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Make Your Own Trangia

Desk Monkey
9-Sep-2009
4:45:08 PM
For those with a need to save a few dollars on a stove.
I'm actually quite impressed with this.



http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/6227
JamieF
9-Sep-2009
5:08:17 PM
You can make a much simpler one without the central trangia-style well with two can bases shoved together (obviously not Foster's though...) and a central hole stopped with a wide screw for filling purposes. I put my jets on the inside of the rim and made them by tapping through a thick sewing needle with a hammer, but otherwise quite similar. The simple one may well build up a bit more pressure once it gets nice and hot and the (blue) flame is bigger, but the end-result is pretty similar. Boils much quicker than the normal trangia burner, but then again they are a piece of crap after all. Yet another good excuse to drink more beer, as if you needed one.
egosan
9-Sep-2009
5:52:10 PM
This is a great hack. I will be trying this myself shortly. I will post pics.

wallwombat
9-Sep-2009
7:36:41 PM
I can make a GriGri out of a carrot.

D.Lodge
9-Sep-2009
7:38:07 PM
I can make a bolt for the door

Desk Monkey
10-Sep-2009
8:10:07 AM
On 9/09/2009 egosan wrote:
>This is a great hack. I will be trying this myself shortly. I will post
>pics.

That'll be good to see Egosan

On 9/09/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>I can make a GriGri out of a carrot.

That must be one big carrot, maybe a turnip would be better?

mattjr
10-Sep-2009
11:43:45 AM
There's footage of home-made jobs similar to these exploding on Youtube.

Desk Monkey
10-Sep-2009
11:50:23 AM
I couldn't find an exploding one. Although I found this video of some guys home made Trangia (Includng very bad pan pipe music over the top).
egosan
10-Sep-2009
11:52:00 AM
On 10/09/2009 mattjr wrote:
>There's footage of home-made jobs similar to these exploding on Youtube.

Link? Link?

Desk Monkey
10-Sep-2009
11:53:57 AM
On 10/09/2009 Desk Monkey wrote:
>I couldn't find an exploding one. Although I found this video of some guys
>home made Trangia (Includng very bad pan pipe music over the top).

I forgot to link as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjek1BrVzF0

Mmmm pan pipes

evanbb
10-Sep-2009
11:55:04 AM
On 10/09/2009 mattjr wrote:
>There's footage of home-made jobs similar to these exploding on Youtube.

I don't see any problem with this. The threat of a horrible firey death is what makes the MSR's so much fun to use. If the Trangia burner can blow up that levels the field significantly.

Heard a story from a mate about a 1L aluminium bottle full of Shellite blowing up in the fire. Apparently it was fairly spectacular.

evanbb
10-Sep-2009
11:59:12 AM
Here's some stuff blowing up. No Trangia's though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEJ3uoSk_I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f_yxHeT6QM

Exhibit A: MSR (It's German for Death Stove)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_mKnIoe4g

tmarsh
10-Sep-2009
12:16:20 PM
On 10/09/2009 evanbb wrote:
>I don't see any problem with this. The threat of a horrible firey death
>is what makes the MSR's so much fun to use. If the Trangia burner can blow

The fact that MSR stands for Mountain Safety Research is one of the greatest ironies of the modern world.

I remember lending my MSR whisperlight to a friend and giving her a run-down on how to light it.
Me: Let a bit of shellite drip out and then set fire to the stove. As the flames are dying down, slowly open up the valve and the stove should light.
Her: You're shitting me. This is like something Russians would make.

wallwombat
10-Sep-2009
12:25:26 PM
On 10/09/2009 mattjr wrote:
>There's footage of home-made jobs similar to these exploding on Youtube.

That's crap. Metho does not explode. I know.

evanbb
10-Sep-2009
12:27:36 PM
On 10/09/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>On 10/09/2009 mattjr wrote:
>>There's footage of home-made jobs similar to these exploding on Youtube.
>
>That's crap. Metho does not explode. I know.

if you get it hot enough under pressure, it should explode pretty good.

pmonks
10-Sep-2009
12:30:48 PM
On 10/09/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>That's crap. Metho does not explode. I know.

But what if you don't drink it first?

wallwombat
10-Sep-2009
12:31:43 PM
Yeah, 'under pressure' is the key bit. You're not going to do that with a beer can and a hole punch.

wallwombat
10-Sep-2009
12:33:22 PM
On 10/09/2009 evanbb wrote:

>if you get it hot enough under pressure, it should explode pretty good.

So will water.

evanbb
10-Sep-2009
12:44:12 PM
On 10/09/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>Yeah, 'under pressure' is the key bit. You're not going to do that with
>a beer can and a hole punch.

Yeah, I can't really think of any way they could have made that happen.
egosan
10-Sep-2009
12:52:04 PM
On 10/09/2009 tmarsh wrote:
>I remember lending my MSR whisperlight to a friend and giving her a run-down
>on how to light it.
>Me: Let a bit of shellite drip out and then set fire to the stove. As
>the flames are dying down, slowly open up the valve and the stove should
>light.
>Her: You're shitting me. This is like something Russians would make.

She must have had some experience with Russian physicists in a laser lab. Such a
scary willingness to give their lives for science. Berylium poisoning, Loss of sight or
limb, Radiation sickness, all considered perfectly good ways to end ones career. Still
none of that is scary as the dental work they all had.

...shiver.

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