DIY, repurposed, and frugal. 1: cooking gear

[sadiejane]

rick
it may be bout cooking items
but that tipi rocks!
thanks for sharing

 

[koyote]

I just realized that this was a DIY cooking gear thread...... sorry bout the tepee talk.... though I do cook in it.... lol.

Rick

no worries. I was just going to wiat a few days and do a shelter, then a pack, then tools, etc. threads.

I'll just do that anyhow

 

[valcas1]

Same stove as posted above. With Coleman pots= huge value. I also include my alcohol penny stove that is DIY. I have not found a better system for cooking for me.

Great idea on this thread Koyote

 

[kgd]

Cool thread Koyote, Valcas1 has a nice homade wood gassification stove he posted awhile back. (Edit ha ha - he just posted on top of this one!)

I just realized that this was a DIY cooking gear thread...... sorry bout the tepee talk.... though I do cook in it.... lol.

Rick

Back when I was 18 I used to make a teepee each morning. Now that I'm in my forties my mornings are a pretty much of the 'lean-to' variety

 

[PayetteRucker]

who makes a good cheap skillet/frying pan/saucepan of the personal size that doesn't weigh a brick?

 

[Joezilla]

$30 tarp tepee, cut from a 15x30 polytarp to these plans... flaps and all... awesome success!!!!

and there is a senior project idea for a kid I was talking to.

 

[Pritch]

who makes a good cheap skillet/frying pan/saucepan of the personal size that doesn't weigh a brick?

Take a look at the "One Egg Wonder" from T-Fal. All of about $6 at Target or Fred Meyer. I cut the handle down more to ease packing than for weight savings. The skillet weighs 4.2 oz. The lid was custom made by 4 Dogs Stoves and adds less than an ounce. Despite its name, I have cooked two eggs at a time in it and it makes a great bannock/skillet biscuit.

 

[PayetteRucker]

sweet, I will check it out-I was previously using a similar deal, had a saucepan with a chopped down handle, but the fire melted the teflon finish off of it and it wrecked my dinner :/

 

[mtwarden]

let's see- there is my 1.5 oz diy grill- bicycle spokes, a aluminum arrow shaft and a piece of aluminum tube I purchased (cheap at ACE hardware)- all nests into one piece (smaller tube into the larger, spokes into the middle)

just need a couple of rocks (and a fire )

nice for packing into backcountry lakes for trout

my esbit/slash wood stove- used titanium sheet, but you could do the same thing w/ aluminum sheet

 

[Moddoo]

Hey guys,
New member here.
Seems like cool group of fellows around here.

Seeing the tipi posted, I thought that I would share the one I made with a friend this summer.

We recently took it up to the BWCA for some winter camping.

We also made a woodstove from some black 22 Ga. stovepipe.
Plenty of heat for cooking from the stove.

 

[BOOMSTICK]

here is the two stoves I use. one is from a aluminum mountain dew bottle and the other a red bull can,.

 

[koyote]

the woodstove is great! I bet it's a light weight one, too. I've been thinking about pounding up some 1/8 inch steel into a little box stove.


I tried an alcohol stove once and didn't get a lot out of it. Once I'm done with the 100% steel can camp kitchen (kgd inspired me, so I have to go to a ridiculous extreme) I may give them another shot.

 

[Switchblade61]

"Wax & Cardboard in a Can"
Simple, easy to make, does the job.
Good for cooking, heating and light.

 

[koyote]

"Wax & Cardboard in a Can"
Simple, easy to make, does the job.
Good for cooking, heating and light.

hrm. how shallow can those be made, reasonably? We go through 5 or 6 mink oil tins a year.....

 

[Switchblade61]

My take on the "classic coffee can stove".

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[Switchblade61]

hrm. how shallow can those be made, reasonably? We go through 5 or 6 mink oil tins a year.....

I think even a 1/4" deep can would work good.
Disadvantages: soot (depends a lot on the quality of the wax)
and you have to wait for the wax to cool and solidify once you put the flames out.

 

[PayetteRucker]

the problem with 'light' stoves is I have seen many literally melt due to the heat of the fire inside.

 

[beef]

mine hasn't

 

[koyote]

the problem with 'light' stoves is I have seen many literally melt due to the heat of the fire inside.

I think that's just dependent on a bit of care and thought. We have a very hot and fast burning wood locally, hackberry- and I've managed to make my cast iron stove glow with that at full tilt. but with a gentler fire in a tubular stove like the one in the thread - with a grate- I've spent a few nights in a friend's tent and never had a problem. toasty, but doable.

 

[Pritch]

Here are a couple of "Caldera Clone" stoves I made to use with an 18 oz. Klean Kanteen.

This one's the two-piece with holes cut for use with Esbit tabs or an alcohol stove.

Here is a three-piece version I cut holes in to use as a wood burner.

Once I have the design perfected I'll probably try one out of titanium. (I hope the material can handle the folded flanges.)