ASSOCIATED KEROSENE & OIL LAMPS  AUSTRALIA
          69B Duncan Street, Braidwood   NSW    2622   

                                                                     Phone:    4842 1183    Email:    oillamps@oillamps.com.au

REPAIRS & RESTORATION

Antique Lighting Repairs & Restoration
Antique Lamp Repairs & Restoration
  Kerosene & Oil Lamp Repairs

   Kerosene Pressure Lamps, Kerosene Stoves  & Marine Stoves

    LAMP PARTS MANUFACTURED & CUSTOM-MADE  

Our highly specialised facilities in Braidwood NSW are solely dedicated to the Restoration , Repair  & Service of Antique Oil & Kerosene Lamps  & kerosene products.  We also manufacture a comprehensive range of lamp parts along with our Restoration Service. Our speciality is making one off and custom-made components.

All work is carried out by John Gannon, a master craftsman, who has a life time experience of working with Metal,  Wood, Glass and Ceramics.

John is a licensed  motor cycle mechanic, spent 6 years as a Contractor working as a Maintenance Engineer & Service Mechanic. Facets of his work were mechanical  and electrical , steam & fluid control , heating and engineering,   He also is a competent tool & die maker. John has had formal studies and  working experience with silver & gold jewellery, lost wax casting & mould making,  He is a Glass Artist and has a keen interest in glass blowing and ceramics, so he can provide you with expert advise & skills.

Our work shop is set up to accommodate all of these skills    As well as the Restoration  work area, we have a small  scale engineering shop with a number of presses, lathes, milling machines, spinning lathe, polishing & metal finishing equipment, sheet metal and welding  tools  etc 

Our Glass & Ceramic section comprises 3 Furnaces , Glass Lathe  ( grinding gear ) and 14'' Diamond Saw etc and a special
sandblasting/etching unit. 

We have now improved the cleaning of ornate metal parts which does not require the use of acid which runs the risk of destroying the metal.   The finish is so fine that all that is needed on some restorations is to seal it with lacquer.   Our new improved technique gives a beautiful finish to Cast-Iron.

John makes moulds for glass, metal and ceramic casting and we now have our own casting facilities for metal. 

Over 15  years, John has made dies and jigs for almost every job.   When your component is put in one of his special jigs  it will be 100% true and straight .  If he doesn't have a jig he will make one just for your particular needs. 

All of our repairs and services are carried out in our workshop.  Lamps, pressure lamps, stoves, etc can be dropped off at either our premises,
at 69B Duncan Street, Braidwood or at our Sydney Outlet  -  Wentworth Park Antiques  & Collectables Fair (1st  Sunday of the month from 9 -3pm)  or posted,  it will not be going anywhere else.   The only exception are lamps that are being Electrified . the final wiring is carry out by a qualified Licensed  Electrician  and Electroplating  work ( nickel and Silver finish are available).

A few  of our services that we can provide are

Restoration of Metal Lamps 

• Dropped your lamp and it has becomes bent where it joins the base, we can dismantle it and roll the joints like new  with one of John's specially designed rolling machines
• Dent removal. 
• Leaks in metal lamps are soldered providing there is enough metal to work with otherwise we use a sealer.
• Collars & Pegs replaced on all lamps - Collars and pegs can be made to size.
• One of John's specialities is Burner repairs, he can rebuild all kinds even Moderators  & specialises in repairing 
  Aladdin Model No. 9, No. 10, No. 11 & No. 12 gears (replaced with new gears ) & Miller gears. 
• Duplex and Hinks burners  old and new rebuilt     
• Flame Spreaders repaired  - all Millers and others, flame spreaders can also be manufactured
• Miller & Kosmos parts eg.  burner tops, tank rings, 7 1/4" shade ring added to original Kosmos burners.
• Weld cast iron ( not brazing ) we can repair Dutch hanging lamps & Pyramid bases. 
• Metal finishing such as polishing and we can also apply a number of antique finishes.
• Professional Spray Painting with Gun not spray can.

Service & Restore  Pressure Lamps , Kerosene Stoves & Blow Lamps    Seal Kits are not replaced until  the Burner & Tank are Cleaned and Pressure Tested.

Manufacture the following parts  -  Jets, needles, vaporizers, leather pump cups, seal kits, hoods, globes . etc

John also makes a range of stock parts such as Galleries and Tripods,  Shade rings , Ceramic Burner Knobs,  Pegs, Collars,  Metal & Marble  Bases, Columns to suit any size,   Burner Parts, Heater Mantles, Hanging Lamp/Store Brackets , Metal shades.  If we don't have a stock one John can make one for you.

John is well-known for his restoration of  kerosene lamps & burners and has clients in England & USA.

You can contact John Gannon by email  oillamps@oillamps.com.au or phone  (02) 4842 1183 for advise.

RESTORATION OF MESSENGER READING LAMP    Left - Tank was cracked all over and was dismantled to take a pattern    Right  - A new tank was spun Messenger Reading Lamp with new tank.

This beautiful crystal lamp font had the bottom broken out of it and had been electrified.  A new base could have been glued to it, not convinced how long the glue would have lasted with the kero - Our solution  was to make a glass bottle and glue it in  It is almost impossible to see iinside the crystal font. I also added one of our new silver plated Hinks -style bayonet burner and bayonet collar see right.

ASSOCIATED KEROSENE & OIL LAMPS  AUSTRALIA    www.oillamps.com.au