Rewicking an Optimus 8R

Here's a video to tide my subscribers over for a bit while I work on a Optimus 8R rebuilding video pair. (Love you subscribers!) This was actually a video for a client job I completed recently, but I thought it looked nice. Sorry about the lack of explanation and low production value. The holiday season has me pretty distracted. Stay tuned for more video in 2019!

[henkabylin]

Have you or do you know of anyone WHO has repaiced the cotton Wick with a fiberglas one? Or perhaps carbonfelt?
Love your work

[Bek_Mir]

Good day. please tell me what head you use on the stove. it's own very noisy, but you use another quiet one. how to do it? or from what stove?

[Steve-hbmy]

Is the mesh really necessary? The Svea doesn’t use a mesh, does it?

[raymonddoherty]

Hi BernieDawg, Fist off I enjoy all your videos Working on a 8r with the round control knob that wont run right, put a cap on from a working stove same just a very small flame
so pulled the wick out and there is a very fine brass screen 1 1/2 long with the wick inside of that inside of the tube is that a factory thing?

[williammoss]

Hi BernieDawg. This is a general question suggested by your rewicking video. I bought an 8R new about 35 years ago. Only used it 2 or 3 times so it's in mint condition. A close inspection (without disassembling it) suggest all is in factory order. However, when I brought it out a few weeks ago. I can't get a good blue flame and the flame even goes out after ten or fifteen minutes. I thought this could be due to the wick, but it seems to be in A1 condition. Any idea what the problem could be? Thanks in advance.