Campfire pot stand

[Glen]

i'm thinking that a bunsen burner heats whatever is on the stand in a small area in the middle of the triangle, whereas a campfire heats everything above it i.e. the whole stand..

Bunsen burners, with something sitting ontop of the tripod support, will heat the whole top, which do get very hot. I suspect much hotter than it would get in a normal camp fire, presumming the tripods are engineered to cope with a slightly misplaced bunsen should easily cope with a campfire

<talk amongst yourselves while I use a search engine......>

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3557077.stm
"Forest or brush fires usually only reach temperatures of around 300 degrees Celsius. But hearths or campfires can reach temperatures of 600 degrees Celsius or more. "


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(temperature)
"1170 K, large log fire flames
1670 K, blue candle flame
1808 K, melting point of bound iron (lower for steel)
1870 K, Bunsen burner flame "

( take off 273 to convert to degrees centegrade )

Is it's big enough to be stable would be my worry.

 

[Singeblister]

got one of those (great-great-grandfather used it, probably 150 years old), made by the local blacksmith from one piece of steel: heated up to white glow and treated with a hammer on the anvil - no bolts, no rivetts, nothing fancy. Just designed to do the job.

Perfect for trecking with a packhorse - unfortunately a bit heavy for the backpack

Btw, small rocks make a nice pot stand (which has to be three-legged, four or more legs make it tippy - regardless what material the stand is made from)

Sounds cool , could you post a picture ?

 

[Gailainne]

interesting...

but i don't fancy the chances of those nuts / threads after a few heat / cool cycles over a fire...

Simple solution is to have the legs with a shoulder, and a smaller pin above that fits into holes on the triangle, the weight of the pot, or whatever will stabilise it, no nuts to loose.

 

[cyclist]

Sounds cool , could you post a picture ?

unfortunately no pic, you´ll get an idea on
www.attergau-zeitreise.at/kueche99.htm

scroll down a bit and you´ll find "Dreifuß" and it´s deluxe version with adjustable heat: the "Pfannknecht"

both are made from one piece of steel - forging was no problem in those old days of no mass production with low labor cost. Drilling holes (for attaching rivetts or bolts) in hard metals was a major operation, not to mention the fabrication of threads on nuts and bolts ....

 

[Wayland]

It looks like Andrew ( Outdoorcode ) has managed to get these over from Norway at last.

I got one in Norway last year and it's been very good.

In fact I might just get another..... :bluThinki