Great thanks Jan. I did not know that's where you find the dates. The year is 1966. Title has been changed to reflect this Cheers Mike
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Nice Three Burner still in fairly good condition, This stove and an old Burmos started of the whole collecting buzz a...
Thank John much appreciated. Lots of good info and tips. I do have a tank that has two cracks that I would like to get repaired but may be beyond...
Thanks for the tips John, does it matter what type of soft solder I use, resin core etc, %of tin and lead Cheers
Will do, look forward to see the final outcome
Thanks John, great to know. I haven't a lot of experience soldering so I think I will play around with a few donor tanks first and experiment a...
The No0 has had a few repairs done, mainly to the legs( to be expected I guess to something 100 years old) one of the legs is not original ☹️ But...
[ATTACH] No5 burner stamping
Here's a few shots of the burner from the No0 stove. It did have a stamping. It looks like either an R or B, more like an R. Does this correspond...
Thanks John, and thanks everyone. I'll be giving them a good clean up in the morning to see what else I can discover, particularly about the...
[ATTACH] Hi all, I got hold of these two today. Primus No0 and No5. Not 100% sure on dates as can't find markings but know somewhere in the early...
awesome thanks Ray
Hi all, Does anyone know if some of the early Petromax stoves didn't have markings on the tank. And if so how old would they be. Cheers Mike
[ATTACH] Some updates: [ATTACH] Did numerous dips in the Citrus solution. Dip, clean, brush, dip again etc, came up pretty good. There was a...
awesome stove, Aida is one of my favourites. I have the 100 myself with tin. On the search for the Petromax version
Thanks Nick, Yeah, bit of fun to have. the split in the tank is about 100 mm long. I'll investigate getting it repaired. I have a few old Primus...
Or i could leave as is and just fettle the tanks
Here’s a few more of its current state, also broken is the pressure relief screw. These ones have primus on both sides as opposed to primus and...
Photo's. First one is before the bath. The two after that is after the light citric acid bath. And the last one was as I found it. Unfortunately...
Ha ha ha, photos coming. I posted from my phone but I couldn'tupload pictures. I have goats that will take care of those trolls.
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