[Stoves] Re: Durable Pot Rests for Low Cost Rocket Stoves (Tom Miles)

[Boll, Martin Dr.]

To Tom, thanks for reminding,
To Christa  (It took a lot of time to find your posting which Tom reminded, 
             Because there was only one long row out of screen)

And to all low tech- and small- stovers:

Make a corona, out of one zig-zag-wire. You get the zig-zag-wire from a
mesh-wire-fence. 
If you "rotate" one single wire out of the fence you get this wire out of
the mesh-wire-fence, without destroying the normal zig-zag-structure.
I don't know how long such a pot-stand lasts by normal cooking temperatures,
but it is cheep and simple to make and to replace.
If the distance between stove-edge and pot is too big, you can try with the
same mesh-wire, but make a "star" instead of a "corona".


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> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 21:52:52 -0700
> From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> Subject: [Stoves] Durable Pot Rests for Low Cost Rocket Stoves
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> A couple of weeks ago Christa Roth (GTZ/IFSP Malawi) raised the question
> of
> durable pot rests for low cost stoves when she asked Dr. Reddy about his
> "Good Stove":
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> "Are there any [pot rests]? How do you ensure the airflow around the pot?
> I
> have seen too many mudstoves with worn-out potrests out of mud to favor a
> mud-based solution, unless you are in a culture where maintance is carried
> out regularly. We are experimenting in Malawi with fired ceramic plates
> including the potrests, as the concept of maintenance is not really
> widespread, but of course that increases the costs."
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> Her dream is to find a "cheap version of rocket stoves, but that is
> low-maintenance, where at least the dimension are kept and the potrests
> are
> out of a pre-shaped, more resistant material."
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> What is being done in other areas to make low cost, durable pot rests?
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> Send us some pictures (to tmiles at trmiles.com).
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> Tom Miles