One-burner cook stove

[BCA]

I have this one- burner cook stove. It is stored in a metal tin (the lid is missing). Broad arrow marked, 1945. There are nomanufacturers markings stamped into any of the metal parts. Just the ink stamping as shown in the photo. Perhaps the ink stamp “AC 5990” is a manufacturers part number. Can anyone identify a model or maker?

[maple_leaf_eh]

I see a strong resemblance to the USGI M1950 Mountain Stove and the civilian Coleman Peak series of the late 1970s. Only so many ways to turn fuel into fire.

[Ed Storey]

You have a 1945 dated British version of a Mountain Stove or Stoves, Individual, Cooking. AC 5990 was the Ordnance Stock Code for the stove.

[Neil Ashley]

Is this the stove. https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog...hurlock-stove/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2kIfIZUwU

[BCA]

Thank you everyone for the info on this Hurlock stove. We don't use the term paraffin much here in Canada but from the video it seems that he used "lamp oil" in the fuel tank. I think the pre-heat was probably done with alcohol. Any suggestions appreciated.

[WpgBinocular]

Back in the day cooking with a kerosene Svea stove I used methyl hydrate to prime, and it worked very well. I still have the instructions for lighting this stove which I could photograph if you need it.

[maple_leaf_eh]

The Swedish SVEA stoves have a tank with a filler and pump, and the burner is screwed into a fitting in a dimple on the top. The wizardry of lighting a SVEA involves an eyedropper squirt of raw fuel into the dimple, lighting it on fire, and warming the generator and burner. There is always a lot of flame, smoke and soot, but the fuel heats enough to operate the burner. And, make sure the filler cap is secure. Best done by someone who has not been drinking, or in very cold temperatures.

[Matthew P]

Originally Posted by BCA

Thank you everyone for the info on this Hurlock stove. We don't use the term paraffin much here in Canada but from the video it seems that he used "lamp oil" in the fuel tank. I think the pre-heat was probably done with alcohol. Any suggestions appreciated.

Don't hold me to this, but that appears to work identical to many camping stoves like the aforementioned Coleman and Swedish stoves. To my knowledge they all use a single fuel source. Typically a "white gas" or "camping fuel" Coleman's own brand is readily available in the US. With the tank full and pumped up, opening the valve will induce LIQUID fuel to come out of the burner and run down into the priming cup. Close the valve, light off that fuel, it will heat up the generator that will cause the fuel to vaporize, open the valve and off the lit fuel from the priming cup VAPOR fuel will come out of the burner and be ignited.

Matt