Wondering about this -- flipping the windscreen upside down and using the 2 wire pot supports inside the screen as a cradle to hold the burner can. This would bring the burner right up under a pot resting on the screen. Seems to me that the pot would have a steady stand to sit on, there should be plenty of air for the burner, the screen will still shield the wind and the flame would be at a usable distance form the bottom of the pot.
hi bob this site sells new stainless pots to fit the swedish milkit but it's in Germany and the pans are quite heavy they cost 6 euro here doubt it's much help but thought i'd let you know
Hi Bob, having had a bit of a think about it here's another possible suggestion. If you contruct a platform to sit on the wire pot supports and rest the burner on that then that should be about the right height for a pot that sits on top of the windshield. The platform would need to not be solid so as to not restrict airflow or risk the whole thing getting too hot. So I was thinking that cutting a baking cooling rack to a suitable shape would be the way to go. These can be found pretty cheap on ebay of any what we call in the UK "Pound Shops".
Thanks for the responses. I ended up coming up with the same idea as Graham -- I went to a building supply store and found some thin rectangular perforated steel plates. After trimming a little off each corner, the plate fits perfectly inside the wind screen and rests on the folding wire pot supports. With the burner sitting on top of the steel plate, it brings the flame to the perfect level to cook with a pot/pan sitting on top of the windscreen. I will spray the plates with black high temperature grill paint and they will look like part of the sets. Bad news is I have to do 20 of them for the Boy Scouts we're giving them to..... I will post a picture when I have one finished. The Sportsman's Guide really should disclose in their ad for these stoves are designed to be used with a particular cookset! Thanks again for the feedback. Bob Meador
Here's another take on the problem, you could make this a project for your scouts if you want to. Here is a link to a website full of "make your own gear" projects. In the index is a homemade pot stand and wind screen.(called "Sgt. Rock" windscreen) It would work with just your military trangia burners as far as I can tell. http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html edit- It looks like they are just showing how to make the windscreen, but the pot stand is just wire fence material, should be easy to make. There is a ton of stuff on making pot stands on the web, due to the popularity of "pop can" stoves. Best, Randy
Bob- On that same site is a "go torch" stove project. It shows how to make a neat little pot stand from some tubing, thin steel rod, and .22 shell casings.
You can pick up sets of army (German)pans which are cheap and will fit your bases, they go very cheap in the states, I'll try and find a link later Same as these, but I've seen them go for about $5US http://cgi.ebay.com/Post-WW-II-Alum...ptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
I just checked at Sportsman Guide but couldn't find the stoves and cooksets. Too bad. Must be out of them.
A little searching and - http://cgi.ebay.com/Swedish-Military-5-Piece-Mess-Kit_W0QQitemZ330295520038QQcmdZViewItem A little high in price, but, make an offer to 'em??? maybe they have a lot of 'em? Search google "shopping" or yahoo "shopping or just google. You'll find one somewhere reasonable I would bet.
if they are the unpainted ones as the photo shows it seems a fair price,they look much better than the painted ones imo
Hi Para, I ended up stripping the paint off mine. Might have been OK for the meths burner, but the paint wasn't up to the job when I stuck the Borde under it! Bubbled up all over the place.
hi Graham what was the alloy like underneath the paint ? as i have nitromors and a painted set i haven't stripped it as i didn't know if the pans were sanded to give the paint a key
I looked at the kit on e-bay but it didn't have a stove which is what I'm really after. Edit: At least not just a spirit burner like the one pictured.
Hi Para, I've only ever bought the stainless steel versions given the fact I bought them specifically to try out a fiercer burner than the meths jobby, and didn't want to risk a melt job on the ally. I've only stripped the used one (my other is pristine unissued). Underneath the paint the stainless steel is not totally smooth and bright so I suspect you might be right in terms of it being keyed (or it could be 40 years of general abuse). I haven't tried sanding it but then again I wasn't really going for looks. If I recall correctly didn't Cliff or someone else also do a strip?
I stripped the paint of mine (alloy one) by lighting a fire in side the wind shield... https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/82956 Dan
One note: Although this person did a great job in explaining how to use these stoves he did leave one thing out. You can put the frying pan on top of the big pan to use a double boiler. [media=youtube]L-GHZ-l_tGw[/media]
I think the three crowns mark simply indicates Swedish military items. I've seen the 3 crowns on military rifle slings and such. Bob
Hi, Three Crowns was one of the trademarks used by KF Erikssons of Eskilstuna, Sweden. They manufactured very high quality blowlamps and stoves: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/4206 KF Erikssons were one of the Contractors who made the Military sets. Best Regards, Kerophile.
It was but is more commonly, I believe, a general symbol for items of Swedish military & government origin. I have a ex Swedish civil government crate in my shed - even that has the 3 crowns.
Yep, the three crowns logo also appears on the bottom of one of my Swedish Milkit's burners alongside the Trangia trademark. Er, that particular piece of information off the top of my head might sound a bit anal, but my defence is I just happened to notice it last night when I was checking whether a Swedish Milkit burner would fit in a recently acquired Meta 50......
