RE: [at-l] homemade stove

[Megan Jenkins <quetzal@UDel.Edu>]

Ack!  I meant alcohol!  Denatured alcohol only in cat stoves!!!  

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Megan Jenkins wrote:

> 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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