tapp varrie 7

[bambodoggy]

My Tipi arrived yesterday Nipped up the local woods and cut myself 9 nice pine poles, then spent the afternoon with a draw knife skinning them, planed off the knots and then sanded them and the poles are now drying

Focus DIY (and I think B&Q and the others) currently (again current to me is abuot 6 weeks ago so it might have stopped - shouldn't do as they'll be clearing them ready for winter stock I guess) have a deal on where you can get a £99.00 metal chimanea for about £60.00 (can't remember the exact price). We use ours on our decking and it doesn't half kick out some heat just from split birch logs. So when I take the tipi away at the end of the month I'm going to take the chimanea with me and use that with wood and a bit of charcoal in it. Should do the trick and the height will hopefully help the smoke to vent as I've opted not to buy the inner tent.

I'll let you all know how I get on

Bam.

 

[Gill]

swyn the morrocan stove sounds really good,sorry to be a pain ,do you have any links or anything else where i could get a look at these and possibly purchase one.cherrs again

 

[swyn]

Hi gill, we are racking our brains here as to where you can get this apart from waiting untill the festival season next year. We will find out soon. look at hyfans post, it looks good, well made and cheap!. Another thought is my 'comet' that my children use as it is really a simpilfied version of what hyfan has created. Find a 5 litre metal paint can ( the children use 2.5 size as it is lighter), make holes with a 4'' nail on the side at the base for about 2'' up fron the bottom. Attatch a piece of wire to the handle (this must not be plastic or the thing will go flying) 3' long with a loop at the end. Light a small fire inside, spin it around your head and presto fire is raging add pieces of charcoal spin again to get these going, (you can see why it is called a comet) place on a stone or hang, using the wire, from something inside your kata and enjoy the heat. I have cooked on one too but i mainly used it for heat in N.Z during a winter spent there. I cooked mainly on my trangia. It sounds whacky but it really did work well and was a lot of fun Happy tinkering from Swyn
P.S Tony Cameron has a good point below as he has experience with fires in a kata. S

 

[bambodoggy]

It's up and it's wicked!!!!!!

Nigel came over today and we put it up, we had to adjust a few bits (knots too high and skin inside out) but it didn't take long to put up once we knew how to do it. I'm pretty sure you could do it on your own just as easy after a couple more goes

It's not as massive as I'd hoped it might be but then not as small as I worried it could be...so I guess it's about the size I thought it was......3 metres in diametre!lol. It feels, like a lot of tents do, that it's a lot bigger when you're in it.

You could man pack it if you buddied up and your mate carried your dossbag and the food. But you could only do this if you could cut your own new poles when you got to site. You'd also only need a blanket or very thin dossbag as with a fire in there it'd be toasty even in the coldest british winter.

It doesn't quite come down to the floor but this is done to allow air to circulate in and you simply pile leaf litter (or dry grass if out on the plains ) up around the tipi where you don't want a draft in (not shown in my garden as I don't have any leaf litter there lol).

Inside you can sleep two in utter space and comfort and three would fill it nicely....you could sleep four at a push but it would be tight with bergans as well. A family of four, two kids and mum and dad would be ideal. (this is all based on havign a fire in there too, you'd sleep four to five in a row if you had no fire).

Haven't had a fire in it yet but did a quick smoke check with a ciggy and the smoke did drift upward and out of the vent so I'm sure it'll be fine.

It's set up in my garden facing the fence as that way is east and you are supposed to only pitch them with the door to the east to welcome each new dawn by tradition.

So...enough rambling....here's the pics:

And there's a few more here but I didn't want to fill the whole of the forum with pics! lol

http://photobucket.com/albums/a345/bambodoggy/Tipi/

Anyway, can't wait to use it out now....really looking forward to using it at the end of the month

Cheers,

Bam.

