Thread: Which fuel?

We had them for years (in the 50s and 60s) before we got gas stoves. Kero in the tank, metho in the ring around the burner.

Light the metho to preheat the burner. When the metho has nearly burned out, close the valve and pump the tank to pressurise it to allow kero to vapourise and light.

If it hasn’t been used for a while, you might need a pricker for the jet. It’s a short piece of thin steel (?) wire held at a right angle to a thin sheet metal handle. Used to clear the jet. See PRIMUS STOVE JET PRICKER | tilleylampsandstoves

Much the same on my Coleman stove except it can use Coleman fuel, white sprit, or unleaded petrol. With a change of jet, it can use kero. I use white spirit.

I’m surprised you’ve never used a Primus kero stove.

Thanks Ron, in Scouts we just dug a pit and burned wood.

Dad’s had the silent burners.
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I think ours had a flame adjustment valve under the burner.

Originally Posted by p38arover

That's a good YouTube link, Ron. Answered all my questions. Thanks.

Originally Posted by p38arover

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If it hasn’t been used for a while, you might need a pricker for the jet. It’s a short piece of thin steel (?) wire held at a right angle to a thin sheet metal handle. Used to clear the jet. See PRIMUS STOVE JET PRICKER | tilleylampsandstoves
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I was horrified to see the exorbitant price of a primus pricker.

I'm sure I read somewhere that back when they were common, that a primus pricker was about the last item that could be bought for a farthing. For the youngsters, that was one quarter of a penny.

My father's main soldering iron worked in exactly the same way.

My grandfather had a Primus blowtorch with a big solid copper soldering iron that sat in the flame.

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Dad had a 3.3 volt Scope soldering iron that used a transformer. I have the same type of Scope iron but it has a long power lead that allows it to run from a 12 volt car battery.

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They came in two forms - the Scope soldering iron and the Miniscope small soldering iron. I have both. They also produced an electric spark engraving tool, that ran off the same transformer, and I also have one of them.