I had a bit of inspiration on the way home and realized that it won't take much to turn my Tri-Ti into a Quad-Ti. It's dead simple, I snapped some pics when I got home and the pics speak for themselves...






Yeah, it's nothing more than a windbreak (ala Jim Woods), but the idea still works. Turns out the 'height' of the Tri-Ti is just about perfect for this with a SP-GST. Note, the stakes that already came with the kit is what I'm locking it with.

Of course I'd love to be able to do something more custom much like what Tony Beasley or Yukio or others are doing, but at the moment I don't have metal tools (nor the requisite skills). When I manage that (or when I manage making a Olive Oil Burner and / or a Wax Burner, I'll post the new Quint-Ti or Sept-Ti in the Homemade Gear Scetion)

Hey that's pretty clever, good work

Joshua, I've done that also. And there is another way; leave the cone attached to the pot in the normal manner and place it on the burner. The cone will extend a few inches below the pot providing wind blocking, and it will trap the heated air around the pot; and the canister will stay completely in open air for cooling.

Brett,

That sounds feasible (in fact I've discussed the very concept with the TD guys multiple times when the Al Cones originally came out), what size pot, stove and what Caldera have you used that technique with? I fear that the Tri-Ti w/ GST there's not enough clearance for me to feel comfortable with. It puts a good bit of the canister, along with much of the stove (important parts like the rubber seal and the entire handle well into a potentially hot zone.

I suspect the Evernew 0.9 or BPL500/550 versions may work just fine with that technique as the cones are shorter.


Removed all but one picture to show why I do NOT feel comfortable trying to use the Tti-Ti as a fully enclosed windscreen for my GST.

Edited by jdmitch on 09/10/2007 09:06:07 MDT.

Joshua

> leave the cone attached to the pot in the normal manner and place it on the burner. The cone will extend a few inches below the pot providing wind blocking, and it will trap the heated air around the pot;

Dangerous imho. The canister can get VERY hot this way.
The open windshield idea is great, but I worry about what you are suggesting.

Roger,

I agree with you that I suspect that the Tri-Ti is not suitable for the 'attached windshield' technique. I checked my SP600 Caldera and there's significantly more exposed canister. If Brett is using an even shorter cone (BPL500 or Evernew 0.9), the entire canister may be exposed.

I'm simply not comfortable trying this with the Tri-Ti, and my pictures are simply to illustrate why I'm not comfortable with it.