 

[swyn]

Yiiiihaaa! brilliant Bam! Swyn

 

[martin]

I had my Arran 7cp out last night doing a spot of piking here's a couple of pics

I found using the large firebox gives less smoke problems. You don't have to wait for the fire to burn down before you can add more fuel. Adding fuel to a hotter fire will always cut down the amount of smoke plus more heat helps to drive it out of the tent more efficiantly. I always dig a hole under my fire box and then stand it on 4 bricks to improve the air flow.

 

[happy camper]

I found using the large firebox gives less smoke problems. You don't have to wait for the fire to burn down before you can add more fuel. Adding fuel to a hotter fire will always cut down the amount of smoke plus more heat helps to drive it out of the tent more efficiantly. I always dig a hole under my fire box and then stand it on 4 bricks to improve the air flow.

hello
great pics!
do you reckon a larger fireboxbox would be suitable for the tapp varrie 5 ?
also, any chance you could post some detail pics of your firebox as i've only seen pictures of the tentipi ones when they are lit or taken down and i cant quite see how they are put together.Is it basically a box with lots of holes in the bottom?
cheers

 

[Gill]

great feedback lads the pictures are the bussiness.does anybody else have any more piccies showing tipi,s and heating set-up,s.i don,t think i am alone in not understanding fully how these tipi,s with fire,s inside or stoves.what do you all think about a lightweigt aluminium/copper chimnea inside a varrie 7 i know the chimney will not go right out the top (but probably could with some sort of lightweight ducting section)even without the extension the chimnea should keep the smoke well above sitting or sleeping height.please keep the pictures coming and open up this subject a bit more for some of the less experienced .great stuff lads

 

[happy camper]

great feedback lads the pictures are the bussiness.does anybody else have any more piccies showing tipi,s and heating set-up,s.i don,t think i am alone in not understanding fully how these tipi,s with fire,s inside or stoves.what do you all think about a lightweigt aluminium/copper chimnea inside a varrie 7 i know the chimney will not go right out the top (but probably could with some sort of lightweight ducting section)even without the extension the chimnea should keep the smoke well above sitting or sleeping height.please keep the pictures coming and open up this subject a bit more for some of the less experienced .great stuff lads

i'll second that!
am i right in thinking a chiminea, even with a short chimney, would be a more efficient (and less smoky) burn than a firebox ?

 

[swyn]

Hello gill martin and Happy camper. Would dearly love to send piccies but I am running an iMac system and pc speak is no good to me. iMacs are renowned for their pictures but without help i am totally lost Also need lots of time to experiment and that is surely lacking. regards from Swyn

 

[martin]

hello
great pics!
do you reckon a larger fireboxbox would be suitable for the tapp varrie 5 ?
also, any chance you could post some detail pics of your firebox as i've only seen pictures of the tentipi ones when they are lit or taken down and i cant quite see how they are put together.Is it basically a box with lots of holes in the bottom?
cheers

The Tentipi firebox has 3 parts, the box, the centre cross-brace and 2 bottom supports
(large firebox shown)

Open the collaspable box out

Insert the cross-brace into the holes provided

Turn the box over

Line up the holes for the bottom supports and insert

Turn back over and stand on bricks, logs or whatever you have handy

I think the large firebox would be a bit risky in a 5 man tentipi. IMHO the 5 man is a bit on the small side for an internal fire.

 

[outdoorcode]

great picture guide, do you know the dimensions of the large firebox?

Andrew

 

[martin]

Have a look here for the dimensions of the fireboxes.

 

[happy camper]

Thanks for taking the trouble to post the pics. martin!
they are exactly what i was after. just got back from my first sleep out in the varrie 5,and really loved it!( ) Had a fire in a small, spherical, pot bellied bbq. and that seemed ok but i reckon i need something like the fire box so it can draw more air through the bottom, i like the portability of that design too. Long term i want a small, lightweight, enclosed stove with chimney to eliminate smoke (and alleviate fear of carbon monoxide!) but a small firebox similiar to yours might be ideal (as long as i'm careful, of course!)
cheers