Making a cook set.....

j williams

j williams

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Made me a cookset the other day. I thought you folks would like to see it. Ive been wanting to make a twig stove and a pot to nest in it for awhile now, but never seemed to get around to it. It was suprisingly easy to do. I used a couple stainless canisters I bought, and had the rest of the stuff scattered around the lab.

I first plotted out all my holes and marked them with crayon..I find all of truely great woodsmen use crayon.
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I made a bail for the pot next. I have one I made for a Guyot that might work too.
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Cut out the grate for the inside. This grate was in a roasting pan I bought at a yard sale awhile back.
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Made all the cutouts and drilled the holes. Then made the pins for the grate to sit on. This was some pin stock I had left over from something. The holes and fuel opening were done with a hole saw and a dremmel.
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Needed a new lid for my pot. It came with a glass one like on the left. I broke the glass out and cut a metal lid and snapped it in place. Then made a loop for the lid. On a side not, I really didnt need to break the glass. I hit it 4 times with a hammer and it didnt phase it. Doubt Id do anything worse then that to it in the woods. Be cool to see the contents without having to remove the lid.
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Heres the finished setup.
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All packed up
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So now it was time to give it a try. Decided to make some spuds right there on the shop floor. Had doors open of course.

Fire it up!!
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Not a bad lookin setup.
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Freakin 2 cups of water boiled in no time. Like 4 minutes.
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Waitin on taters.
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Done
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These things are pretty neat. The billy pot turned out nice. Its sturdy and a good size. Im gonna rivet on some loops for the bail to attatch to, and I have plans to do a smaller pot up like a Mors pot.

Total cost for this whole setup is under 20 bones. :thumbup:
 
Nice work! I've been casually searching for some solid stainless canisters to make something similar. I like my Ikea hobo, but I think a true hobo would be more efficient.

Thanks for sharing!
 
Excellent how to! I might have to give this a try. I

've got a couple of questions:

What does the entire set up weight and what are the external dimensions?

And where did you get the canisters?

Thanks alot!

Brandon
 
nice work Jake... that came out great bro... i like it..:thumbup: i would love to build something similar, though this being dry Cali. and all, spots to use them are limited... heck, while you guys are freezing in the snow, it's been in the 70's here...:cool::D
 
Nice work! I made one a couple weeks ago out of the same container, but maybe slightly smaller. Got it at walmart for about $7. I like how you cut your feeder hole at the bottom so the fire can be larger. Mine has the feed hole cut about halfway up with vents around the bottom.

Anyway- those containers are great. I found mine near the pots and pans at Walmart- they are meant to hold utensils or something similar. Oh yeah, they are sturdy, but a regular hole saw (meant for wood) will cut into them no problem. Just clean up the edges with sandpaper/files.

ETA: For the horizontal rods to hold the pot up: I found "music wire" (AKA piano wire) at the Ace Hardware. A nice thick $3 rod made me 5 rods (only need 2, but spares are good). The music wire was much stiffer/harder than the mild weld steel rod they had and no more expensive. I think it is high carbon, high tensile, heat treated, and tempered. Should last a very long time...
 
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VERY nice tutorial. I'm still fumbling around like a monkey with my Coke can stove. I think I might have one to take a pic of..... THAT WORKS now that the case is almost gone. Filling a little jittery from the caffeine, but hey. It will be worth it in the end right???? :confused:

Good stuff and thanks for sharing. :thumbup::cool:
 
Jake you did great, most of that stuff is already lying around the house, so it can be used!!!!!!
 
Super, super cool - nice thinking and get job making an idea tangible.
 
bkduckworth said:
Excellent how to! I might have to give this a try. I

've got a couple of questions:

What does the entire set up weight and what are the external dimensions?

And where did you get the canisters?

Thanks alot!

Brandon
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Canisters came from walmart. Small and medium sized ones. Same isle as the utinsels. Ill get some specs and post em up for ya.
 
mtnfolk mike said:
nice work Jake... that came out great bro... i like it..:thumbup: i would love to build something similar, though this being dry Cali. and all, spots to use them are limited... heck, while you guys are freezing in the snow, it's been in the 70's here...:cool::D
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Ah rub it in.....lol. You could use this with a penny stove too, so less fire hazard. Its worth it to make one. Cheap, and nice to have for those places you can use it.

Robert Parsons said:
Nice cook set, but I love the Idaho Potato packet. They taste great!
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You aint kiddin. Delicious and a bunch of flavors. Good pack food.

ratamahatta said:
Jake you did great, most of that stuff is already lying around the house, so it can be used!!!!!!
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Thats what I love about making my own gear. Using up stuff thats just sittin around. It also helps one to learn to improvise. Very helpfull in a survival situation.
 
Thanks for all the complements guys. I urge ya to try your hand at making a set like this. Good winter project!!!!!
 
nice work!

put a slight point on your pin stock and give the other end a little more bend and you'll have two stakes that you can use w/ poncho or tarp :)
 
mtnfolk mike said:
... heck, while you guys are freezing in the snow, it's been in the 70's here...:cool::D
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It is a little cold here today, then again the property tax on my house is less than $100 a month and I can legally carry a concealed handgun.

Back on topic - nice setup. I worked through the penny stove phase and have moved on to the twig stove phase myself.
 
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