Honshells
Sun, 03 Nov 2002 19:02:14 -0800
The box I'm proposing would contain a Coleman two-burner propane stove, the low flat kind that are made for car-camping. So the box would be a few inches bigger than the stove, whatever the stove's dimensions (too lazy to look it up on the net at the moment). I wouldn't make the base any larger than that few extra inches the box would occupy, but I would mount rubber to the bottom of the box. Offhand, I don't remember the Coleman two-burners being especially big: I note that others are using them sans gimbaled contrivances. Maybe I'm underestimating how big I would have to make the box that would contain the stove. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ">Mboats<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 7:36 PM Subject: "do-it-yourself" portable gimballed stove? I agree, since to be stable in anything more than very small waves would require a comparatively large base. ---------- What you are describing sounds like it is pretty big for a M15... Are you sure you want to deal with something that takes up that much space? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 11:27 AM Subject: "do-it-yourself" portable gimballed stove? In my mind's eye, I picture a portable box which contains a gimballed, stock two-burner propane camp-stove (Coleman?). I guess the inspiration would be a portable antique compass. I'm not exactly sure how I'd mount the stove inside the box, but I think I could study my gimballed oil lamp and figure something out. My biggest concern: I think the two-burner propane Coleman uses a fixed copper pipe for the propane bottle attachment and I would have to replace that pipe with a flexible hose fed through a slot in the box, so that the stove could move independent of its propane source. I could use this portable gimballed two-burner propane box-stove (the HONSHELL2000?) inside, on a settee, or outside, on a cockpit bench. Besides the propane hose, can anyone suggest complications I haven't considered? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Kelch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:02 AM Subject: portable gimballed stove Todd, I used the mini-galley in an AMF2100 and it works well for hot soup, stew, or other one pot items but locating it so you can stir the pot in a small boat is difficult. I only used it in rough anchorages or for a quick hot water need (coffee or tea). I used my two burner camp stove most of the time. Doug Seas the Day M15 #310 PS- the pictures are nice! ----------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At present, I'm using one of those single burner stoves that screws onto the top of a propane bottle and has a plastic base that the bottle sits in. I like it except for the fact that it isn't gimballed for use while sailing or even in a sort of rough anchorage. I have to hang onto the pot with every passing powerboat. I only know of two portable gimballed stoves that would be good for use on our boats, the Forespar Mini Galley: http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=14310 and the Force 10 Seacook: http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=16791 .....they both cost the same, but I really don't know what the pros and cons are of each design. (Hey, maybe I ought to write to the makers to have them each explain to me the benefits of their design!). Has anyone on the list ever used one of these? Were there things about them that would be good to know? It looks like the Force 10 might accept a bigger variety of pots but might also not hold them as securely as the Forespar. Both disconnect for storage when not in use. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter? Thanks, Tod _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats