DIfferent windscreen Ideas

[brian]

What is YOUR windscreen made out of???- and dont 4get to list weight, how you store it (literally), and how much it would cost the average jo.

I made mine for my soda can stove out out of a coffee can. I took it and cut it just over 2 inches tall- but left the bottom on there. I cut upside down triangles on the top of it every inch or so- it give very nice ventilation. I store it on my gatorade mix "mug"- it fits perfectly around the bottle. It only weighs 1.45 oz, and would cost you nothing, cuase everyone has a coffee can sitting around somewhere!!

Brian

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[SGT Rock]

Windscreens made from oven loners . Height should be to the bottom of the handle or there abouts, it doesn't have to be perfet. More importantly is to make the windscreen function like a chimmney. Intake holes below the flame level and enough air space around the pot to allow good air flow, not too tight - about 14" space between the pot and the screen.

I once used paperclips for securing the windscreen, now I use 1/4" overlap on the ends and fold a tab over to make a permanent circle. When I'm not using the windscreen, I just fold it flat, then fold it in 1/2 to put inside my pot with the stove.

I plan to update that part of my site.

[Colonel Corn]

I took Rock's original design and modified it a bit along the lines he's doing now. Rather than go the paperclip route, I make the liner about 4" longer than normally required for my basic pot (and an inch taller). Starting at one end and for about 4" in length I cut a sliver about 1/8" off the top & bottom. Then I fold over 1/2" of liner at each of the top & bottom edges along the length. I slip the narrow end inside the channel formed by the folds. Now if I use a bigger pot I just pull it out a bit to fit around the bigger pot-I've got 4" to play with which lets me fit a pretty big pot. If needed you can make the narrow end even longer.

Slipping it in the folds formed at the top & bottom is easy and provides plenty of stability. I fold the whole thing in half and then fit it to the curve of my pot (and nestle my stove inside that). Everything fits in one small container with no small parts (e.g. paperclips) to lose. Even though some of the holes in the bottom sometimes get closed off this way it hasn't seemed to cause any problems.

Jim

[flyfisher]

Wind screen (about 5 of them so far) were cut from aluminum flashing. It seems like it is much more sturdy and no heavier than the oven liner. I made the holes for the ventilation with a paper hole punch. I use the paper clip route. I do scratch the position for the overlap with the end of one of the clips... for the size outside the pot (in use) and for the size to store inside the pot.

Seems like the roll of flashing (which should be sufficient for about a hundred wind screens) was $10.

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