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burner suggestions
I use a 'red bull' burner with an inward-facing jet ring and conic inner wall. You can see it on this thread: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_disp...

In Make Your Own Gear » Stove for a Caldera Cone
May 22, 10:48am
folding edges
I've found an easy way to get a neat fold is to run a ballpoint pen along a straight edge where you want the fold to be, on something fairly soft, such as newspaper or cardboard. Then fold the...

In Make Your Own Gear » DIY wind screen?
April 29, 11:37am
Edge drilling
I think you may have identified the problem; trying to drill a partial hole at the edge. I'd be tempted to drill complete holes and then trim (guillotine) the edge off to get the partial hol...

In Make Your Own Gear » Having trouble drilling Aluminum
April 15, 11:20am
underlay foam
Agree that underlay foam for laminate flooring is feeble stuff. Packing sheet foam is more robust; stuff like JiffyFoam, for instance. I use bits of pink anti-static aerated polythene packing s...

In Make Your Own Gear » Foaming
April 12, 8:21am
Plastic strip
Take a large PET soda bottle (2 litre or thereabouts). Cut a spiral strip from the sidewall. That's it...

In Make Your Own Gear » Roll top closure, where to get plastic strip?
April 02, 3:22am
Comic...?
Hmmm... Are those typos me or the iPad's 'clever' spell checker...? Conic Looks like it's me...

In Make Your Own Gear » Pot Support Windscreen: Why Ti Foil over SS Shim Stock?
March 29, 2:44am
Why Ti?
Without doing the numbers, but based on practical experience, the physical properties of the metal are pretty well irrelevant for making something like a caldera come (within reason...) Cut out ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Pot Support Windscreen: Why Ti Foil over SS Shim Stock?
March 28, 6:49pm
re : Esbits
> Just a gentle clarification. The setup I'm working on is for esbits not alcohol. Yes, I know... But alcohol and Ebsit are both low-power compared to a gas burner, and I find they beh...

In Make Your Own Gear » Frankenstein: The Cook Kit. Questions / Comments / Critisms welcome
March 26, 12:30pm
RE: Heat Exchanger vs. No Heat Exchanger
My limited experience with a JetBoil pan and small alcohol burners suggested that they're not a good match; quite a lot of sooting on the pan, and slow boil times. The thing to remember is t...

In Make Your Own Gear » Frankenstein: The Cook Kit. Questions / Comments / Critisms welcome
March 26, 6:42am
Why bother?
Surely, all you're trying to do is use the silnylon bag to protect the more fragile PE food bag. In which case, why do you need to attach the PE bag to the silnylon bag? Just roll up the PE b...

In Make Your Own Gear » Food storage bags
March 22, 10:07am

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