Oil dripper for simple dome stove.

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This post is about adding an optional micro oil burner to a miniature wood burning tent stove for backpacking winter camping. The ultimate aim would be to make the stove into an ‘all-night’ tent heater that uses only a small amount of vegetable oil for the task. Note: Post pageRead More →

Simple dome stove leg ready to connect stove mounting wire.

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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 →

Simple dome stove charcoal embers inflamed by an explosive drop of oil /water emulsion.

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Can a tiny wood-fired tent stove be fired with oil for an all-night-stove? My investigations into a potential ‘over-night-stove‘ for a small tent concluded that it would be difficult to make a self-feeding wood stick fire stove to serve this purpose while winter backpack camping. With that failure, I thoughtRead More →

Paper clay test piece after firing in glowing charcoal.

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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 →

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This post describes the effect of surface emissivity coatings for ultralight tent stoves that can be used for comfort and cooking while backpacking camping while winter trekking. Introduction I consider my tiny tent stoves to be ‘heat radiators’ rather than tent air heaters, although they do both. Consequently, this postRead More →

Simple dome stove night, showing the wide heat distribution that is characteristic of a Dome Stove with an inverted J-burner.

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Stove temperature and heat radiation from ultralight tent stoves This post describes the powerful effect of stove temperature on heat radiation from ultralight tent stoves and considers optimization factors. Introduction I consider my tiny tent stoves to be ‘heat radiators’ rather than tent air heaters, although they do both. Consequently,Read More →

Miniature Dome Stove showing that combustion is still occurring in the flue pipe elbow. The stove was burning dry pine tree sticks at the time.

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This post is about temperature measurement in Ultralight tent stoves. Introduction I consider my tiny tent stoves to be ‘heat radiators’ rather than tent air heaters, although they do both. Consequently, estimating the correct temperature of the stove is critical understanding the radiant heat optimisation. It is the subject ofRead More →

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This post describes a very small and simple tent stove that is stripped back to the basics for providing intense and generous heating for a small winter tent. It also has a minimalist cooking surface for snow melting, water boiling and cooking in a small pot or lay flat kettle.Read More →