[Stoves] Wick Burners: Martin's Tea Time Candle Stove

[frank]

Martin,

To report a failure. I stripped the backing off a sheet of corrugated 
cardboard to make it easy to roll into a tube, stuffed it into a 
cardboard toilet paper tube, slid it into a pipe and lit the top end..  
smoke

My thinking is the cardboard has small tubes that goes the length of 
the  6" strip that would carry air up the rolled tube to the fire on 
top. The tubes could be 'loaded' into the barrel with spring holding 
them against the top.  The inside of the tube needs  sharp points in the 
inside pointing up to prevent them from falling so you can load in 
another from the bottom as they are used. I am thinking the barrel would 
be at a 45 deg. angle to make them easy to light at the top, easy to 
load from outside the stove and the ash would fall out of the way. I am 
disappointed my first attempt worked to poorly. Not sure if its the fuel 
or the air or something else.

If we can do this the small fire we need for you to make your tea and me 
to make a hot pot of soup from the steam and finish with a cup of coffee 
from the steamer  would be permanently placed at the most efficient spot 
under the pot.

Frank






>I would like to hear more about your idea with fuel-sticks.
>How do you get them easily "self-burning" like candles?
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>We will keep the wicks in mind!
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>Regards
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>Martin
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