...fueled stoves that I own in order are: 1) Optimus 111 2) Optimus 111B 3) OmniLite Ti 4) Optimus 8R 5) Svea 123R You want to avoid a stove that...
Hi all. i've been fettling my 111B and although it past the dunk test, on lighting there is a flame around the gland nut and the stove is...
Not sure why I waited so long to fix this one, but was bored tonight, and went to work. [ATTACH] Removing the screws to take the tank off....
The early Optimus catalogs say the 111 can burn kerosene and gasoline. Later, after the 111B was introduced they edited the 111 description as...
Optimus 111B Vaporiser Question
...is to small to go over the burner!. Is there a source for Optimus 111b and Optimus 22 stove parts? Also i need the two stainless steel rods the...
I just got this really nice 111b. First off. Any idea of the date. So there is some really tough tarnish on the tank. It was much worse. I used...
@Diablo45 Hi Sam and welcome to the forum. Looking in the reference gallery, it seems that the No.2 had quite a long production run, although...
...and was rewarded by a NICE BLUE flame! Not broken, don't FETTLE... Would that my Optimus 111B operated as well after some neophyte (me) fettling!!
...kinds and less of others. So you will wait forever for an Optimus 111B here, but are quite likely to snag an Antarctica labelled Optimus 111....
Hi @Migwar the Op.111B is a Coleman fuel/ gasoline-fuelled only stove. It will not run satisfactorily with kerosene as the burner cannot support...
...I get myself in the Classic Stove World by accident, via an Optimus 111B found at a flea market. I fettled it quite nicely but, of course, now...
...oz (680 g) Optimus 8R with cookie cutter key:27 oz (765 g) Optimus 111B, cookie cutter knob and tool: 56 oz (1587 g) Optimus 111T, cup-type...
Just got the Optimus 111B in. Thanks to snwcmpr letting me know about the 111B, I have a NRV tool, and NRV/gasket replacement kit ordered. I put...
Thank you Tony. My thank you, late, to kerophile for: "The hole in the top of the roarer burner was likely introduced in the mid 1950s." Re "the...
...at any rate. Before I knew any better, I used kero in an Optimus 111B throughout a two-week touring holiday in Northern Spain. Priming had to...
...They usually take a very strenuous effort to loosen the NRV. Optimus 111B stoves are another that usually need the pip replaced, but the NRV...
...I feel the advice here would be split along similar lines to the Optimus 111b. Test all the NRVs and seals every time, vs "don't even think of it."
Of note (it's a CCS kinda thing) this, key, detail comes to us from aktopp's NOS 111 he posted 14 years ago. How cool is that. @aktopp , Thank you...
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