ditchman Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) not to be outdone by Fat chaps thread....i found this old bedroom lamp in the shed which fat sarah used to have before she ran off wiv the mongolian throat singers...so im giving it a fettle........ Edited March 24, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 I guess it will keep you busy for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Wot no genie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 hello, well done Simon, be nice to see it in its former glory and lit up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Gawd, that takes me back a fair few years, about 75 to be precise. We had a couple on the farm back in the end part of the war years and early 50s. Grandmother would light one up to go and fetch stuff from the cellar, never went down there it was scary. Used the Hurricans out in the yard as you could hang those up on a nail in a beam whilst you calved a cow, not as I did ...just watched. Cow would then gat a Black Drench from a small square sided ribbed bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 There is an exact lamp in THE scariest pants changing horror film on Amazon movies at the moment. My advice Ditchman is once you have bought it back to its former glory, DON'T WHATEVER YOU DO- LIGHT IT!!! Just to be on the safe side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, fatchap said: There is an exact lamp in THE scariest pants changing horror film on Amazon movies at the moment. My advice Ditchman is once you have bought it back to its former glory, DON'T WHATEVER YOU DO- LIGHT IT!!! Just to be on the safe side oooooh do tell....................does it involve very rude sex and stuff..............its been a long time since i did an amazon at the flicks Edited March 24, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 No nothing interesting such as sex and stuff, more along the lines of demonic possession, ending in walking on all fours but the other way up. Scared the bejesus out of me mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, fatchap said: No nothing interesting such as sex and stuff, more along the lines of demonic possession, ending in walking on all fours but the other way up. Scared the bejesus out of me mate. oh ...that dosnt sound very nice....................im still recovering from watching the excorsist when it furst come out in the 1970's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just had a google of the name Allison on the bottom the lamp, And if its WD Allison they also made quite a bit of scary looking medical equipment, The extendable examination lamp in particular, the mind boggles where they used that. And the Medical examination chair looks like the stuff of nightmares if your a woman in need of an certain type of examination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, fatchap said: Just had a google of the name Allison on the bottom the lamp, And if its WD Allison they also made quite a bit of scary looking medical equipment, The extendable examination lamp in particular, the mind boggles where they used that. And the Medical examination chair looks like the stuff of nightmares if your a woman in need of an certain type of examination. listen you will do yourself no good at all ...doing all this googling and boggerling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Looks like the one we had in the outside dunny when i was a kid, set fire to many a piece of newspaper messing about sat there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, vmaxphil said: Looks like the one we had in the outside dunny when i was a kid, set fire to many a piece of newspaper messing about sat there woooowwww that was a bit risky wiv all that methane....and leg gas and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Haven't seen lamp kerosene for years, can you still get it. Used to buy five gallon drums from the hardware store when I was a kid. Edited March 24, 2020 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 9 hours ago, ditchman said: woooowwww that was a bit risky wiv all that methane....and leg gas and stuff A very draughty little place enough to cut your legs off in winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Walker570 said: Haven't seen lamp kerosene for years, can you still get it. Used to buy five gallon drums from the hardware store when I was a kid. no problem with getting parafeen at all..................local hardware shop sells it as it is used a lot in greenhouse heaters....and you can still buy house heaters and parafeen fridges... years ago they (young people) used to mix esso blue and cider together for a good night.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 got the top part done ...washed the wick as it was hard and encrusted and ironed it flat...then trimmed 3mm off the top and it feeds thro nice and easy..... the bottom half (the tank) is fine except where the handle joins the body there is a small hole,,,,,so i will melt the solder on the handle fixings clean it all up and resolder it to the body work progresses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 What have you sprayed on it?..........Cillit Bang or something? father in law worked for a chemical company and got me some cleaner. Used it to clean some fans. FIL asked how it had worked. Said it was great but needed more as we had run out. RUN OUT he said, how much did you dilute it? DILUTE,! We used it neat, should have been 400:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 42 minutes ago, Diver One said: What have you sprayed on it?..........Cillit Bang or something? father in law worked for a chemical company and got me some cleaner. Used it to clean some fans. FIL asked how it had worked. Said it was great but needed more as we had run out. RUN OUT he said, how much did you dilute it? DILUTE,! We used it neat, should have been 400:1 Mr Muscle oven cleaner....................use it om everything.....................have a look at my recent mower thread........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 i shall continue this when i have put my new security light up .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) i shall do a bit more on this today hopefully............i will have to make a soldering iron for this... Edited March 31, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 hello, looking good Simon, i remember the old school soldering irons what will you make one from, ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, looking good Simon, i remember the old school soldering irons what will you make one from, ? think somewhere i have a big copper bolt which i will shape..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, ditchman said: think somewhere i have a big copper bolt which i will shape..... Oh great another project ..... pictures please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, looking good Simon, i remember the old school soldering irons what will you make one from, ? Loved metal work at school lesson before and after lunch . On returning after lunch one day I was making a copper pot . I want to get it brazed goes over to set the bricks up to contain the heat . The bricks sort of stuck to my hands . The teacher had been doing a little job in his lunch break using the set up . The bricks were still hot . He was very sorry . Hell it hurt . . Happy day . Those old soldering iron were heavy, and for ever having to clean them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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