woodgas stove trial
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When I do mine and how I believe they are supposed to be used is to fill them with pencil to little finger sized pieces of wood that are about 25mm long, fill to just under the top inner holes then light it FROM THE top, if you do this wlyou get massive burn times and a proper gasification effect
It does sit on top maybe for a gel fuel of some sort??
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Mine came with the same bowl thingy, on the picture it showed it on fire so must be for some kind of liquid fuel or oil
I received my stove a few days ago and I'm looking on using it tonight.. Probably a stupid question but are the twigs placed on the bored plate or below it?
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Inside the stove, there are some really good YouTube videos from wild stoves on how to run it. Or I could go do you some pics of mine now if you like?
So put it together, fill up, small squirt of bio-ethanol, it is lit though you can't see it initially, then you get orange flames and the once warmed up you get gasification. I used wood pellets and fluid cause I'm at home but in the woods, sticks and fat wood to start works just as well
Ah OK it's just as I thought, thanks alot for your help buddy!
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After looking at the images of the little plate in position i now think it is for creating a low heat setting when in place, i have a little meths cooker with a sliding lid that creates the same sort of edge gap for the flames and heat to come through but blocks the centre
I see where your getting confused, the fir bowl is held off the floor by the stove itself. Once it's together the fir bowl goes down in the middle. I'd show a pic but it's a bit hot at the minute
It's really gassing now
It's really gassing now
Mine too has just arrived - £13 on eBay. Very nicely made. Only doubt is whether the light welds holding the triangular pot stand legs will hold up. I can see those needing some attention before long.
Lit first time with just dried but still dampish sticks from dead branches; kindling was dried gorse. The only accelerant was a dab of vaseline applied to a cotton ball - watch your fingers! A good tip I spotted on Bivouak Bob's videos. So, no kitty litter. My only advice would be to keep the twig diameter small 1cm maximum. Then it is easy to feed the fire with lots of kitty litter sized pieces and they work very well. I suppose it is the gas given off by the heated twigs that we are after and small diameter will mean greater surface area overall.
The inspired bit was to pair the wood gas burner with a small Kelly Kettle type device. Mine is an F1 Storm Kettle. The chimney effect had it burning well in no time and made a good cup of tea.
I have photos but I don't seem to be trusted to post them. Can a monitor help?
Finally, I might be able to put a debate to rest. The little dishy it comes with has nothing to do with fish, or damping flames or coddling eggs. It is to take a hexi tab or alcohol gel. The cylinder, the bottom of which has perforations and is the bottom of the hearth can be inverted. This brings the perforations closer to the top and the little dishy with gel is placed on that. Seemingly, if you have one, a Trangia burner can go inside and the stove just acts as a wind shield - just like on the Trangia set-up.
So, I would give it a full 5 stars.
Lit first time with just dried but still dampish sticks from dead branches; kindling was dried gorse. The only accelerant was a dab of vaseline applied to a cotton ball - watch your fingers! A good tip I spotted on Bivouak Bob's videos. So, no kitty litter. My only advice would be to keep the twig diameter small 1cm maximum. Then it is easy to feed the fire with lots of kitty litter sized pieces and they work very well. I suppose it is the gas given off by the heated twigs that we are after and small diameter will mean greater surface area overall.
The inspired bit was to pair the wood gas burner with a small Kelly Kettle type device. Mine is an F1 Storm Kettle. The chimney effect had it burning well in no time and made a good cup of tea.
I have photos but I don't seem to be trusted to post them. Can a monitor help?
Finally, I might be able to put a debate to rest. The little dishy it comes with has nothing to do with fish, or damping flames or coddling eggs. It is to take a hexi tab or alcohol gel. The cylinder, the bottom of which has perforations and is the bottom of the hearth can be inverted. This brings the perforations closer to the top and the little dishy with gel is placed on that. Seemingly, if you have one, a Trangia burner can go inside and the stove just acts as a wind shield - just like on the Trangia set-up.
So, I would give it a full 5 stars.
Anyone tried one of these in a nesting pot. My snowpeak trek 1400 is just to small. What about the msr stowaway?
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Fits in a 14cm Zebra like it was meant to, and if you take the steel dish out of the Zebra, a Tran 27 kettle will fit nicely in there too.
My Chinese wood gasser fits in an old lidded Life Venture pot, 13 odd cm in diameter. It looks similar to the MSR Alpine. However, it is so snug, millimetres will count. It may be worth trying first in a shop.
