Tweaking the Pot Cosy

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Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby whynotwalk » Mon 19 Sep, 2011 1:32 pm

G'day all - andrewbish and Phillipsart, among others, have posted about home-made pot cosies before. They pointed to http://blackwoodspress.com/blog/6582/ultralight-backpacking-pot-cozy/, which I found very helpful.

On the weekend my ever-inventive wife tweaked the pattern a little by using her sewing machine to modify and stitch a $3 K-Mart sunshade, and turn it into a pot cosy. We used the existing trim for the top of the main chamber (for neatness of finish). And we used gaffer tape rather than duct tape, just for its greater stickiness. Will let you know if it doesn't work as well :? Anyway here are the photos.

cheers

Peter

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The $3 sunshade and some gaffer tape

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Measuring up for the lid

Cutting Lid.jpg
Cutting the lid base

Sides.jpg
The sides - note the machine stitching

Ready to Go.jpg
All ready to use
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby ULWalkingPhil » Tue 20 Sep, 2011 3:55 pm

Hi, I like the stitching work. Wish there was a way to stitch the rest, instead of using tape. I also taped on the inside of mine on the joints, as I read reports that the heat from the pots can melt the plastic on the bubbles in the Car shade material you used.
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby whynotwalk » Tue 20 Sep, 2011 4:28 pm

Yeah - the stitching is good, and I did like the green :) But I preferred the "aesthetic" of your matching silver tape, Phillipsart ... My gaffer looks plug ugly!

I guess we'll see about the melting. I don't suppose they make car shades out of food-grade plastic :shock: ... let's hope we're not poisoning ourselves :!:

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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby juju » Thu 13 Oct, 2011 10:49 am

made one of these and took it with me overnight recently. It did a great job of extra cooking and keeping the food warm.
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby whynotwalk » Thu 13 Oct, 2011 2:30 pm

juju wrote:made one of these and took it with me overnight recently. It did a great job of extra cooking and keeping the food warm.


You beat me to it juju :!: I'm christening mine next week 8) Glad to hear it went well,

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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby whynotwalk » Thu 27 Oct, 2011 3:08 pm

A quick report on two aspects of my new home-made pot cosy.

Firstly it worked a treat on our recent Hobart Show Day walk. It was especially good at finishing off cooking a pot of rice, using the absorption method. It was also good at keeping our re-constituted and heated dehydrated food cooking (without using fuel) while we prepared other stuff. It's light and easy to stash - so thumbs up! :D

But secondly it doubles as a very fetching fez-like hat, as you can see in the attached photo. Double thumbs up!! :lol:

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A multiple-use pot cosy
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby corvus » Thu 27 Oct, 2011 6:11 pm

whynotwalk ,
Nice pic pity about the free Ad for Kathmandu :lol:
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby stepbystep » Fri 28 Oct, 2011 8:51 am

I don't think you could pull off the Fez look without the beard Peter :wink:
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Re: Tweaking the Pot Cosy

Postby awells » Tue 15 Nov, 2011 8:12 pm

Great idea. I'm going to give it a go! To save fuel (meths) I once placed my wool beanie over my billy of rice after 5mins of boiling and left it for another 8mins to finish absorbing the water; worked a treat and I got another boil for a cup of tea.
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