You say the the connection on the fuel tank is just a piece of tubing. From the video, the outer piece is blue and the inner piece is black. Also the connector you insert into the fuel tank looks like a piece of flat, white plastic, not an inflator needle. Am I seeing things, looks like some kind of connector, maybe from a fish tank pump? Please advise. BTW great idea and video.
@DEprowlerone Thanks for watching and your comment. You are seeing correctly - the tubing into the tank is all three. I drilled the hole too big at the tank so I had to use several "pieces" to expand the tubing to fit into the hole. If you drill a small hole then the tubing will fit into the hole tight. The inflator needle is only at the burner end.
i watched 3 of your crusader videos. and i must say, very well done. i especially liked this one with the nice description and the water in the background. very informative and very entertaining.
@Ramarromaramaldo The fiberglass "rope" is a rope gasket used on the door of indoor wood burning stoves. Used as a fire and heat proof seal. It compresses when the stove door is latched tight. It comes in various sizes depending on the channel size on the door.
@Ramarromaramaldo Yes, that is correct - only elastic pressure of the tubing pressed into a smaller hole. It acts as a rubber seal. The idea came from Tinny at MiniBull Design. Are you familiar with him and his amazing stove designs?
@leejones001 Thanks for watching - the wick is Wood Stove 1/2" x 40" Fiberglass Door Gasket - available at most hardware stores. Did a search on Ebay for another viewer and found it available there too for 4.99.
I think a flat can would be more suitable for the remote tank so as to provide a steady fueling level, particularly if wanting to simmer during cooking of roots. Shoe polish tin with a hole in the lid, for instance. The tin then can always be used as a burner with the wick. Keep the wick in the tin.
Hey here's an idea for a cap. How about a balloon? As the fuel decreases in volume, the small volume of air in the balloon will evacuate into the bottle.
A cork wouldn't work. As the fuel evacuates, the change in volume in the can would create a back pressure that would slow and possibly stop fuel flow. A balloon would collapse with the evacuation keeping the can's air volume constant and therefore the pressure of the air behind the fuel constant.
It was a facetious comment I made.directly to you. I realise the cork would require to be drilled but a balloon, if indeed ballooned, would create a positive pressure which would evacuate the fuel quickly unless a fine restriction on the outflow is made, a potential cause of stoppage with dirt. A balloon woukld also give a variable pressure delivery when operated under low inflation pressures. So, stick a cork in it.
@BrokenAeroVT Thanks for your comments and viewing BAVT - the canister is just a holding tank for the fuel. I squirt alcohol into the canister from a leak proof bottle. The blue nipple is just another piece of tubing that's pressed into the tank. It simply allows me to detach the flexible tubing to store inside the fuel canister. I'll go with your Axe spray canister...again thanks!
Also, I've had success entirely ripping that outer aluminum off the lip. It takes some skill not to nick the rim underneath though. But it can be done!
I was worried about your bottle tipping over, that's why I suggested the balloon. A soda can top JPed to the can bottom can make it more stable too.
You say the the connection on the fuel tank is just a piece of tubing. From the video, the outer piece is blue and the inner piece is black. Also the connector you insert into the fuel tank looks like a piece of flat, white plastic, not an inflator needle. Am I seeing things, looks like some kind of connector, maybe from a fish tank pump? Please advise. BTW great idea and video.
DEprowlerone 4 months ago
@DEprowlerone Thanks for watching and your comment. You are seeing correctly - the tubing into the tank is all three. I drilled the hole too big at the tank so I had to use several "pieces" to expand the tubing to fit into the hole. If you drill a small hole then the tubing will fit into the hole tight. The inflator needle is only at the burner end.
wawhiker 4 months ago
great stove man. Good job THX
shippen2010 4 months ago
@shippen2010 Appreciate you commenting and watching - thanks!
wawhiker 4 months ago
Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!
andi164 5 months ago
@andi164 Thanks!!!!!!!!! : )
wawhiker 5 months ago
Nice
2kargarage1 7 months ago
@2kargarage1 Thank you!
wawhiker 7 months ago
i watched 3 of your crusader videos. and i must say, very well done. i especially liked this one with the nice description and the water in the background. very informative and very entertaining.
thanks for the great ideas
SpartanJohns 10 months ago
@SpartanJohns Thanks John for watching. I have a thing for creeks. Enjoy making camp by them. Appreciate your comment!
wawhiker 10 months ago
!??!?!I saw only now:at this time you don't' use carbon felt,but another material:fibre glass "wiching"?
What is "wiching" ?
Ramarromaramaldo 10 months ago
@Ramarromaramaldo The fiberglass "rope" is a rope gasket used on the door of indoor wood burning stoves. Used as a fire and heat proof seal. It compresses when the stove door is latched tight. It comes in various sizes depending on the channel size on the door.
wawhiker 10 months ago
Incredible!!!
