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All and all a nice setup. I'm sure it will take the chill off and maybe even get warm enough to dry clothes.

Them's the idea. Actually after a fireup today - it gets pretty darn warm inside. the hex
is small enough to heat pretty good with that little stove. I'm pretty sure I'll be drying
clothes just fine, which was one of the reasons I wanted to take the pipe out and leave both the big vents in the top.

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Now from the cheapseats..........hope you don't mind some suggestions.

28 ga. is thin. I would add a grate to the bottom of the firebox - or should I say firetube. It's not a big firebox and you will not get roaring fire going, but, I'd be concerned about burning a hole in the bottom. A grate will stop this possibility. The fire will also burn better with some air from under the grate. You'll quite likely have to leave the door open without any draught holes, but this no problem. Just make sure there is nothing combustible in front that sparks will land on.


That's actually the intention - I'll probably double line the bottom, but it's been fine so far (I've fired it off about 5 times before trying it in the tent, and it doesn't show any signs of big problems.) Although actually only the door is 28 ga. the pipe is thicker, but i forget how much - it was extra bits. The door runs pretty much "shut" with a 1cm opening
around it and draws really well. it's not really ment to "shut" - I"m not going to try to
"hold" a fire in anything that small. it's just ment to be fed small wood..

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The stove pipe will need to be supported on the outside. I'd be concerned that any amount of wind could dislodge the pipe from the firebox and that would be a huge hazard. What are Kifari (sp) using on their teepee hot tents?


I had a look at a kifaru once, and it was a lot like what I'm doing. there's no support per say on the outside, but the pipe is vertical and doesn't stick out too far. I actually left the stove
set up on the boot all day in a pretty stiff breeze and no problems at all. Since my pipe is
(almost) vertical, and supported near the top and the bottom, it seems really stable in the wind. that notwithstanding, I do have the stove right next to the vertical pole of the hex (I won't be pitching with trekking poles while using the stove! ) so I can actually simply wire the pipe to the pole on the inside of the tent without any trouble).

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Now for the legs / supports. How about some 16 ga aluminum say about 12" high and 9" wide. Cut a hole large enough for the firetube to fit through. Two of these will support the firetube and provide a flat surface to put a pot over the firetube. You might need a couple of those spikes on top to act as kind of a grate for a flat surface for a pot. It may not get hot enough to boil, but it will melt snow.


Hmm.. now *that*'s an idea. I had actually figured on putting a couple of machine screws though the top to act as a pot support. but that might work very well indeed.
I probably wouldn't use the big spikes, but putting a wire kitchen warming rack over that
would be lighter, and give me lots of room... we'll see what I come up with.

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Springer spaniel - although he's scared of chickens <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


Edited by phat (09/17/08 07:29 PM)
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