I have a tipi from Greenoutdoors.co.uk, with wich i've been using a gas bottle wood burner and stainless steel pipe chimney. I've been using this with great effect as a heater, however it was not really possible to cook on the stove as the hotplate was too small. I was looking at the eldfell stove and happened to spot the frontier on the same site. Did a bit of reading about it and decided to purchase one. I'm extremely happy with it. I have only tested it in the back yard so far but i've had two kettles boiling on it, one over the removable cover and another at the back next to the chimney. What i have found the few times i've had it running, is that the hotplate at the rear is the hottest part of the stove and the flames don't really lick the base of anything placed over the removable plate - the flames get swept to the back of the combustion chamber to the chimney. I have still had a kettle boiling over the hole though despite this observation.
I've also noticed that the flames die down almost to nothing with the the door on the open catch. To get good heat for cooking i've had to have the door open and the damper fully open too.
Before the stove can be used in my tipi I had to come up with a heat shield. On my previous stove I used some galvanised mesh rolled into a tube utilising some tin lids with the centres cut out to act as spacers to centralise it over the chimney and hung to the correct length using some chain. This time I wanted something a little less Heath Robinson and easier to transport. I had looked at perforated steel pipe, but in the end I spotted some "jumbo" bird feeders in B&Q. I bought two and removed the plastic as it was the tubes i was interested in. These mesh tubes are 80mm in diameter and fit nicely around the 60mm chimney sections. I used some picture hooks as you can just make out in the photos, to centralise the heat shield. I punched the open end of the hook closed to prevent it from falling off. It seems to work well and the pressure the hooks place on the chimney hold the heat shield in place. With the stove up and running with a roaring fire going, I was able to hold the heat shield. It was hot of course, but if i was able to hold it, then i'm fairy sure it will not cause any canvas ignition.
I think I will do the cake stand grill mod as that look very useful, all thats left now is to use it in anger - can't wait!
Both kettles fit neatly into the recess when the hotplate cover is removed.
As you can see the heat shield is in two sections so packs down neatly for transportation.
So an effective heat shield for just over a tenner. Job done!