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    Clikstand and woodfire, anyone had any experiences?

    I've had an idea about using a Clikstand combined with a stainless steel sink strainer ( dropped into the space left for the Trangia burner ) as a small firebox, just not sure how well it'll stand up to a wood fire. On the one hand it's stainless steel on the other it's thin stainless steel. A...
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    Cheap, neat little alcohol cookset

    Having spotted this http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr2317.html the other day, while ordering something else, I thought I'd check out what it was like by spending an extra tenner. It looked from that picture very much like the Primus 91 ( Purple Flame ) cookset, which I've...
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    Traditional " My first bowdrill ember" post

    Thanks to all of you who posted tips and tutorials on the forum. Having noticed a nice spindle sized broken branch hanging in a willow tree last week during lunch, I decided that it was about time I gave the old fire fiddle a go. Cut off about a foot, thumbsized tappering to finger sized...
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    Hainault Forest free events Feb-May 07

    http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3What's%20on.htm#Hainault Brief summary, free events with only the last one, the slide show, needing prior booking. Tree Identification Walk : Sunday 4 February 2007 11.00 a.m. approx 2 hours Lower Plants Walk : Sunday 4 March 2007 11.00 a.m. approx...
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    The Hoblow Stove, a homemade wood stove with fan ( 0.5Mb pics )

    This was my second attempt as a small fan assisted wood burning stove, inspired by Risk's Forge http://www.imrisk.com/forge/forge.htm Warning this little project may cause you to have to find somewhere to dispose of the contents of 2 beer cans ;) As it comes out of the 6" billy It's...
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    Siamhammocks, anyone tried one?

    I came across these http://www.siamhammock.com/specs.php about a year ago. I was very tempted to buy one, decided against as the netting is white, meaning can't so easily see the night sky from inside. They read like a great bit of flexible kit , hammock/tent midgenet and poncho/tarp, I...