[Fwd: Re: [at-l] Half Ounce Pot Support] (heads calm down)

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

Well, I cut the can in half and polished/dulled the edges with my 
grinding attachment. I drilled 3/8" holes instead of 1/4" - 5 on each 
side, avoiding the seam as you advised. I figured out how to get the 
"paint" off the coffee can - well, live and learn - it looked like 
paint. I used each half of the can to make one stove support. The 
first copied your design with two pot supports 180 degrees apart. 
The second has three pot supports, spaced 120 degrees, with 3 holes 
drilled under each. I polished/dulled all sharp edges. I considered 
taping them with duct foil (such as TCSM used to seal his stove) but 
it didn't seem necessary.

Both work great! Thanks for the idea and the initiative.

- Gary from Fairfax, proud owner of TWO stove supports!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [at-l] Half Ounce Pot Support
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:04:45 -0400
From: Gary Ticknor <garyticknor@starpower.net>
To: David Mauldin <rainmaker@rabun.net>

Okay. I bought a 14 oz can of coffee, and a Wal-Mart Grease pot - my
scale says 4 oz with the strainer removed, but with the paper label
still on. Close enough.

Could you send and instructions on how to make the stand? 2 1/2" high,
1/4" drill bit, grind the edges,  and then the picture - all this helps,
from this I could probably fabricate it already.

Questions: do you remove the top/bottom from the can. Looks like you do.
Can't see any reason to leave them on.

How did you get the paint off the coffee can? Burn it off?

Does the stand flare out at the top? Hard to see?

Did you leave the seam at the low or high side?

Nice design. Elegant. Thanks in advance - Gary from Fairfax

David Mauldin wrote:

> The Wal-Mart grease pot has a capacity of approximately one liter.
>
> In my tests, neither hexamine or Esbit tablets have damaged the soda can stoves.  I don't believe the solid fuel tablets burn any hotter than the alcohol.  However, the solid fuel tablets leave a hard residue which needs to be scraped off occasionally.  I suggest inverting the stove if either hex or Esbit tablets are going to be used.  There won't be any residue build up on the inside of the stove, and the flame will be a little closer to the bottom of the cooking pot.
>
> A grinding attachment was used to file down the sharp edges.  They may also be known as "sharpening attachments" or just "grinders" (holding the drill at a 25 - 30 degree angle will sharpen an edge; holding it at a 90 degree angle will dull it).
>
> David Mauldin