DEBA

Thanks to my god friend @gieorgijewski I am now the lucky owner of this DEBA. The stove itself has an interesting story when it comes to the purpose of those Polish paratroopers who was using these DEBA's - could be to occupy Denmark during the Cold War.

When I got it - it burned quite wild with lots of yellow flames and soot - So what to do? I haven't seen spares for DEBA anywhere yet?
I found out that the original thread is 4mm/0.7, so I took a regular jet for the swedish family - Filed it down and cut a new thread it the jet



- mounted it.. and no.. it still burned quite to rich, but way better though. I then squeezed the jet and remade the hole with the original pricker (around .27mm) and rounded the top of the jet.




Now it had the blue flames, and after tweaking the height of the burner plate it now runs strong and steady.







The tin has no bottom to it, as the pot supports holds the stove inside. The lid hold the pricker and the key as well.








A nice feature is that the O-ring sealing the tank lid is covered deep down the stove. That way it isn't touched by flames during priming.







Speaking of the latter - given the solid amount of brass which makes the burner bell, I discovered that it often would need a double priming, but after adding the glassfiber wick it lights up first time.



For the small stoves I can only recommend the glassfiber wick as it helps a lot if you have no pump.

Thanks @gieorgijewski

 

"trip plan"

 

Great work in getting it working @Harder D. Soerensen and co-operation with @gieorgijewski

John

 

Great little stove.
Comparing it with a very similar GB Juwel 34, it reminds me the polish ingenuity in simplifying overcome with German over engineering.
@Harder D. Soerensen
nice work with replacing the jet nipple.

Cheers
Zoltan

 

Another unique little stove. Nice find.

 

I like the wick idea - what diameter wick did you use?

 

@Rysiek, as you probably know the wick is standard glass fibre wood stove door seal rope. Hopefully available in a variety of sizes where you live.

Select what you feel is appropriate, 5mm dia should be adequate, and if you buy it by the metre you'll have enough for all your stoves for years. If a metre is too much you obviously don't have enough stoves.

 

@Simes

You are a bad boy!

Si

 

@Simes, yes I'm perfectly aware of of where I could find them, even special wicks for torches (with good fuel absorption) are widely available on ebay.
My question was more aesthetical (and economical) than technical. This wick looks very nice on that stove and I just want to get the same size for my Z.M. Dęba stove too.

 

@Rysiek. It looks as though @Harder D. Soerensen has bound the wick with wire to keep it circular There are descriptions of the procedure here somewhere, but I"m sure you're more than capable of doing the job.

Only.trying to be helpful @Big Si.

 

1. Wear gloves when working with Glass Fiber (said the man who have shaved the inner sides of his fingers several times after not wearing gloves)
2. I first measure the lenght I need, and then I make 2 x individual “thread-coils” quite tight on the fiber rope with app. 1.5 cm. between. Then I cut the rope between the coils. That way they don’t floss all over.
Then I make preparations to “sew” the two ends together after placing the rope piece in the preheat-bowl. That way I can keep it nice and tight without flossing.
The diameter is 8mm
(Carbon felt works very well also!)

 

Making up some spirit-cup wicks.

 

That was very useful information, especially on the safety measures. Thanks a lot!

 

Your post was very helpful.
I was able to modify my nipples by following your instructions.

Thank you!