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sorry to bump an old thread - good review by the way. I'm thinking of welding one of these up out of a propane cylinder, and just want to double check the (very comprehensive) measurements. The original article says that each flue section is 7 1/2" diameter x 16" long. That doesn't correspond...

I lived rough on Mull for just short of five weeks when I was 18 - in summer. I was cold, wet, hungry and miserable for most of it, and by the time I'd finished I'd lost two stone. And I was reasonably well-equipped, experienced, and lucky. If you try this without the equipment and skill...

If anyone wants any scrap paper/card to make some - free to collect from South Leeds - I scrap about 1cu m a week.

last ten years or so has been one weekend a year, plus maybe a couple of hours per month. looking forward to spending more time out in the nex t6 months tho - already signed up for three peaks challenge, and looking for a week's walk somewhere really wild. to the OP: have a word with the GF...

I recommend cooking them in lots of chilli and garlic - if you use enough, they taste just like chilli and garlic :p

rather than use a file as raw material, try to get hold of a circular saw blade. I picked up a 24" one at a farm sale a few years ago - just over 5mm thick - spark tested as a high carbon steel, and got about a dozen blades out of it. Even a standard 7 1/4" will yield two or three blades...

I've got an idea based on finely chopped gorse leaves/spines as per the other thread + some laser toner (which I just happen to have lying about). I'll have to find my food processor [1] to chop up the gorse. It's in the shed so might take a couple of days, then expect a video... [1] I'm not...

I recognise your name. My entire collection, right from no.1 to when the name was changed to "surival and outdoor techniques" was ebay'd to someone in Canada, about 10 years ago. I *think* I had a crossword published by them - but it may have been "combat"(?), it was a *long* time ago -...

mountain terrain bike, I think.

Made a couple of posts already, thought it was about time I introduced myself. I'm 39, semi-retired (through choice), and own a second hand book business based in Hunslet, South Leeds. Started "bushcraft" before I knew what it was - grew up right on the Leeds/Wakefield border, and spent most...

having said that - toner from a photocopier/laser printer is very finely ground carbon, and a quick google throws up lots of "flammable" warnings. maybe that will work?

a ball mill is pretty easy to make - baby milk tin, or any other tin with a replaceable lid - pringles tube? half a dozen or so marbles. then you just need a method of rotating it slowly for hours on end. will grind your charcoal as fine as you like.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll have a good google around them and see which I decide to do.

Hi. First post, so <hello> and apologies if this is in the wrong place. recently retired (at 39!) and looking to spend a lot more time in the wild. does anyone have any suggestions as to a route that will take me about a week to complete, through reasonably wild terrain - walking. I'm...