@plumberted , I've seen a stove like that - sort of! Heartbreak Murph
@OMC, thanks for the heads up, been busy so haven't been here as much as I'd like! @Alcoholic , as @snwcmpr commented, I used ferro spark...
@Toe cutter, you can always go bog crazy and mod a M1950 to a insane level like this: Spark Lighter You put a spark lighter on a WHAT? Simmer...
In the US, we have copper phosphorus brazing rods, made especially for doing this kind of work! Bernzomatic | Copper Phosphorus Brazing and...
@Steviebear , can't believe you found one of those here in Wisconsin! Northern Minnesota, maybe, with the camping in the Boundry Waters, or more...
@Remus1956, go to a car parts store and use freeze plugs, they're made in brass and steel! Copper pipe caps are a epic fail in the first 30...
I just go buy a gallon can of VM&P naptha at the paint store or hardware store. Like my stove gives a damn. Face it, if it's good enough for the...
@geeves, prime with white gas. I installed a prime cup on mine from a Coleman 530, though.
Strange, I've never had any of those problems with a M-1950 stove. The feet are wide enough to prevent tipping, there are holes in the feet for...
Because you can't over pressurize a Coleman stove with the pump built into them. IIRC, Coleman tests their founts to 10 times atmospheric...
Soak it in a hot alum solution, the steel wire will dissolve away. Old watchmaker's trick for dealing with broken taps, drills and screws in brass...
@snwcmpr , Ken, @geeves caught my point on that matter. I had it bite me programming access control systems, setting times and dates for...
@snwcmpr, "Broken clocks are right twice a day Broken calendars once a year." Once every seven years, not once a year. Think about the...
@Briar, St Paul Mercantile sells jets here in the US. Nipple for 2412 Brass Stove [2412-Nipple] - $9.00 : ST.PAUL MERCANTILE | Cool & Unusual...
@Daryl , I'd give you Stove of the Month on that alone! Great idea AND well executed! No space age futuristic BS, like a Salvator Dali painting,...
OK, it goes like this... The fount isn't very thick metal, the ring goes on the inside of the tank, stiffening the sheet metal in the surrounding...
@snwcmpr , both are naptha, looks like heavy and light mixture. Naphtha - Wikipedia Murph
@snwcmpr ,yep, that is naptha. Murph
Almost looks like someone put it together without a O-ring and crimped it on to the filler neck. Not good.
@Paul Healy , you can also use VM&P naptha for fuel, basically the same stuff as Coleman fuel - except for the price.
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