Could the best wood burning stove just be a 3’x3′ chunk of wire cloth?

I think fire will be its worst enemy. The heat will weaken the material and it will start flaking off, leaving a mess in your pack. I'm thinking of regular hardware cloth, maybe other material will be ok.
Duane

huh.. I've seen other people make stoves out of hardware cloth.

You have to put the gear in a plastic bag anyway. The soot builds up even after the first use and otherwise your pack would be all black.

Courtesy of Zelph:

http://www.woodgaz-stove.com/woodgaz-folding-backpacking-stove.php

nm

Evernew in Japan used to make a folding fireplace that was just wire cloth and a tetrapod of four folding legs to elevate it off the ground. Rather elegant, I always regretted not getting one.

that's basically exactly what I want.

"Mostly these center around the amount of time it takes to maintain the fire. Either you're feeding the fire or breaking sticks into 3" chunks for it to burn OR hunting for wood. "

but … these issues, and their mastery, are the core essential GOODNESS of a wood stove.
add to them the virtues of an occasional hole in your clothing, and you have "arrived".

it is indeed a fine and pleasant misery, is it not ?

cheers,
v.

You get something like a Firemug and maintaining the fire is almost a non issue. 3 minutes to gather a handful of twigs and load it, light it from the top so the coals drop down and ignite the wood under it. Once you light it, , theres no need to keep adding wood and it burns long and hot enough to boil about a liter of water, depending on the size of the stove.

Listen to the firemedic, me :-))))) and cadyak(firemug)

http://www.vargooutdoors.com/titanium-fire-box-grill.html#.UcI7OBb_QrQ

http://www.snowpeak.com/grills/fire-places.html

This one looks like the design I want…

http://www.snowpeak.com/grills/fire-places/pack-and-carry-l-fire-place-st-032.html

but it's 12 lbs!!!

Did they make it out of iron?!

Somewhere along the way, (in my opinion), Snow Peak forgot what light weight solo equipment should be like (ok, a broad generalization, but I have noticed this trend in their solo tents, for example).

Is there any difference between Hardware Cloth and Wire Cloth? I am pretty sure – according to sites around the net – http://www.bwire.com/index.html – they are the same exact thing? What are you guys considering to be the difference between these?

Anyways – Wire Cloth should be able to last near the fire for quite some time. This material comes in different alloys, and some of these metals are considered to be "high temperature resistant".