couesbitten
WKR
So I've been planning to build this for a while, and since the wife and daughter are gone to the Watershed music festival this weekend, I finally had some "me time" and got around to it. I've been assembling the parts and pieces and planning the build, the only thing that was giving me trouble was the legs, wasn't sure what or how I was going to do them.
My parts are as follows;
Stainless burner covers from Walmart
16" titanium foil from TiGoat
The 3" stack (not pictured) is stainless foil that I purchased from someone on this site along with the rings and TiGoat damper
The cable for the body ring and "tensioners" is 1/16" from Home Depot
Legs are made from 1/8" steel rod from Home Depot
I went with 10" covers, figuring that it would make a minimal difference in weight, but that I should be able to burn more and large wood in a larger stove body. Prior to cutting the opening in the front, I weighed the stove on my kitchen scale and it was 1lb 8.59 oz, so I'm confident that I'm under 3 lbs with the stack assembly. I used a 36 TPI jigsaw blade to cut the hole in the front and cut out the door from one of the 7" burner covers, went very smooth, easier than I expected. I hand bent the legs, and it was by far the most tedious and time consuming part of the process. I omitted a tensioner cable from the bottom of the stove, but have one on each side holding the legs in place, which in turn holds the end plates in position. I still have to cut the hole in the stove body for the stack, and am a little concerned about screwing that up. If I'm not backpacking next weekend, I probably do a test burn with the stack, and will take a few more pictures. I'm also hoping to get the jack sewn into my Nemo Pentalite this week (also kind of scary).
My parts are as follows;
Stainless burner covers from Walmart
16" titanium foil from TiGoat
The 3" stack (not pictured) is stainless foil that I purchased from someone on this site along with the rings and TiGoat damper
The cable for the body ring and "tensioners" is 1/16" from Home Depot
Legs are made from 1/8" steel rod from Home Depot
I went with 10" covers, figuring that it would make a minimal difference in weight, but that I should be able to burn more and large wood in a larger stove body. Prior to cutting the opening in the front, I weighed the stove on my kitchen scale and it was 1lb 8.59 oz, so I'm confident that I'm under 3 lbs with the stack assembly. I used a 36 TPI jigsaw blade to cut the hole in the front and cut out the door from one of the 7" burner covers, went very smooth, easier than I expected. I hand bent the legs, and it was by far the most tedious and time consuming part of the process. I omitted a tensioner cable from the bottom of the stove, but have one on each side holding the legs in place, which in turn holds the end plates in position. I still have to cut the hole in the stove body for the stack, and am a little concerned about screwing that up. If I'm not backpacking next weekend, I probably do a test burn with the stack, and will take a few more pictures. I'm also hoping to get the jack sewn into my Nemo Pentalite this week (also kind of scary).