Home made "pathfinder" stove set (pics)

[Polecatsteve]

Hi again guys, thought I'd share my latest little project. I found an old French army waterbottle and I had a spare crusader style mug which made me think of this!

I took one of the mugs and cut the handle off

After doing that I drilled out se holes and punched out little stands using a centre punch to lift the mug off the stand a few mm

It works well but not quite as good as my volcano stove

Heat transference is lost somewhere!

It contains the fire well and didn't melt! It took a fair bit of time to bring a full mug to the boil but it is a handy little package. I can see the appeal of the pathfinder set now, especially as I made one for less that 10 quid.

And it modded the pouch too.

Allows the carrying of a full water bottle. Mini stove and a cup/cook pot.

Nice way to use up old kit

 

[richardhomer]

Looks a good bit of kit. It all looks like it seems to fit together nice and snug.

 

[johntarmac]

I can see the heat transference not being the best because the only way it can transfer is through the small holes and the tiny contact area of the stands. How about cutting a diamond shaped hole formed by the 4 holes between the stands?

 

[bilmo-p5]

+1 for more/bigger holes in the'stovetop'. SS is a poor conductor so the more direct heat that hits the bottom of your cup, the better.

Excellent mod all the same; good thinking.

 

[Polecatsteve]

It's all made of alu bilmo. I will make the holes a bit bigger and maybe file the small "stand" feet down flat. I assumed letting hot air flow under via the feet would help. Guess not.

Time for a few mods!

 

[dewi]

Nice mod.

Rather than just making the holes bigger, could you not cut some strips out and add more holes so you keep the structural integrity, but allow maximum heat transfer at the same time?

Like this...

 

[topknot]

Nice idea, looks good.

Topknot