Looks like an exquisite piece of engineering!
https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/lilor-4552.27266/ There might be some information here...
Nice haul! Any reason why you can't use alcohol (meths) for your preheat? I share the same aversion to setting fire to highly volatile...
I've also had a couple of stubborn NRVs recently. The one on my Radius No.1. Required removal of the pump tube. I had tried a long series drill...
Baby dragon! Primus 631 dated "O" for 1925 [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
This is what you're looking for on the spacer bar... [ATTACH]
Thanks everyone! You make a good point @Geoff Chirnside - making it look old is no better than making it look new! Here's the offending...
Thanks for sharing the information and pictures on this piece of history! I find the various technical solutions and mechanical evolutions...
Ahh yes! Our old friend tannin! Thanks @Longilily I give it a try...Good excuse for a cuppa to boot!
After several weeks of soaking in penetrant and multiple tries I gave up on my attempt to remove the NRV from my old Radius No.1. Having accepted...
Great stove - they work superbly! Well done!
I thought it might have been a lump of debris at the beginning but realised it was brass mesh and probably meant to be there when I poked it...
@kerophile The mesh plug (actually more a disc) was one of a couple of things I wasn't expecting to see in the riser tube. The inner burner...
Much obliged Tony!
I had an excuse to fire up the Primus 632 blow torch to clear the burner on the companion stove. [ATTACH] No clouds of soot or sparks from the...
Hi @Tony Press Another great post from a master stover! Are the pips in these caps smaller than a regular NRV pip? I have two sizes on hand 4mm...
@z1ulike I knew you'd like that Ben!!!
The thin brass tubing on a burner would be a lot more delicate than an steel on an inlet manifold so I'm going to go heat and air first and see...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My Radius No.1 was missing a flame ring for its roarer. Keen to see it run I tried making one out...
Very handy! A very useful trick I learned from my Dad who was a fitter and turner and tool maker - for precision lathe work you need to jam...
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