1960s era C&L hot pot

[Ikarus1]

Found this locally on Facebook Marketplace and paid $40. Didnt know much about them but evidently C&L has been around since the 1880s, served as a govt contractor in both World Wars making steel cartridge cases for Naval guns, while still producing blowtorches and hotpots, various Ag products, and other steel products.

Anyhow after a air nozzle bath and soaking the leather pump cup in some CLP, she came to life and melted some dental film shielding into ingots.

If anyone has any tips on using an old school (pre-1970s aka pre-ME) era lead melter, PM me. I did manage to find some manual scans for this exact model on an old camp stove forum

 

[BigWaylon]

Sorry if I missed it...but what fuel does that use? Looks an awful lot like the Coleman stoves my dad always brought on backpacking trips.

 

[Ikarus1]

Yep same principle as my old coleman stoves and lanterns that I love. This one uses gasoline or white gas fuel. I used some fine shell 89 nonethanol in it and at 2.99 a gallon it beats coleman fuel costs handily. Last time I bought a can of Coleman white fuel I paid over $12/gal !!