was in wooloworths yesterday and they have the stainless steel sink drainers that have been used on here as a stove (the ikea ones) and better yet they are in a crazy half price sale at £2!!! so i bought 4 and gained many a strange look from the till staff ha ha ha ha!!
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I just bought another 2!
My original attempt had rectangular openings cut out of the area near the top, holes drilled for tent peg pot supports, extra air holes in the base and 4 legs from bolts added
Mk 2 may have a big "feeder" hole in one side and a tripod set of legs for rough ground stability.
The photo shows the mk1 with the tent peg pot stands missing and usinf flat bar instead!
My original attempt had rectangular openings cut out of the area near the top, holes drilled for tent peg pot supports, extra air holes in the base and 4 legs from bolts added
Mk 2 may have a big "feeder" hole in one side and a tripod set of legs for rough ground stability.
The photo shows the mk1 with the tent peg pot stands missing and usinf flat bar instead!
I was in the kitchen utensils department of Ikea recently with my Dad when one of those caught my eye. I pointed at all the coffee tins and assorted pots and said:
''You know what Dad, I really shouldn't come in here - every where I look I see billy cans and hobo stoves...''.
He gave me one of 'those' looks
''You know what Dad, I really shouldn't come in here - every where I look I see billy cans and hobo stoves...''.
He gave me one of 'those' looks
The bilie in the photo is a coffee can from a charity shop, with a hazel lid button and a knitting needle bail...
Exactly what I use for my billies
A stainless biscuit tin for a large billy and a coffee can for a small billy, both with coathanger hoops and little wooden drawer handles screwed onto the lids. Cost about £6 altogether.
£6!!!!!!!!!!!!
My billie cost 50p!
I used a bench grinder to make the big holes but a mate of mine used simple tin snips.
A dremmle should work OK
My billie cost 50p!
I used a bench grinder to make the big holes but a mate of mine used simple tin snips.
A dremmle should work OK
I just bought one of the Ikea ones yesteeyda, and also got a smaller cooking pot for it.
Why is it a good thing that these are stainless? Easier to clean?
My Ikea cutlery drainer is not magnetic, although from reading on here and the Ikea description, it is Stainless Steel. However, the smaller pot I got to fit in it IS magnetic. I'm confused...
Why is it a good thing that these are stainless? Easier to clean?
My Ikea cutlery drainer is not magnetic, although from reading on here and the Ikea description, it is Stainless Steel. However, the smaller pot I got to fit in it IS magnetic. I'm confused...
why would it being magnetic make any differance to a cooking billy can or a metal wood burner????
why would it being magnetic make any differance to a cooking billy can or a metal wood burner????
I thought Stainless Steel was non-magnetic? And being made of SS does seem to be a big bonus from what I've read here.
My complete set is very similar to John's
Woolies drainer, cut down tent pegs hold the smaller billy and the whole thing packs up together. The billy is a Wilkinsons SS tea can. The lid fits so well it has to have a hole drilled in it to prevent it blowing off when it comes to the boil.
The whole lot is sitting on a Ikea steamer to protect the lawn as I was testing it at home. The steamer has been mentioned elsewhere here as it can be used on it's own as a fire basket for a larger fire.
I now have a larger can which is the Wilko's SS biscuit can. The woodburner actually fits inside this so the whole lot still packs sits concentrically. Fire steel and tinder inside.
Cheers,
Steve
Woolies drainer, cut down tent pegs hold the smaller billy and the whole thing packs up together. The billy is a Wilkinsons SS tea can. The lid fits so well it has to have a hole drilled in it to prevent it blowing off when it comes to the boil.
The whole lot is sitting on a Ikea steamer to protect the lawn as I was testing it at home. The steamer has been mentioned elsewhere here as it can be used on it's own as a fire basket for a larger fire.
I now have a larger can which is the Wilko's SS biscuit can. The woodburner actually fits inside this so the whole lot still packs sits concentrically. Fire steel and tinder inside.
Cheers,
Steve
Yes that's normal, its effectively been 'heat treated by the fire', but unless you're going to want to use it as a tool then you needn't worry about hardening / tempering - all it needs to do is contain your fire.
I guess the contents will moderate the temperature of the metal, the same principle that lets you boil water in a plastic cup over a flame.
Water conducts heat around 24 times faster than air, hence it keeps the temperature the metal reaches that much lower (and heats your drink up)
Some stainless is magnetic, like the blades of a stainless steel knife, some is non-magnetic, like most of the stuff used in food processing machinery and a lot of cookware. It doesn't signify anything as far as pots and drainers go. The difference is that some is austenitic (non-magnetic) and some is martensitic (magnetic).
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