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That lamp IS really cool. I like it!

There's no way I could pass on a $20, 242 that looks like that. Nice!

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Three or more working stoves will do it, and . . . yours are all suitcase stoves. Accept your fate!

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Was he discussing making graphite string?

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That's great stuff. I wonder what the "C" means in "Scouts & C?

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Three 222s, two 222As and one 222B. https://i.postimg.cc/hvq3c4Pj/20220810-184648.jpg I'd really like to find the first 222 brown with the three red knobs on the label. In fact, I bought a second one withe the three white knobs on the label in case I can find a trade one day. https://i.postimg.cc/zD...

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Welcome aboard from Colorado. There are some M-1950 users here, including me. Not sure if I still have a spare pump.

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This is for sale in Denver...

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August 1939 220B.

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I haven't used one camping but have used one when night-ice-fishing. It worked pretty nice because the shelter is pretty small meaning you sit pretty close to the lantern, and a bright GPA is too intense.

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If it was local to me I'd have bought it already at that price. Nice.

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You've been on quite the quest! The only GPAs of which I have the complete set is the much newer and fewer, seven, M-1942 stoves.

I wonder if Terri Marsh would be interested in photos of complete sets of things because that collection of Primus 96's is impressive. Thanks for sharing.

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Wow...a 1957 Rogers canister? Makes me wonder if there are any 1957, M-1950 stoves as I have never seen one from 1955 to 1960.

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Almost looks like a few garden train cars on the floor.

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I saw a Coleman propane lantern in the box and was able to let it be, and then a Coleman made Sears catalytic heater and yesterday a Coleman calalytic heater. I need to keep things trimmed-down to just Coleman gas pressure lanterns...and stoves it seems, have 3 425s now and a 3 burner westerner or ...

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Pancholoco1911 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:42 am Steve

You need this and your collection it’s done

I have yet to find one of those or the grill shown on the card. You have several of those, right?

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Nice find with the box too. Briefcase sounds good for this fine little stove. The bottle stores inside in those clips. Very cool design. Can be hooked up to bulk size bottle too. https://i.postimg.cc/3Ny3gCKT/20190915-071700-2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/y8r4T3b6/100-4256.jpg The label on the front of...

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Nice find with the box too. Briefcase sounds good for this fine little stove. The bottle stores inside in those clips. Very cool design. Can be hooked up to bulk size bottle too. https://i.postimg.cc/3Ny3gCKT/20190915-071700-2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/y8r4T3b6/100-4256.jpg The label on the front of...

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I want to correct one thing I wrote in my original post. It appears that the store advertising card actually attaches to the windscreens and not the grate.

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Nice!

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It looks like a suitcase, so it's a suitcase. Propane, but still... this isn't like classifying critters and weeds, where we have to submit to a committee, so if you think it's a suitcase, it's a suitcase. Respecting reply above--cross-posted. Briefcase looks right. But . . . But . . . I don't want...

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JimL wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:45 am Keep it. It's a backpacking stove.

A little bulky but it can be done. I heard about one group of backpackers who left a Coleman 425, 2-burner stove in the next drainage over the year before last, so it happens.

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It looks like a suitcase, so it's a suitcase. Propane, but still... this isn't like classifying critters and weeds, where we have to submit to a committee, so if you think it's a suitcase, it's a suitcase. Respecting reply above--cross-posted. Briefcase looks right. But . . . But . . . I don't want...

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Jeepstircrazy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:43 am Nope, it's a briefcase stove

Briefcase Stove . . . it's like a whole new category. I like it!

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I'm not much of a propane guy (a few lanterns and a few stoves) and I keep telling myself I don't want to collect suitcase stoves, although still manage to acquire them. So . . . . today I came across this Bernz-O-Matic single-burner propane stove. https://i.postimg.cc/fb9LvJKm/20220807-185440.jpg I...

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hikerduane wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:56 pm Styrofoam is another. Jet Ski = watercraft.
Duane

Xerox became the word for photo copy.

Thermos (AGM/Thermos) became generic for vacuum bottle and then came the ensuing lawsuit between AGM/Thermos and Aladdin over the term "thermos".

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I read this post and had to laugh . . . at myself. A walk-behind string trimmer? What's a string trimmer? Who needs to trim so much string that they need to buy a machine? So, I looked it up. It's a weed whacker! Apparently, "string trimmer" is the official name, I believe, and weed whacker and wee...

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I read this post and had to laugh . . . at myself. A walk-behind string trimmer? What's a string trimmer? Who needs to trim so much string that they need to buy a machine? So, I looked it up. It's a weed whacker! Apparently, "string trimmer" is the official name, I believe, and weed whacker and weed...

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Pancholoco1911 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:49 am Steve

I have never ever had an alcohol stove in my life and I’ve always liked to have one but when I do the math on fuel consumption I end with either kerosene or gasoline stoves.

Well . . . I see the problem. You're looking at this hobby rationally!

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Of course Moon Pies are made on the moon! The bakery is from the first Confederate moon launch! Really: I actually know a hard-core "flattie" (Flat Earther). His explanations for how objects in the sky move are soooooo much more complicated than Galileo's and Newton's. The explanation of why ships ...

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That's funny stuff, however, it does remind everyone that not everything you see is what youve been told it is. My understanding about many space telescope photos is that they've been enhanced and image-processed anyway. Of course they have. What we get from orbiting telescopes (and most terrestria...

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I have a model 2 of my grandad's and I've got it running thanks to your help. Now I think I'd like to make it look good. It's almost completely disassembled. I've pulled the hinge pins as much as possible to get the oven taken apart. Questions about paint. What do I use? High heat I presume but I c...

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That's funny stuff, however, it does remind everyone that not everything you see is what youve been told it is. My understanding about many space telescope photos is that they've been enhanced and image-processed anyway.

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Steve Yes, it was SS and wasn’t cheap like Ian’s stove. This one was $65 Tanque oxidado Gracias 🙏 That's a bit pricey but it appears to be in very good condition and a more desirable model than my cheaper galvanized model. I'm not sure if you've ever used a gravity-feed alcohol stove like a Punker ...

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Ian that’s a nice looking stove to own, I wouldn’t leave that behind too. Sadly where I live denatured alcohol it’s banned Closest REI it’s 1.5 hours away Ian and Steve this was the stove I left behind couple months ago https://i.postimg.cc/LXcqdfXy/79-D50937-C54-E-4356-A5-C9-55-F81-B8886-CE.jpg Ni...

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I prefer the flat gaskets, but mostly for originality. I did have one bad experience using an O-ring. I replaced the foot valve gasket on an M-1950 stove with an O-ring. It wouldn't seal, so pressurizing the stove forced fuel out of the vaporizer. I disassembled the stove again and inspected it. It ...

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Jeepstircrazy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:41 pm
If DNA was the preferred method for cooking up your drug of choice before injecting it in your body in California, the state would probably provide the DNA and the stove along with the needles they already provide...

That's pretty funny, but probably not far from the truth either.

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These are Schrader valve stoves as you suspected. I've had a 400, 400A and 3024 which needed new Schrader valves. I haven't seen any leak and then stop leaking so, that's a bit surprising. The early 400s like yours have a brass F/A tube which has a larger fuel opening than the plastic tubes, so I gu...

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Very cool. I'd also have bought that. The burner tube and valve arrangement reminds me of a Punker though yours is clearly different. Nice find!

How do you preheat that one?

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I'm not sure I've ever seen one for sale, however, it seems like I might have seen one on a propane lantern made around the same time. I believe it's the same size. While youre waiting for someone to reply try a couple of web searches for propane lanterns and check it out. Maybe you'll get lucky and...

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Wow! Now that's a labor of love. Steve, Assuming you mean the Constellation, I wholeheartedly agree. Of all the cool items being displayed, that one really stands out for me. Yep. I was at Oshkosh one year and there was one there that was being restored. All of the people working on it called it a ...

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Hmmm... I've got to try this. The freezing method has marginal results.

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I like the Connie, or at least I think that's a connie. What a neat time period, too!

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Sounds like a fun hunting trip!

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For what it's worth I've seen those burners mounted on 200A founts if all you're looking for is functional... I second this as I have one. The 200A fount is super nice, so I'm a bit surprised somebody used it. The valve is actually from an M2 burner but it's basically the same thing. Originally, it...

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WooHoo! I was there last year, but not for speed week. Hope you have a great time!

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It depends on the company, but it's in one's interest to assume that company surveys are not anonymous. If the company HR and CEO stresses repeatedly that the surveys are anonymous and then demonstrates in front of the entire company of 1200 people that they betray that confidence then they deserve...

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It's been that way within corporations, too. I had to fill out a company survey(s) about 10 years ago. They said it was completely anonymous. There were 16 people in our local office. We all (14 of 16) had a negative response to one of the questions. During the company-wide meeting where they posted...

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Another welcome from Colorado! Enjoy your new-found hobby.

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I just did some very, very rocky 4-wheeling with a new #20 Coleman mantle installed on a 222A. I bought those mantles from Bass Pro last summer. Having heard all the horror stories of poor quality Coleman mantles I fully expected the mantle to be detached each evening. To my surprise it was intact e...

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It's been 20 years since that last time I was there and every time I've been there it's been impressive.

I believe those float planes, possibly called kingfishers, were launched from the aft turret of battleships.

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