Great weekend all!! As I had mentioned in another thread, I officially subscribed as of today to the ranks of CCS! I received my 1st stove from a gentleman in Hawaii yesterday, and although it's not cleaned up yet, I am attaching my 1st official ownership pictures for the Forum. Once evening arrives, today or tomorrow, I will add video of lighting, along with what I understand to be the custom of preparing tea or coffee. In my case it will be Lavazza coffee in an official Italian mocha! My wife taught me well !
@Sleepnrkn That’s a fine “first stove”. I hope your seals are good so your coffee is successful. Which Lavazza do you use? Tony
Welcome... As user of PT-1 - I Can Tell You - that stove is ready to boiling half kg of patatoe's /mean 30 min of boiling/... Every "one pot dinners" could be done... BUT - You need to know - "relation - between pot size, time, temperature"... Check SRV, and control tank temperature.
@giorgijewski Thanks for info! Checked everything I could, and looked good. Standing by for sunset for my first lighting.
A classic little stove - Congrats! (Now, Lock up your savings - these are known to multiply all by themselves!!!)
@Sleepnrkn. Hi & Welcome to CCS, two good decisions you;ve made about stoveing, joining CCS & buying the 8r.I bought 2 8r stoves, first In 1959, the second in 1960. Both are as original, seals have been regularly replaced, & the stoves are still working as new, with no problems, even when in the beginning, I ran them on Two Stroke fuel from the tank of my Vespa scooter, BAD idea, but the stoves survived. Enjoy CCS & your new stove. My BEST regards. Optimust.
Thanks everyone for the "warm" welcome, pun intended!!! Everything went well last nite with the lighting of the stove as I had already dismantled it to check everything I could, beginning with the SRV. Had a hell of a time looking into separating the fuel tank from wick section, but got it done. Now I'm trying to figure out how to include the videos into Forum, as I was unable to do so from my cell phone. @CW believe me when I say that The first steps was something I reviewed a few times before lighting stove, thanks!
Congratulations on your acquisition! You are on this forum so I am positive you will enjoy your new cooking apparatus. 8R's are a a lot of fun to use. You may as well commence in the building of shelves now!
