Tightwad potstand.

Quoted message said:

I have a bog standard Trangia and for trips where weight & compactness
is important I want to make a potstand similar to the one that comes
with the Mini Trangia to replace the Windsheild etc.

I've done a bit of a research here and notice someone's had a go with a
Bean can that looks perfectly adequate.
(http://www.geocities.com/jons_site_uk/cumbria2000.html)

Any suggestions/links on doing a neat compact job of this and choice of
material (is there something better than a bean can?)

Can you buy the mini trangia potstand as a spare part?

I have a pot stand made out of a wire coathanger that I use with my
homemade coke-can meths burner. Weighs next to nothing, fits snugly in
my pot and does a great job.

The mini trangia stand in no way acts as a wind shield - you'll still
need one of those (I use the one for my petrol stove with my meths
burner/coathanger stand)

beaker said:

Quoted message said:

I have a bog standard Trangia and for trips where weight & compactness
is important I want to make a potstand similar to the one that comes
with the Mini Trangia to replace the Windsheild etc.

I've done a bit of a research here and notice someone's had a go with a
Bean can that looks perfectly adequate.
(http://www.geocities.com/jons_site_uk/cumbria2000.html)

Any suggestions/links on doing a neat compact job of this and choice of
material (is there something better than a bean can?)

Can you buy the mini trangia potstand as a spare part?

I have a pot stand made out of a wire coathanger that I use with my
homemade coke-can meths burner. Weighs next to nothing, fits snugly in
my pot and does a great job.

The mini trangia stand in no way acts as a wind shield - you'll still
need one of those (I use the one for my petrol stove with my meths
burner/coathanger stand)

I've discovered a second flaw of the bean can trangier. The 'standard'
trangia base/windsheild form a carry case in which I can fit two knife
fork spoon sets, coffee, tea bags, condensed milk, matches. The mini
tangia pot stand eats space so although more compact I've then got to
carry most of that stuff seperately. I reluctantly decided the tidiness
of the original Trangia more that compenates for it's size.

I will give my pot stand a go though!

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Quoted message said:

I will give my pot stand a go though!

In which case, you might want to try a sweetcorn or pinapple tin
instead... they're a bit wider so ought to give you more stability.