I was wondering what makes a good alcohol stove stand? It is a pepsi can stove, should I buy an esbit stove and use the base that is provided or build one?
Rosquillas
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Well …if you go with a Trangia alcohol stove I would suggest you get the “Weswind” model and just use the stand that comes with it. Sturdy and light. If you want to lighten it up a bit you can drill 1/2" holes in it. I’ve built a few out of aluminum flashing that worked pretty well too. No experience with Esbit since my days in the service …ancient history !!
Footslogger
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#3
Or,… you could use either three tent stakes or three rocks. or if you prefer… 1/2" wire mesh screening 5x20blocks bent to form a circle.
FreightTrain :boy
Freighttrain
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#4
I have a tiny pepsi can type stove, but use a tuna can to both carry it in (for protection), as a flame snuffer, and as a stand. I drilled holes in the side walls of the tuna can to allow air flow cooling, but not in the bottom of the can so it still acts as a flame snuffer.
Tent stakes work, sorta, but it can be unstable especially in wind as the stove is soooooo light, and usually by the time I am cooking my tent stakes are already in use with my tent.
xtn;)
airferret
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i use metal flashing for my alcohol stove stand. i use a .85 liter pot that is very shallow. i ended up cutting the flashing into 4 seperate pieces and they fit inside the pot. i assemble it using paperclips. used a hole puncher to make two rows of holes along the bottom for air. whole thing cost me less than $2.
scott
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#6
I took my MSR windscreen and, with two aluminum gutter nails that I was using for tent stakes, punched one through where the two windscreen ends overlap then out the opposite side, then punched the second nail through both sides about two inches over. The nails are parallel and make a good pot support. So you end up with a very stable pot stand at a total of NO weight, as I believe it really makes sense with an alcohol stove to use a windscreen.
Colter
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#7
Noid and I built our stands out of stuff that looks like chicken wire—you can buy it at any hardware store. Sort of like mesh made out of wire. The squares are about 1/2 inch square. Took wire cutters, cut the right size, and curved it into a circle. The pot sits perfectly on top, and the stand fits into the pot. Simple.
yogi
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#8
If you look up homemade stove designs, you find seveal different options for stove stands.
First, there is the windscreen type, like the one for MSR stoves. They can be home made from aluminum gutter flashing. Punch holes in it for air flow, and fold it like on the home made stove designs. Or punch holes in the sides and either use 2 tent stakes (or gutter nails) or wire with clevis pins on the ends.
Second, just use 3 tent stakes in the ground, or 3 small stones to support your pot.
Third, use “Hardware Cloth” which is 1/2 inch wire mesh, bought at most hardware stores. Roll it into a circle, and bent over the top wires.
Peaks
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#9
Here’s a post/link from TLB on a very light stand. I made one
last weekend and it holds a full 2 litre soda bottle. Weighs
18g. Total weight with soda can stove is 30g.
Scamp
Here’s the post:
<<I have added a page to my website showing Greg Moore’s homemade go-torch pepsi stove stand.
http://www.datasync.com/~wksmith/go.html
Cheers,
KevinS (StoveStomper)
Scamp
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#10
We used the hardware cloth and it fit in our pot with the stove. We saw as many different stands and we saw stoves. Hikers can be creative. Just remember to get your pot high enough above the stove to be efficient. Several of the stove sites have tested the proper distance between stove and pot and a half of an inch can change efficiency by 50%. Our tuna stove had to have a 2 inches gap. Great stoves. We’ve used whisperlites, Peaks and the bottled gas and would not trade them for our tuna can. Good luck.
Papa Smurf
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#12
Although I used a comercial one, if I had to make one it would prabably be like True’s. It was a Fosters can with cut outs on top to form three supports that touch the pot. Its a replica of the Trangia Mini. I believe she said it occasionaly caught on fire and had to replace once.
TB
TurkeyBacon
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#13
I just read in somebody’s journal entry that they bought a 4 inch aluminum duct connector from Home Depot for $1 and used a hole punch to put ventilation holes in it. This acted like a pot stand/windscreen. Sorry I don’t remember who had this posted in their journal - I’d like to give proper credit.
Sarah
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#14
As with Footslogger’s comments, I used a Trangia last year with the Westwind stand and found the combination great. Previously I had used and MSR and switched to save weight. If you can get hold of a Westwind I would recommend copying it but using much lighter material as it is heavier and stronger than it needs to be.
Downunda