Hi all
I attended a vintage fair at the antiques quarter here in Sheffield this morning and bought a chrome plated brass safety type torch for the princely sum of 85p!!, the elderly chap was asking for £1 but I only had £20 notes and 85p of shrapnel in my pocket! (pound coins and 50P pieces all went at the bootsale earlier this morning!
The torch is in superb working condition and is a Type T.D.I.A... it was made by Oldham & Sons Ltd, Denton, Manchester and bears the broadarrow of the MoD and 5A/2011
I had to shine the torch away from the camera for this shot as it was massively under exposing the shot!!
It runs on 3 D cells and only stays lit as long as the botton is kept pressed..
I also bought a 3 D cell Maglite but there was a battery stuck up the spout and held in by aluminium oxide, I cleaned this out with a dremel type tool and shaft, put batteries in and it worked for about a second, it went just as though the batteries were dead (but were brand new!)..
I'll have a look for a tutorial on how to strip the torch to see where it's going open circuit..
I had a good day at the bootsalebuying a Nu Tool bench Planer for a tenner fully working!! and a few other bits too!
Cheers, John :thumbsup:
I attended a vintage fair at the antiques quarter here in Sheffield this morning and bought a chrome plated brass safety type torch for the princely sum of 85p!!, the elderly chap was asking for £1 but I only had £20 notes and 85p of shrapnel in my pocket! (pound coins and 50P pieces all went at the bootsale earlier this morning!
The torch is in superb working condition and is a Type T.D.I.A... it was made by Oldham & Sons Ltd, Denton, Manchester and bears the broadarrow of the MoD and 5A/2011
I had to shine the torch away from the camera for this shot as it was massively under exposing the shot!!
It runs on 3 D cells and only stays lit as long as the botton is kept pressed..
I also bought a 3 D cell Maglite but there was a battery stuck up the spout and held in by aluminium oxide, I cleaned this out with a dremel type tool and shaft, put batteries in and it worked for about a second, it went just as though the batteries were dead (but were brand new!)..
I'll have a look for a tutorial on how to strip the torch to see where it's going open circuit..
I had a good day at the bootsalebuying a Nu Tool bench Planer for a tenner fully working!! and a few other bits too!
Cheers, John :thumbsup: