'Steam Punk' is what came to mind when I took a close look at the intricate pipework on a Landers Frary & Clark 'Universal' alcohol stove burner. Here's the burner reunited with the fuel tank and there's a cap that goes over the burner - although it's not needed to snuff the flame (there's a control spindle shut-off for that) and I can't see that evaporation of the fuel without that cap on would be significant. The stove is part of a chaffing-dish set meant for the breakfast sideboard to keep food warm and once I've given the other bits, including the trivet, a good clean I'll feature it in the Reference Gallery. It puts out a fair bit of heat but throttles down well to a useful simmer John
I really like this stove. I am bit partial to alcohol stoves and like how they burn quietly and with such a blue flame. No odor as well. This stove looks really nice and perfect with the control knob. Please do show some photos when your restoration job is done.
A beauty. Now you need a nice ornate trivet to take a utensil. Some technical design work gone into that.
Hi John Thats a little cracker 8) , am i the only sad one here who is mesmerised by the clear blue flames on a well runnung stove , Obviously not Stu .
These are very good for their intended purpose as well as for making tea. I use one for heating/boiling tea water when working in my basement. The advantage is i can fire up and leave it for a time and not worry about boiling my kettle dry if i don't get back to it right away. I have two of them and they both work just fine. lance
I ran across two F&C stoves several months ago, but they appeared to be made of Tin??? One was in fair condition, but rusty, and had a matching tin F&C Samovar on top! Alas, $60 was above my budget (and interest in alkies). It might still be there, if anybody is interested?
Thanks all for your comments! I got around to cleaning the kit the stove came with and it appears here in the Stove Reference Gallery Landers, Frary and Clark burner and chafing dish set
