Hi there.
After lots of hemming & hawing I gave in to pressure from the Eldest Daughter and invested in a jetboil last year.
However, despite the fact that it's very good (at boiling water) I still wanted the versatility of my Swedish army stove. I wanted to be able to heat water for washing (gasp) to be able to simmer stuff, boil, fry, bake. To cook!
So, if only I could use my Trangia gas burner in the army stove.....
Without buggering either of them about...
The major stumbling block, I decided, was finding a nut for the bottom of the burner, to attach it to whatever device of cunningness I came up with. A rummage in the box of 'might come in handy and despite not knowing what it is I won't throw it away cos' it's shiny box' (you know we all have one) sorted that.
Then the measuring started.
To sum up, I found that if I attached the burner to a plate & sat the stove over it, the perfect set-up would be achieved.
All I had to do was find a piece of scrap 3mm ally plate (an old DIY tax-disc holder in my case) drill and counter-bore it, cut a notch for pipe clearance and source three feet for when using on a flat surface.
A quick field test (OK, garden test) and it works!! Boil times almost as good as the jetboil for similar volumes of water - a lot quicker than the meths burner - but that wasn't the main aim.
I have more versatility and more heat control. That's what I wanted. Anyway, have a look at the pictures and see if you fancy having a go yourself. It could give your old Swedish army stove a new lease of life!!
Now, how do you post pictures on this thing?
After lots of hemming & hawing I gave in to pressure from the Eldest Daughter and invested in a jetboil last year.
However, despite the fact that it's very good (at boiling water) I still wanted the versatility of my Swedish army stove. I wanted to be able to heat water for washing (gasp) to be able to simmer stuff, boil, fry, bake. To cook!
So, if only I could use my Trangia gas burner in the army stove.....
Without buggering either of them about...
The major stumbling block, I decided, was finding a nut for the bottom of the burner, to attach it to whatever device of cunningness I came up with. A rummage in the box of 'might come in handy and despite not knowing what it is I won't throw it away cos' it's shiny box' (you know we all have one) sorted that.
Then the measuring started.
To sum up, I found that if I attached the burner to a plate & sat the stove over it, the perfect set-up would be achieved.
All I had to do was find a piece of scrap 3mm ally plate (an old DIY tax-disc holder in my case) drill and counter-bore it, cut a notch for pipe clearance and source three feet for when using on a flat surface.
A quick field test (OK, garden test) and it works!! Boil times almost as good as the jetboil for similar volumes of water - a lot quicker than the meths burner - but that wasn't the main aim.
I have more versatility and more heat control. That's what I wanted. Anyway, have a look at the pictures and see if you fancy having a go yourself. It could give your old Swedish army stove a new lease of life!!
Now, how do you post pictures on this thing?
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