Re: Lanny's Simple Camp Fire Stove

["Lanny Henson" <lanny@roman.net>]

Kevin, thanks for the nice words.
The handles support the pot on the top edge of the stove.
The pot was just the closes match that I could find for the bucket . There
is a 1"or more gap which is probably too much.
Lanny
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm@ca.inter.net>
To: Lanny Henson <lanny@roman.net>
Cc: <stoves@crest.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: Lanny's Simple Camp Fire Stove


> Dear Lanny
>
> That is a brilliantly simple system!!
>
> Is the pot supported by its handles on the "top edges"
> of the stove?
>
> Once the stove is made, wouldn't it be good for the
> specific pot for which it ws made? (or at least one of
> the same diameter at teh handle level.)
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Kevin Chisholm
> > Lanny Henson wrote:
> >
> >
> > Stove Friends,
> > Check out my simple stove that is made from onlt two
> > parts. The first part is a metal 5 gallon bucket. The
> > second part is a piece of chimney pipe. A flanged
> > hole is installed into the bottom of a 5-gallon
> > bucket to fit an 8-quart stockpot. Flanges bent over
> > a slot attaches the chimney. Tabbed holes are cut for
> > fuel feed and air intakes. This stove can be built
> > with a knife and a pair of pliers. It took me 35 min
> > to build the first one. I built an open fire then set
> > the stove over the fire and coals. I fed sticks into
> > the slots and adjusted the airflow until it sounded
> > good. In my first attempt I boiled 6 Qt of water in
> > 12 min using moist sticks for fuel. I may add a third
> > part to seperate a combustion zone from the pot.
> > Lanny
> > http://www.lanny.us/campfs.html
>


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