What is this? Old alcohol stove, or...

[FanMan]

I think this came from my late inlaws' antique shop... it looks like a giant version of the Trangia alcohol stove I use for backpacking, but this is much larger, around 6-7" diameter. Pre-sterno chafing dish warmer, maybe?

 

[Whitenuckler]

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I think this came from my late inlaws' antique shop... it looks like a giant version of the Trangia alcohol stove I use for backpacking, but this is much larger, around 6-7" diameter. Pre-sterno chafing dish warmer, maybe?

Do you think it had a glass top and was a light? I see it has a little handle.

 

[FanMan]

Do you think it had a glass top and was a light? I see it has a little handle.

I don't think so. The way the holes are arranged is just like my backpacking stove, and the lid on the right fits just like the lid on the backpacking stove.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I don't think so. The way the holes are arranged is just like my backpacking stove, and the lid on the right fits just like the lid on the backpacking stove.

Was there a wire or metal stand to hold a pot? Most portable stoves have something like that. Does it look like it uses a wick? I think it would need one if there is no pressure.

 

[FanMan]

No stand, no wick, but the backpacking stove has no wick, either. But this one does have a tube through the middle, which I think is for air.

I don't have any alcohol here at the cabin or I would have tried it already.

 

[Whitenuckler]

No stand, no wick, but the backpacking stove has no wick, either. But this one does have a tube through the middle, which I think is for air.

I don't have any alcohol here at the cabin or I would have tried it already.

Too bad it didn't look like this. Be careful with that and do it outdoors in a firepit.

antique brass & copper camp stove vintage alcohol stove for camping backpacking

 

[EatenByLimestone]

It looks like an oil lamp to me.

 

[Whitenuckler]

No stand, no wick, but the backpacking stove has no wick, either. But this one does have a tube through the middle, which I think is for air.

I don't have any alcohol here at the cabin or I would have tried it already.

Does the pack packing stove you have use a little piston to pressurize the fuel? I remember my Coleman stove. It burned a liquid gas but you had to pump it up. I think if you just put some alcohol in there it will probably not light or go out as it will use up the O2.
Try it, but also pick up a round wick and some clean burning lamp oil.