MYOG – A Winter Canister Stove using your Summer Upright Stove and the Brunton Stove Stand

I had thought they(gelert) might worry about being sued:

Gelert has (from what I’ve read) had to pull a couple of items off of the market. One was an adapter that would connect a 100% butane canister with a bayonet connector to a stove with a standard threaded connector. Apparently there were some quality control issues. They had a stainless steel disk shape arrangement on one end and a threaded brass connector on the other. This type is still available from China. NOT recommended.

The Kovea connectors that accomplish the same thing are a good product, but they have a connector that is completely different and their’s is secure.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving

I actually purchased one of the Chinese versions of this stand without the can side valve. It was so poorly made, I had to use a heat shunt for it to work with the can right side up. Of course the Chinese vendor sent me another one, this one modeled after the Brunton stand with the valve. The new one works beautifully. The old one has since been gutted and used for parts.

The threads used on the fittings from the braided line to the stand itself are what I have been trying to figure out lately in my thread about MYOG stove. Anyone that messed with those Brunton stands know what those threads were. Shot in the dark, I know, but I'm still hard up to find out these threads.

Hi Sean

Buy a good vernier caliper and a good metric thread gauge. Might as well buy a good imperial thread gauge as well. These are tools which last 'for ever'. Measurement solves an awful lot of problems.

Cheers

Sean,

I think Roger’s advice is good (typically it is). You’ll save yourself a lot of headache if you just get the proper tool. Guessing or just going by what someone remembers is a great way to guarantee parts that don’t mesh with one another.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving

Good solid advice. Cash is low for the time being though. So when I'm able, I'd like to purchase those guages.

Edit: A vernier caliper is just a regular old caliper for measuring right?

Yes. It helps you tell whether the thing is imperial or metric – usually. Actually, most threads are undersize on the oD, so some guessing may be required. But the thread gauges are invaluable if you don't have a good collection of KNOWN nuts and bolts.

The probability of the Brunton being imperial is LOW.

Cheers

Well I've got calipers now, and fairly certain I can borrow the thread pitch guage from a friend. I'll be sure to post my findings once I have both instruments. Thanks for all the help from the BPL community,

Roger and Jim,

Thanks for your patience with all my questions.

Well, I think Roger’s a bit more help than I am on this type of project, but for whatever I’ve had to offer you’re welcome.

I have to say that my involvement here on BPL has upped my understanding of stoves by at least a power of ten. Lately, it’s been alcohol stove design, but basically any kind of backpacking type stove you can think of will have been tried by someone here on BPL.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving

Cheap: Home Depot (and most any hardware store) sells a plastic thread gauge with all the metric and English threads marked / incised onto a plastic sheet, about 9"x6". $5 maybe.

Free: Go to Home Depot and use the gauge there, or use the better metal studs and nuts they have on display for exactly that reason: So people can determine which thread they have.

Note that machine threads are constant diameter while pipe threads are tapered. And the threads on compression fittings don't match with machine threads or with pipe threads and they vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. And compression fitting threads differ from flare nut threads. Sigh.