Martyn's Mini Photon tutorial...

[Martyn]

Just finished writing up a tutorial for making the stove pictured in the gallery....

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=76567#post765 67

Let me know what you think.

[Lithril]

Just finished writing up a tutorial for making the stove pictured in the gallery....

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=76567#post765 67

Let me know what you think.
Damn, I'll have to wait till I get home, can't access BB from work due to websense blocking blades/knives ect - reference to weapons apparently... :oT: :o\\: :banghead:

[Martyn]

Tell me about it. :(

Websense - pah!

[leon-1]

Superb tutorial mate :biggthump. I had a look around at my local somerfield today at the red rooster cans and lo and behold they have a mixture of steel and aluminium cans. They are out there they're just difficult to find. I bought six of them for future projects :o):

[tenbears10]

Do you guys have other cans which work or are these the proven pair? Excellent tutorial Martyn. Thanks

Bill

[leon-1]

Do you guys have other cans which work or are these the proven pair? Excellent tutorial Martyn. Thanks

Bill

Bill, I have used Puree tins as a base with red rooster tins (only the steel ones, I was chicken and wasn't brave enough to use a Alu can), red rooster cans can be had at your local somerfield, but if you are after steel keep a watchfull eye as they have both aluminium and steel in my local shop :wave:

[tenbears10]

keep a watchfull eye as they have both aluminium and steel in my local shop :wave:

Thanks Leon but do you go to somerfield with a magnet to test the cans (if so which way round is it) or does it say what metal they are on the ingredients.

Bill

[match]

A very simple, and relatively easy to make (with a bit of care!) variant on the can stove is this one:

YACC Can Stove (http://garlington.biz/Ray/YACCS/)

I have made a couple of these, out of aluminium cans, and although it might take a few goes to get them fitting together properly, they burn extremely well, and heat things at a comparable speed to a trangia.

The major advantages of this design is that it can be made with a drinks can and a penknife/scissors (easy to obtain, and doable almost anywhere - my last one I made at a music festival when my friend's trangia broke!), coupled with the weight (less than the weight of an empty drinks can - i.e <50-100g ?
the other major advantage is that this design provides an in-built pan-stand, since the jets emerge below the lip of the can, and this is where the cooking pot can rest.

Having said that, I really like your Mini Photon design for a sturdy efficient and easy-to-store stove!

[leon-1]

Thanks Leon but do you go to somerfield with a magnet to test the cans (if so which way round is it) or does it say what metal they are on the ingredients.

Bill

Bill most cans have something onthe side to say what they are, it will say steel or Alu, this is what they look like.
http://img41.exs.cx/img41/5714/P1010064Small.jpg

[tenbears10]

Leon

Thanks for the pic. I had seen alu in those arrows before but never steel. Had a funny picture in my mind of you checking all the cans in somerfield with a magnet :o):

Bill

[TheViking]

Great tutorial! :D