[at-l] Any controls on this thing?

[George (Tin Man) Andrews]

Rafe,
Your stove has 2 speeds.  Off and wide open.  It has to get hot in order to 
vaporize the alcohol.  The hotter it gets, the wilder the flame.  Sounds 
like you have the windscreen too tight and it's reflecting too much heat 
back on the stove.  The offer still stands for the phone call..  You should 
get 2 cups of water to boil in approx 5 minutes on about 3/4 oz of alcohol.
Tin Man

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raphael Bustin" <rafeb at speakeasy.net>
To: <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: [at-l] Any controls on this thing?


>
> I've finally had some success with Tin Man's stove.
> At least under ideal conditions.  Baby steps.
>
> 2 cups H20 boiled in about 7 or 8 minutes, with
> oh, 1.2 oz of denatured alcohol.  This may sound
> trivial to all of you but not to me.
>
> Still one problem... the flames just seem to get
> bigger and bigger the whole time ... and were
> lapping the sides of the pot toward the end.
> It was hard to keep cooking once boiling
> commenced -- the flames were really way
> too high for comfort, and well... outta control.
>
> So... how do folks deal with that?  Or is there
> still something I'm doing wrong?  Yes, of
> course -- I'll use less alcohol, next time.
> (Is that the sum total of the controls?)
>
> PS: Tin Man graciously offered to assist with
> a phone call, but as you can see, I'm still
> winging it.
>
>
> rafe b
> aka terrapin
>
>
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