Few hours first to watch this video i thinked same thing,same idea: use an alu tube of deodorant like a tank fuel...
Can you be so kind to tell me how you joined the plastic tube at the "tank" ?
Thanks,you are great !
Ramarromaramaldo 10 months ago
@Ramarromaramaldo You wrote:
"The tubing's other end is pressed into a hole at the bottom of the fuel tank"
Only pressure?No glue ,epoxidic content,o-ring etc. ?
Ramarromaramaldo 10 months ago
@Ramarromaramaldo Yes, that is correct - only elastic pressure of the tubing pressed into a smaller hole. It acts as a rubber seal. The idea came from Tinny at MiniBull Design. Are you familiar with him and his amazing stove designs?
wawhiker 10 months ago
love the river at the back, great video, going to buy one of these, thanks
danielwormald 10 months ago
@danielwormald Thanks! You will enjoy the BCB kit - it's a great one.
wawhiker 10 months ago
@kaelin77 Makes me happy to know you liked it - thanks for watching!
wawhiker 10 months ago
nice mod like it
flatout1001 1 year ago
@flatout1001 Thanks, appreciate your comment!
wawhiker 1 year ago
Do you have to replace that wick ever?
GhillieNova 1 year ago
were can i buy that wick?
leejones001 1 year ago
@leejones001 Thanks for watching - the wick is Wood Stove 1/2" x 40" Fiberglass Door Gasket - available at most hardware stores. Did a search on Ebay for another viewer and found it available there too for 4.99.
wawhiker 1 year ago
That rocks and such a great backdrop
medicjimr 1 year ago
Is there an advantage of the Crusader over the US Gi cup/stove? I enjoy your vids!
larrylynn123 1 year ago
@larrylynn123 british is stronger better made
danielwormald 10 months ago
how did you think of that..nice one
bricardiff1969 1 year ago
@bricardiff1969 Thanks - appreciate you watching! I was pumping up a flat basketball one day and...
wawhiker 1 year ago
The donut is a fiberglass wick made from a fiberglass woodstove gasket (rope).
wawhiker 2 years ago
How come your cup is without the teflon coating?
I can only find ones with teflon coating, wich may be toxic.
sjappienl 2 years ago
sorry but (i'm not expert) what's the "donut" that you put in the center?
Pesciolotto80 2 years ago
I think a flat can would be more suitable for the remote tank so as to provide a steady fueling level, particularly if wanting to simmer during cooking of roots. Shoe polish tin with a hole in the lid, for instance. The tin then can always be used as a burner with the wick. Keep the wick in the tin.
TheBeebopper 2 years ago
@TheBeebopper Thanks for the great idea. I was busy making an external fuel basin and couldn't think of a good bottom for it. Thank you! :)
ChefBoyJL 8 months ago
Hey here's an idea for a cap. How about a balloon? As the fuel decreases in volume, the small volume of air in the balloon will evacuate into the bottle.
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
@BrokenAeroVT stick a cork in it.
TheBeebopper 2 years ago
A cork wouldn't work. As the fuel evacuates, the change in volume in the can would create a back pressure that would slow and possibly stop fuel flow. A balloon would collapse with the evacuation keeping the can's air volume constant and therefore the pressure of the air behind the fuel constant.
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
It was a facetious comment I made.directly to you. I realise the cork would require to be drilled but a balloon, if indeed ballooned, would create a positive pressure which would evacuate the fuel quickly unless a fine restriction on the outflow is made, a potential cause of stoppage with dirt. A balloon woukld also give a variable pressure delivery when operated under low inflation pressures. So, stick a cork in it.
TheBeebopper 2 years ago
What's the blue thing you are using for a seal at the can?
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
@BrokenAeroVT Thanks for your comments and viewing BAVT - the canister is just a holding tank for the fuel. I squirt alcohol into the canister from a leak proof bottle. The blue nipple is just another piece of tubing that's pressed into the tank. It simply allows me to detach the flexible tubing to store inside the fuel canister. I'll go with your Axe spray canister...again thanks!
wawhiker 2 years ago
Also, I've had success entirely ripping that outer aluminum off the lip. It takes some skill not to nick the rim underneath though. But it can be done!
I was worried about your bottle tipping over, that's why I suggested the balloon. A soda can top JPed to the can bottom can make it more stable too.
Great idea with the blue tubing insert.
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
Also, the setting you chose for your video was excellent!
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
Very resourceful, wawhiker! Viva La stove Revolución
If you would like a smaller bottle like that, the Axe spray comes in a 1 oz bottle for $2 I think.
What do you think you can come up with to cap that bottle as a safety measure?
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago