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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Show me your wood burning stoves! Reply |
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Author | Message Text |
awbrown |
01/19/2014 01:40PMquote Lonelake: "Muskratmetalworks! A happy, smiling stove. That's great! |
Lonelake |
01/19/2014 08:08AM Muskratmetalworks! LL |
awbrown |
01/16/2014 08:48PMquote DanCooke: "A friends 4 dog night Titanium " Neat picture! |
DanCooke |
01/16/2014 07:27PM A friends 4 dog night Titanium |
OBX2Kayak |
01/16/2014 07:18PM There are some very nice and toasty looking stoves pictured here. If I spent one night with any one of them, I'd probably never go back to cold camping again. |
nathan_ollman |
01/16/2014 05:40PM kifaru large stove, 8 man tipi on a deer hunting trip in SNF |
mrgreen |
12/22/2013 09:31PM |
Kawishiwashy |
12/17/2013 10:13AM She ain't pretty but she's reliable. |
Minnesotian |
12/16/2013 03:55PM Here is my Kni-Co stove. |
hubben |
12/05/2013 11:29PM Thanks, Doughboy! The advert for the Optimus Nova had me at "Swedish engineering". |
Doughboy12 |
12/05/2013 08:31PMquote hubben: "quote Doughboy12: "I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only. " Not one...the only trouble i had was the trip i had "forgot" to lube the pump leather. You really need to do that often. I do bring it with so a quick disassembly and assembly and all was good to go. Mine is the Nova plus so the hose spins to adjust the flame. I like that you aren't reaching under a hot pot of water/food to adjust the flame. You do need to be mindful when flipping the fuel bottle over to let the pressure bleed off. It will turn the hose, and shut the flow off. You just have to remember to hold the hose. To make a long story longer... i would recommend the stove. EDIT: One other tip (from the instructions no less) do NOT tighten the fuel flow regulator to shut the stove off. Shut it down from the "black" fuel knob on the pump. If you tighten the fuel flow regulator it is VERY hard to break it free. Something about expansion / contraction during heating and cooling. Sorry to expand on the hijack... |
karola |
12/05/2013 06:01PM I use the kni co Alaskan stove in my 8x8 mountain spike tent. It's an ideal set up for two people but could get three if necessary. Check out this link for more info on the stove: Stove |
hubben |
12/05/2013 02:13PMquote Doughboy12: "I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only. " Mr. Doughboy-- I was looking for a liquid gas (cook)stove that has a fuel pump made with something BESIDES plastic. MSR gifts you with a plastic pump for their Whisperlite model, but I heard rumors that Optimus did better, perhaps with an aluminum pump? Any complaints about its performance? Thanks! Ben |
PortageKeeper |
12/05/2013 02:00PMquote Doughboy12: "I am seriously considering building one of these from the best of PK's and Moonman's." I went with the 3" stove pipe as I already had it here. If you choose to do the same, go to an auto parts store to get a base for the stove pipe. A 3" exhaust fitting works perfect for the stove pipe base. Dropping the stove pipe base into the stove an inch or so before welding it has the same effect as an internal baffle. |
PortageKeeper |
12/05/2013 01:58PMquote schollmeier: "quote Doughboy12: "PortageK, It was a fun project and to be honest, I made it more for fun than anything. |
PortageKeeper |
12/05/2013 01:48PMquote Doughboy12: "PortageK, Well, my welder was a little hot (and new to me), and I didn't want to take a chance on burning a hole through. I had no choice on the hinges as they were too short to rivet. It's not that I am that fond of the rivet idea. Welding is faster, easier and cheaper. |
Doughboy12 |
12/05/2013 11:21AM I am seriously considering building one of these from the best of PK's and Moonman's. |
schollmeier |
12/05/2013 09:48AM As to the OP mine looks like a couple of the others above - but a small size KniCo in an 8x10 tent |
schollmeier |
12/05/2013 09:46AMquote Doughboy12: "PortageK, good eye - looking at I'm betting ease of construction due size and position... Looks like a neat rig! If we didn't already have a canvas tent and woodstove I'd be all over rigging up the tarp/tepee type thing with an ammo can stove. Tempted to make an ammo can stove just because... not enough time right now though, too many other projects started... |
Doughboy12 |
12/05/2013 09:11AM PortageK, I have to ask...I see you spot welded the door to the hing but rivets were used for the hing/stove connection...? why? |
PortageKeeper |
12/04/2013 11:10PM Another ammo can stove... Thought about putting it in this shelter: But since it is silnylon and might burn down, I picked up a canvas one of the same style that I still need to sew a stove jack in. |
lundojam |
12/04/2013 07:27PM moonman's stove Moonman's homemade stove looks cool to me. Scroll down. |
awbrown |
11/28/2013 10:15AMquote Minnesotian: " Hey Minnesotian, this stove is not mine. It belonged to a fellow camper at the 2012 Winter Camping Symposium. I have no knowledge of how well it worked for him. These stoves have been sold forever up in Canada. They are cheap and light weight. They are so cheap and light weight that their reputation isn't all that great. They have a tendency to burn out fairly quickly. However, a sheet metal stove is not a cast iron stove, so you can't expect them to last forever. Wood is fed through the hole in the top (where the pot is sitting) and the goofy looking round thing on the front is the air damper. I think it's pretty cool looking. I have attached a link for Princess Auto, so you can take a look. Sheet metal stove |
Minnesotian |
11/27/2013 05:11PM Awbrown, That is a cool stove. Have you had any experience with it? How is the quality on it? Heavy? Looking at the dimensions on Princess Auto, I think that size stove would fit nicer in my homemade solo tent. |
awbrown |
11/27/2013 02:53PM Snowtrekker medium sized stove make by KniCo Sheet metal stove sold by Princess Auto in Canada. Cool ain't it(not mine) |
Lemieux |
11/27/2013 09:06AM |
Doughboy12 |
11/27/2013 08:41AM I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only. |
OBX2Kayak |
11/26/2013 09:49PM Sorry, I cold camp. |
BearBrown |
11/26/2013 08:28PM Im interested to see what people are using to heat their tents in the winter. Any additional info like weight, preformance, cost would be nice to hear as well! Anyone build their own stove as well??? |