We all know that the camp stoves have legs (pot supports with a pot ring on top) but what is the purpose of the hollow part of the stove legs below the tank? I have never seen legs below the tank yet there is clearly a way to attach such legs, thus raising the stove above the snow or ground and preventing dirt from getting into this area. Has anyone ever encountered such legs? lance
I would guess that the hollow part of the stove legs is simply a matter of the legs being made of tubing that was cut to length, bent and soldered to the stove fount. Manufacturing these parts from solid stock, then boring out the top to accept the pot supports would have been horribly expensive in both labor and material. Filling the bottoms of the legs would also have been an unnecessary expense. There's no reason one couldn't make little feet of some convenient material and fit them to the legs of one's stove. Ivory would be very elegant. Picture a gleaming pressure stove sitting on three ivory feet carved to represent the feet of a lion or eagle. Firearms manufacturers commonly make up very ornate presentation sets for heads of state and high ranking military officials to "assist" sales, and have for as long as weapons have been sold. I wonder if there are any presentation model stoves laying in storage somewhere? Perhaps in ornate boxed sets with exquisite boxes made of exotic woods and the accessories embellished with engraving, precious metals, and jewels. A sort of Faberge Primus, if you will. Gerry
I have seen this on my SVEA 105, where the feet are splayed out to form feet. What i am thinking is short legs, or some not so short, which fit up into the tubes of the stove. Norditicthug, I agree drilling and such would add an incredable expense to the cost of a stove. Why then don't they add "lower legs" to the kit to raise the stove above the ground/snow/mud, thus making the stove more efficient and at the same time making it easier to keep balanced level. The number of times i've camped out i have yet to find a perfect level place to set up my stove. With legs extending below the fount this would make the problem of unlevel ground mote. BTW : i have made such legs for three of my stoves from 1/4" brass rod and find them to be very effective. Two such sets are straight and one has the legs bent then flattened on the bottom. I guess my real question is still; did the companies ever make such legs or has anyone else addressed this problem, and if so how. lance
Wouldn't a more stable solution be to have some sort of plate with three prongs facing upward, on which to sit the stove (the prongs fitting inside each leg)? If this plate was wider than the stove it would be very stable indeed and reduce snow/mud 'sinkage'. Only drawback would be that it couldn't cope with uneven surfaces... unless each 'prong' is made from two sections of tubing, one inside the other, with a tightening clamp that allows you to adjust the height of each prong.But of course that would alter the angle of the prong and the stove wouldn't sit on all of them so at the base of the prong should be a hinge of some description with another tightening clamp. Now, if only I had 30 hours spare time I'd make a prototype :-) Or, perhaps I'll stick to the flat piece of wood to sit the stove on. GC
I have seen on one stove 3 little ruber plugs that fit over the bottom of these legs (can't remember what brand I seen it on now). These rubber plugs perrish over the years and fall off. These were a miniture version of what goes on the legs of a chair. Albert
Interesting how many suggesstions for complicated devices to extra kit i've received. I still think three short legs,or long, from brass or steel (they would rust wouldn't they) would be the best option. I have fettled such legs from brass and as they fit tight to the stove and have been patterned to the bench top the stove is quite stable. longer legs say 12 inches are not so stable but i think in soil they would steady up. Dang it i wish i could get a piccy to show what i've done. lance BTW: Albert, lian, and Adi, be looking in your post for packages.
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I am surprised that someone hasn't come up with adjustable legs like a tripod. That would make leveling a lot easier in the field . Dan
Well that's easy for you to say, but what about thickness of the wood? is ply better than solid? should the wood be treated? what if the wood didn't come from a renewable source? what shape, round or square? Could it double as a cutting board? It's a worry GC
You could drill little holes so that the stove feet could locate in them - different PCDs for different sized stoves. And little slots for the gruesome Optimus flat plate feet. And little tapering horseshoe-shaped holes for the pretty Primus feet.
okay CW, i am giving it a go Here is the stove as i got it, the picture being taken in my truck on the bunk. This is before fettling, and you can see two of my passions here. That is a semiauto .22 rifle in the background. A closeup of the burner assembly as found. This image is of my workbench and the stove before polishing. The green hue of the bench is odd lighting shinning off a sheet of aluminium. A close up of the flame. Last is a picture of the "legs" which started this dicussion. These legs, inserted into the bottom of the steel "legs" extend off the bottom of the stove about 4 inches. Thanks to CW, i'm getting fairly smart. Thanks CW =D> =D> \ \ \ lance
You've got a work bench and a brick wall inside your truck I'm impressed The longer legs look the biz to me, as long as they don't move about inside the bottom of the tube it must make the stove quite stable on soft ground.
For snow camping I cut an 8" octagon out of a waste end of 6mm Okume plywood, then sanded the edges nice and smooth. I left it unfinished to give it a bit of traction on snow. I used the octagon shape because the corners give traction in snow as well, where a circle doesn't. It works very nicely. I think any thin plywood would work as well. I never tought to use it as a cutting board. Good idea. I've seen people use thin (3mm) polyethelene and other semi-rigid plastics to no avail, stove bases made of plastic slide efficiently on snow affording cooks and lookers-on no end of hilarious amusements dodging lit stoves with pots of boiling liquid on them. Wood is renewable, the bloody stuff grows on trees, you see. Gerry
And all them tools and that parts board and even a little refrigerator to keep my brews cool in the summer. I keep the .22 incase some idiot from the uk should decide to break in. I know that seeing the gun he'd be right frightened and leave without taking any of my fettling stuff. lance
That stove on stilts looks like something out of an old sci-fi film! What you need is one of these: http://www. A .22 wouldn't worry Henry - his hide is too thick
A long thread like this & my memory has only just kicked in. An old outdoor outfitter called Camptors in the UK used to sell long feet for stoves & I've got a Primus 96 with a set fitted! The catalogue extract is c1940
Man you talk about scary those two look so scary i'd be afrad to be seen in the same patch of forest with them. Espically the second one. The nice thing about these legs/feet is that they can be taken off then put into the tin or pack without much trouble and very little space. If i remember right they weigh abaout 3 oz total maybe less. These are 1/4 inch brass rod cut down on a lathe to fit the metric size of the stove. I'd bet you could find the correct size rod there in the UK or Europe without haveing to cut them down. lance Are those a direct replacement for the proper legs? If so then i reason i could make some for anybody who wanted such for their 96. give me a "call" and i'll see what can do. lp
