Anvils, rubber pads and rolling rods for forming curves in titanium and stainless steel foils. From left to right: narrow steel anvil with narrow and thin sealed cell foam rubber pad, wide wooden anvil with wide and thin pad and wide and thick foam pad. Across the pads are a long and short hard steel rollers.

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This post is about hand rolling of circles, rings, tubes, pipes, curves, tapers and cones in titanium and stainless steel hardened alloy foils and thin sheet. Introduction Small sheet metal rollers are expensive and bulky and have such a short rolling mouth width. They use 3 geared rollers that rotateRead More →

Alcohol flame lance.

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An alcohol flame lance to burn in roll up stove pipes This post is about using an alcohol flame lance to change the shape memory of roll up stove pipes. It also considers techniques to help improve the shape of the stove pipe. Note: This is just one little part ofRead More →

Micro ceramic stick stove light.

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Experimental ceramic stick burner A report on an experimental micro ceramic stick burner made as an inverted J-burners. It is made from largely clay free loam soil and sodium silicate. It is configured for; natural or forced draft operation. It also was designed with an optional fussed quartz charcoal-burner glassRead More →

Flat flue gland in water shedding pocket in tent with the yellow cord holding the keeper flap in place

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Metal stove jack This slip in metal stove jack protects a tent from a hot stove pipe. It has very high-temperature resistance and can be changed for different pipe sizes. Introduction to the removable metal stove jack I like to see the stove pipe temperature maintained at a safe levelRead More →

Photo of a lay flat kettle filled with water and sitting on a flat surface in front of the flat carry pack. It is 31 g lightweight kettle with 700 cc capacity for snow melting and water boiling. It can be flattened to be easily carried for ultralight backpacking.

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LAY FLAT KETTLE This post describes a backpacking ultralight lay flat kettle that is made of silnylon, RTV silicone rubber and copper foil. INTRODUCTION My ultralight lay flat kettle (~31 g) for snow melting and water boiling is made of copper foil and silnylon and it has a capacity ofRead More →

A 31 g lay flat kettle boiling on wood fired ultralight tent stove. The stove is mounted on bush poles above the snow in a snow pit that is formed inside an ultralight tent.

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The slim oval ultralight tent stove (~950 g) for winter trekking has large cooktop for 2-3 pots for snow melting, boiling and cooking. It cleanly burns ~410 g of wood/h and has an estimated heating power 890 watts. Introduction For some time I have been using my small ultralight tentRead More →

Flue retaining rings and flue mounting socket stored outside of the rolley ready for packing other close fitting components inside and outside

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Rollup flue pipe for tent stoves and hot tenting Rollup flue pipe This article is about my rollup flue pipes or rollup stove pipes for use with tent stoves or hot tenting and can have diameters from 30 mm upwards and any length up to about 3 m. The innovativeRead More →

Ultralight 'Bell Tent' a roomy shelter with the comfort of central heating with an ultralight wood stove.

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Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 2 A glimmer of success This post is the second in a four-part series on my efforts to design a truly ultralight tent stove. My aim was to efficiently and cleanly provide cooking and warmth from a small number of bush sticks to enhance the pleasureRead More →

A high temperature body heater

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Ultralight tent Stove Part 1- Lessons through failure This post is the first in a four-part series on my efforts to design a truly ultralight tent stove. My aim was to efficiently and cleanly provide cooking and warmth from a small number of bush sticks to enhance the pleasure ofRead More →