Snow Peak 600 water level marks

That's pretty cool – I wish my MLD 850 pot had such convenient weld spots. Does anyone know how to mark a titanium pot?

I made *gentle* use of a center punch, making a couple dimples at the 1 & 2 cup levels. If you aren't handy with a center punch, something duller like a Philips screwdriver point might do the trick— you could punch a hole…. bad idea!

I used a pair of scissors to scratch a mark on my Tibetan 900.

I pour 1 cup of water into the pot, mark the water line with a Sharpie, repeat for 1.5 C and 2 C (if it holds that much), then go to the basement and pull out the Dremmel tool and carefully 'erase' the Sharpie marks. This makes sweet incremental lines in the metal. If you are dextrous and a bit anal, you might even write "1, 1.5, and 2" next to each line.

I noticed the same thing with the msr titan kettle. I was trying to figure out how to mark it, and using a measuring cup each weld lined up perfectly with 1,2, and 3 cups. Sweet!

Hard to see at night though

I did a MYOG tutorial for marking my BPL Firelite SUL pots. Let's see if I can post a link…

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=16329

Well, that will have to do. Oh, and use a thinner stick than I did. I had to allow for the volume displaced by the stick.

I put indentations on my SP600. Ti is hard so its very unlikely you'll punch a hole through. Based on my mini project I'd say you'd have to go out of your way to do any damage to the pot. My process:

1. Calculated volume for height of water in the pot in 2oz increments
2. Mark height on a chopstick to check my calculations
3. Mark height on the outside of the mug with a pencil
4. Place a stick of wood in a vice cantilevered out so you can fit the SP600 onto it. This is the support you'll use to hammer in your volume marks so make it sturdy.
5. Use a hammer, old chisel and center punch to mark the volume increments. I alternated with a dot (center punch) at the 2oz, line (chisel) at 4oz, etc.
6. Enjoy.

Tip: Think about where you place your markings. I usually cook with the handles facing to the left so I put the marks 90 degrees opposite of the handles.

I checked my SP 600 weld marks and the bottom middle marks 1 cup and the top 2 mark 2 cups. Didn't check for 1.5 cups but am definitely going to use them from now on. Thanks for the hint :)

Quick question: What stove do you guys use with your SP 600s? I just switched from a mont bell 600 that's taller and skinnier to the SP 600 for the 'squatness' of it. I have an Evernew titanium stove but am not getting a boil for about 13 min or so.

The middle set of outside dots are at about 12oz or 1 1/2 cups. I marked mine with a sharpie. I've converted to a caldera cone that fits the 600. The pepsican stove I built wasn't really optimized for the smaller cup and I like the sturdiness of the cone.

Pour water into your cup at different levels. Stare at each a bit each time. Makes for easy eyeballing when out in the field.

I tried staring but it didn't work, I blinked first.

Gordon…thanks SO much for sharing that info. The SNP 600 is my favorite mug but I have been using a heavier mug because it had markings.