Like that one Dan. Very light and lots of airflow.
I see you have developed the "nesting instinct".
the starlight works well in there too.
Did you spot weld the welded stainless mesh body? that stuff looks strong. Is that 1/2" x .47 ?
I have been wanting to get some of that size but was worried about the weight. That seems plenty light though.
cadyak wrote:Like that one Dan. Very light and lots of airflow.
I see you have developed the "nesting instinct".
the starlight works well in there too.
Did you spot weld the welded stainless mesh body? that stuff looks strong. Is that 1/2" x .47 ?
I have been wanting to get some of that size but was worried about the weight. That seems plenty light though.
The mesh comes factory welded out of McMasterCarr. I was really getting long burn times with the larger design so I went smaller to see what happens. It really is working out well. Last batch of twigs this evening were not dry enough to ignite from top. The branch I got them off of was broken off my Green Ash tree this spring and had not dried well enough. I ventured< i Gained
cadyak wrote:I was referring to how you closed your cyclinder. I use needlenose pliers to "tie" the edges together.
The edge is overlapped by one wire thickness and welded. Every 1/2" there is a weld where the 4 wires meet. The welding is an "exact" process. The mesh is held in place securely as the welding tips compress and melt/fuse the four wires together.
This is a video made this past weekend. It shows how it looks when top lit with paper. As the video progresses watch how clean it burns up to a point where it needs to have it lit again because it had gone into a smoke mode because of wind blowing. If I had a pot on it, it probably would not have gone out.
DIY stoves seem to always burn differently with a pot on them. It is nice to watch the stove flame but all test should be conducted under the load of a water filled pot. AND different pots will effect stove performance. It is like matching ammunition to guns. The right combination is important for peak performance.
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Ridgerunner wrote:DIY stoves seem to always burn differently with a pot on them. It is nice to watch the stove flame but all test should be conducted under the load of a water filled pot. AND different pots will effect stove performance. It is like matching ammunition to guns. The right combination is important for peak performance.
Yes, as soon as a pot is placed on the support the amount of air passing through the fuel is decreased. I may ad an additional 1/2 inch to the height of this stove to eliminate some of the smoke produced. Even though I did not use a windscreen, the stove still got the boil of 2 cups of water. One batch of fuel burned with flame for approximately 15 min. The video is split into 2 parts to see it in it's entirety. The stove is only 3 3/4" x 4" in size. The area that contains the fuel is 2" x 3 3/4"(does not include the area for the paper starter)
This one shows size compared to size of my hand and it's loaded with fuel ready to top light
Simple stove that works great. I have plans to make a few available next month. Got to go hang in a hammock first actually, there is a guy on HF's that wants to see it loaded in a hammock and lit also.........easier done than said