An inventulation, the Siggadaptor-Nordic Type I Thugulator

I was playing with my Sigg Tourist and got to thinking. (Shut up.) I've heard one or two heretics complain about the Sigg and how it is only useful with its own pots. Fair enough. I tried a cake cooling grate, but it's made of such fine wire that the heat of the 123 warped it to uselesness in minutes. Then I saw Prime Us's pictures of the kit he developed for the Optimus 80 and something clicked in my brain (Shut up again.)

I fished around and came up with a length of 3/16" cold rolled steel rod and began bending it with my handy dandy miniature press brake which attatches to my vice jaws magnetically. I began some creative bending and came up with this:
it is 6 1/8" long inside to inside by 2 1/8" wide inside to inside, the crosspiece is 3/4" tall outside to outside and the legs are 1/2" tall outside to outside.

It works this way with a coffee pot up high on the pot base, almost any cooking pan or pot could be used this way.

and a bit lower, holding the pot closer to the flame.


And stowed. When packed up it fits right in as if it were intended to:


It weighs 2 1/8 oz., 59 grams. It would be a bit lighter if made from thinner material. I think tomorrow, I'll try a length of coat hanger wire, to see if the heat deforms it or not. I wish I'd done this 20 or 30 years ago.

Gerry

 

Very clever. It almost looks like it is part of the original kit - or it should be!

 

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Well done that man!

Now, just hope that BarraBruce gets to see this.

 

Baaa bloody humbug !!! Spuds

 

Gerry i'm not sure if you have too much time on yor hands or not enough. And you tell me Thuggy mannor is going to close? Not so long as you heave these ideas in your brain.




lance

 

Hey, Thuggamus,

WELL DONE, Mate!! Now, that is an idea worth marketing!!! If only someone was making "new" Sigg kits, for the market, too!!! Very nice, Gerry! I don't have one of those "thingys" that you used to bend the wire, but might just try it with a vise, and a few other implements.....! Thanks for sharing, and I'll see you at the Patent Office in twenty minutes!! 8) 8) Take care, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

 

Pretty darn cool! It does look like it came with the Sigg. How come no one has taken up where Sigg left off? A lot of brands have gone out of business and then been ressurected by someone buying the name and going back into production, sometimes even improving on the brand whilst being faithful to the original concept. I.E. "Danelectro" Guitars. The Sigg Tourist sets certainly look to be a likely candidate.

 

Hey Gerry,

That is a great "gizmo". I've just recently acquired my Sigg set and was going to make a ring of hardware cloth to support smaller pots. Your invention is far superior to my idea. =D>

Cheers,

Manny

 

What Spudz said.

 

Here's a link to the "metal bender" I have.http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32011&cat=1,43456,43407&ap=1] vice brake[/url]When I got mine from Lee Valley, it was less than half the price. The actual name for this tool is "Miniature Press Brake". I find that I use it far mofe frequently than I ever imagined I would.

Gerry

 

Thank you for that link! Looks like something I can build from angle iron and a little welding. Never thought of it before, worth a try anyway.

 

Great--some clever thinking and a bit of wire bending and a new gizmo solves
a old problem----Thanks---

 

I tried .093" (2.4mm) steel coat hanger wire, my usual material of choice. Looked good, very light and easy to make. It weighs 16 grams (5/8 oz.)

BUT

It took less than a minute and a half under the weight of a liter of water in the coffee pot in the pictures to sag under the heat of the 123 and deposit the pot on the burner bell. Not good.

Now to try a piece of 1/8" ( 3.2mm) cold rolled steel rod. Much more heat resistant. The (I don't even know what to call it) weighs 27 grams (1oz.) in 1/8" cold rolled steel.

It held fine under one liter's weight in water while being heated to a rolling boil. So I guess that qualifies as a success.

After making three, I can now whip one out in about 5 minutes. I have an old electrical combination crimp, insulation strip and small bolt cutting tool that cuts the 1/8" CR steel like, well, cold rolled steel.

Gerry

 

It's a thingy.

 

I've decided to Christen it "The Siggadaptor-NordicType I Thugulator" presented by "Crude But Effective Industries very Limited (Pat. not Pend)".

That ought to keep the rubes guessing.

Gerry

 

G'day Gerry ..try using 2.5 mm welding rods that used for stainless steel..it would need a lot of heat for those babies to warp..also apply a bit of heat when your work on them as they can be a bit brittle..it's what i use for my popcan stove as a pot support. the stuff i use here in OZ is called WELDALL..

 

Hey, Thuggy,

That's priceless!!!! When you're rich and famous from the sale of The Siggadaptor-Nordic Type l Thugulator, we can all say, we knew you "when"!! Again, great idea! Why not sell them to us, your CCS Mates?!! Take care, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

 

Outstanding stuff Gerry =D>


Ru errrr
Lance

 

Hey Gerry that is a great invention, but there are some great minds thinking alike on this problem !

This is a case of " he who never throws things away wins ! "

Years ago I scrapped an old Epigas lantern, but some bits I thought might be useful. And so a few months back the glass found new life in California when it fitted a lamp Doc needed a glass for, but the handle was hanging in my garage until this weekend . . . .



Not as thick as your example, but it fits the Tourist set like it was made for it . . .



and the Trangia kettle likewise . . .

 

NICE! =D>