Sunday, 20 March 2011

Heat

New design non-roll up mini stove

Nothing can compare to the heat you can get from a nice wood burning fireplace.  Why not bring this heat into the outdoors with you!  My very first wood burning stove and tent were both homemade/modified designs.  The tent I used was a GoLite Shangri-La 3 with a stove jack sewn into the top peak.  The stove I used was a titanium roll up stove similar in design to the stoves sold by Ti-Goat.  I bought the titanium sheet and used titanium end plates to complete the stove.  The weight breakdown was as follows:


GoLite 3 with pole (incl. stuff sack) - 1208g
Roll Up Stove - 900g


Original roll-up titanium stove
While 2.1Kg isnt exactly light its not half bad for a winter shelter...for a first try anyways.  Since my first efforts with wood heated shelters I have been able to knock nearly a kilogram off that weight, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.


First stove and tent under a setting sun



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  1. ScottP26 March 2013 at 09:34

    Hey there. I really like your roll-up stove design and was thinking about making something similar for a SL3 or other small tent. Have you posted instructions at all on building it? What you used for the body? the ends look like titanium camping plates, cool.

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    1. Curt26 March 2013 at 15:41

      Scott,

      Thanks for the compliments. I dont have a build log on that stove but here's some threads that should be helpful. The end plates are indeed titanium camping plates and the main body and chimney is made from a section of titanium foil (purchased from a company called "Titanium Goat"). Search around on the zombie squad site, there are few build threads on similar stoves.

      http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26369&highlight=

      http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27683

      http://www.titaniumgoat.com/windscreens.html

      Let me know if I can be of any other help!

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    2. Curt26 March 2013 at 15:45

      Here's some more details on my stove:

      http://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=26369&p=1711270#p1711270

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  2. ScottP26 March 2013 at 17:07

    Curt, thanks for all the info. This looks like a fun project. BTW - I like the tyvek shelter, what a great idea.

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