The Springmann vaporizer 04/10/06
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Wenn you know english made pressure lanterns like Tilley and Bi-Aladdin, you will know that they carbonize easy and can't be cleaned or repaired.

Willi Springmann has solved the "problem" by making or better re-building his own vaporizer. This "Springmann" vaporizer can be cleaned easy, just dismantle it, and uses a 250 cp Petromax orifice.


The pictures show how to make a vaporizer on a lathe.

Re-building on your own risk !

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The raw material. Both ends are made plane. Both ends get a center hole.
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Core drilling M7x1. Cutting the thread M7x1. "Clamping" with an old orifice.
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Resizing the rod to 11mm. Centering the gauge. By using the orifice, you can cut all the material.
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Drilling the main bore. Don't distroy the thread on the other side. Cutting the M10x0,75 thread.
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Cleaning the thread. Almost ready. Drilling hex. 17mm with 16mm.
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Cutting off the hex. Hard soldering. Cleaning.
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Making the needle spring.... and it looks like this ..... The cleaning needle is ready.
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READY !!!

More cleaning needle pictures will follow.

Materiallist.

Material         Tools         Vaporizer dimensions
Brass round 12mm         Drill 9,2mm         Length 127mm
Brass round 2mm         or drill 8mm and drill 9,2mm         Dimension round 11mm
Brass round 3mm         Bore 1,6mm         Orifice thread M7x1
Hex. brass SW4mm         Tap M7x1         Thread M10x0,75
Hex. brass SW17mm         Tap M10x0.75         Hole 8mm / 9,2mm
Nut M2         Tap M2         Hex. SW17mm
Ring M2         Threadcutter M10x0,75            
Springsteel 0,5mm         Theardcutter M2            
Silver solder                          
Solder agent                          

Copyright all pictures :Wilhelm Springmann

Torsten Scherning made the first german version of this page.