3,06 oz. ikea woodstove

[Nia Schmald]

"I could tell that the pot was way too low and would choke the fire."

About how high above the level of the would should the pot be in a stove of this size? Just a rough guess would help my experiments.

[Timo Anttalainen]

Couple mods. I put hole in bottom of stove.

Looking dry wood

[Tim Marshall]

did you do a burn test after cutting the 2nd side opening but before the hole in the bottom? I'd be interested to know if the hole has increased air flow or if it was opening the sides that had the bigger impact. Just curious.

-Tim

[Weiyi Wang]

Timo, great picture!
how did you shoot these amazing pictures in such a dark environment? any tricks to share?

[Timo Anttalainen]

I cut 2nd side opening before bottom hole and tested it. It was working if there is little airflow or wind, but not very well. Whit bottom hole results was much better. So bottom hole is important.

Pictures.
There was city lights to help shooting. About 100 meters away from motorway lights. You need good stand. Just try!

First photo:
Pentax K10D
f/9,5
15 sec
Iso 100
Exposure -0,5 ev

[Timo Anttalainen]

(double)

[Tim Marshall]

good to know

-Tim

[Dave Heiss]

I cut up a couple of the IKEA utensil holders and am pretty happy with this version. First I cut one large feed hole and two smaller vent holes:

Then I used a stepper drill to enlarge some of the airholes in the bottom (instead of cutting out an opening like Timo did). With the extra vent hole up top, the ti stakes now go in slightly angled:

I was going to make some kind of bent wire stand for good airflow, but then I found this perforated aluminum sheet that is used for barbecuing (cooking fish or vegetables so small pieces dont fall thru the grill), so I cut a strip off of the sheet and made a simple stand. Also, so everything would still fit into the IKEA container, I cut the IKEA container one row of holes higher than Timo did. This gave me room to stow the potstand inside.


Now everything still fits beautifully together (the potholder is in the bottom).

For just $4 and weighing only 3oz, I like it – and it works great!

[JJ Mathes]

Dave- very nice!

[brent driggers]

Like your design a lot. light,Perfect nesting and it should definitely burn hot.
I like to raise my pot up a little more where it is closer to the apex of the flame. My low setup works great for baking or with an alcohol stove, but i have found that my boil times are shortened noticably with the pot elevated to 2.5 inches. Your setup looks like it work great for baking too after you get a good coal bed.

[Adam Rothermich]

Sweet! I've made a couple of different wood stoves over the years, mostly out of soup or paint cans and haven't been too impressed with their heat tolerance. They all seem to get very brittle after a short while. I'm sure the stainless steel holds up a little better.

Now to see if there is an Ikea in the Kansas City area. I've never seen one but then again I've never looked.

Adam

[Corey Miller]

Loved this so much I just bought one from Ebay, cost me 10 bucks shipping included. Coming from the UK I guess.

Just going to have to figure out what mod I'll make.. Like both of these designs!

[Corey Miller]

One more thing… whats pot is this? MSR Titan? Everything fits so well not to buy this entire set up

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omg 120 bucks? I hope im looking at the wrong pot. Anyone know of a $40 ish dollar pot that would work this well? I dont care about a little extra weight.. Cant justify that with the woman though lol

(edit again)

My bad, its just the kettle… I could maybe swing the 60 bucks for it.. just gotta find it in Canada. Cheers!

[Frank Deland]

Open Country:

http://www.opencountrycampware.com/category_bf57b176bf55/subcategory_187c1463a809/product_16f46d390c1e/session_7c3ce414c829/

[Timo Anttalainen]

New version.

It can be used with alcohol/esbit pot stand or ultralite woodstove.

[Tim Marshall]

that is smart!!

Is it still from 1 tool caddy or does it take 2?

-Tim

[Timo Anttalainen]

It takes 2.

[Timo Anttalainen]

This takes 2 caddy. Weight 140g / 4.93oz. I haven't try it, but i think it's working well. Maybe bottom needs bigger holes.

[gavin wenyon]

Using regular gardening scissors produced these results?

I am also in the process of putting one of these together.

[Timo Anttalainen]

Like these:

[joe newton]

Sometimes called 'pruning shears', 'hand pruners' or when I lived in England we called them 'secateurs'. Built my stove yesterday and it came out fine using these and a metal file.

Thanks for all the inspiration Timo!

[Ben Egan]

Wow. What a great idea. And a bunch of great ideas bouncing off of it. Going to purchase this and try it out, I need a new stove.

A great find

[non yep]

can anyone confirm that the evernew 1L ( http://www.evernewamerica.com/ECA522.htm ) fits in the caddy? the dimensions says that it will (though i don't know the thickness of said items), but the picture of the msr titan kettle seems a tight fit. How snug is this on a msr and is there a taper on the ikea caddy?

ikea caddy:
Diameter: 4.75 "
Height: 5 3/8 "

msr titan kettle:
# Diameter – 4.5 in. (115 mm.)
# Height – 3.4 in. (86 mm.)

evernew 1L pasta pot
diameter 4.65"
height 4.36''

[John Mc]

I'm running to IKEA this weekend. I need to find a way to mount my alcohol stove when needed.

[Dale Wambaugh]

I see those things all the time in thrift stores for $0.99 or so. I really like the idea of using it with Esbit. I'm thinking of a little cat food can to raise the Esbit off the bottom and make it less prone to burning stuff under the stove? Perhaps it is a little too ventilated for Esbit?

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