Haha so I thought I'd try and make a meths burner for tomorrow last minute. Cut down an old aluminium bottle threw it together drilled some holes. It burns but for some reason when burning the meths comes out the holes on the side? They maybe to low

Yetiman, it's not a wates of time, it's a learnig process, your next one will be better.

Your not wrong ray.......coz it will be one of Stu's

Yetiman wrote:Your not wrong ray.......coz it will be one of Stu's

Funny you should say that, it's the same conclusion I came to .

Meths coming out when the pot is on?

Sounds like pressure building up, have you put the vent grooves in along the edge?

Sounds like pressure building up, have you put the vent grooves in along the edge?

The majority of meths stoves don't have an upper vent. However, just adding an upper vent might not work, as any vent needs to work hand in hand with the jetting configuration ... nothing in the stove happens in isolation, it's a balancing act between jetting, pressure, volume and venting.

It burns but for some reason when burning the meths comes out the holes on the side? They maybe to low

Overfilling it for the size or for the jet height

Fair enough but worth a try if its built and not working no? Not as much as checking you haven't overfilled it but he already covered that in the OP so was suggesting another possible reason

ALSO you have only quoted half my text the other half is kind of relevant to the bit you quoted.

Grrrr

Sorry Josh, didn't mean to sound like I was having a go.

Joshvegas wrote:Fair enough but worth a try if its built and not working no? Not as much as checking you haven't overfilled it but he already covered that in the OP so was suggesting another possible reason

ALSO you have only quoted half my text the other half is kind of relevant to the bit you quoted.

Grrrr

Now, now petal, this ain't STW

Thats what the winky was for.

But if you want to argue about it....

Anyway the reason I brought it up was it happened to me.... In the kitchen... I had been sensible and tested it on the gas hob unfortunately there wasnt enough flat space to use the snuff pot i had on standby so i couldnt put it out then i knocked it over the hob base had a lip but a six burner base provides quite an impressive wall of flame!