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Got this only a k or so away from home for 60 bucks
No box and dr google doesn't show which way around the little flat ring goes although I think I can work it out.
It has a piece of insulation on it
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You'll love it, we have a few now. Great at a base camp or car camping.
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with dry manuka/brrom twigs I would happily race a jetboil to boil same quantity of water...Mine doesnt have the extra internal rings..possibly thats for the sand filled tin with added petrol??? if using twigs stuff chimney full too as it burns upwards it creates a shit load of heat in a hurry.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
In the artillery we used to cut top off 440 dobro can and 3/4 fill with dry soil then add petrol , burns fumes with no ash etc in tussock lands .
I got one too a year ago, I'm sure the coffee taste better too
That's good buying, new ones in tin go for more than 3x what you paid, copper ones 4x. I've a copper one but with a round top so no good for cooking above it. I reckon the low ring might be for using liquid fuel in it, kero & the like, I wouldn't rush into trying it with petrol, you might get lift off. :(
Used to keep kids occupied.
The tea does taste better smoked slightly.
Have a copper one too.
Something tells me that small flat flanged ring goes on the chimney and the ring with all the holes goes on that. The one with the open entry goes underneath.
sort of a wind stopper top hat like???
the bit on bottom you definately got correct.
Simply solution to boiling water!! Here’s two of older ones:
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Yes your right, I think it's so you can put a pot or fry pan on top while you boil your waterQuote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
@csmiffy, I meant to say in my earlier post, the ring with one hole is the base and the other two parts form a trivet/cooking ring for the top of the thermette for pot/pan cooking.
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my much venerated dilapidated thermette was in the back of me truck last w/e with bag of kindling.dad used to use sand and petrol .Ive boiled mine in double quick time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Off for a camp with friends to Mavora early March so inspired to get our one out. Found it at my wife’s parents house during a clean out. Not uncommon in their day to carry one in the back of the car for those roadside cuppa’s. Still gutted I didn’t score one of the big stainless ones made in Invercargill for the Te Anau Parks Board Kepler Track project.
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Memory fade also called a bengazi burner by troops in Egypt ww2 nzdf also had 20 lt models made out of old solvent drums with a tap at the base for wash water using a beer can of petrol sand / dirt mix
I may be wrong but thought all the P and T (chorus today) and council guys had them too.
They are quick and when everybody smoked they were the go.
Everybody had an ignitor.
Pretty safe too as you only put enough sticks, manuka etc in to boil it so not much in the way of embers.
If you don't have a copper one you need to dry them out so rust doesn't get to them.
I understand that after WW2 the Germans wanted to know how the NZ and Aussie troops could sit down have a brew then carry on fighting so quickly. They always knew where our soldiers had been by the round ash piles they left behind
Hey, are many folks still using the likes of Thermette kettles? I know people like to collect old ones from a collector's perspective but what about regular camping use etc?
I'm having a big clear out and have a hardly used Gillie Kettle https://www.ghillie-kettle.co.uk/.
These are the types of items I love but have a garage full of stuff that just doesn't get used enough, so time to part with some of it.
Just trying to get a feel, if it's worth trying to sell or just give away / bin it. Otherwise I'll end up packing it in a box and moving it to next house, oh that's how it got where I am now :-)
Sell it on here.
Still have and use nz copper one.
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Chuck up a photo and a price, I'm interested at the right price, I'm others may be too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim'z
This brings back many memories. Dad had a copper thermette that went green between uses and a clean with a hand full of shingle and water made it usable but I still remember the taste.It seemed to require resoldering regularly. I bought a tin one from the Scout shop but it rusted out. I built a stainless steel one and it will out last me.
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Only ever remember them referred to as a bengazi, Shitty old photo of smoko time, forestry
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I've got a spare copper thermette, it's in a very sorry state and needs restoration. Pm me if interested
Hey Roktoy,
I got busy and the Ghillie Kettle got boxed, along with several other old aluminum billies, which I'll probably never use again. They're not worth anything but I hang on to them because I'm sure I'll need them one day ;-)
I used to be indecisive but now I'm not sure.
Jim
standing around the thermette and sharning until the water boiled was always the centre of moral on an average day in the field. That was me last week.
No need for words... A few months back..
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Let me know next time you open the box.:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim'z
The old man just have me the family Thermette. He's 89 so doesn't think he will use it much. But I grew up with that thing, surfcasting at the beach, and on family camping trips. Always a cup of tea would be made. I remember the fun of lighting the fire and the instant lesson if the handles got a bit hot. He used to fill a plastic bag with twigs and offcuts and store it in the base ready for a quick cuppa.
I managed to get a natty bag for it so the soot wont get everywhere, and have ordered a cooking ring to try too.
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Family treasure mate! Enjoy the brews it will produce!Quote:
Originally Posted by Low box
years back a mate who tutored at the local high school in engineering turned up on the way to the recyclers with a whole trailer heaped full of stainless steel thermettes made by pupils. Thought I might want one or ten, so picked out 6 tippidy top ones for mates and family. Still got one or two? under the house. Must dig them out. A bit slower to heat as they’re built with a heavy gauge stainless, but easy keep and clean with no rust or tainting.
Cheers MG
Why didnt the kids take them home, everything we made at school we took homeQuote:
Originally Posted by Muttonguts
