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Get a big lump of magnesium from a industrial heating system, take a surform to it but not too fast, get a big pile of gratings, mix with vasaline and cotton wool and seal it in a tub for the proverbial rainy day. The vasaline stops the magnesium from degrading as well as burning itself and...

The cot bed arrived, looks sturdy enough but is a bit noisy as it takes a while for the fabric to stretch in. Does anyone know where you can get the thick folding mattress that goes with? A couple of years back they were all over for 15 to 20 quid a pop unissued, now I can't find any I...

Double post, no idea how I managed that!

3 parcels arrived, the Spongs from Merk over in the US the green civy 1958 pat bottle and mug and the flexistove etc from MRE empire. The sprongs are just the job, there's a bit of flash on the spoon , just enough to offend the scale modeller in me so I'll scrape it off with a scalpel...

Had some unexpected success on ebay so ordered a BCB folding cot/ bed from Heinnie Haynes , the issue sort. Didn' t fancy a second hand for once and couldn't find a unissued Dutch XL one new in the UK. I'm feeling my age so I thought why not when I dont have to carry it far. I've already...

It's something like the heavy cover lid above or the one Cadet Direct sell for another style of steel mug, https://www.cadetdirect.com/stainless-steel-cup-canteen-lid?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2NaNBhDvARIsAEw55hjrP822rS23UUPW5gG6eHdVpMvXN6zyItHWleRR6rHv0UDrPdQmzMAaAgqrEALw_wcB that I want. I've made a...

Probably the wrong place to ask but do any of you make a lid for the crusader mug from steel and if so do you sell them? I've made one from aluminium but it's a bit crap. If you do I'm happy to pay or swap for one. Atb Tom

Kept nearly getting one, don't really need one but think it's a neat design, then I noticed they were out of stock on ebay but still had them on their site so jumping to the conclusion they were running out have got herself to order me one and some cheap rations to bulk out the order. I've not...

Went to the big Wing Yip Chinese supermarket for the first time in two years and as well as the usual industrial sized Sarsons Malt and HP Brown etc I found a neat little silicone folding funnel that weighs zip all. It's should make filling all my older narrow necked bottles easier...

Well, 14 days turned out to be 1.4 as the Silky arrived just now! shiny! Atb Tom

Been selling on ebay so feeling flush so herself has ordered me a Silky Pocket Boy 170 Blue handle ~(20 teeth to 30mm) to use for finer work, making joints, using on seasoned wood and so on. I'm thinking of digging a quarter inch chisel from the scrap tool pile and will rig it to have a...

Just ordered from Merk https://emberlit.com/products/sprongs-camping-utensils-fork-and-spoon My one and only black Friday purchase , a quarter off. I'd looked at a mind numbingly expensive titanium variation on the theme but apart from the cost it's for use with nonstick pans and I'm leery...

Shiny! ATB Tom

Great tent, my son rates his highly. ATB Tom

Not wishing to cause scars I took to carrying a piece of aluminium foil folded over 4 times and crimped over at the edges to go under the gassifier stove or anything else I burn stuff on. I even use it under the folding flower / steamer/ hearth thing I got to use with a small portable tripod as...

The Zebra pans don't have the closest fit so I don't think there's any chance of them vacuuming shut. It's not happened so far with the two I've had for a while. I just finished the wax canvas case for the new ones Roll top as usual, I need to soak and shrink the stitches. Buckles off a...

The Zebra pans arrived early, while we were away at the I laws so excellent prompt service there. The pans are as well made and sturdy as you expect from Zebra. As I guessed they would the 14 and 16cm lids and inners from the standard Zebras fit the pots perfectly so I can mix and match as...

You do need to save the .little metal discs to put what ever you use as a wick in as the whole pot of wax melts after a while and the wick would fall over. The thicker wick really gives a bigger flame. Should do a test burn to see how long it lasts, a lot less than 8 hours I bet. The mini can...

Did a bit of experimenting and to get the amount of light I wanted I had to go up two sizes of wick. Anyroad I made 7 like that and rewicked 3 of the parafin wax ones. To be honest they seam to burn as brightly as the beeswax ones. I had to trim the wicks on those quite short or the flame...

Just ordered off ebay for 19.99 with free postage the new Zebra 3 piece Camping Set 2 , should be here Monday. It should nicely fill a need for some thing a bit more heavy duty for open fire / tripod use. I'm hoping one of the zebra lids I already have will fit the smaller pan, it should do...