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I have been building stoves since 1974 and am always looking to improve on the design in some way. Last year I built my mini-cylinder stove. What I was looking for was a small sove that was super quick to assemble and would provide heat and cooking for a small shelter. This is what I ended up with:





I worked well but was a little on the small side and the cylinder shape isn't as good for cooking as a box stove. So this past week I built this:



Same dimensions as a Kifaru Para Stove at 6" wide x 8" long x 6" high. The front and back lock into the sides with the slip joints just like on the Kifaru, but the likeness ends there. The bottom has rivited in T-Nuts to accept the 3" threaded legs.


The T-Nuts also keep the sides, back and front in place within the box. The top & bottom have cable loops that are tensioned with extension springs:



The door is bottom hinged and the latch has a friction lock on the top's 90 degree bend.

A short collar accepts a cupped spark arrestor and the entire stove stores flat for transport:



Complete with a 4' long, 2 9/16" diameter stainless roll-up pipe the stove weighs right at 2 lbs.

The best, however is the quick assembly time. I was able to assemble the stove complete with collar and spark arrestor in 65 seconds. Slipping retainer rings on the pipe and fitting it into the collar takes little more time.

With a GoLite ShrangriLa 2, I have heated shelter for 3lbs 12 ozs and this with a stove that will be capable of more than boiling water.

I haven't burned it yet but should get around to it this next week.

You are torturing us with your creative genius. I can barely manage to change my light bulbs without screwing it up. Don't you think it's time to go into a large scale business and exploit your obvious talent?

That's pretty slick Ed. I'm going to build a few stoves this summer so be prepared for some PM's Just need to go buy the shangri-la 5 first.

Looks great Ed.

That is clever, kudos

And keeping assembly time in mind [after a long day of backpacking] what a concept!

jezz Ed, i built one of your cylinder stoves last summer, just need to tweak some door/venting issues. Now I have to study this one, how about some detail on the slip joints
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Another masterpiece Ed.

Tom,

The slip joints are rather hard to do without a sheet metal brake. I'll try to get some pictures of what they look like and post them.

Very nifty Ed... looking forward to the results from the first flight.

I would also love some close up pictures of the slip joints. I have access to just about any metal working tool you can imagine. I'm assuming yours is made out of stainless? What thickness?

That looks great Ed,you said 4" pipe'I'm assuming that was a typo and you ment 3" dia. right ?

Another beautiful stove. I really like the quick setup.

After assembling my ti g box stove in the cold many times I've gone to using stoves made from tins and strapping them on top of the pack.

Actually, it should have said 4' of pipe. Diameter is 2 9/16".

Looks very nice. When are you going to start taking preorders?

America needs more Eds. Great job. Keep up the good work. I still marvel at how your advice has changed my hunting.

Another masterpiece from Ed!

Beyond my skill though...

+1 to that.

Beyond my skill though... [/quote]

I don't know about that Dave, you have built some pretty cool stoves and other gear!

wow! they sure could have used you for the manhattan project!!

Looks really nice. Just a question about stoves in general. Has anybody burned a hole in their tent/tarp from the sparks? I know they have a spark arrestor but I have never seen a BP stove in use. Not sure if it catches 100% of the sparks.