Optimus

[Redboots]

I am going to overhaul my Optimus SVEA 123 this spring. Its not had an outing for a long time.
I bought it in the early 70's for 10 - 12 quid I think. A lot of money then, like a third of a weeks wages.
It sounds like a RAF Lightning on full afterburners when you crank it up for your early morning coffee

Mine is the one that came with a windshield and pan set (3) that telescopes together.
I still think its better than my Coleman 533, not least because I put bike fuel in it.

The pans need a bloody good clean!





Small pack size

 

[Udders]

Blimey!
Definitely needs a makeover!
You’ll obviously need to post some “ after “ pics too.

 

[Wapping]

Excellent.

 

[Redboots]

Definitely needs a makeover!

How do you clean alloy that thin though?
Ultrasound cleaner?
If you scrub at them, they distort quite easily.

 

[Udders]

I’d try those soap filled Brillo pads.
Johnson Brillo Pads X 10 https://amzn.eu/d/3YSVhEq

 

[Wapping]

Being gentle and white vinegar, apparently:

 

[Redboots]

Being gentle and white vinegar, apparently:

I'll give some of those ideas a try. Plus maybe add some baking soda to the vinegar.
But do they work as well on aluminium as aluminum?

I have the base where the burner goes cleaned up a bit but not perfect by a long chalk.
That and the wind shield part now slide into each other like a they were made to.
I have bought a stainless steel cooking pot with a lid that the burner and wind shield fit into and will use it like that in the meantime.
The 3 pans are a bit mingin' and need a good bit of work, but time is short.

 

[Redboots]

I've given up on the pan parts of this and bought a Boundless Voyage titanium cooking pot.
Same as this but exactly the same thing (brand) from AliExpress for €26 and some cents.

The burner holder and the windshield have cleaned up ok with a Brillo Pad.
The burner fits into the windshield and they go into the cooking pot. A sponge cleaner on top of the burner spaces it out to the lid (frying pan) and I have cut a heatproof mat to form a protective base and a sleeve inside the main pot.

It works for me.
Now to master the Aeropress with coffee pod/bags.

 

[Redboots]

It lives!
New jets and seals from Basecamp and its good for another 40 years



Noisy little thing.

 

[Udders]

I’ve never had one but definitely heard other people using them!

 

[Mad Hatter]

Sounds like a doodlebug!

 

[zerax9]

Sounds like a doodlebug!

What's a doodlebug ? (asking for a friend)

 

[NeverRodeBefore]

What's a doodlebug ? (asking for a friend)

Just from the sound - Pulse jet on the German Fieseler Fi 103 V1 Flying bomb.

Although, it might've been a JB-2 which was a reverse engineered version made by the United States Army Air Forces which was built by Republic Aviation who eventually subcontracted the airframe to Willy's Overland and the engines made by Ford Motor Company.

 

[sanqhar]

Just from the sound - Pulse jet on the German Fieseler Fi 103 V1 Flying bomb.

Although, it might've been a JB-2 which was a reverse engineered version made by the United States Army Air Forces which was built by Republic Aviation who eventually subcontracted the airframe to Willy's Overland and the engines made by Ford Motor Company.

My Father attended as an Air Raid Warden at this the first V1 flying bomb to land on London.

https://flic.kr/p/5vb735

tom