New lightweight stove concept

[Teepee]

Got it downloaded on the ipod so I want a rendition on the way up north in a few weeks

Your livin' on a prayer with that.

I'll only get halfway there if I do, you'll crash on purpose to stop the awful wailing!

I'll leave it there, the my pun quota for the day has been reached...

 

[TurboGirl]

Record it and stick it on here for me too please! Sounds my kinda journey, have an epic one

On the candle front, we cut yr old pine trunks and it burned beautifully, this one was done a year ago so they store well outside. We could do a roaring trade over the area round Market Harborough if we could get the trunks

 

[Teepee]

Record it and stick it on here for me too please! Sounds my kinda journey, have an epic one

On the candle front, we cut yr old pine trunks and it burned beautifully, this one was done a year ago so they store well outside. We could do a roaring trade over the area round Market Harborough if we could get the trunks

Thanks Sal, the trip was an epic one. No singing though-too busy trying not to slide off the road in all that snow Did you make one from pine?


I'd forgotten to post the results up for this.
It burned for much longer than the Swedish candle style made from the same wood ( this was a log of well seasoned Cypress of some sort)

It burnt for 3 hours before the sides started burning through. Another hour saw the thing unable to support the kettle, so it was put on the fire.

Overall, we agreed that it was a massive improvement on the Swedish candle for efficiency. It burnt very hot and cleanly for hours and didn't turn into the usual jet engine that the candles do. Quite impressed. You could cook for the whole evening on one log.

Pics to follow if BareThrills sees this and posts them up-I didn't take any of it in action.

 

[TurboGirl]

Yup,all 3 were pine- the tute I was following reckoned it was best coz of the pitch, I expected it to spit and be a beeatch but it burned better than any I've had on an open fire, probably because it's up the grain?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

here you go folks

 

[Teepee]

Nice one Paul

Note the obligatory 2 stroke for starting it.

 

[Elen Sentier]

i like the idea dead simple to make if you have a chain saw, instead of the bored hole for ventilation, just go in with the chain saw on 2 sides.

well that counts me out . I've not yet dared to watch the vid, people's comments are definitely putting me off :yikes:

 

[Elen Sentier]

I bet these will sell well with day campers and picnickers

 

[calgarychef]

These used to be made in Canada about 30 years ago but with a twist. They would ram sawdust into a steel bucket with a vertical and horizontal dowelling pre installed then when the pail was full of sawdust the dowelling was carefully pulled out. There was a hole in the side of the pail to enable the dowel at the bottom to be pulled out. This created a draft hole at the bottom and a vertical hole to light the fire in. I guess old ideas are new ideas!

 

[TurboGirl]

Thanks soooo much, Paul, tis fascinating to see a home made one performing beautifully too! Excellent stuff Are the recesses in the top (pot supports?) actually neccesary? Do they make the top burn evenly so support a pot longer? What a daft question, am going off to dye my hair suitably blonde... top air flow, right, so it doesn't extinquish the fire

Calgarychef, MOST interesting... its easy to think ideas are 'new' simply because we've not heard of them before, the sawdust stove sounds a real innovative use for a byproduct Presumably they'd not take a pot so readily without risking crumbling?And do they mix the sawdust with a resin/ similar to enhance rigidity?