[ATTACH] Primus Omnifuel with a silent cap from AliExpress/g43s. The flame isn't as clean as with BD cap but it does the job.
Optimus 99 has been with me on most of my trips lately. These shots are from December though. [ATTACH] [MEDIA]
[ATTACH] Recently acquired Primus Gravity MF running on white gas.
I think I used a wrong word for it. Quick lighter is a translation from Swedish. More common term could be a pre heater. You can see one...
I wonder if a quick lighter seen on some stoves and lanterns could vaporize diesel. So imagined a self made stove with a quick lighter doing the...
[ATTACH] I took a short hike to a hill nearby. The forest wasn't too dark as there was fresh snow. Optimus 99 with a BD cap made the evening...
Has there been frankies in SoTM history? That is my suggestion anyway.
I modified this kind of brake piston spreader with a jewellers saw. https://ebay.us/m/QQGzX8 I cut slots to both plates so that they matched the...
The tariff tax must be a pain. Some people here are promoting a tax against buying unnecessary low quality stuff from Ali, Temu, Shein etc and I...
I found a fuel cap with pressure gauge for the g43s from AliExpress. As a test I boiled some brown rice and monitored the pressure readings....
The valve looks like an 8r to my eye.
@Remus1956 Hope it helps! I simply wound some stainless wire to make a new holder. The one I found originally in my 42 was a two pointed fork made...
I had somewhat similar priming/burning issues with my 42. The need for excessive priming disappeared when I replaced the original wick holder so...
It is a good stove. Yours looks so pristine and clean. I bought mine second hand and it was the sootiest I've seen. I didn't get the alcohol jet...
Have you considered Primus stoves? Omnilite ti with silencer, Gravity II MF and Spider seem to have the properties you're after. Can't speak from...
@Remus1956 Really neat modification, thanks for sharing! Which size of a drill bit did you use before threading?
Good looking setup! Do you have summer or winter type HVO? I don't know if it makes a difference on the need for pricking though. I've been...
Found one on Etsy: UFO Shape of Silent Cap Damper for Various Self-pressurizing Stove - Etsy Finland
@gnome Good to see your 199 in use! Here's some of my coffee and tea doings from november [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When you get the pressurised air sound, do you see any vaporised fuel looking anything like smoke? Is it possible that your flame spreader plate...
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