repair to oil lamp

[david543]

I have an old oil lamp. The reservoir has a slight leak at the base. How should I repair it? Would some variety of paint (inside) seal it? What sort?

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[supermalc]

I would have thought soldering the best method.

<hr width=100% size=1>Malcolm. Just trying to be helpful.

 

[Talbot]

Brazing would be better than soldering, but for either of these, you must empty the tank and preferably steam clean it from the inside to ensure that you dont solve your leak permanently /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[mtb]

Tinmans flux
Or silver solder clean the area properly before with course wire wool
I have a collection of railway hand lamps, back to carbide and some of these needed doing, mind some still do.

cheers
Mick

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[supermalc]

Brazing is for stronger joints, or for joining 2 different metals. If the container is made from brass, this will be too thin for brazing to be practical. Silver solder is what is used in manufacture. Clean the surfaces to be soldered, and use a flux. Use a large, heavy duty soldering iron, not a flame, as this would melt all the solder joining the lamp, as well as being dangerous.

Given modern plastics, it may be possible to fit some sort of liner, but surely the point of having an 'old' lamp is precisely that....the character that comes with age.

<hr width=100% size=1>Malcolm. Just trying to be helpful.

 

[ccscott49]

silver soldering requires more heat then a soldering iron can produce, just use standard solder, cleaning the area to bright metal, then use a good cored colder, or tinmans flux and normal solder, be good for another century!


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