Although the lantern would've been great over the weekend, I have a few other projects I need to tie up before restoring it.
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Although the lantern would've been great over the weekend, I have a few other projects I need to tie up before restoring it.
Berryman's Carb dip is not just for old Aisan Carbs--works great for this particular app. Dip the pickup tube in the cleaner for at least 4 hrs. Remove, wash off and blow dry.
Get a bottle of Berinnger's White Zinfandel-drink the wine-save the cork. Pour a little Berrymans in the plunger hole, trim up the wine cork a little to fit in the plunger hole-drill a hole in it to add a bolt or such to hang onto. Plunge the hole with the cork to get the Berrymans down into and around the internal check valve-fill it back up and let it sit o'nite. Plunge it out in the AM with fresh. Run some spray Carb cleaner into the hole and plunge this out using the cork. Squirt it upside down to get any leftover gunk out. Flush out the tank with spray carb cleaner, then either acetone or mineral spirits. Blow it all dry with air. Refill w/fuel and light the night!
My wife at work....
There's so much going on in this picture, I'm not sure where to start. It looks like she is using motor oil for cooking? And is also building a portable toilet with vise grips and WD-40?
Multi-tasking...
The "portable toilet" is actually a thermal cooker. She starts the process on the stove and moves the pot to the cooker box. You roll down the trail all day an pull out hot dinner when you quit for the day.
The "portable toilet" is actually a thermal cooker. She starts the process on the stove and moves the pot to the cooker box. You roll down the trail all day an pull out hot dinner when you quit for the day.
Cruiserdrew
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Looks like a second Coleman stove there on the ground. Nice going Mrs. Cruiserdan!
We have 4 or 5, I can't remember......
The newest one is from the late 60s or early 70s.
The newest one is from the late 60s or early 70s.
LAMBCRUSHER
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pressure cooker?
Yup. It's older than the stove....
rusty_tlc
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Camping and Woodcraft (1906) by Horace Kephart talks about cooking this way. He recommends bringing a large pot with dinner in it to a boil then packing straw and quilts around the pot in a wood crate.Multi-tasking...
The "portable toilet" is actually a thermal cooker. She starts the process on the stove and moves the pot to the cooker box. You roll down the trail all day an pull out hot dinner when you quit for the day.
Interesting. So the fact that it's a pressure cooker keeps all the juices in when you're bouncing around on the trail?
Bogo
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it's a nice sealed lid. Only the pressure vent to let steam out. After it stops steaming, that can be plugged too.
LAMBCRUSHER
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pressure cookers are baddas...check out an old Au Claire Wisconson or a good old fashioned All American- those type of lids will hold a vacuum. make a pretty decent stil, too
Thought you might like a Coleman add from the late 1930s
Cruiserdrew
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Nice, on the 418 stove. I have one and still use it.
OK the idea of Heat retention cooking, hay box cooking, wonder oven, Thermal cooking(well all cooking is thermal) has been around for ages. I ran across it as Saratoga Jack's Thermal cooker $120. Well I'm thrifty so I'll make my own that will work while wheeling. I've done 21 experiments so far. Cruise Moab will be the first off road meals. It's been a great science project. This is rev 2. Rev 1 is in the back ground. When I build something I try to use stuff I already have. My only fail was trying to cook "old" pinto beans. I repeated the meal using 2015 Anasazi beans and we ate good chili.
Sure wish I could find one of those 418s for that price---
I was cleaning around the garage last night and checked one my lamps and found out there is still fuel left in it, should I dump it or is it ok to just leave it till next use?
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
You have Coleman lamps? Please post a picture. They are a cool sidelight of Coleman that I never got into, but lamps are cool in their own right.
But to answer you question, I always try to fire up old fuel. If it lights, it's bonus, and if not, it needs a thorough cleaning anyway.