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#114793 - 12/05/07 03:58 AM Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset
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I love my Swedish Mess kit but at almost three pounds it was way to heavy.
Luckily I have a Dremel tool and like Dinty Moore Beef Stew.



Write-up here.

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#114800 - 12/05/07 05:55 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: Blast]
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That’s just a work of art, man! wink
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#114801 - 12/05/07 06:03 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: JCWohlschlag]
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Very nice Blast. I have an extra Trangia burner that will soon have a Dinty Moore home. Question: What did you use to make the screen stay put? Epoxy? Flue tape?

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#114805 - 12/05/07 09:00 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: Blast]
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That looks very good and very functional. I'm also curious about how you attached the screen, soulder??

What's the weight???
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#114810 - 12/05/07 12:56 PM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: wildman800]
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The entire cookset (burner, windscreen, pot, matches, bic lighter, plastic fork, plastic spoon, EMPTY fuel bottle, and a bag to hold everything weighes just 1.15 pounds.

I originally planned to hold the screen in with rivets, but it turns out it doesn't need anything. I bent the screen so that its curvature was greater than the can. The springiness of the expanded metal screen wedges it in place.

I may make a secondary windscreen which will be just a bit bigger than the pot, but I haven't used this set in any conditions where I've needed something to stop the heat loss from the pot. With this design all the burners heat gets directed to the bottom of the pot. Very little heat escapes unused.

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#114909 - 12/06/07 03:39 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: Blast]
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Looks great- my only concern is lighting the stove. I've had trouble with that with my add ons.
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#114925 - 12/06/07 07:29 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: ironraven]
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Aloha Blast, nicely done. How much thermite do you put in your stove?

As usual, I enjoyed reading your blog. You are so blessed with such a beautiful family. You get lots of dirt time and you have a propensity to blow things up. Man, what more can a guy ask for?
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#114936 - 12/06/07 01:22 PM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: ironraven]
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Quote:
my only concern is lighting the stove.


It's no problem. The bottom of the Dinty Moore can was also cut off. I just light the burner as normal, set the Dinty Moore windscreen/potstand over it, then set the pot on top. Ten minutes layer I'm eating rehydrated goo.

-Blast
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#114954 - 12/06/07 05:21 PM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: aloha]
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Quote:
How much thermite do you put in your stove?


25g to boil water, 37g to heat up a can of chili, and if my calculations are correct, 2 lbs of thermite in three stages to cook a turkey. wink

-Blast
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#115009 - 12/07/07 02:22 AM Re: Blast's lightweight Trianga cookset [Re: Blast]
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You still haven't tried this? *grins* We so need to have an ETS retreat. If for no other reason than the thermite turkey.

Although, I don't know if I can make anything out of those left overs. *laughs*
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