Pepsi Stove Pot Stand - WhiteBlaze

Grimace · 06-06-2003, 08:44

I just made a Pepsi stove and I'm very excited to use it on an upcoming trip, but I am having trouble with a pot stand for it. The website I got the stove directions from recommended using welded wire fence. Anyone know a source for welded wire fence? Lowes only had chain link. I've even been checking out all the fences I drive by to see if I could cut off a corner somewhere. they are all chainlink! Any advice on making a stand would be helpful.

Haiku · 06-06-2003, 09:02

Look in the window screen section instead of the fence section. The squares are only 1/4" big.

Haiku.

Youngblood · 06-06-2003, 10:14

I have made several pot stands by bending coat-hanger wire. BTW, I have also found that not all coat-hanger wire is the the same gauge, or thickness. If the wire gauge is too small, the pot stand will wobble a little with a pan full water...the heavier gauge wire stays rigid.

DebW · 06-06-2003, 12:22

The wire fencing or screening is sometimes known as hardware cloth.

IdahoDavid · 06-06-2003, 12:31

I've also seen stands made by using a second slightly larger can like a tuna fish or shrimp can. Use a church key opener to put triangular openings around the top edge and punch some air holes with a nail around the bottom edge.

cburnett · 06-07-2003, 12:05

At trails days 6 moons design had a pepsi stove, stand and windscreen $14 (plus shipping). Now, i'll try to describe the stand
three tent stake size bars bent at each end down about 1.25 in. Two stakes were placed in one of three, i'll say, bullet shells that tightly held the stake ends. The shells were about 2.5 in. long and had reinforcement along the top and bottom edge. (it probable wasn't a bullet shell but some brass tubing ?#?#) together three stakes and three 'shells' made a sturdy triangle for holding the pot.

Rambler · 06-14-2003, 00:11

Stove/Windscreen

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meBrad · 07-14-2003, 10:01

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Jaybird · 07-14-2003, 10:21

..."Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi...NO Coke!"

whatsup with all the fuss???????

by the time you hand-make your alcohol burning stove, (many hours) carry the fuel, get a wind screen arent you looking @ MORE than 4 oz???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?

Maybe its just than feelin' of accomplishment!

i've got a home-made (pepsi)alcohol-burnin' stove....it sits @ home in my office next to my other not-often-used materials...my old machetti, my
boombox, my 8-lb-tent, my NON-breathable-rainjacket, etc, etc

i'll take my MSR Pocket Rocket anytime!

jaybird
www.trailjournals.com/JAYBIRDANDJIGSAW

tlbj6142 · 07-14-2003, 13:29

The Pocket Rocket is the perfect weekend/week-long stove (I own one). However, I would be concerned about fuel availablity along a long trail.

Given that an empty MSR canister weights more than entire stove kit from the above link, I think the weight savings are worth it. Don't forget to include a pozy cozy (23g for my 2qt pot) to further reduce the fuel consumption.

IdahoDavid · 07-14-2003, 14:34

I've been carrying an alcohol stove since I purchased one from REI in the mid-70s and have since made a lighter version from an Altoids tin. Both have been very useable in all seasons for 99 percent of the cooking I do. Especially for those of us with little or no mechanical skills, having a lightweight unit with no moving parts is a godsend, as is using a cheap, readily available fuel.

Bill Strickland · 12-10-2003, 20:23

Welded wire makes the best potstand, but hardware cloth works. It is soldered as opposed to welded, but an alcohol stove won't melt the solder.

Cedar Tree · 12-11-2003, 06:29

A member of this website, Brian, sell stoves and a simple yet efficient and light potholder/windscreen combo off Ebay. Do a search at Ebay for Alcohol Stove and I bet one of his offers will turn up. I just received mine on Monday. Cedar Tree

brian · 12-11-2003, 06:45

Cedar Tree, how do you like it?

Link to my stovesMy stoves

Rain Man · 12-11-2003, 10:24

You don't really need a pot stand with all Pepsi can alcohol stoves.

Let me put in a plug for this one, which I used in GA last month. I love this stove and the proprietor was wonderful to deal with. No, he's not a brother-in-law nor is he paying me to say this! LOL

http://www.antigravitygear.com/products/stove.html

I have the stove, the windscreen, the cozy, and the pot.

Anyway, my two cents.

Rain Man
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NJPacker · 01-15-2004, 13:00

I had the pleasure to deal with Brian (stove guy). I purchased one of his total cook kits and have been very pleased with the performance. The stoves are made in a professional manner and the windscreen works as advertised. A definate worthwhile purchase. Thanks again Brian.
NJpacker

SGT Rock · 01-16-2004, 02:34

Anti Gravity sent me a Momma's Kitchen. Nice set up for a pair of hikers that want a little more than simple water boiling. It is a bit much for a solo hiker, but they have other set ups. I say they are worth a look.

I have made some great stands from bailing wire and some OK ones from coat hangers. Hardware cloth is the best if you are making your own. Just don't sit over the stove and inhale the fumes since it is made from galvanized steel.

NJPacker · 01-16-2004, 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT Rock

Anti Gravity sent me a Momma's Kitchen. Nice set up for a pair of hikers that want a little more than simple water boiling. It is a bit much for a solo hiker, but they have other set ups. I say they are worth a look.

I have made some great stands from bailing wire and some OK ones from coat hangers. Hardware cloth is the best if you are making your own. Just don't sit over the stove and inhale the fumes since it is made from galvanized steel.

SGT ROCK.....thanks for the information. You can never learn enough about alcohol stoves. Everyday, newer, more innovative stoves are being created. It's fun experimenting with all the new stuff out there. Thanks again. Your input is always interesting and useful.
NJpacker

gardenville · 01-18-2004, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJPacker

SGT ROCK.....thanks for the information. You can never learn enough about alcohol stoves. Everyday, newer, more innovative stoves are being created. It's fun experimenting with all the new stuff out there. Thanks again. Your input is always interesting and useful.
NJpacker

I have used that galvinized Hardware Cloth for pot stands and other things and never really liked it. Aaron at BrassLite.com is now selling the Stainless Steel wire cloth like he uses on his stoves in 1 foot square pieces for $3 a sq ft. plus shipping. I have been after this SS stuff for a long time but didn't want to buy the minumin quantiy the supplier required. I am not sure if I can do this or if it will work but here is a link to it. http://www.brasslite.com/order.html#wirecloth
I just ordered a piece 1 foot by 3 foot and can't wait to replace all the nasty galvanized stuff with this.

SGT Rock · 01-19-2004, 00:39

I think that stailess steel cloth would be a good investment. I think that the galvanized is good for tinkering and figuring out how you want to make the stove stand, but then invest in some stainless steel.

06-06-2003, 08:44	#1
Grimace Thru-Hiker Join Date: 12-10-2002 Location: Amesbury, MA Age: 33 Year of thru-hike: 2001 Posts: 229	Pepsi Stove Pot Stand I just made a Pepsi stove and I'm very excited to use it on an upcoming trip, but I am having trouble with a pot stand for it. The website I got the stove directions from recommended using welded wire fence. Anyone know a source for welded wire fence? Lowes only had chain link. I've even been checking out all the fences I drive by to see if I could cut off a corner somewhere. they are all chainlink! Any advice on making a stand would be helpful. __________________ Grimace ME->GA '01 JMT '03

06-06-2003, 10:14	#3
Youngblood GAME 2000 Join Date: 09-12-2002 Location: Doraville, Georgia View my gallery 155 Age: 60 Posts: 1,563 Images: 155	Pot stand I have made several pot stands by bending coat-hanger wire. BTW, I have also found that not all coat-hanger wire is the the same gauge, or thickness. If the wire gauge is too small, the pot stand will wobble a little with a pan full water...the heavier gauge wire stays rigid.

06-06-2003, 12:31	#5
IdahoDavid Registered User Join Date: 02-24-2003 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho View my gallery 11 Age: 53 Posts: 99 Images: 11	Stove Stand I've also seen stands made by using a second slightly larger can like a tuna fish or shrimp can. Use a church key opener to put triangular openings around the top edge and punch some air holes with a nail around the bottom edge.

07-14-2003, 10:01	#8
meBrad Whatever you do, do it boldly without apology! Join Date: 07-08-2003 Location: NH Posts: 84	V8 Stove Pot stand I have come to understand that my participation in this forum is counter productive. In an attempt to ammend this I am deleting my posts and have requested to have my account deleted Last edited by meBrad; 08-12-2003 at 14:15.

07-14-2003, 10:21	#9
Jaybird Join Date: 02-07-2003 Location: Springfield,TN USA View my gallery 345 My trailjournals.com Age: 55 Posts: 2,116 Images: 345	Pepsi stove(s) ..."Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi...NO Coke!" whatsup with all the fuss??????? by the time you hand-make your alcohol burning stove, (many hours) carry the fuel, get a wind screen arent you looking @ MORE than 4 oz???????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Maybe its just than feelin' of accomplishment! i've got a home-made (pepsi)alcohol-burnin' stove....it sits @ home in my office next to my other not-often-used materials...my old machetti, my boombox, my 8-lb-tent, my NON-breathable-rainjacket, etc, etc i'll take my MSR Pocket Rocket anytime! jaybird www.trailjournals.com/JAYBIRDANDJIGSAW __________________ see ya'll UP the trail! "Jaybird" GA-ME... "on-the-20-year-plan" www.trailjournals.com/Jaybird

06-06-2003, 09:02	#2
Haiku Kilted Thru-Hiker AT'04, PCT'06, CDT'07 Join Date: 02-03-2003 Location: Cambridge, MA My trailjournals.com Age: 34 Year of thru-hike: 2004 Posts: 153	Look in the window screen section instead of the fence section. The squares are only 1/4" big. Haiku.

06-06-2003, 12:22	#4
DebW Section Hiker 350 miles Join Date: 09-10-2002 Location: Boston area View my gallery 55 Age: 53 Posts: 714 Images: 55	The wire fencing or screening is sometimes known as hardware cloth.

