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    Using meths in a Crusader cooking unit

    I have found that if your trying to create a photon type stove that will fit perfectly into your fuel dish in the bottom of the crusader cook unit that you should try a chicken pate can from a MOD ration pack (Any Menu). Get x2 of them (You`ll need 2 Ration Packs) and cut the top band off...
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    Crusader Cooking Unit from BCB

    Didn`t have time to make Mark2 of my Crusader Lid straight away so I made an addition to the orgininal by adding the fork holes as I promised previously. I placed four holes in the lid to match the exact spacing of the Nato Fork (KFS set). The fork is then used as a lifting/lid retrival aid...
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    Crusader Cooking Unit from BCB

    I had given some thought to a handle of some kind for the lid but my worry was trying to get it all in the PLCE waterbottle pouch. Things become a little cramp with the 58 Patt Bottle & Mug, Crusader Mug & the Crusader Cooker all in there and some fuel sachets as well. Oh and Don`t forget the...
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    Crusader Cooking Unit from BCB

    Glad I`m not the only one. Still as you say its not the end of the world, I just spray over it with some BBQ grill paint 400deg stuff should be suitable. On a different note, Here`s a little something I knocked up to go with my crusader Mug. (I`m calling it oddly enough the crusader lid) Its...
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    Crusader Cooking Unit from BCB

    Yes your right the photo shows a small quality of missing paint. But trust me when I say that if I kept rubbing then most of the base would be missing. I stopped when the first flakes fell off. On close inspection the remaining paint looks like its lifted. (I may still fall off yet). I have just...
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    Crusader Cooking Unit from BCB

    Used my new crusader cooking unit for the first time today to prove the 8 minute boiling time with ethanol gel. There was no problem there, It did boil in that time and used one whole sachet of gel. The problem then arose when I tried to wipe out the remenants of the ethanol from the fuel...