Introduction I use micro spot welds to make ultralight equipment for ultralight backpacking adventure equipment. The technique enables me to fabricate items out of flimsy paper-thin titanium and stainless steel foil. For reference here is a professional description of spot welding/ With bending, folding and curving the foil can makeRead More →
Introduction This post describes an improvement to my previous stick lifters so that the weight of a few pebbles (or a bag of, ice, water or a solid stick) in the bag can lift the fuel sticks to automatically. The stove burns quite well without the stick lifter. However, theRead More →
This post is about possible ways to adapt a Miniature Dome Stove to work in a tarp tent. Introduction Note: This post is being prepared while in self-imposed coronavirus quarantine that could go on for some time. I have been discussing with Steve the possible use of my Miniature DomeRead More →
This post describes some details on the fittings that I used to make my Miniature Dome Stove and other similar related stoves. Background A keen follower Steve who has great blogs on theultralighthiker has suggested that I provide more details on aspects of my Miniature Dome Tent Stove fittings thatRead More →
This post describes the events of charcoal choking and reverse burning that can occur in ultralight tent stoves with inverted J-burners. “The charcoal choking can slow the combustion performance of the stove and stimulate reverse burning. Unfortunately, this makes the incoming fuel tube into the defacto flue pipe, within theRead More →
This post describes an improved large fuel port and a fuel stick lifter to make the combustion hotter and make fuelling easier in Miniature Dome Stove. Background to the Miniature Dome Stove improvements In my previous post on the Miniature Dome Stove, I discussed the possibility of adding a largerRead More →
The following post describes the development and testing of a simple lightweight and compact stick burning Miniature Dome Stove. It packs within a cooking pot/s and provides for tent heating/cooking, outdoor cooking as a blower stove and backup alcohol cooking. Its simplicity, effectiveness, ease of operation, universality and safety willRead More →
This post is about an experimental micro tent stove that is made from a stainless steel pudding bowl. It is tiny, very simple, clean-burning and easy to keep fuelled with bush sticks. It produces steady intense radiant heat for a small tent and can boil water in a 700ml mug.Read More →
Several configurations of a small and simple barrel stove were tested in the search for an overnight tent stove.Read More →
