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50/50 solder used in plumbing and sheet metal work melts at about 420*. as a test, i built a copper pipe burner with the end plates soldered on with 50/50. it stood up to the heat. silver solder has a far higher melting temp, but it's a bit more tricky to do, and takes a special flux. i have silver ...

irrationalsolutions wrote:how much weight did the steel tube add?

9 grams

don't feel too bad about it! i did the exact same thing trying to turn a whitegas stove into an alcohol burner. i was finally successful, but only once i went to steel for the restricter tube.

Bfinnigan wrote:Should I hold off on the answer on my tool until Thur?

yeah. let the boys play with it for a while.
do you have a lathe? milling machine?
it'll be interesting to see what shakes out once you find my canister stove thread.

nice piece!
i am humbled!!

hi Brent! welcome aboard!!
done a bit of blacksmithing myself. mostly soft stuff. ornamental. built myself a two burner Riel forge. still have my old hand crank blower out in the shed.

i followed Devins development of the kettle as he posted reports about it. it would be a shame if his work was ripped off by someone else. he spent a lot of time and money to get his kettle done. i recall he went through two different lathes before he got his spinning technique down. i don't know ho...

zelph wrote:

sudden wrote:You could always become an evil geocacher and replace all the ammo cans out there with tupperware

Now there is a good idea for holloween prank

or just remove the geocache, and stop all the littering.

yeah. i'm not knocking hammocks at all. they are comfortable to sleep in. but when the temp starts dropping i'd rather be on the ground. all i need to add to my kit for 0*C is a polartech cap.

i've had 2 or 3 sets of these for about 5 years now and have had no failures. i have a couple extra of the plates, but with snaps in the corners. they will form a three-sided plate or a deep four-sided bowl. i keep one in my range bag for my black-powder rifles. i measure my powder charges over it, ...