Altoids stove modification

“I got to tinkering with an altoids stove and came up with a built in potstand that can be removed and stowed in the stove when not in use.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/gallery/data/516/244Mar12-09.jpg

http://www.whiteblaze.net/gallery/data/516/244Mar12-07.jpg << a couple lousy pics but you should get the general idea.”

“that's pretty cool stream....how does it perform?”

“Cool! How are the pot supports attached?”

“Welp, I tested the stove this morning and got 2 cups of cold tap water to a good strong boil in about 6.5 minutes but that was without a lid on the pot or a windscreen so once I add those it should be good enough.

The pot supports are attached by inserting the ends into 4 short peices I cut from and old car antenna and JB welded into the corners of the can.This holds them upright and it seems pretty sturdy so far and they can be stashed under the lid of the stove for a nice compact package.”

“I have a real burning (no pun) question:


Can a compnay like Anti-Gravitygear use the name "Pepsi" when marketing there "Pepsi can stove"?

I'm not trying to stir the pot. I'd hate to see a company like Anti get in trouble for trademark infringement!”

“Not a bad idea, but be very careful as JB Weld is not designed to hold up under very high temps. It may fail just as you are grapping the pot of boiling water and spill it on your feet or splash up into your face.
I use JB Weld to keep my 'pepsi' stove halfs together but not as a strength member under stress.

I'm interested in how it holds up long term, may work fine.”

“A couple of years ago I floated on the BackpackingLight Yahoo group the idea of JB Welding three short aluminum posts vertically to the sides of a 'Pepsi' stove to form a one unit potstandstoveburner. The general conclusion was the JB would fail due to the high heat an spill boiling water.
Back then all the major players in homemade stoves were on that group.”

“But what do you do with the breath mint???




LOl.hehehe”

“He's probably no longer 'curious' about how strong Altoids are after eating a whole tin. ;-)”

“Well suposedly somebody used JB weld to fix a crack in a racecar engine and it held for atleast the rest of the race. Alcohol wont get near as hot as the race car engine BUT Im being carful just the same!

Actually I found this altoids can in the woods and from the dirt inside it must have been there for awhile but I could still smell the mints!! Too strong fer me!!

I am thinking of other ways to sucure the supports just incase it does fail,maybe Ill run some small aluminum screws up through the bottom to hold the peices of antenna if I have to,that could work I soopose. Thanks for any and all input !”

“a car antenna? geesh man, ever heard of coathangers?”

“no strat - he just used the antenna to make "receptacles" for the stand pieces, pretty good idea.

I used JB Weld to repair a broken bolt ear on a water pump once and it held just fine. Don't know the temp it withstood but it was prolly at least 400 degrees or so, it sat right beside all that super hot water.

It might hold just fine.”

“laqtis...good question about the Pepsi can naming convention from AntiGravityGear.com

I have one of their stove, windscreen,cozy setups myself and I really like it. My stove was made from a Diet Pepsi can. You place the pot right on top of the stove so there's no need for a pot stand. It boils 2 cups of water in approx 6 minutes. The whole setup cost me about $20 delivered. The cost is no big deal...it would have taken me all day to make a decent stove and I probably would've lost a few fingers along the way...so I think it was a good deal.

:p”

“I used the modified altoids stove out in real world today. I went down to Patapsco Valley today and did some fishing in the morning,caught 8 nice rainbow trout and 2 small brownies ,and kept 2 fat 15inchers for dinner.I swear Ive never seen trout that size that were so fat before!!! Like footballs lol.Anyway I used the stove to heat water for some tea in the morning and in the afternoon I hiked the trails for a few hours and used the stove to heat some chili and rice. Im really happy with the stove so far !! It held the pot (actually a 18oz ss mug) nice and level and securely and after I was done heating the stuff up and while it was still hot I did some stress tests on the pot supports by grabbing them with my pliers and applying some force and they stayed put. Only time will tell but so far so good. Now to cook up the fish.Not a bad first day of spring at all!”

“Kewl Beans!”