My apologies if this has been covered before but I cant recall seing it brought up, which may be a function of my age rather than reality..
since I use quite a few pots of differing widths and bases shapes (OK round and canteen cup kidney shaped) Ive ended up with several different types of base to hold a trangia type burner or had to add extra parts to get them to fit. Has any one tried to use a folding wind shield like these,
As a stand for the pot itself. Naturally it would have to be cut down, in the case of the burner I use most to be a inch taller than that its is to be most efficient and I would probably replace some of the hinge pins with longer ones that could be poked into the turf to increase stability.
I thought I'd post the idea here first to be shot down in flames if there's something that is obviously wrong with the idea I've missed. My main misgiving is how well the thin aluminium would take the heat, what thickness and metal would work best? Last week I tried to make a cross stand to go on top of the burner and all I had to use was some 1mm Aluminum sheet such as you use in modelling. It actually worked fine until I removed the canteen cup of water but within a minute and a half of me removing the heat sink it had melted and collapsed under its own tiny weight, thankfully not harming the stove/burner. In the end I bought a stainless steel cross stand off ebay for £4.50, not being to able to bring myself to cough over 20 for the brand name Ti one I really wanted.
The sort of windshield on the left, having most and narrower leaves would be the most adjustable to size and shape of pot.
I appreciate it that this is a bit of solution to a problem that's not really a problem, normally I improvise a wind shield or just find a sheltered spot but since I've been looking at the public access land near to me and its nearly all moorland wind may well be a issue if i want to use meths burners.. Anyroad to get to my point I will probably be carrying a windshield on my next trips out ( if the weather ever improves ) I got to thinking about them..
ATB
Tom
since I use quite a few pots of differing widths and bases shapes (OK round and canteen cup kidney shaped) Ive ended up with several different types of base to hold a trangia type burner or had to add extra parts to get them to fit. Has any one tried to use a folding wind shield like these,
As a stand for the pot itself. Naturally it would have to be cut down, in the case of the burner I use most to be a inch taller than that its is to be most efficient and I would probably replace some of the hinge pins with longer ones that could be poked into the turf to increase stability.
I thought I'd post the idea here first to be shot down in flames if there's something that is obviously wrong with the idea I've missed. My main misgiving is how well the thin aluminium would take the heat, what thickness and metal would work best? Last week I tried to make a cross stand to go on top of the burner and all I had to use was some 1mm Aluminum sheet such as you use in modelling. It actually worked fine until I removed the canteen cup of water but within a minute and a half of me removing the heat sink it had melted and collapsed under its own tiny weight, thankfully not harming the stove/burner. In the end I bought a stainless steel cross stand off ebay for £4.50, not being to able to bring myself to cough over 20 for the brand name Ti one I really wanted.
The sort of windshield on the left, having most and narrower leaves would be the most adjustable to size and shape of pot.
I appreciate it that this is a bit of solution to a problem that's not really a problem, normally I improvise a wind shield or just find a sheltered spot but since I've been looking at the public access land near to me and its nearly all moorland wind may well be a issue if i want to use meths burners.. Anyroad to get to my point I will probably be carrying a windshield on my next trips out ( if the weather ever improves ) I got to thinking about them..
ATB
Tom
