Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Wiki says the byproduct is acetylene, heat, and calcium hydroxide. Calcium hydroxide has a lot of uses, so I don't know what the issue is.
Lantern collections?
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No_Bivy
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The Terrence Marsh Lantern Gallery
Gas Pressure Lanterns, Lamps, Stoves, Heaters and Irons
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everything and then some for gas pressure appliances. Pretty interesting the amount of different things made back then
pantheraba
More biners!!!
The Coleman irons are cool. Huge amount of cool stuff there.
ruel
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That mica screen is so cool! There is an old abandoned mica mine across the river from me, occasionally boat over for a cool sparkly hike up to it.
Not sure the era it was operating, but ive Always wondered what the heck they did with it.
Not sure the era it was operating, but ive Always wondered what the heck they did with it.
This candle lantern uses mica "glass"...
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I wonder how hard it would be to cut your own lenses from pieces found at the mine? A lot of cool stuff you could make with that.
Portable Stonebridge Candle Lantern
The Stonebridge Lantern: a folding candle lantern made of brass with clear mica lights (windows). Design patented in 1906, used in the field in WW1.
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I wonder how hard it would be to cut your own lenses from pieces found at the mine? A lot of cool stuff you could make with that.
FireFighterZero
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Pawn shop score.
A Coleman 426a three burner stove and a Deitz no.80 road flare.
stikine
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Nice...the pbr isn't open...wth?
FireFighterZero
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Haha!
The situation has since been corrected.
The situation has since been corrected.
FireFighterZero
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Near as I can tell....the road flare is NOT to be called a "smudge pot".
A smudge pot is a large diesel burning contraption used to keep fruit trees from freezing apparently.
A smudge pot is a large diesel burning contraption used to keep fruit trees from freezing apparently.
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nice. The three burners are awesome. Hard to find these days. That one is definitely older with a round tank that fills on the end.
never seen one of those road flares before......or at least they haven't caught my eye but I will be on the lookout. How much?
also, note the Coleman has no warning labels. it because it was made before lawyers were invented.
never seen one of those road flares before......or at least they haven't caught my eye but I will be on the lookout. How much?
also, note the Coleman has no warning labels. it because it was made before lawyers were invented.
Some friends of ours were on a trip when they were rear-ended. Totaled the car and a bit of their camping gear, bit they are okay, aside rom some bruising. Among the casualties was his Coleman 425F camp stove. I got to looking around on the web for him a replacement. (He'd rather buy old and used than new). While searching eBay, I stumbled across a 1981 Coleman 413H, new, old stock. I needed it about like I need another truck payment, but I bought it. I'm looking forward to breaking it in and using it.
@Burnham.....Earlier in this thread, you mentioned the generator going out on your old Coleman and getting a propane stove. Have you found it "better" than the old gas stove? And if so, in what way?
@Burnham.....Earlier in this thread, you mentioned the generator going out on your old Coleman and getting a propane stove. Have you found it "better" than the old gas stove? And if so, in what way?
Burnham
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I would say on balance it is "better".
It is far less finicky, requiring little of the operator in terms of understanding it's minor eccentricities, unlike a liquid fuel Coleman stove, especially one that was pushing 70 years old
. So M is just as capable of firing it up and using it as I am, which was not the case with the old stove.
The white gas is more expensive than propane. I was initially not a fan of the small propane bottles. Being disposable, though in some places they are recyclable, was a negative. But my good friend G, a long-time user of a Coleman propane stove, hooked me up with a special valve (available online...if you need one, I can find a link, let me know) that allows one to refill the little bottles from a larger propane tank, like a 5-gallon size.
This has worked well for me. I have 6 or 8 bottles that I reuse, most of them harvested from campground trash cans or recycle bins. 5 or 6 bottles will last us a month, full-time camping.
The old 425C stove wins on the "wow" factor and collector status, but for day in and out use the propane version is best, I think.
By the way, I did replace the necessary parts on that old 425C after we got home from that trip, and it is still in our shed with other camping stuff. Works just fine
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It is far less finicky, requiring little of the operator in terms of understanding it's minor eccentricities, unlike a liquid fuel Coleman stove, especially one that was pushing 70 years old
. So M is just as capable of firing it up and using it as I am, which was not the case with the old stove.The white gas is more expensive than propane. I was initially not a fan of the small propane bottles. Being disposable, though in some places they are recyclable, was a negative. But my good friend G, a long-time user of a Coleman propane stove, hooked me up with a special valve (available online...if you need one, I can find a link, let me know) that allows one to refill the little bottles from a larger propane tank, like a 5-gallon size.
This has worked well for me. I have 6 or 8 bottles that I reuse, most of them harvested from campground trash cans or recycle bins
. 5 or 6 bottles will last us a month, full-time camping.The old 425C stove wins on the "wow" factor and collector status, but for day in and out use the propane version is best, I think.
By the way, I did replace the necessary parts on that old 425C after we got home from that trip, and it is still in our shed with other camping stuff. Works just fine
.
stikine
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I transferred to propane like B as well. I refill my bottles also from a 5 gallon tank to avoid the waste factor.
The only issue I have with propane lanterns is that they are a bit noisy compared to white gas.
The only issue I have with propane lanterns is that they are a bit noisy compared to white gas.
When you say propane is cheaper…you mean when you refill the small bottles from a larger tank…not purchased outright? It seems to me the Coleman fuel would win if compared to purchasing the little green bottles. I have one of those little refill valves, but have never used it. I usually convert my propane stuff to feed straight from the bigger grill tanks.