DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 5: Pot Support)

[Roger Caffin]

Companion forum thread to: DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 5: Pot Support)

In part 5, Roger Caffin shares his design for a pot support for the vortex burner as a solution for an ultralight winter DIY backpacking stove system.

[Robert Kelly]

Nice idea (UP, that is), but I’ll have to wait till later in the season.

[Eric Blumensaadt]

I really like the triangular, collapsable pot support. Light, very stable (like a 3-legged milking stool) and compact when disassembled – not to mentioned deucedly clever.

 

[Roger Caffin]

Hi Eric

The stability depends on two things. First, the triangular support. That much is obvious.

But it also depends on the stiff 3-ply base and the clips holding the pot support. They prevent any movement of the bottom of the legs. it turns out that the base and clips are very important.

Cheers

 

[Eric Blumensaadt]

Rog,

Yes, it’s necessary to have that plywood base for stove support in winter but using an aluminum base for only the stove (to reduce overall 3-season weight) means the three leg support won’t wobble when set on decently level ground. Most sit-on-ground stoves these days use three legs for this reason.

I once made a round 1/8″ plywood base with small aluminum leg “grips” for my MSR Dragonfly stove for winter use until an aftermarket plastic stove/fuel bottle holder hit the market.

Many backpackers are irredeemable tinkerers, thankfully.

Eric B.

 

[Roger Caffin]

Many backpackers are irredeemable tinkerers, thankfully.

Huh? Do you mean some are not???  :)

Fettucini al Fungi for dinner. Back from trip last night. Sub-zero every night – meant to be early summer.

Cheers

 

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