Volcano/Kelly Kettle

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Kevin Miller

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A friend of mine who grew up in New Zealand brought along a "Volcano/Kelly Kettle" on our canoe trip last summer. It is a kettle that can boil approximately 1.5 litres of water in minutes (less than 5) using a few twigs as fuel and is based on the water jacket principle. He has had his for over 20 years and said that they were quite common in NZ among piknickers. The only reference I have found on the internet can be found at http://www.y2k-millennium-supplies.co.uk/bcb_survival/details/sections/how_work.html .
Does anyone have any experience with this kettle?
Does anyone know where you can purchase one in the U.S. or Canada?


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Kevin Miller

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Here is the link for the home page to the dealer selling this item. Have you tried an e-mail to them?
http://www.y2k-millennium-supplies.co.uk/

This e-mail would be to request contact information for the manufacturer for a list of dealers.

sarge


[This message has been edited by sarge (edited 01-22-2000).]
 
Yes. The link you gave is from the same site as the link I gave in the original post. I was wondering if anyone was aware of a source in North America (as opposed to the UK). I was also wondering if anyone else had any experience with it (has anyone used it and found it usefull?).
I went to the site and my invoice would look like this:
Qty Item Name Description Price
1 The Amazing Kelly Kettle Boils water in minutes £ 35.00
Total price for 1 Products ordered ----> £ 35.00
shipping charges for total weight of 1.60Kg ----> £ 23.07
Total Amount to be paid by check or money order ----> £ 58.07

Shipping alone is more than half the cost of the kettle (approx $35)



[This message has been edited by KevinMillerCan (edited 01-19-2000).]
 
That is a cool piece of equipment. I'm always running out of fuel for my stove when
im out for a long time and this looks really
easy to get hot water with little fuel.
thanks for sharing.

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I wonder if a guy couldn't make his own!?!?!

Maybe use two tin cans, one smaller than the other to rest inside and contain the fire. Add some rocks on the bottom of the inner can to hold it down. Then have a piece of aluminum wire screen on top of them to build the fire on.

Add the water to the larger can outside the smaller can. You could form a grate on top...maybe use the tin top from the larger can. Hence it could be used to cook on.

The only drawback I'm picturing at the moment is ventilation...Not sure if the fire would get enough air? Maybe one could add a small pipe along the edge to assist as a REVERSE chimney????

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Plainsman :)
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You use what you have on you, then you improvise! :)
 
I was also thinking of making my own. I recently bought a MIG welder and was going to make one from some sheet metal.
At the risk of sounding simple, I can't visualize your idea with the cans. One problem I can see is that for boiling water you would get ash or that smoky taste to the water unless you had a smaller "spout". How about drawing a picture of your idea?
 
Good point Kevin! I knew I was oversimplifying it!

I don't have access to a welder, but I thought of SOLDERING a cone shaped piece into a can. Do you think that might work?

I even found that I have two different sized cans in the cupboard tonight too!
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I'll have to do some more thinking on it!



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Plainsman :)
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You use what you have on you, then you improvise! :)
 
How about a large funnel for the cone and a large coffee can for the water jacket. Cut a hole in the bottom of the coffee can and place the funnel into it, cut another hole in the bottom of the can near the rim for the spout. Solder it all together. Sounds kind of "Mickey Mouse" to me after saying all that. I wonder how well it would hold up?
 
It sounded "Mickey Mouse" to me too, but I thought of it too!
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I just didn't post it! LOL

Buy a new funnel and get a good coffee can and start soldering...We had to MAKE our own funnel in shop class when I was in high school this way from sheet metal.

The biggest question is how long it would hold up!?!?!



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Plainsman :)
primitiveguy@hotmail.com

You use what you have on you, then you improvise! :)
 
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