[SEL] Austral lamp

[Peter Lowe]

Hi Kerry
I also sent them an email with this photo.

Peter





> Thanks everyone for the great feed back, I had a look at
> Associated Kerosene and Oil Lamps of Braidwood and will contact them
> tomorrow.
> http://www.oillamps.com.au/
> looks like they have a good range of small buckets or cups that are made 
> for
> most lamps, some Americans may not know what I am talking about is a kero
> Primus lamp / stove that was designed to heat the vapourising chamber on a
> Australian Austral kero engine to start it.
>
> Several have asked what is the difference, looks to me as another case of
> where you are from as to what they are called but may be cups are smaller
> size than buckets but they are all seals on a piston if that is the case I
> should have said leather cup.
>
> Thanks for all the help will let you all know how I go
>
> Kerry Morris
> Lithgow NSW Oz
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/kmorris/
>
>
>
>> OK I'll bite.
>>
>> What is the difference between a "bucket" and a "cup" in this
>> instance?
>>
>> And what would these be called?
>>
>>> http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/picjug/bucket_cup.jpg
>>
>> Al Harris
>>
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