Suspending a non-suspendable pot over a wood fire --- ideas please
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Scots_Charles_River
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
instead of a hose clamp under the lip perhaps using a bit of wire formed into an adjustable loop would be good to attach a hanger to a pot with a lip - the type of adjustable loop I am thinking of is tied as follows :
1. double over the wire and form a larks head knot
2. slip the hanger on to the two tails
3. feed the two tails of the wire through the larks head knot and tighten the knot forming the loop
4. slip the loop plus hanger onto the pot and position just under the lip and slide larks head to initially tighten
5. separate the two tails and pull apart to do the final tightening
6. tie an overhand knot in the tails and draw it up to the larks head knot to lock the loop around the pot
1. double over the wire and form a larks head knot
2. slip the hanger on to the two tails
3. feed the two tails of the wire through the larks head knot and tighten the knot forming the loop
4. slip the loop plus hanger onto the pot and position just under the lip and slide larks head to initially tighten
5. separate the two tails and pull apart to do the final tightening
6. tie an overhand knot in the tails and draw it up to the larks head knot to lock the loop around the pot
Why wouldnt you just chuck a couple of logs on the fire and put it on them! open and close the hole in the logs to let heat up to the pot base!
in an emergency/occasional use,
3+ pegs at the side of the fire ?
Hearth stone to let the fire get to the pot
4 forked sticks, two driven each side of the fire with greenwood branches in their clefts, running parrallel across the fire for a platform. They will eventually burn so have a supply ready. Exellent barbecue too, loveley chichen legs !
If you stick the pot on logs in the fire when they move through burning, you'll loose your fire ! (and your water)
edit: in fact the metal poles in the snowy photo, if you put them into the fork stick clefts, hey presto !
3+ pegs at the side of the fire ?
Hearth stone to let the fire get to the pot
4 forked sticks, two driven each side of the fire with greenwood branches in their clefts, running parrallel across the fire for a platform. They will eventually burn so have a supply ready. Exellent barbecue too, loveley chichen legs !
If you stick the pot on logs in the fire when they move through burning, you'll loose your fire ! (and your water)
edit: in fact the metal poles in the snowy photo, if you put them into the fork stick clefts, hey presto !
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Pots heat much quicker when over the heat instead of beside. A pot that is hung is way safer than set on rocks or logs I drill two holes and either simply run a wire through them for a bail or rivet tabs on then put the bail through the tabs, that way you can still put a lid on. If your drilling stainless keep it cool as it work hardens. and you can use a small nail (Cut short) as a rivet
previous thread ........
www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64452
but I'll just say
one vote for the eagle products pot stand, small, stable, portable, easy, quick, and fire beneath. Thank you for posting it.
www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64452
but I'll just say
one vote for the eagle products pot stand, small, stable, portable, easy, quick, and fire beneath. Thank you for posting it.
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