RE: [at-l] homemade stove

[Megan Jenkins <quetzal@UDel.Edu>]

I promise to never, EVER burn anything but gas in a cat stove.  I swear, I
wasn't going to burn anything without learning the whole who, where, what
and how of it first.

Thanks for all the links and info... I think I'm ready to try making my
own stove now!


On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Robinson, Brian A wrote:

> Jim is right.  NEVER burn gasoline in a Cat stove!  Use denatured alcohol or
> "alcohol stove fuel."
> 
> The simmer ring instructions can also be found at the link Jim gave.
> (Repeated below.)
> 
> Brian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Mayer [mailto:jmayer@rochester.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:50 AM
> To: Megan Jenkins; David F. Addleton
> Cc: at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [at-l] homemade stove
> 
> 
> ********** IMPORTANT *************
> 
> Open burner stoves are all ALCOHOL stoves.  NEVER, NEVER, NEVER try to burn
> white gas in an open stove design like this.
> 
> ************************************
> 
> Roy Robinson's design can be found at:
> 
> http://www.hike.f2s.com/gear/homemade/rrstove.htm
> 
> You can use a 3oz tuna can, and you can skip the cover at the cost of some
> oomph.  Roy has also worked out a way to get the thing to simmer.  Check the
> PCT-L archives for more details.
> 
> -- Jim
> 

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