canteen cup lid - DIY

[Andy BB]

Saw this on youtube (thanks Bushcraftusa!). Thought it might be interesting, although don't know if you can get aluminium flashing quite as easily in the UK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3VvRwhbIXw&list=UUkxQ9AfOmF_-P30sU25Bsog&index=1&feature=plcp

 

[Mad Mike]

Personally I just use some heavy Ali foil from a Pie dish. If you go to a heating/plumbing merchant ask for gas closure plate comes in much larger sheets than shown, and a little thicker, but useful for all sorts.

Mike

 

[Miyagi]

Me too Mad Mike, and its "crumpleable" (a new word?) so can be stored in the mug/canteen when carrying.

Liam

 

[Andy BB]

Admittedly, I also use the pie-tin foil for a lid (with gaffer-tape "handle" to lift it), but this looked much neater!

 

[Mad Mike]

I Use a Crusader mug. 'Improved' with a small hole drilled in the rim opposite the handle.
This allows easy hanging with a short length of light chain. Ali foil still fits easily

Its neat enough for me

(Old Picture see my sig links)
If I cannot use a fire I have a homemade alcohol burner that fits neatly in the Crusader cook base.
It all fits in the water bottle pouch with the foil lid & a Millbank filter bag, so just hangs on your belt.

Mike

 

[Mikko S]

You don't need to cut the lip, it makes the lid ugly. You can use hammer and go round tapping it around the lip of the cup making a nice bend. I don't have a picture of the lid I made for my US canteen cup, but here is similar one I made for my Trangia pot.

 

[Biker]

I did this lid before Christmas on my French Army canteen cup. I have two cup one's ally the other SS obviusly having a lid would improve boil and cooking times so I set about making my own. here's the series of pictures I took. Hope I don't need to explain how i did it, suffice to say I cut the wooden base and peaned the edge of the alluminum flashing over it to make a scrolled edge. Just need to fit some sort of knob to lift it off with now. Does the job whatever.

Thanks for the link above. It's a shame really as I have a crusader cup lid but it doesn't fir into the canteen cups I have. Might put that up in the Gift it on thread one day. I got it from there to start with in a lucky dip selection.

Anyway hope the pictures are clear enough

 

[blacktimberwolf]

You can make a decent lid using the base of an old ali camping cookset pan......mikko is right, it's much better to hammer the lip bend rather than cutting it into strips.