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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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      • A flame-resistant oil vaporizer for a tiny wood-fired tent stove
      • Simple dome stove
      • 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
      • Experimental ceramic stick burner
      • Rollup flue pipe for tent stoves and hot tenting
      • Tent stove compression ring
      • Easy fit conical connectors for tent stoves
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    • Lay flat seam for pyramid tents
    • Odourless Socks and Boots
    • Releasing screw cap lids.
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    • DIY refractory mixing using sodium silicate
    • DIY refractory paper clay- “for people who play with fire”
    • DIY refractory from soil paper and sodium silicate- “Dirt-cheap & born in fire to survive in fire”
    • Cement Accelerant
    • DIY Sodium silicate refractory firing- getting the preparation right
    • DIY rapid set cement
    • Experimental ceramic stick burner
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    • PERFORMANCE OF A LARGE DOMESTIC SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
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Ultralight Backpacking Gear

The waterproof map after it's dunking in the wheelbarrow of water. It is nice to see the very hydrophobic surface of the paper after impregnation with silicone rubber.

DIY waterproof map- Give them the silicone rubber treatment

2022-06-06
On: June 6, 2022

Making a waterproof map using DIY impregnation with diluted TRV silicone rubber.Read More →

Builders lime or calcium hydroxide or slaked lime. "Call it what you like, it may make a very easy and cheap refractory matrix."

Lime silicate refractory testing

2022-06-04
On: June 4, 2022

Lime silicate refractory testing and ‘thought bubbles’ for DIY refractory tinkerers.Read More →

Examples of uses of DIY cord locks that glow in the dark.

Glowing DIY cord locks

2022-05-26
On: May 26, 2022

DIY cord locks. Make your own from soft fishing beads and have them glow in the dark.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 →

An assembled double adaptor plug for UDB power supply. It allows splitting between two or more camping devices by connecting them to extended copper pins.

DIY USB double adaptor

2022-05-19
On: May 19, 2022

A simple ultralight DIY USB double adaptor for USB power supply for backpacking camping.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 →

A Tyvek and Polyweave groundsheets.

Tyvek groundsheet ideas

2022-05-06
On: May 6, 2022

A comparison of Tyvek and Polyweave groundsheets for a pyramid tent without a floor.Read More →

A hot cutting knife with fast response heating trigger and fully adjustable power setting. "A joy to use!"

Hot knife cutting & welding

2022-04-17
On: April 17, 2022

Hot knife cutting and welding can prepare difficult seams for easy seam sewing for DIY gear.Read More →

The quick and clean boiling of water with a solar powered blower stove.

Solar fire blower- using the sun to make damp wood burn well

Sticky
2022-04-13
On: April 13, 2022

Testing of a 150g backpacking solar panel to run a fire blower stove and charge a USB power pack.Read More →

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