Well, I hate to tell you.... The wrap of aluminum tape did absolutely nothing for mine. The side to side wobble is still there even when I put on a bit too much tape and applied a mild crush fit of the support leg into it's socket. Mine will be used either with the kettle from my Trangia 25 or a small aluminum Coghlan's pot. I figure with the small loads I'll be putting on it it will probably be just fine. But that's not to say I wouldn't try to fix it if I knew a way. Keep us posted or send a PM if you get it figured out. Might I suggest we all have a Manaslu #96 Mini-Meet? How's Grand Teton sound? I need to see more of our National Parks! Ridge
I'm getting the same result. Wrapping or cramming aluminum foil in various ways as a shim doesn't seem to make much difference, either. I'll try George's suggestion when I get a chance. It may be just something to get used to. I don't think it will affect pot stability at all; indeed, I don't see how it can. By the way-- pot legs from a 00 are too big....tried that.
Lol, I tried the same thing. As it stands now, mine burns with a rich asphyxiating orange flame and not near the power as the 00. I think I'll have to give the burner a good cleaning.
You might try JB Weld on the legs. It is a pemantant epoxy. Take the legs out, put some on the sides of the legs, let it harden, then shape it to fit. Do not put the leg into the stove untill the JB Weld is cured hard.
On my particular stove, shimming the radius of the leg extension gets rid of a lot of the side to side wobble. Shimming the flat part of it does nothing. The problem is that the sockets are all slightly different in size so that if I put 3 layers of aluminum tape on the radius of one leg it fits great in the biggest socket, while the next only needs two. I'd hate to number legs and sockets for fit. It's starting to irritate me a bit, considering what I gave for it. Well, maybe if I get the burner all cleaned out and burning with a hot blue flame I'll be happier. The darned thing ran me out of the shop last night gasping for air, and that was with the doors open. Ridge
A clean flame is way more important than perfect fit for the pot holders. If I remember right, I had to clean the burner once before I got a nice flame. For getting the shit out of the burner, one has to take out the jet end flush some kerosene through it.
Mine also has some play in the legs, but to be honest I didn't think much about it since my optimus 00 also has similar play. One thing I was told (and it does make a little sense now after some experimentation) is that the play in the legs is designed that way on purpose - it actually stabilizes the pot on the legs when you are pumping the stove during use.
I have been checking several one-pinters now and again since this arose. It is indeed true that they all have some play. In fact, when you think about it, it would be hard to avoid some movement with this basic design, which of course is different than the leg/sleeve design of the 1 3/4 pint collapsibles. Most of the "play" on the others is side-to-side; the Manaslu has more back-and-forth, too. I guess how I'd put it is that I never even noticed the play in the one-pinters before. But one notices it in the Manaslu immediately. Because it's greater. That's why one remarks right off-- they wobble. As for the "explanation"; I doubt it. On the other hand, I expect I'll get used to it. If you tip over a Swedish one-pinter, the pot legs will fall out, too. And the pot would fall off!
See in this thread a cure for "loose legs" on the small stoves: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/optimus-96.26382/ Cheers Tony
Thanks for the link, Tony. I think this will help solve the wiggle without making permanent alterations to the stove. Altogether a solution I can live with! Regards, Ridge
I tried tapping mine with a pin hammer just to wield a greater connection but didn't like hitting my nice stove or possibly weaking the solder, so I'm just going to add solder on the legs to thicken them.
Some solder and filing on the legs would be fine I'd say to have a flush fit, most long term solution I can think of without fiddling with the stove sleeves and damaging the legs themselves.
