[pct-l] Alcohol stove wicks and Tent Workmenship

[paul at qtm.net (Paul Schilke)]

What about cotton balls for wicking?

Thanks,

Paul Schilke 
www.geocities.com/dsmith49111

Much like life, solitaire is easiest to play when the cards are taken one at
a time.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Montedodge@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:15 PM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Alcohol stove wicks and Tent Workmenship
> 
>  The fiberglass wick on the  " Cat Stove" or most homemade stoves serves
two
> funtions. While the cat stove will work without any insultion ,it will not
be
> at it's best. The fiberglass allows alcohol to burn at a uniform rate
instead
> of a large burn at the time it is lit  and little flame toward the end.
The
> insultion wicks fuel closer to top of burner which helps at the beginning
of
> using the stove as well. It allows fuel to burn longer also.
>    I built two of Roy's cat stoves once and made one with no fiberglass
and
> the other with none. Results were amazing in the difference.
>      Tents???  While golight tents like the cave may be good quality,
where
> are they made?? Most of todays' mass produced items are farmed out to Asia
to
> be sewn. Sixmoon design tents are sewn up here in Seattle by the same guy
who
> did most of REi's work in the 70's before they jumped on the Asian
bandwagon.
> Workship ( Or Craftmanship ) are words no longer used in the U.S.
Everyone
> looks at gear and judges by total weight of an item only. I don't know
where
> Henry's tents are made ,but they look like great tents !  In terms of
companies,
> smaller is usually better. (Aka,Peter limmer boots)
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