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mbH made this wrench
for their Petromax lanterns.
The wrench is 127mm in
length and fits nut sizes 15, 10, & 9mm.
The tapered shank is a
gauge to adjust the distance between the gas tip and the air tube
for the 350/500 cp lantern(left)
and 250cp lantern (right).
The tip is a screwdriver
to unscrew the center bolt
that holds the globe cage
to the fount.
The Primus brand 1050 and
1080 series lanterns,
made by Aktiebolaget B.A.
Hjorth, Sweden,
were supplied with this
96mm long wrench.
It fits nut sizes, 17.5,
9.5, 9.0, 4.0 and 1.5mm.
This wrench is in Neil
McRae's collection.


Neil McRae made this wrench
primarily to work on Primus type kerosene stoves
but it also is useful on
a few Petromax style lanterns.
The end of the 16mm diameter
shaft (right + close up) has a 5mm slot for the pump check valve
and the end of the 12mm
diameter shaft (left) has a 4mm slot for the gas tips.
The manufactured tools
for this purpose can easily damage these brass parts.
This wrench is 26 cm long;
the 3/4" hex on the upper handle
doesn't work well for removing
stove burners as it quickly hits the stove legs.
This 4" long wrench came
with a Lind-O-Lite lantern model
with a wide ventilator
and carburetor valve.
The wrench has openings
of 11/16, 7/16, and 5/16"
with a slot got generator
gas tip removal.
This wrench is in Henry
Plews's collection.
The upper generator tip
cleaner came with the Lind-O-Lite lantern as above
It is 2 1/4" long and the
loop is 5/8" in diameter.
The loop is at right angles
to the wire, perhaps causing the wire on one side to be missing.
The lower tip cleaner is
of unknown manufacture.
It is 2 1/2" long and has
a1/2" diameter loop.
These are in Henry Plews's
collection.

This tip cleaner came with an Aladdin Model A lantern,
made by the Mantle Lamp Co. of America.
This tool, in Dwayne Hanson's collection, is 2 7/8" long.
This wrench was supplied
with the M1950 military stoves
and fits between two of
the stove's legs
when not in use.
It measures 3 1/4" long
and has nut openings
that are 11/16, 7/16, and
11/32" plus a tapered slot for generator tips.
This wrench is in Neil
McRae's collection.
Mil-spec lanterns were
made by a number of manufacturers from 1944-1991
under contract to the U.S.
Quartermaster Corps.
The wrench at the top is
bent up at both ends so it will fit under a clip in the frame base.
It is 3 3/8" long and has
9/16" and 1/8" openings; a tip cleaner is held in place by a clip.
This wrench was supplied
with lanterns up to the mid 1950's.
The wrench at the bottom
was supplied with lanterns from the mid 1950's on;
it differs in being bent
up only at one end and fits in the parts well in the fount.
These wrenches are in Dwayne
Hanson's collection.
This key style wrench came
with a Monitor iron
in Glenn Knapke's collection.
The wrench is nickel plated
cast iron,
2 3/8" long and fits hex
nut size 1/2" and square nut size 1/4."
The upper tip cleaner is
the Swedish Optimus brand.
It is 125mm long and the
wire diameter is 0.035mm (0.015").
The lower tip cleaner is
the German Petromax brand.
It is 112mm long and the
wire diameter is 0.0.025mm (0.010").

This Optimus alcohol can and wrench came with a Model 00L stove.
The 57 mm x 29 mm can holds enough alcohol to preheat the stove several times.
The 130 mm long wrench appears to be for a number of models
as only the smaller, 17 mm opening fits the two nuts on this stove.
The larger opening is 22 mm.
This stove set is in Ralph Trask's collection.

Matt Michalik got this 4 1/8" long wrench with a Prentiss Wabers L46S lantern.
The openings fit the 3/4" frame nut, 1/2" valve packing nut, 7/16" generator jamb nut,
3/8" cleaning lever packing nut, 5/16" valve knob nut,
and 5/32" generator tip.

Radius Catalog 56 from 1956 identifies this multipurpose tool as #9095
with fittings for the jet, generator, and control valve box nut
for models 103, 106A, 110A. 114, and 119 (Ryman).
The wrench is 132 mm in length; the openings are 19, 14, 12, 10, and 9 mm
plus a hole in the middle with half-round diameters of 9 and 6 mm.
This key style wrench came
with The "Royal" Iron
and is in Glenn Knapke's
collection.
It is 2 3/4" long with
a 3/4" "L"
and fits hex nut size 1/2"
and square nut size 1/4"
which controls the fuel
flow.
This key style wrench was
used on early iron models that lacked a valve wheel.
Sizes 0 (left), 1 (center)
and 2 (right) funnels, in Leonard Johnson's collection.
The stamping says: "Schuyler
Filtering Funnel,
Pat. Mar. 21, 1911, Savannah,
MO" (Missouri).
We don't know if this is
the same Schuyler Manufacturing Co.
from whom Coleman bought
funnels.
The "vanes" may help steady
the funnel in the opening and allow air to exit.
The wrench and alcohol
bottle above came with SunFlame kerosene
lantern Model 112
and are both figured in
the parts list, dated Mar. 1955, that came with the lantern.
The 4" long wrench fits
nut sizes 9/16 & 7/16."
Jon Schedler got this wrench
and another like it
with 2 Thomas Mfg. Co.
lamps, Model M1001.
Originally the steel was
blued.
This 5" long wrench fits
nut sizes 3/4, 1/2, 3/8, & 5/16".
This wrench was supplied
with Tilley irons DN250 and DN250A.
The wrench is 3 1/2" long
and is for nut sizes 3/4, 5/8, 1/2, & 3/8".
This wrench is in Neil
McRae's collection.
Tilley made this plastic
dipstick, perhaps in the 1950's,
to measure the correct
fuel level in the fount of a number of models:
the EX100, PL53, TL10,
TL13, R1,
TL106, TL136, X246, KL80,
and Life Buoy (donut lamps).
This dipstick is in Steve
& Jill Wood's collection.


The upper image is of the tip cleaner that came with the
Model 33 Tito Landi lantern in Torsten Scherning's collection.
The lower image is of the preheater torch that came with the lantern.
Shirley Willard and I both
have this wrench,
possibly made by a pressure
lamp manufacturer.
This 4 9/16" long wrench
fits nut sizes 13/16, 11/16, and 1/2".
If you can identify the
manufacturer please contact me.
Another wrench possibly
made by a pressure lamp manufacturer,
this wrench is 5 3/4" long
and fits nut sizes 9/16, 17/32, 1/2, 7/16, & 5/16".
If you can identify the
manufacturer please contact me.
These wrenches, in Neil
McRae's collection, are used to remove/replace check valves
and orifices from Swedish
blow torches/blow lamps, stoves, and some lanterns and lamps
The roarer burners on stoves
require the "jointed" shaft tools (bottom)
a difficult job but the
only good way to get to the orifice.