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      • Glossary of my dome stove/blower stove component names, combustion processes
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      • Part 2.- A sacrificial guard tube for a KISS tent stove
      • Part 1.- DIY roll up stove pipe improvements
      • Part 2- New stove pipe forming
      • Part 3- A telescopic stove pipe roll up
      • Part 5.- Optimized holding rings for the KISS Stove
      • Part 5- Roll up flue pipe hand curving
      • Part 6.- Flue pipe seam width
      • Part 7- An alcohol flame lance to burn in roll up stove pipes
      • Part 8- A gas flame lance to burn in roll up flue pipes
      • Part 9- Large roll up stove pipe forming
      • Part 10- A telescopic stove pipe or roll up flue pipe
      • Part 11- A charcoal-fired lance to burn in a roll up stove pipe
      • Part 12- Correcting roll up flue pipe seams overlaps
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      • Experiments with tent stoves with a top and side fuel ports
      • Miniature Dome Stove- A three-in-one-stove.
      • Miniature Dome Stove automatic fuel stick lifter
      • Adapting a Miniature Dome Stove to a tarp tent
      • Micro spot welding for ultralight gear
      • Miniature Dome Stove fittings
      • Reverse Burning and charcoal choking in ultralight miniature tent stoves with inverted J-burners
      • Improved fuel port for a Miniature Dome Stove
      • Downdraft tent stove- the pudding bowl stove
      • Experimental coffee tin barrel-stove.
      • Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 1
      • Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 2
      • Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 3
      • Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 4
      • Larger slim oval ultralight tent stove
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Ultralight Backpacking Gear

Tents

The inside of the seam of the smaller tent (with no seam tape) has been directly sealed with a smear of contact glue. The glue is barly visible, but it stopped the rain leakage.

Contact glue tent repair

Sticky
2024-03-20
On: March 20, 2024

Contact-type glue for improving, repairing and waterproofing tents and adventure gear.Read More →

The start of load testing of a sample of polyester tent fabric, with silver side facing inwards, after 540 days of exposure to the elements (top). The sample is so weak that it started to fall apart under the load of the empty bucket and my clumsy settling of the testing rig.

Silver coated tent fabric and UV decay

2023-03-25
On: March 25, 2023

Silver coated polyester tent fabric greatly reduces UV decay when used as a sun shield.Read More →

The three buckets testing rig used to find the breaking load of the unexposed nylon and polyester cords.

Nylon and polyester cord strength

2023-03-15
On: March 15, 2023

Nylon and polyester cord strength in new condition and after 540 days of exposure to the elements.Read More →

Polyester strength testing rig. The suspended fabric test sample is supporting a bucket of water. The starting point for all fabric tests was to put 10 litre of water in the bucket. The additional 2 litre amount af water were added from a jug until the bucket was full (~18 litre) or the test sample broke.

Polyester strength for backpacking tents

2023-02-10
On: February 10, 2023

Polyester strength is tested. It compares very well with silnylon backpacking tent fabric.Read More →

A close up view of hydrostatic head testing tubes made from silnylon (orange) and polyester umbrella fabric (silver) showing the droplets of water that are leaking through the fabric.

Polyester silnylon, relative hydrostatic head test

2023-02-09
On: February 9, 2023

Polyester and silnylon fabric for tents are compared for hydrostatic water head test.Read More →

A universal DIY stove jack showing the 50mm diameter jack with the 60mm diameter jack beneath and the 40mm jack and weather flap hinged above them.

Universal stove jack-Fit all tent stove pipes

Sticky
2022-08-20
On: August 20, 2022

A DIY universal stove jack that can accommodate various pipe sizes.Read More →

The may cut cords that were uniformly cut and end sealed using a hot knife cutter.

Hot cutting cord for tent tie-outs

2022-07-02
On: July 2, 2022

Rapid hot cutting of cord to make short lengths of cord for tent tie-outs.Read More →

Ultralight bell tent pitched with ground pegs around the base and double guy ropes that are held down with a single peg.

Is nylon or polyester cord best for DIY backpacking tents?

2022-05-26
On: May 26, 2022

Nylon and polyester cords have different properties that can be exploited with backpacking tents.Read More →

Completing the Mock Felled Seam after hot hot knife cutting/welding of the components together prior to sewing the seam. "The sewing of the seam and tab back-stitching can be completed with the work staying under the sewing machine pressure foot."

Hot knife welding as preparation for easy tent seam sewing

2022-05-07
On: May 7, 2022

Hot knife welding is a simple preparation for easy seam sewing for DIY backpacking tents.Read More →

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