Gram Weenie stove

Question: Now that your no longer making these stoves for sale, can you let us in on some secrets. How on earth do you roll the lip of the stove? Also I have made a few of these stoves, I'm actually making one now and its been a long time since I have made one. Do you flatten out the bottom of the exterior bottle? Thanks Goerge you da man!

Hi Kurt! No big secret really. You just need to make a die to roll the lip :p. I know, that's a bit of a smart answer, but it's how I did it. It's not beyond the ability of a DIY'er with a lathe – I made my own. Unfortunately if you don't have the means or a friend with the same you're probably at the mercy of those who do.

You could try the same trick guys are using with the bigger bottles, but I'm not sure how well it'll work. Cut about an inch from a bottle, then stretch it over another bottle bottom with a press. After you insert the neck portion into the bottom half use your "improvised die" to roll the top in a press.

No, I did not flatten the bottom of the bottle as that would reduce the structural stability of the bottom of the stove. Instead of rolling the top, the bottom would collapse.

Lastly. the riveted method of the original still works just fine. Nothing wrong with the Frankenstein design.

If anyone's looking for something similar to the 'Gram Weenie stove' they might want to look at these from the UK.

http://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/pages/contact.html

Thanks George, I think I'll stick with the old school way of riveting it. Thanks for the great little stove.

Are the rivets necessary? It seems to me that pressing the two pieces together should give a tight enough fit without rivets or a rolled lip. A tiny bit of high-temp RTV silicone sealant spread between the mating surfaces would make it secure if it seems to slip at all, and it should withstand the heat.

Hi Colin. Yeah, when you press the two pieces together they will eventually come apart on their own, since the stove will be continually expanding and contracting.

No offense Stuart, but really? "Much development time has been given to the engineering of the jet configuration"? Seems I've seen that design before, hmmmm…..oh I know:

Gram Weenie dual jet pattern circa 2007.

I don't care (nor do I have a right to at this point) that some folks are "filling a void"(you're certainly not the first), but don't take credit for innovating something you didn't (again not the first).