Back in the day I had the Ikea Hobo stove, it was fun building the kit with nesting tins from whatever poundland offered. Most recently though I have purchased a One Tigris folding stove
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do you unscrew the handle when not in use (the small screen on my phone doesn't show small details :-( )Two Charity Shop metal plates to make a folding frying pan - one, with firewood sourced wood scales plus a wing nut made the handle... so two pie dishes could do the same
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Is that the old Stesco mess kit, if it is I know why the handle is reinforced with a strip of wood.... I had oneTwo Charity Shop metal plates to make a folding frying pan - one, with firewood sourced wood scales plus a wing nut made the handle... so two pie dishes could do the same
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Nope - just two metal plates , one cut up to make the handle - which is unscrewed and flipped around when not in use ... hence a wing nut fastening....
I don't have a wire handle on my grill pan, and I've been trying to make a wire handle from a coathanger. I can't get it to work!
I did make one when I was about 10 /11yrs old, along with a treacle tin Billy, and a coathanger wire toasting fork. I used coathangers for each project.
My memory refuses to tell me how I made the fray bentos handle, but I have a strong recollection of using it in the garden camp I had, to cook eggs. The Billy to make tea, and the toasting fork to make toast. It was something I did frequently. My camp was beanpoles made into a tipi with old curtains as a covering.
I can see all vividly..apart from that danged bentos frypan handle!!!!!!
I had one of those too
I do remember that the handle was made from a wire coat hanger, and that it was bent so that the middle bend curled over the far edge of the pan.....like the way wire bulldog billies worked. I remember my friend Caroline grabbing hold of the handle and burning herself quite badly though, so we made a kind of wooden sheath to go over it.
I do remember that the handle was made from a wire coat hanger, and that it was bent so that the middle bend curled over the far edge of the pan.....like the way wire bulldog billies worked. I remember my friend Caroline grabbing hold of the handle and burning herself quite badly though, so we made a kind of wooden sheath to go over it.
@Woody girl
I’ll be striking camp today.
Are you going to the Summer Moot? If so I’ll bring a role of wire and some cutters. Bring your Frey Bentos pan and we might make one. No promises but I don’t give up easily!!!!!!
If not I’ll make a demo when I get home.
I’ll be striking camp today.
Are you going to the Summer Moot? If so I’ll bring a role of wire and some cutters. Bring your Frey Bentos pan and we might make one. No promises but I don’t give up easily!!!!!!
If not I’ll make a demo when I get home.
A thread of mine from a couple of years ago, for a hobo wood gas stove.
I made this wood gas stove from a couple of tins I had lying around, a bit of fun for an hour or so. It works surprisingly well, bringing 300ml of water to a boil in six minutes. The tins I used were a baked bean tin and a large soup tin, although any other suitably sized containers will do.
Intial burn.
Start of gassification.
Intial burn.
Start of gassification.
thanks, that answers my question in post #22Nope - just two metal plates , one cut up to make the handle - which is unscrewed and flipped around when not in use ... hence a wing nut fastening....
stainless steel cookware is rather rare around here, but if i manage to find a sturdy plate one day i might give it a go...
Cheers my dear, but sadly I'm not able to travel that far, I have problems on public transport since a serious incident during covid, which I won't go into here. Also have problems unless I know exactly where I'm going. It causes panic attacks. It knocked my confidence so badly, so I only travel if someone can take me in a car. I don't even like taking the local bus into town, only 15 miles. Stupid, but it is what it is.
No one round here would be up for a journey to the midlands, and no bushy pals round here, so moot is not possible atm. I am working on it. also having some medical issues that I realy don't want to be too far from home with.
That wimpy piles of excuses aside, I'd love to have a demo of your handle idea, though Toddy has struck a chord, and jogged something in my braincell with her idea. I could instantly see the pan with the eggs in, on the fire clearly, whereas before all had been clear,except for that handle! Whoopee doo! Gonna try tomorrow. Thanks Mary!!!xxx
Thanks Pattree!!!xxx
He borrowed it from me as I wasn't using it......That's not fair! You got two brain cells!
If anyone has any spares, I have some "lovely "neighbours in desperate need........
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I really ought to be cutting up plastic tubing and boring corks for all the hours there are but:
This is only made out of 1.5mm tying wire - very soft but it tests the concept.
It would just about lift your tray but not with a couple of rashers being shaken in it.
Make it out of 12 gauge fencing wire or similar.
As shown it is little more than a pot gripper but:
If you curled the ends back and cut them short then bent the edge of your tin tray inwards the handle could hook under and be more secure. However, you’d end up with a cleaning problem.
Best solution would be to drill two wee holes, 25mm (1”) apart, near the rim of your pan and hook the loose ends back through. If you made those loops big enough the whole handle would fold forward for packing.
Fiddle around with the angles until the handle sits where you want it to.
It might be possible to fill the gap between upper and lower parts of the handle with a branch and tie it all up to be pretty.
However I’m an adequist and can’t be bottomed. If it works, it works!
I really ought to be cutting up plastic tubing and boring corks for all the hours there are but:
This is only made out of 1.5mm tying wire - very soft but it tests the concept.
It would just about lift your tray but not with a couple of rashers being shaken in it.
Make it out of 12 gauge fencing wire or similar.
As shown it is little more than a pot gripper but:
If you curled the ends back and cut them short then bent the edge of your tin tray inwards the handle could hook under and be more secure. However, you’d end up with a cleaning problem.
Best solution would be to drill two wee holes, 25mm (1”) apart, near the rim of your pan and hook the loose ends back through. If you made those loops big enough the whole handle would fold forward for packing.
Fiddle around with the angles until the handle sits where you want it to.
It might be possible to fill the gap between upper and lower parts of the handle with a branch and tie it all up to be pretty.
However I’m an adequist and can’t be bottomed. If it works, it works!
I just got around to getting some pictures of my hobo stove system. I built this in around 2010 after building several others this is the design I settled on and still gets used regularly. It has true multi fuel functionality being able to run on solid fuel, meths and also gas. What goes with it depends on the trip so this is the bare bones unit with the different burner systems.
Below is a bucket bag I made for it so I can remove everything from the inside at once. I also keep a pot grab and a length of chain in the kit.
All packed up, I preferred to keep the original bail on the pot as when it's in the bag the gas cylinder can sit underneath it snugly.
Below is a bucket bag I made for it so I can remove everything from the inside at once. I also keep a pot grab and a length of chain in the kit.
All packed up, I preferred to keep the original bail on the pot as when it's in the bag the gas cylinder can sit underneath it snugly.
