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Can you adapt a vintage British teasmade to work in the US?
Is it possible to adapt a vintage British teasmade to work in the US?
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How to care for your teasmade, how to repair it, notes on specific spare parts and components, and vintage articles about how to build your own teasmade. If you can't find the repair information you are looking for in this section, you may email Doug (see "Team" in the menu).
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How to change the bulbs on a Goblin D21 and D25 teasmade
In this post our technical expert Doug explains how to change the light bulbs on a Goblin D21 Teasmade.
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What is a teasmade?
The prologue to "Teasmade, a Potted History"
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Caring for a vintage teasmade
These tips on caring for your vintage Goblin Teasmade are provided by our enthusuiastic teasmaniac, Doug. The Goblin Teasmade was designed and made in an era when things were built to last. Hence it is not unusual to find these appliances lasting for 15 to 20 years or more without
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Spare parts for teasmades
How to obtain spares for vintage teasmades.
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How does a teasmade work?
The basic operation of a Teasmade is a sealed kettle with a tube passing from the bottom of the kettle out into the tea pot...
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Why won't my teasmade kettle boil?
When your teasmade clock is working, the light is working, and everything else seems to be working, but for some reason the kettle just won’t boil, there are two likely explanations: 1. You have not placed the teapot in the correct position, or pushed it firmly into place. Most
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Why is water dribbling slowly from the teasmade to the teapot?
Why does the water only dribble from the teasmade so the teapot takes forever to fill, or indeed never fills?
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Luminous paint on teasmade hands
Retired teasmaniac Mike Phelan advises: Minute and hour hands were originally painted with luminous paint that was radioactive; the nannies have banned it. You can get luminous compound from clock material dealers. It is not always that good, so use it if you want, or use some dayglo green paint.
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Fabric cables for teasmades
I have found several sources for fabric cables online, including Urban Cottage Industries and Creative Cables. Retired teasmaniac Mike Phelan advises: For fabric cable for my D25 restoration I found some white iron flex in a DIY store in 2 metre lengths. To make it the right colour, I used
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Furring of the teasmade kettle spout
If your teasmade is affected by limescale, this can be treated with a de-scaler from your local ironmonger or DIY shop. Furring of the kettle spout was a recurring complaint received by Goblin in the 1970s. In June 1971 Goblin’s Mr D M Barber summed up the company’
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Scum on the tea from a teasmade
Goblin occasionally received complaints about scum floating on the surface of the tea. Complaints peaked in 1971 when Goblin introduced a new type of teapot with a large open spout and no grill. The sudden influx of queries from the service department forced them to devote some of their not