A sacrificial guard tube for a KISS tent stove This post describes a guard tube for the stove pipe on a tent stove. It sacrificially protects the roll up foil stove pipe from damage. I have had an enquiry about the KISS stoves ‘flat-out’ burning action being a little bitRead More →
USB power tester This cheap USB power tester is a great little inline device for monitoring volt (V), amps (A), milli amp hours (mAh) and duration of current-on-time . Introduction For some time as backyard tinkerer (Or more like a bathroom tinkerer, in my case) I have struggled to findRead More →
DIY refractory from soil paper and sodium silicate This post describes dirt cheap DIY refractories made with paper, soil and sodium silicate. They can form tough refractory materials from loamy soils with very little clay content. The paper makes molding easy and aids rapid even drying and reduced cracking. InRead More →
A compact 400g backpacking winter tent stove that cleanly burns damp fuel sticks at only 7g/minRead More →
Introduction I have reported extensively on cheap ultralight lids for cooking pots and pans in an article titled Pots, pans, lids and lifters. At that stage, I did not include the humble biscuit or cookie tin lid in the list, so I do so here and point out its versatilityRead More →
A convertible tent stove This post describes a tiny tent stove that is quickly convertible to a fast cooking outdoor stove that can cook two pots at the same time using little sticks for fuel and a USB fire blower. In tent mode, it can be used with a smallRead More →
This post describes an improved and simpler stove mounting device that can be fitted to any bush stick using some wire. They can be used when camping on soil or sand and are particularly suited to mounting a tent stove in a snow pit while camping in deep snow. OneRead More →
DIY refractory paper clay I excitedly prepared this DIY refractory paper clay post after an interesting contact from Rudy who had read my DIY refractory post. He kindly sent me the text of an article titled …mix WHAT with CLAY by Brian Gartside 1993. I contacted Brian and have includedRead More →
Ultralight camping seat This post describes an ultralight DIY cloth camping seat that weighs ~50g. It uses three bush sticks for legs. Introduction I struggled to know what to call this sitting device. It is hardly a chair, possibly a stool, but that has other connotations. Then maybe a ‘thong’Read More →
