I got thinking last night after my comment about including a match safety kit that I could cut a couple sheets of birchbark (I have a lot from my firewood pile) to lay flat with with everything else.
#Twig stove plus
Plus a frying pan handle can hang over the side and not get unduly hot or sooty. I find no need for other air holes and that reduces the chance of sparks or ember escaping where I might not see them. With a pot on top there is quite a draft going into the box. Things I like over my twig stove bigger wood so not the constant feeding the fire. The bottom of the box only gets warm so I can put it on stump and sit in a chair. This is a step up from a twig stove for sure. The last couple pics are of the titanium and that box weighs only 2 1/4 pounds. They are light, pack flatter, and give great support to the pots and sides. The first one I made I used a rack from a toaster oven to support the pots but the sides warped some in the heat so on the titanium one I made interlocking cross bars. Here is a pick of the pieces, all the bends are 90° So nothing really complicated. Folding in the brake was how I started but the brake flexed (I did mention it was cheap) and in the end I had to finish the bends with a dead blow hammer because of the spring back. That stuff is tough I cut it with a jigsaw but used up a couple blades. Aluminum melts around 1200 degrees so keep that in mind.įinally I made another one of the bigger box out of some titanium that I had. I did a burn in the aluminum and it held up fine at least once. next I made the little one out of aluminum and it weighs a mere 1/2 pound. Then I made the bigger one which seemed to be a better size, but made in steel it weighs about 4 1/4 pounds. I did buy a cheap sheet metal brake from Harbor Freight and it did work but not great and I could have used a work around.Īt first I made the middle size because it was an economical use of the material I had on hand. This spring I finally got around to making some. Watch the video below! Please subscribe.For quite a while I have been interested in the Mason fore box that he talks about in his book Song Of The Paddle. The one we bought was from Amazon and was only $30, which we thought was a deal. There are many different twig stoves on the market, including ones made out of titanium. It doesn’t replace our other stoves and it won’t be usable just everywhere but it should be handy and fun to have in a backpack during hikes.
#Twig stove portable
Overall, we think this is a great little, portable stove and will continue to use it periodically. Don’t use this stove for heat or larger groups. Use a wider bottom pot to have more surface area to boil water faster.ĥ. Use small twigs to keep the fire burning, anything too large will not work.Ĥ. Do not leave the stove unattended, because the fire will go out.ģ. Bring dry tinder with you, or gather along the trail and stick it in a pocket.Ģ. Here are our tips from our second attempt:ġ. Using a narrow Stanley pot wasn’t as efficient as the wider titanium pot, so we’ll probably stick to the other pot in the future (seen above). On this particular day, we have brought some dried tinder and twigs to fuel the fire in order to boil water for tea and hot chocolate. On our first try, we boiled soup in a wider bottom titanium pot and used resources we could find in the immediate area. This is our second time using this Soleader Twig Stove. These stoves use ‘twigs’ to fuel the fire to boil water and cook items that don’t need to be simmered. Twig stoves are small, portable stoves that can easily be packed in a backpack and taken on day hikes or longer camping trips. Using a twig stove at the Pinery Provincial Park, we show you what it is and how it works.