Fitting a stove jack in my Helsport Varanger Lavvu

[Twodogs]

Thanks to Paul ( Bear Thrills ) I now own for £20 a ten foot length of Shim steel to make up a stove pipe to fit my Helsport Veranger 4/6 my winter tent for a trip to Lapland next year .

But how to use a folding stove in a lavvu ,,, fit a stove jack ...

First take one silaconized stove jack from the USA and cut it to bits ,



The old singer works well as always



Test fit



Add some more protection for the straps



another test fit



Pipe a bit long but it will cast all the sparks away from the lavvu



More protection inside



The stove pipe at a bit of an angle to cast the pipe away from the apex of the lavvu , ,
Still needs testing but its to hot today



Tent , inner ,Ground sheet , Pole , pegs and Stove all packed up in a Dutch Army surplus dry bag



Twodogs

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Quality bit of sewing mate. id say you are good to go. Is it nearly winter yet

 

[MartinK9]

Looking good Cliff,

Nice of Paul re the Shim

Is the stove jack sewn onto the apex straps or just velcroed in?

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers Gents
Martin , I used Velcro so I can still use the Russian stove in the UK

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Martin, I used Velcro so I can still use the Russian stove in the UK

Thanks, nice to see the dry bag put to use too.

 

[Shewie]

Good stuff Cliff

Where did Paul manage to source the shim from, did he import it?

 

[Twodogs]

It was a lucky find old stock from the US on ebay UK

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

I cant talk about it Rich. twill make me cry lol.

 

[Gray]

Lovely job, done with a old singer as well. Pure class, love it

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers Gray ,,,,,,

 

[jandude]

Looking good.

Do you think you'll need to heat shield the base of the pole where it sits so close to the stove, or is the air gap sufficient?

 

[sasquatch]

Nice work Cliff. I'm confused though, I thought the whole idea of a laavu was to already have a point of exit for a flue? Obviously this one didn't or you wouldn't be doing this!

 

[Twodogs]

jan the gaps fine I will put a plate below the pole to stop it sinking though ,

Chad the problem is with the roll up stove pipe not been able to fit a insulater so a stove jack was the way to go

Twodogs

 

[sasquatch]

Gotcha. Nicely done

 

[Teepee]

Good job mate. Great to see the old Singer working outside still going strong.

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers Pete ,,, The singer been hand crank is so versatile

Twodogs

 

[grey-array]

That looks like an A class job mate, now all we need is some winter weather!
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Clouston98]

Interesting idea for my tipi we used a section of chicken wire that went throughout the already existing flue hole but needed the wire to protect the fabric.