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I have been building stoves since 1974. I designed the current version of the Kifaru stove in 2001 and built them for Kifaru until a couple years ago.

I have been playing around with roll-up stoves for about 5-6 years. Just over a year ago I posted these pictures of a stainless roll-up:



It's been a fun project and goes well with my weight purging quest on my gear.

In the past year I have built a number of prototypes but kept coming back to this basic design with a few improvments. When I finally had it where I wanted, I took the plunge and built the stove from titanium.



A few of the changes I made were to go from the 4 spring attachment to a more secure 3 turnbuckle attachment.

Another feature I wanted was to have a modular stove. In another words, I wanted a stove that I could switch out long and short bodies depending on the shelter I was using as well as the temperatures expected.

The image is of a 12" body.



This is a 22" body




Another thing I wanted was to have maximum contact for heat transfer depending on the cook pot I am using, so I built the support rails with a narrow and a wide position.


This is the narrow with an MSR Titan Kettle



Wide with a Snow Peak 1400



To switch between the long and short bodies all the needs to be changed out are 2 support rails and a cable

[img]http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/runsmtns/TiStove8.jpg[/img]

The 12 stove for transport can just fold the support rails back

[img]http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/runsmtns/TiStove5.jpg[/img]

For the long stove, the support rails are removed and stored inside the rolled stove body and pipe.

Another image of the 22" with 3 cook pots

[img]http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/runsmtns/TiStove7.jpg[/img]

The weights for the stoves are 12 ounces for the 12" and 17 ounces for the 22"

As far as heat capability, I have found cylinder stoves to heat better and burn more effecient than box stoves. The 12' will have heat output between a Kifaru small and medium and the 22" will be between a medium and a large.

This may be obvious, but is this wood or gas fired? I'm kinda slow sometimes, bear with me.

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Nice work Ed.

nice, I want one.

what about the pipe? lengths?

+ 100

However... the legs look too short and the top not quite flat enough to bake on top of while sitting on my folding stool. Also, what about a warming tray?

Looking good Ed.

Very nice work!

Very nice Ed. Where do we order?

Excellent design, simple yet elegant.

For a warming tray how about placing a rock on top and set the pan on it while moving closer or further away form the pie or using a thicker or thinner rock to control the temperature.

Very nice. I like the door design. How does it latch? What kind of backing do you have for the legs? It doesn't look like a screw on nut in the back. What kind of burn times do you get with them? Very cool stove.

Hey Ed,

Are you using the same spark arrestor setup as the Kifaru stoves?

Pipe diameter is 3". length depends on what shelter you are using. I'm using a 7'

1: The door is a very simple design. Cable hinges and handle. The latch is a rivet post that a hole in the door goes over.

2: The legs thread into T-Nuts that are riveted into the front and back rims. The angle of the legs-out and to the rear for the front and out and to the front for the back give the stove great stability and also allow the use of a snow platform.

3: Burn times are like similar light stoves. Cylinder stoves are more effecient than box stoves though. Any of these light stoves need to be stoked quite often for any substantial heat output. I know this isn't a very specific answer but so much depends on the wood you are burning as far as type and how dry or wet it might be.

I have actually gone to just a Ti-Goat damper. You can also use a spark screen but by eliminating the draft in the chimney where the spark screen slots are you get better draft with a smaller pipe,

For those that have expressed interest in getting a stove, send me a PM as I am looking into pricing, availability etc.

Thanks for all the positive comments.

I'm new to portable wood stoves. How do you store the pipe when packing it? I have gotten tired of the mornings, if you know what I mean, and have gotten real interested in these.

The pipes roll up just like the stove body. A 3" pipe rolls to a 12" long roll about the diameter of a paper towel center tube.

The stove body can then be rolled along with the pipe so you just have one small roll.

Heated shelters are the way to go. I have been using them since I first purchased a Mountain Smith 4 man tipi from Patrick Smith in 1988

i can't tell ya for sure that once you've gone black you'll never go back


but I can tell ya


life with heat can't be beat