I like Hammocks.
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Hmmm Sounds familiarly to kelly kettle design http://www.kellykettle.com/how-it-works.html, i have one, hardly used it tbh since too bulky to carry all time, but was good at boiling water/cooking.
So.....
Presumably, if I were to stick a computer heatsink to the bottom of my waterpot, I could increase the area of the pot in contact with the heat and so transfer the heat faster....
Thats assuming that the whole lot doesnt just melt.
I was wondering what would happen if I were to put a hammer to several heat sinks and bend them to fit around the outside of the waterpot too.....
Presumably, if I were to stick a computer heatsink to the bottom of my waterpot, I could increase the area of the pot in contact with the heat and so transfer the heat faster....
Thats assuming that the whole lot doesnt just melt.
I was wondering what would happen if I were to put a hammer to several heat sinks and bend them to fit around the outside of the waterpot too.....
I think that putting a lid on the pot, D would stop the water losing heat as fast too.
I wonder if I could insulate the sides of the water pot where they are clear of the fire pot to reduce losses further.
Hmm.....
I wonder what happens if you insulate the fire pot too...althoug, that might stop it getting used as a little brazier in cold weather, so maybe not on that one.
I wonder if I could insulate the sides of the water pot where they are clear of the fire pot to reduce losses further.
Hmm.....
I wonder what happens if you insulate the fire pot too...althoug, that might stop it getting used as a little brazier in cold weather, so maybe not on that one.
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Hi Sanji
Sorry - missed your post.
Kelly kettle looks good, but I doubt you could fold it up for transporting.
Wouldnt quite do what I need - plus my welding is dire.
If you have one, I would be interested to know how much faster it boils if you lag the outside of the kettle before you start.
Sorry - missed your post.
Kelly kettle looks good, but I doubt you could fold it up for transporting.
Wouldnt quite do what I need - plus my welding is dire.
If you have one, I would be interested to know how much faster it boils if you lag the outside of the kettle before you start.
This is still what I am thinking about, and i might alter it a bit, or even a lot...
but...
The green would be fireproof insulation
The sides and bottom of the water pot would have fins to increase surface area
The bottom of the fire pot would contain a mesh to keep the fire from burning whatever the pot is standing on
The water pot would fit inside the fire pot, and the insulated sleeve would pull up the sides of the fire pot and be held up by the skewers the waterpot stands on.
I think....
But as I said, its sort of niggling at me.
Im going to play with it a bit more and see how I feel.
Right now, I feel its too slow and uses too much fuel and is far heavier than I think I would like to carry.
Lazy. Thats me.
but...
The green would be fireproof insulation
The sides and bottom of the water pot would have fins to increase surface area
The bottom of the fire pot would contain a mesh to keep the fire from burning whatever the pot is standing on
The water pot would fit inside the fire pot, and the insulated sleeve would pull up the sides of the fire pot and be held up by the skewers the waterpot stands on.
I think....
But as I said, its sort of niggling at me.
Im going to play with it a bit more and see how I feel.
Right now, I feel its too slow and uses too much fuel and is far heavier than I think I would like to carry.
Lazy. Thats me.
I suppose thinking about these things might sound a bit silly as fir cones are free....
Last night we were playing with it. We had only one cardboard box and a newspaper.
We had no matches or lighter, only the firesteel and some birch bark.
With the lid off the pot, we struggled getting a litre of water to the boil with it.
It was blowing hard and raining a bit - enough to damp our paper supply and make keeping it alive difficult.
If I can make this thing as No Idea proof as possible while Im playing with it at home,
It will pay me back 100 times over when I really need it and Im stuck in a ditch soaked through and too tired to think properly let alone get up and go looking for more pigging fuel and something else to get it to start when everything is soaked
Of course, Im not a pessimist, I just know how stupid I am.
Last night we were playing with it. We had only one cardboard box and a newspaper.
We had no matches or lighter, only the firesteel and some birch bark.
With the lid off the pot, we struggled getting a litre of water to the boil with it.
It was blowing hard and raining a bit - enough to damp our paper supply and make keeping it alive difficult.
If I can make this thing as No Idea proof as possible while Im playing with it at home,
It will pay me back 100 times over when I really need it and Im stuck in a ditch soaked through and too tired to think properly let alone get up and go looking for more pigging fuel and something else to get it to start when everything is soaked
Of course, Im not a pessimist, I just know how stupid I am.
There is something about Whiskey that I like.
It doesnt make me run to the loo all night and I get happy and stay that way for hours.
No Idea how long I spent dancing...
Or Eating.....
Or drinking, but I was really happy.
When we made it home the next day.....
I decided I needed some nice sleep
It doesnt make me run to the loo all night and I get happy and stay that way for hours.
No Idea how long I spent dancing...
Or Eating.....
Or drinking, but I was really happy.
When we made it home the next day.....
I decided I needed some nice sleep
These rings have suddernly shrunk and keep moving....
How am I supposed to hang this if you keep moving....
Got it
er....
Now Ive got it
er....
Maybe this time....
er.....
Got to get this jusss right or I end up wiv dents....
How am I supposed to hang this if you keep moving....
Got it
er....
Now Ive got it
er....
Maybe this time....
er.....
Got to get this jusss right or I end up wiv dents....
