Wood Stove Thing

[swyn]

Love your idea biddlesby. We have a fire similar made from an old paint tin.It is called a comet. This was an idea from a book i read more than 30 years ago. The best one is 5 litre size but i'm sure that it can be scaled down to go in a backpack. Holes are made in the sides at the very bottom of the tin. Experiment with the amount and the results improve the fire inside. The tin must have a metal handle, and to this handle is attatched a 3' piece if wire (you may get away with line but i've never tried). This is where the name comes from and the bit i really like. Once the fire is lit in the bottom whirr the tin around your head and hey presto a lovely cooking flame! If you add a handle to your cooker you have a combicomet!! My original kept me very warm for a winter in the footwell of a morris van but that's another story.

 

[Motorbike Man]

Love your idea biddlesby. We have a fire similar made from an old paint tin.It is called a comet. This was an idea from a book i read more than 30 years ago. The best one is 5 litre size but i'm sure that it can be scaled down to go in a backpack. Holes are made in the sides at the very bottom of the tin. Experiment with the amount and the results improve the fire inside. The tin must have a metal handle, and to this handle is attatched a 3' piece if wire (you may get away with line but i've never tried). This is where the name comes from and the bit i really like. Once the fire is lit in the bottom whirr the tin around your head and hey presto a lovely cooking flame! If you add a handle to your cooker you have a combicomet!! My original kept me very warm for a winter in the footwell of a morris van but that's another story.

Oh go on, I'd love to know why you spent the winter in the footwell of a Morris van

 

[Fenlander]

Biddlesby

This is mark 4 which boils a 12cm billy in 9 minutes

 

[swyn]

The footwell seemed like the best place! Found a piece of vacume cleaner pipe (the metal sort) and made a hole in the lid of the paint tin into which the pipe fitted and poked the other end out of the quaterlight (fitted to cars of that age and very useful too!) the fire stood on a paving slab so it didn't melt the floor. With a little coal or lumpwood it went all night and kept me very warm. Someone advised a tarp or blanket draped over the roof to stop condensation drips also paint your roof black in winter and white in summer,I seem to be rambling now ...... love the pic fenlander!!

 

[Fenlander]

Here is another little project for you Bidlesby, if you have a tin with a lose fitting lid......A clay oven

Baked some bread in this one this evening.

I used a 14cm billy as the oven and a 12cm billy tray as a shelf.

 

[Fenlander]

Here is a pic with the "door" open...

 

[Biddlesby]

That's great . I remember at hippy camp they made an earth oven like that and cooked some rice pudding in it. Delicious.

 

[Ranger Bob]

Fenlander, Thats brilliant!!!!

 

[jem seeley]

Not sure I fancy the bread though !!

 

[Biddlesby]

Mine works well, but it perhaps burns too fast. Fewer holes on the bottom would solve this. This would also mean I could shorten the height of the stove (it's 17.5cm) but the extra height also helps with the "chimney" effect.

Still, it's a great success in my opinion, although I'm sure Fenlander's will put mine to shame.

I made it by drilling the holes with a conical drill bit around the bottom, and numerous holes in the lid of the tin. Four smaller holes accomodated tent pegs to go below the lid (grate) and two above those means I can wrap wire around to hold the grate in place firmly. I drilled three holes using the same drill bit for the points of the triangle, then, after finding all of our hacksaws are broken or useless, used a jigsaw (ahem) to cut out the triangle. There are four slots in the top - three holes per each slot then. All filed down.

Pictures when I find my PDA .

[edit] Just ordered a Swedish Mess Kit - but this will do great in areas where there is woodland.

 

[Topcat02]

What a great idea. How long would it take to bake some bread in the oven?

 

[directdrive]

Nice graphics!!

 

[Fenlander]

What a great idea. How long would it take to bake some bread in the oven?

Sorry for the slow reply....I've only just noticed your post!

With a decent pile of embers it will cook in about 40 minutes