SVEA 123R

@ghost

>>i'm still looking for some.010stainless wire

Check your local guitar store. I don't know is .010 is a stadard size for guitar strings, but that's where I found .008" wire to make a pricker/cleaning rod for the 502.

 

Are you saying that about a Svea 123R?

If so, not true. You cannot lose the click count in use. You have to remove the nipple to change the click count.

Ken

 

I wondered how that would happen.

 

Took a few photos of my Pathfinder pot, with the 123.



This pot has the fish mouth spreader, to use for hanging the pot over a fire:



Size:



Just does fit over the top, with just a bit showing on the bottom:



Always good to have options:

 

A great source for wire.
I bought phosphor bronze wire.

Wire : Instrument Workshop

 

I think John ''Presscall'' said a Hi E string for an electric guitar is the right diameter for the Svea 123, if you're making a real-world-available pricker. [Not the built-in type.]
TheBase-Camp.UK does list the <<butter knife>> pricker as p/n SVEA1870 for 18.75 GBP [Some surface rust may be present.]

 

The diameter of a high E guitar string will vary according to its classification as extra light, light, medium and so on. Diameters of strings are usually listed on the package.

 

You guys sure know your guitar strings, haha. Don't pay attention to me, the Maker's Mark is really starting to kick in.

 

There ya go.

 

Ordered a cookset for this to go in. See how well it fits when it gets here Monday.

 

I’ve got about a dozen guitars, and strings are a going concern around here... For what it’s worth, the unwound “E” string and “B” string can be found in a great many sizes,,, handy thing to know if you’re a stovie...

Plus there are banjo strings, mandolin strings, and more sorts than a body would care to sort out...

Proof I have at least one guitar.

 

Purchased an Optimus Terra Weekend HE for my 123R. I know most have seen these, but took a few photos none the less:

 

Nice looking kit

 

Thanks man. I wrapped the stove in a bandana, then placed it in there to semi prohibit rattling.

 

I tried an Optimus Terra kit. Got it on sale at Backcountry.com. Dimensions looked good in spec sheet, but when I tried to fit a Svea 123 inside, the stove was marginally too big. The Terra is like yours, but no heat exchanger on the bottom. It must be smaller.
Then I lucked out on the 'Bay, getting a Gaz Globetrotter set for about $10 on a slow week.
With the Opimus Terra, I filled it with a 3.9 Oz [110 gm] can of MSR Isopro, an Eight Dollar palm-size gassie burner in a velvet bag, a folding spork, and a Bic lighter. I have a paper towel inside as a silencer, but cloth would be better. All fits inside the black fishnet bag. On the road in Phoenix last year, I used it for coffee water.

 

I purchased another set, that I had to send back. Going by the dimensions posted in the ad, it should have fit. It wouldn't even begin to go in, not to mention it was too short. It was branded as a UST Solo Cook Kit, from the zon. There was another I was looking at, a Primus Litech Trek Kettle, that I read would work, but I opted for the Optimus. They were fairly close in price.

 

I have put together larger kits, but I really enjoy making up solo kits like that. There's room for a fire making kit, chop sticks or utensils ,tea bag , bouillon cube etc. Light weight and quick to grab and go.

 

When the wife and I would go on a day hike, we would take a little kit I put together. I found a bag that was made for duck calls, reeds, etc, but I purchased it to use for a cooking supply kit. Here's a few photos:

Next to my camera case for size comparison:

Opened up:


Pot gripper, spork, spice tin:


Salt and pepper shaker, spice tube, Bic lighter, utensil set, and there's tea and sugar in the middle pouch:



Altoids spice kit:



Glitter bottles for the spices. Have used this kit on many a hike:

 

Nice kit.

 

Thanks man.