I bought this stove November 2025 and it has been a project I have slowly chipped away at since then. I believe it was made in the 1930s. It has some rust on the painted steel case when I first received it. Inside looked okay. The wooden control knob was cracked, some parts a bit bent. I found out the hose leaked, and I could tell it would not be a simple fix. Here it is with the original hose. I could not find any fittings to match the threads on the tank connection, so I flared one end of a brass tube to make a hose stem that could fit through the original bushing. Here is the stove disassembled. The hose pictured is not what I ended up using. The placement of some of the fasteners is very awkward. I reassembled this stove the day after reassembling an Enders 9061 D, and I can honestly say this was more difficult. Connecting the priming cup to the burner was particularly annoying While trying to get the tank installed, a small amount of alcohol dripped onto the instruction plate inside the lid. I shouldn't have touched it. I tried to gently wipe it away and the paint came with it. Devastating. I confirmed on that day I shouldn't work on stoves early in the morning. Speaking of paint, I attempted to remove the outer rust without removing the paint. I got rid of the rust, but of course the paint came with it. I decided to strip all the paint from the outside, leaving the inside paint untouched to avoid damaging the instruction plate (this was before the fuel spill...) I liked the look of the bare steel better than the Grey metallic paint, so I decided to shine it up, then coat with beeswax to protect it. Some scars from the rust I replaced the hose with silicone tubing, then wrapped the tubing with some stainless steel braid I cut off an old washing machine supply hose. I cut some brass tubing to slide over and act as hose clamps. The metal braid is completely unnecessary as the tubing holds no pressure, but I wanted to try to match the original look somewhat. I fell in love with the style of this stove when I first saw it in the SRG early last year. Realizing it was quite rare, I habitually searched for it on online auctions. One day it appeared and had a buy now option, after a very brief hesitation due to the price point, I made the seller very happy. Priming with Methyl hydrate It burns fairly well, but is a little less consistently than gravity-fed alcohol stoves of simpler design. There are two orifices aimed at either side of the vaporizer tube that must stay lit for it to operate properly Its a beautiful stove that I probably will not use often, but am thrilled to have in my collection. Anders
