[at-l] tin can stove

[robert.cunningham3@worldnet.att.net (Robert Cunningham)]

dosn't work all the time- flames sometimes burn from underneath the edge-EZ
Stewart Holt wrote:
 > 
 > I have tried this without much luck. I made a stove with a little
 > lip of the bottom in place and cut another bottom out which I could
 > lay over the center hole. Vapors continued to leak around it and
 > contribute to the flame.
 > 
 > I saw a Trianga stove last weekend. Its burner is very much like
 > the drink can stove but is made of steel and weights 11 oz. It has
 > a screw cap to store alcohol in the stove and a simmer ring which
 > fits over the top. The simmer ring fits over the burner and has a
 > round, pivoting top which can swivel around to cover some or most
 > of the top.  This might be a workable way to reduce the flame.
 > 
 > 
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Arthur Gaudet" <gaudet@mediaone.net>
 > Newsgroups: local.at-l
 > To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
 > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:28 AM
 > Subject: Re: [at-l] tin can stove
 > 
 > 
 > . I wonder if it's then possible to
 > > extinguish the center flame and not impare operation. I could do
 > this
 > > with a close fitting disk on a handle, although I think the disk
 > has
 > > to stay in place in order to keep the center flame out.
 > 
 > It would, and fit tightly.
 > 
 > > I can think of two reasons for wanting to do this. I suspect the
 > > flame in the center is not as hot as the ring, and that a given
 > > measure of fuel will last longer this way. What do other's
 > think/know?
 > > --
 > > Arthur D. Gaudet         "Is walking down called hiking, too?"
 > > (RockDancer)                   -heard at the top of Mt
 > Washington, NH
 > 
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