Subject of THIS fettle, which included combating a number of stress cracks in the tank (brass patch visible). Stripped to component parts. Built for wok cookery, the trivet has flip-up spacers to enable a wok to sit on it without toppling … … and very robust pot rest/feet to cope with the wok cookery technique of slapping the wok down on the stove after toss-rotating the contents (Primus 96 equivalents for comparison). Their mounting lugs on the tank are sturdy too. Only inscription on the stove. John
Fantastic. The flip up pot rests are a nice touch. I can see where that would come in handy for even a tea pot, that would just fit inside the rests.
True @The Warrior. I forgot to mention, the other wok-adapted feature is the over-sized priming pan which doubles as a heat shield to prevent overheating of the (kerosene) fuel tank from heat radiated from a wok base, necessarily of larger diameter than a pan or kettle ordinarily in use on a stove of that size.
Another nice feature. I was wondering why the priming pan was so big. Makes sense. I did notice there was a dip in the pan closer to the burner.
Are the legs "hinged" so they're able to move as to insert them into the trivet properly? Or does the trivet simply sit on top of the legs?
Again, well worked out @The Warrior! Yes, they pivot a fraction, sufficient to insert the upper ends in the stamped lugs on the underside of the trivet. The widely-splayed feet combined with the weight of stove and pot prevents movement when in use.
Awesome. Would love to see a video of it in action, complete with wok frying up some food, hint, hint.
It's cleaned up nicely John. I have one in the shed that's in need of fettling. Your post is prompting me to look for it
Cheers @ROBBO55. It’s a clever design, but a pity mine had those stress cracks, suggesting inadequate annealing of the brass blank before being formed. Hopefully just a one-off.
China or Hong Kong? Back in the day there used to be a difference. Solar lanterns were made in Hong Kong as I recall.
Leaving aside the fact that Hong Kong is a part of China… https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/union-metal-works-unimet-hong-kong.21467/ Cheers Tony
Hi John very nice indeed, you have done a first class job addressing the stress cracks with the patch very neat work all round
Yes, Hong Kong is Chinese now because we (the UK) had to give it back, but it used to be a British Colony for exactly 99 years and it's engineering reputation was a great deal better back then and it's products worth buying. I've got a few Solar lanterns and the build quality is good- maybe not as good as post war German goods, but still well above average, at least I think so. The problem with Chinese products these days is usually down to a complete lack of quality control... I think.
So-ooo, it wasn’t ‘ours’, but Chinese. Glad my humble China/HK stove has given me a history lesson. Many thanks Colin.
