it with another. First firing: We have a problem!!! A hole on both burner tubes: Replaced by another burner and re-fired: Now we’re cooking: Well, that was fun! Thanks!
Certainly fits the «rusty but running» criteria !! A real beauty. Impressed by the courage it must have taken to fire up this monster indoors. I posted a Primus No.5 S:or with a bicycle sprocket pan-ring a couple of years ago , it’s in the gallery . Maybe it was trendy back then Great post . Cheers
Good job, Rotger! Best regards to your mother! I hope your mother lives as long as that stove. Greetings Stanislaw
Unusual find indeed. I imagine that was a surprise for sure, Looks like quite the side rocket. The sound alone must have been an experience in itself! An excellent entry in Rusty but running. A lot of well thought out "engineering" Going on there. Pass on our Happy birthday wishes to your Mum @Rodger Willows, Kind Regards Scott B
Wonderful, so much social history tied up* in that stove! Great to see those mismatching burners in action. Your part of the world certainly throws up some great user modifications- sheer distances to dealers and hardware shops extending the life of old kit I suppose, but perhaps mindset too- over here tools are often seen as somehow sacred, and relatively few people modifiy them to suit them better. *Well, ok, 'wired on', 'clamped to' etc
Hmmm, this hasn’t be started well - a leg fell off! Portent of things to come.… I purchased this last week in Burringbar, NSW: It would appear to be a pre-1911 Primus No: 100: The original tubular feet have been removed/replaced by Companion legs. The original burner has been converted to Companion No: 1 with a steel riser adapter. The spirit-cup that it came with appears to be the original with the centre section flattened. I chose to replace it with a Companion as the outer edge of the riser was partially rusted away creating a potential leak. “Patent”: “No: 100” a little indistinct”: Plenty of additional weight around the perimeter: No date code, therefore pre-1911: “Primus Patent” - it’s seen plenty of pumping: There were (for me) a few fettling challenges: A leg fell off. Another leg threatened to part-company when attempting to remove the NRV. I managed to re-attach them and maintain the third despite my multiple pump-tube solderings. The NRV was firmly stuck. The pump tube had to be removed (I don’t/didn’t have much experience with that). There is very little “play” for re-inserting the pump tube - my initial attempt was misguided and didn’t allow the NRV to protrude out the end. Pressure testing revealed a small stress-fracture: The riser conversion is made of steel: Time to attempt a fire-up: Ahhh!… Thanks! I guess I’ll need to include this in the SRG too!…
Very interesting stove, and nice fettling @Rodger Willows I love that filler cap, wish I had a stove with one like that.
