Hello all, Another stove I bought on impulse. Sitting around at a indoor flea market for a month or two for $29.00, it was finaly lowered to...
Bought these two items for $4.00, have about $20.00 in them, mostly for the paint. Plus lots of work. Worked on these over the winter as a...
Hello Lyle Yes aware of the smooth bottom early 99's. My one stove bottom left side picture has the Optimus 8R type metal heat shield, but is not...
Hello Lyle The straps came from a flea market. This is no name or other marking on them. There are straps sold on line but I could not find any...
Hello all My Colemen 530 stove. Had this some time and thought I would post. Its not my favorite stove but had to own one. They sure don't make...
Hello Doc Sometimes I use this solder removal wick. Its a soft cooper braid. One heats up a soldering iron, then press the cooper braid against...
Super nice! Roby
Hello Kerophlle Thanks for all the info. Interesting! I have one 8R that is a little newer, has the handle in the back, slotted fuel cap, sticker...
Hello all. This is a nice older Optimus 8R stove. I picked this up some time ago. There are light scratches here and there from use. Is there such...
Here is a flame shot, nice and blue. I was surprized of the heat! Of what I read these burners put out about 8500 btu's. Not very fast in...
Hello, metal tag on the back: Safe Test, Chicago Spiegel, Illinois Stove. Thanks for looking...Roby
Pictures of the box and instructions dated 1959. This is how I purchased this stove with all parts. Roby
Vintage gravity feed kerosene stove. Not sure what I'll do with it. I posted it some time ago while restoring, before and after. Thanks for...
My Optimus 99 stoves. The straps on the bottom 2 stoves are not original. The top right stove was lite maybe once, not sure. I used the bottom...
My Model #TX750L BernOmatic Cook Stove. Paid $2.00 for it. I am not sure what to do with it, repaint or not. Some one already painted and did a...
Slowly adding to my collection, 1959 dated Max Sievert 123 stove. Thanks for looking....Roby [ATTACH]
Hello Ben, and thanks to all for nice comments. I tried a flame shot, stove burned hot but could not see much of a flame, hardly any soot, a...
Safe Test, Chicago Spiegel, Illinois Stove. I Finally restored this stove. I had an earlier post when bought from a flea market. I found it was...
My tiny vaporizer jet cleaning funnel....hahahahaah roby, just joking [ATTACH]
Thanks to all. Yes I will restore the stove. All parts are there and I already have the paint. I never worked on this type of stove, it will the...
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