06-07-2003, 12:05	#6
cburnett Registered User Join Date: 04-03-2003 Location: toledo, oh View my gallery 9 Age: 28 Posts: 59 Images: 9	At trails days 6 moons design had a pepsi stove, stand and windscreen $14 (plus shipping). Now, i'll try to describe the stand three tent stake size bars bent at each end down about 1.25 in. Two stakes were placed in one of three, i'll say, bullet shells that tightly held the stake ends. The shells were about 2.5 in. long and had reinforcement along the top and bottom edge. (it probable wasn't a bullet shell but some brass tubing ?#?#) together three stakes and three 'shells' made a sturdy triangle for holding the pot.

06-14-2003, 00:11	#7
Rambler Join Date: 05-27-2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 65 Posts: 413	Stove/Windscreen more stove ideas

07-14-2003, 13:29	#10
tlbj6142 Yellow Jacket Join Date: 02-13-2003 Location: Columbus, Ohio View my gallery 11 Age: 40 Posts: 1,918 Images: 11	The Pocket Rocket is the perfect weekend/week-long stove (I own one). However, I would be concerned about fuel availablity along a long trail. Given that an empty MSR canister weights more than entire stove kit from the above link, I think the weight savings are worth it. Don't forget to include a pozy cozy (23g for my 2qt pot) to further reduce the fuel consumption.

07-14-2003, 14:34	#11
IdahoDavid Registered User Join Date: 02-24-2003 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho View my gallery 11 Age: 53 Posts: 99 Images: 11	Alcohol vs. Rocket I've been carrying an alcohol stove since I purchased one from REI in the mid-70s and have since made a lighter version from an Altoids tin. Both have been very useable in all seasons for 99 percent of the cooking I do. Especially for those of us with little or no mechanical skills, having a lightweight unit with no moving parts is a godsend, as is using a cheap, readily available fuel. __________________ What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?

12-10-2003, 20:23	#12
Bill Strickland Registered User Join Date: 10-27-2003 Location: Westminster, S. C. Age: 71 Posts: 26	Hardware cloth for potstand Welded wire makes the best potstand, but hardware cloth works. It is soldered as opposed to welded, but an alcohol stove won't melt the solder. __________________ Jakebrake

12-11-2003, 06:29	#13
Cedar Tree Join Date: 01-31-2003 Location: Marion, VA Age: 49 Year of thru-hike: 2000 Posts: 291	Brian's pot holder A member of this website, Brian, sell stoves and a simple yet efficient and light potholder/windscreen combo off Ebay. Do a search at Ebay for Alcohol Stove and I bet one of his offers will turn up. I just received mine on Monday. Cedar Tree

12-11-2003, 06:45	#14
brian GA to ME someday... Join Date: 02-17-2003 Location: West Point NY View my gallery 8 Age: 22 Posts: 278 Images: 8	Cedar Tree, how do you like it? Link to my stovesMy stoves

12-11-2003, 10:24	#15
Rain Man Join Date: 08-07-2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee View my gallery 532 Age: 58 Posts: 3,045 Images: 532	Don't really need a pot stand You don't really need a pot stand with all Pepsi can alcohol stoves. Let me put in a plug for this one, which I used in GA last month. I love this stove and the proprietor was wonderful to deal with. No, he's not a brother-in-law nor is he paying me to say this! LOL http://www.antigravitygear.com/products/stove.html I have the stove, the windscreen, the cozy, and the pot. Anyway, my two cents. Rain Man .

01-15-2004, 13:00	#16
NJPacker Registered User Join Date: 10-15-2003 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Age: 58 Posts: 20	I had the pleasure to deal with Brian (stove guy). I purchased one of his total cook kits and have been very pleased with the performance. The stoves are made in a professional manner and the windscreen works as advertised. A definate worthwhile purchase. Thanks again Brian. NJpacker __________________ Steppin' out.................:)

01-16-2004, 02:34	#17
SGT Rock First Sergeant Join Date: 09-03-2002 Location: Maryville, TN View my gallery 239 My trailjournals.com Age: 42 Year of thru-hike: 815 miles GAME 2008 until injury Posts: 13,193 Images: 239	Anti Gravity sent me a Momma's Kitchen. Nice set up for a pair of hikers that want a little more than simple water boiling. It is a bit much for a solo hiker, but they have other set ups. I say they are worth a look. I have made some great stands from bailing wire and some OK ones from coat hangers. Hardware cloth is the best if you are making your own. Just don't sit over the stove and inhale the fumes since it is made from galvanized steel. __________________ SGT Rock http://www.hikinghq.net My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT ----------------------------------------- NO SNIVELING

01-19-2004, 00:39	#20
SGT Rock First Sergeant Join Date: 09-03-2002 Location: Maryville, TN View my gallery 239 My trailjournals.com Age: 42 Year of thru-hike: 815 miles GAME 2008 until injury Posts: 13,193 Images: 239	I think that stailess steel cloth would be a good investment. I think that the galvanized is good for tinkering and figuring out how you want to make the stove stand, but then invest in some stainless steel. __________________ SGT Rock http://www.hikinghq.net My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT ----------------------------------------- NO SNIVELING

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