Recycled PC Stove Build & Hot Tent
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That looks so professional, well impressed, didn't take you too long either.
All I have available at the minute is a broken laptop and somehow I don't think it would work the same
All I have available at the minute is a broken laptop and somehow I don't think it would work the same
Looking forward to it, Trailstar and Jetboil for night one then canvas hot tent and DIY stove for night two, talk about chalk and cheese
Will do Red
That looks so professional, well impressed, didn't take you too long either.
All I have available at the minute is a broken laptop and somehow I don't think it would work the same
Lol, probably not mate
Great job, dead impressed
If you here me screaming and running round the camp on Saturday night it's because the stove has gone into meltdown
Hopefully it'll be good news
Had the stove running for a couple of hours again last night and had no problems with the silicone Red, I'll let you know how it stands up after the weekend.
Well, it looks absolutely fantastic.
TBH I was/am a bit dubious about making a stove out of a PC Tower, so will be looking forward to your longer term review and being proved wrong.
Looks like you've done an excellent job constructing it.
And all on a shoestring budget! Tent looks great as well!
Have a :You_Rock_
TBH I was/am a bit dubious about making a stove out of a PC Tower, so will be looking forward to your longer term review and being proved wrong.
Looks like you've done an excellent job constructing it.
And all on a shoestring budget! Tent looks great as well!
Have a :You_Rock_
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What a great piece of work, well inspired. I wonder if you'll have an issue with too much heat in a tent that size on all but the coldest days. I have a home made gas bottle stove and with it just ticking over in my 5m bell tent its still pretty darn warm. That said, too much is obviously better than too little, and your stove may well be more controllable than mine.
Right, off to find me a PC case. As a holier-than-thou Mac user its the only reason a PC will ever cross my portal!
Right, off to find me a PC case. As a holier-than-thou Mac user its the only reason a PC will ever cross my portal!
Thanks Buddy - I was running the Esse full pelt last night and put two magnetic thermometer and body - didn't get above 300F let alone C
Just got back from a nice camp up in Cumbria, got to test the new stove and tent and both performed admirably, very happy indeedy ..
Flue at an angle was my first choice, I could do with another flue section but it still drew well ..
Two props and some wire to secure ..
Later in the day the wind switched round 180 degrees and I was getting the occasional blow back into the stove, this meant a little puff of smoke came out the damper and into the tent, caught here with the sun coming through one of the vents ..
Stove worked well, very happy with that
I switched the flue to a vertical position and this cut out the blow backs ..
Nice atmospheric shots in the cold last night ..
With temps down to -8*c we think, the whole setup was brilliant, the battery in my max/min thermometer pooped out but still recorded -6.5*c. I woke up at 06:15 this morning and threw a featherstick, some kindling and bigger pieces in the stove, without doing anything else it caught by itself and started chugging away again. I noticed frost glistening on the inside around the bottom 2ft, I also had moisture on the inside of my bivvy bag in some places. It was 08:25 when I woke up next and the tent was still toasty, I stuck the kettle on and it brewed up in no time. Once I decided to get up for a morning constitutional I just hooked the bivvy and sleeping bag to the ridge pole and left them to dry, by the time I'd got back they were ready to pack, I measured 24.8*c in the apex when I went to bed last night, nice
Leave only footprints, check out the frozen river
Flue at an angle was my first choice, I could do with another flue section but it still drew well ..
Two props and some wire to secure ..
Later in the day the wind switched round 180 degrees and I was getting the occasional blow back into the stove, this meant a little puff of smoke came out the damper and into the tent, caught here with the sun coming through one of the vents ..
Stove worked well, very happy with that
I switched the flue to a vertical position and this cut out the blow backs ..
Nice atmospheric shots in the cold last night ..
With temps down to -8*c we think, the whole setup was brilliant, the battery in my max/min thermometer pooped out but still recorded -6.5*c. I woke up at 06:15 this morning and threw a featherstick, some kindling and bigger pieces in the stove, without doing anything else it caught by itself and started chugging away again. I noticed frost glistening on the inside around the bottom 2ft, I also had moisture on the inside of my bivvy bag in some places. It was 08:25 when I woke up next and the tent was still toasty, I stuck the kettle on and it brewed up in no time. Once I decided to get up for a morning constitutional I just hooked the bivvy and sleeping bag to the ridge pole and left them to dry, by the time I'd got back they were ready to pack, I measured 24.8*c in the apex when I went to bed last night, nice
Leave only footprints, check out the frozen river
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Ere Rich do you reckon a little mushroom cap would stop the blow backs? Cracking little stove mate
Ere Rich do you reckon a little mushroom cap would stop the blow backs? Cracking little stove mate
Yeah I think so mate, I'll see what's about
Cheers Scott
Fantastic.
Thanks Martin
Cheers Cliff
Thanks mate
Cheers Andy
I just need some snow now
A cracking job there Rich & Bilmo, it looks toasty
Now, will it all fit in the pulk?
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Yes mate, that's the next project
...http://www.wintertrekking.com/community/index.php?topic=1229.0
