Floppy Honey Stove?

[3bears]

Just wondering , any other Honey Stove users had their tops/bottoms of the stoves warp with use? I'm not doing anything daft like insta-cooling the stove with water, I just let it air cool. I've found the top plate has warmed slightly using a Trangia burner, and today after taking it to bits, the bottom plate while burning wood!

do I have a duffer, or is this a general predicament?

 

[resnikov]

Yeah mine has warped too, think its normal

 

[gordonmac]

Hi, this is standard with the Honey, the pieces should all fit together in spite of the warping though.

 

[sapper1]

It's a "chracteristic".Nothing to worry about at all,place between 2 bits of wood and place a heavy weight on them ,or use a vice or fingers to straighten.

 

[resnikov]

#no EDIT#

Think i read on here somewhere someone else saying theres warped too and people said it was normal.

 

[3bears]

cheers for the feedback gents, at least I know I'm not losing it now- has been bent back into shape in short order!

 

[Big_bazza99]

My top and bottom have warped too, only slightly and probably makes it a little easier to put it together!!!

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

yea my esbit and hexis stove buckle under heat, it just becoz it a thin steal so they buckle easy

 

[PaulSanderson]

just a thought, but could the warping have something to do with the annealing process? with it being so thin, a high temp and long slow cooldown could anneal it slightly, resulting in the warp?

im no expert at all in metallurgy but i thought of this when i saw the thread....

 

[Melonfish]

mine does the same, easy enough to flatten again afterwards tbh
like others have said, adds character