I like Hammocks.
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When he shaprened his knife, he didnt completely destroy the point.
Laying the knife on the sharpening stone in its box, left the tip of the blade at just the right height to scrape a line round this can by twisting the can...
He is roughly hacking the top of the can off with his penknife - hasnt cut himself yet.....
Cutting down the side of the can to the line he scraped with a pair of household scissors...
New shiney !
I got these just for this job!
I also found a plastic topped thumb tack and crunched the end off it and put the pointy bit in the jaws....
Could have given this job to my biggest, but...I wanted to get it done.
He says its top is flat...
He is pushing the pin through the bottom of the can.
He made 7 holes....er....8 holes. Seems he lost count.
Laying the knife on the sharpening stone in its box, left the tip of the blade at just the right height to scrape a line round this can by twisting the can...
He is roughly hacking the top of the can off with his penknife - hasnt cut himself yet.....
Cutting down the side of the can to the line he scraped with a pair of household scissors...
New shiney !
I got these just for this job!
I also found a plastic topped thumb tack and crunched the end off it and put the pointy bit in the jaws....
Could have given this job to my biggest, but...I wanted to get it done.
He says its top is flat...
He is pushing the pin through the bottom of the can.
He made 7 holes....er....8 holes. Seems he lost count.
Hes now putting a ring of holes around the edge...
They are nice and er... randomly spaced.
I guess that will still work.
He is scraping a line on the tin he just made holes in...
Astinishingly, he is still not bleeding.
That knife must be blunter than I thought.
Scissoring it down to the line...
Sort of crumpling the edge with long nosed pliers.
He is being careful not to fold it so far down that its shoulder gets creased.
They are nice and er... randomly spaced.
I guess that will still work.
He is scraping a line on the tin he just made holes in...
Astinishingly, he is still not bleeding.
That knife must be blunter than I thought.
Scissoring it down to the line...
Sort of crumpling the edge with long nosed pliers.
He is being careful not to fold it so far down that its shoulder gets creased.
He managed to push them together slightly skewed.
Took me a while to level them out again.
Took it outside and tipped some Methylated spirit in it.
Put a 2p coin on top of the holes in the middle.
Tipped in a little more meths and lit it with a blowlamp.
It took it a while for the top to get hot enough that it started popping and the holes round the edge lit..
Er.....Looks like the paint on that pencil holder is flamable.
Its burning really nicely with no smoke.
I like it!
Took me a while to level them out again.
Took it outside and tipped some Methylated spirit in it.
Put a 2p coin on top of the holes in the middle.
Tipped in a little more meths and lit it with a blowlamp.
It took it a while for the top to get hot enough that it started popping and the holes round the edge lit..
Er.....Looks like the paint on that pencil holder is flamable.
Its burning really nicely with no smoke.
I like it!
I was going to start a new thread for this but I thought you (sorry No Idea, no idea what your name is) would perhaps appreciate this more than most? I was out today doing some 3 star open canoe training and got talking to a chap and mentioned that I'd just received my tarp and hammock set up from the group buy on here. This chap said to me "where in the UK can you use a hammock?" I looked at him, slightly disbelieving what I'd just heard. The only thing I could think of was "well between 2 trees?"
I should have pointed him in the direction of your blog. Nice stoves by the way.
Pete aka Gibbo.
I should have pointed him in the direction of your blog. Nice stoves by the way.
Pete aka Gibbo.
Hi Pete aka Gibbo My name is Gary
I love it!
Where in the UK...lol
Even if you manage to forget about all our forests and woodland....
Pepperana decided that I am an Urban Bushcrafter as I pitch all over town.
I usually hang my hammocks on roundabouts, on building sites, on wasteground, on embankmanents, gardens, even in the middle of a leisure centre and between the posts holding up a road sign....
That really made me laugh!
Thank you for sharing lol
I love it!
Where in the UK...lol
Even if you manage to forget about all our forests and woodland....
Pepperana decided that I am an Urban Bushcrafter as I pitch all over town.
I usually hang my hammocks on roundabouts, on building sites, on wasteground, on embankmanents, gardens, even in the middle of a leisure centre and between the posts holding up a road sign....
That really made me laugh!
Thank you for sharing lol
Made myself a coke can stove when the kids wernt looking.
I also tried shortening one of those pencil holders so it would fit in a plastic pot I found.
Er....
