Jiffykook No15

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  1. Darryl Durdin

    Darryl Durdin Australia Subscriber

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    Hi fellas, I’ve restored this Jiffykook No15 stove.Being a lantern fella I thought I’d put my fettle skills to the test. The stove is rare in my neck of the woods, I’ve had to be inventive.
    The whole stove looked well used and used well. I basically stripped it down as best I could as some parts didn’t want to come easily,
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    I broke it down into parts. 47F68CE2-7768-4816-8CC1-14BFD1C9B8EF.jpeg
    Some parts I soaked in Evaporust for a few days others I bead blasted. They cam up good and exposed a few issues to deal with.
    The tank has pin holes corrosion
    I need to find an alternative jet
    The carburettor needs attention
    Need to make new prickers.

    the tank I found had 5 pin holes, I exposed the holes by using a dart, I pushed and wiggled the darts taper in until I could feel it had hit the solid tank thickness, I used a camera with not much success but what I could see wasn’t to bad, another dunking for two days in evaporust, washed out, dried out, handful of hex nuts, few hours in the ultrasonic bath, wash and dry again, back to the blast box to clean everything. Seems all good. 47F68CE2-7768-4816-8CC1-14BFD1C9B8EF.jpeg

    I repaired the holes by making tapered plugs from brass rod, carefully tapped them into the holes and silver soldered them.

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    The carburettor I removed, stripped down took pictures for reference, put it in the ultrasonic bath for awhile cleaned up well,

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    I now have to sort out the pricker and jet for the generator. Same treatment, ultrasonic bath for a while. Clean up good

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    The original jet looks like this
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    I found a worn jet from an A1 Aladdin lantern the thread fitted, I also set about making and adjusted the pricker rod for the generator.

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    I had done some pre trials and found that the although the jet worked it needed Teflon tread tape at the jet and the base of the generator, I also systematically increased the jet aperture from .2mm to .4mm.
    I cleaned and painted everything wit ultra high temperature paint. I re assembled the stove.
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    I had to play around with the generator and jet , It leaked but sorted with Teflon tape. I originally got it to work but it had a small burner flame, so I enlarged the jet to .4 mm, it now burns very nice
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    And now in its full glory , don’t know when the last time it was operating but it’s going great now,
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    Just to note caution, I’ve repaired the tank and the liability and reliability is on me, I pressured the tank with air and also fuel probably more than normal use, when lit the tank etc dose not heat up I can put my hand under it. At the end of the day my fettled stove is for all to enjoy that a piece of history has been restored to working order. It will be on display with my other GPA collection. I very pleased with my fettle skills and would like to thank @presscall and @Tony Press for your valuable knowledge and assistance in making this stove come to life
    Thank you fellas
     

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  2. The Warrior

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    Outstanding work! You should be proud of the work you did. Looks phenomenal. Just a sick looking stove all around. :thumbup:
     
  3. presscall

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    @Darryl Durdin You made a grand job of that Darryl and no mistake.

    Wise words about the tank’s integrity and use with caution, though your detailed, close inspection of it and repairs (glad the silbrazed plug idea worked well) surely minimise the prospect of future problems. The burner flame pattern is beautiful and deserves to be exercised once in a while!

    It’s great too that you’ve documented your exploration and repairs to this uncommon stove so well and have compiled a comprehensive post for the reference Gallery. Much appreciated.

    John
     
  4. Tony Press

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    Great work, Darryl. I’m happy I could offer you some assistance.

    Cheers

    Tony

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  5. Toby Garner

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    Well done! Fantastic old stoves