A trace of olive oil is used as a release agent to make screw cap lids easy to remove from home hot preserved food. Introduction Previously I have posted on tricks to release stubborn screw caps that happen with premium hot preserving in reused twist cap jars as home. BackRead More →
This post describes the use of a sacrificial guard tube for a rollup flue pipe as pipe adaptor and storage device. Introduction The initial purpose of the sacrificial flue guard was to protect the rollup flue pipe from the ravages of the combustion in the hot KISS Stove. This hasRead More →
This post describes improved roll up flue pipe holding rings and other holding rings for ultralight tent stoves for winter backpacking. Introduction Holding rings are what I call the little rings that hold roll up flue pipes together in a pipe shape (I might have given them other names inRead More →
This post describes various cheap options to make replacement flame guides that are a crucial working part of a tent heating dome stove. Introduction The flame guide in the KISS Stove is a thin stainless steel foil wall, between the fire dome floor and ceiling. It cuts across the fireRead More →
Experiments to cool the hot tent stove This post describes possible ways of making the KISS tent stove run a little less hot so as to slow the rate of decay of some critical flue pipe components. This post is a prelude to other posts; Part 2. that describes aRead More →
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 →
The simple tiny tent stove is designed to provide warmth and cooking within a small winter tent while backpacking and camping. “The stove is the product of years of experimenting, learning, fun, blundering and obsession. It has resulted in a truly simple, hot, sweet, compact, light, fiddle-free, efficient tiny tentRead More →