Not one of my better Ideas lol.
It was so close to the stove, it put the flame out.
Glad I didnt destroy all three!
Should have taken pics, but forgot. Sorry.
I also tried shortening one of those pencil holders so it would fit in a plastic pot I found.
Er....
Not one of my better Ideas lol.
It was so close to the stove, it put the flame out.
Glad I didnt destroy all three!
Should have taken pics, but forgot. Sorry.
Went and visited one of the local army surplus stores and spent far too much money on stuff.
I got water bottles and ss cans that sit on the bottom of them - billie cans?
I poked a hole in another of the pencil holders and wrapped it in another coke can skin, and lit it...
Im struggling trying to light it.
I got water bottles and ss cans that sit on the bottom of them - billie cans?
I poked a hole in another of the pencil holders and wrapped it in another coke can skin, and lit it...
Im struggling trying to light it.
I think the penny stops the last of the meths going down into the stove, so it will burn on the top and warm the metal enough it starts the liquid meths vapourising so it will light through the holes in the sides.
It isnt getting hot enough.
Having to warm it some more with a blowlamp.
Dont know why. Anyone got any Ideas?
This is the first time Ive tried warming soup on any of my stoves..
I think the flames are a bit big too - possibly the jets are too big?
It really pushes out some heat when its going though.
It isnt getting hot enough.
Having to warm it some more with a blowlamp.
Dont know why. Anyone got any Ideas?
This is the first time Ive tried warming soup on any of my stoves..
I think the flames are a bit big too - possibly the jets are too big?
It really pushes out some heat when its going though.
Hi Gary - I've made quite a few of these now and on a cold day have had trouble getting the stove going - it lights but once the fuel on top burns off it sometimes goes out. My answer was to pour in more meths both in the inner chamber and in the centre (over the penny) and around the burner ring. I was going to try using a primer pan which involves another dish of some description that the stove sits in also with meths in which gets lit at the same time as the stove. The flames from below help to heat the meths and keep it going. I haven't done this yet but have read it works.
Another stove that I've never had a problem lighting and keep going is the top burner stove but it doesn't get as hot but it's still pretty good.
How do you light your stoves - are they in the mesh stand? Just wondering how you get it going without burning fingers etc. EDIT - just took a closer look at the pictures so can see how you do it.
Pete.
Another stove that I've never had a problem lighting and keep going is the top burner stove but it doesn't get as hot but it's still pretty good.
How do you light your stoves - are they in the mesh stand? Just wondering how you get it going without burning fingers etc. EDIT - just took a closer look at the pictures so can see how you do it.
Pete.
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Cold meths is always more difficult to light than warm meths - hence the shape of the fuel bottle in a Swedish Army Trangia, designed to fit in a pocket to keep it warm.
might be worth trying something like that, keeping both the fuel, and the burner in a nice warm pocket, untill the last moment when you are ready to light it?
I know I have had trouble lighting my Trangia when it has been a bit chilly out!
might be worth trying something like that, keeping both the fuel, and the burner in a nice warm pocket, untill the last moment when you are ready to light it?
I know I have had trouble lighting my Trangia when it has been a bit chilly out!
Hi Gibbo
Hi Lee28
Feeling a bit better now. Thought Id actually done something wrong somewhere.
Er....
Until I poked a suitable hole through the pencil holder, I really struggled lighting it.
Still, with judicious application of a cooks blowlamp....
Not sure its quite bushcraft lol.
Hi Lee28
Feeling a bit better now. Thought Id actually done something wrong somewhere.
Er....
Until I poked a suitable hole through the pencil holder, I really struggled lighting it.
Still, with judicious application of a cooks blowlamp....
Not sure its quite bushcraft lol.
Little Idea finally noticed that Big Idea and I had both made a coke can stove each.
He was quite upset that I wouldnt let him take a day off school so he could catch up.
So....as soon as he got home....
Time to mark out one end....
He was quite upset that I wouldnt let him take a day off school so he could catch up.
So....as soon as he got home....
Time to mark out one end....
Hacking off the top with is super extra burred knife...
I did offer to test if it was sharp enough on his finger first...
More holes...
Shortening this end...
Cutting along the line he marked with his knife makes a nice clean straight cut.
I did offer to test if it was sharp enough on his finger first...
More holes...
Shortening this end...
Cutting along the line he marked with his knife makes a nice clean straight cut.
