Recent content by benjy

So I gave jumper as a gift tonight. My friend had seen some pics I'd posted on Instagram, but had no idea it was for him. Also, he thought I had merely accessorised an existing jumper not made it from scratch. All in all he was pretty chuffed with it, and hopefully he'll get some good usage...

Cheers for the feedback guys, thanks for looking.

I finally got round to making a bushshirt over the Easter weekend, motivated by wanting to make it as a birthday present for a friend. The finished product: I used this pattern: http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php/7076-Anorak-pattern I drew out the pieces and cut pattern under the...

DaveBromley 18+ Stringmaker 18+ (gift will be suitable for any age) Tengu 18+ Mousey 18+ [my gift will be suitable for under 18] Mesquite 18+ Welchyd1 18+ MattF 18+ (my gift will be suitable for under 18) Crosslandkelly 18+ Bilmo (gift suitable for any age) Fatbob 18+ Toddy 18+ (gift suitable...

Cheers for replies guys. Been to 5 different supermarkets and local B&M and no bottles yet. Guess they are out there somewhere, I just need to keep looking.

Just thought I'd try out the hive mind... I wanted to have a go at making some of these http://www.instructables.com/id/Aluminum-Bottle-Tumbler-Cup-Cook-Pot/step8/Finish/ and obviously need some appropriate aluminium bottles. I clocked last year that Budweiser and Coors were shipping beer in...

Hi all, Follow up much later than intended, managed to test this design at Explorers on Monday. It worked really well although there wasn't a breath of wind, burned very clean and there was very little residue left after. Very happy with the first test and will now make a case and get it out...

Yep pot grip or even pliers on multitool would be a more readily available solution, but this was looking at making cooksets with explorer scouts. I know it would be easier to buy things and possibly not that much more expensive, but I'm attempting to use this to teach them some practical...

If I had those things I would. I just tested the idea on the pan I already drilled in case I made more errors. Given my predilection for mistakes, I tend to buy 2 of everything when it comes to projects (money allowing!). Now I know what I'm aiming for I'll start on a fresh pan and have one to...

Taking on Bilmo's suggestion I've updated the design, thanks for the tips! Thanks for looking.

Bilmo, great idea will be using that. Should have thought of it myself, but drilled holes before I thought about it properly. Will have another go tonight and update.

Following on from the small alcohol stoves I made at explorers last week, I've started prototyping a cheap and simple non-stick frying pan. The aim is to build a usable little cook set, and each task is designed to have a follow up in order to focus the kids on putting in the effort to make...

Andy, The tins have a lip at the top of the base part, and the mesh rest against this and so far seems pretty stable. These particular tins came with a plastic wadding in the lid which I remove but is the perfect size template for the wire mesh. I then bend the first 2-3 mm of the mesh to...

Thanks for the comments guys. jackcbr - i got the tins from the soapkitchen website. As other mentioned vaseline and shoe polish tins are great too. I bought these as I needed ~30 for all the explorers and leaders and didn't want to have to save up tins. Whittlerkev - this particular stove...

Rick, Do you mean to use the lid as a simmer ring, or turning this into a pressurised stove? If its the latter, then without a inner wall the stove would need to be preheated to cause the meths to vaporise and and exit the lid. I've made semi-pressurised stoves like trangias from coke cans...