Misc. Hints and Tips

[Andy_P]

Would they be too big for storing portfires too?
I usually use a gas torch, but like to have some portfires "standing by". However, as they don't get used, they get tattier and tattier, kicking around with the rest of my kit.
If not those, any thing else that is the perfect size? Pringles tubes are useless BTW!

[screwball]

Originally posted by Andy_P@Thu 29 Nov 2007, 11:33 PM
Would they be too big for storing portfires too?
I usually use a gas torch, but like to have some portfires "standing by". However, as they don't get used, they get tattier and tattier, kicking around with the rest of my kit.
If not those, any thing else that is the perfect size? Pringles tubes are useless BTW!

Genuine Army Surplus Empty decommissioned Mortar Case. Hard robust plastic in black with lid. Watertight. 55cm long x 16cm across. Absolutely perfect for transporting rolled artwork, coursework, portfolio, samples, small tools, etc

good old ebay again


failing that i bet Tupperware has something suitable LOL

[ChrisB]

Yep... thats the kiddy would be ideal for portfires too !! Screw cap has a rubber seal inside as well.

Think I paid about 30p for mine in an Army surplus shop in Rushden about 10 years ago - they had a huge pile of them !!

Chris B

[RocketScientist]

Has everybody noticed the excellent new ranges of upmarket (Tupmarket ?) type re-sealable plastic containers now on the market ? Two main brands that I've seen -

Lock & Lock

Really Useful - sold by Staples and Rymans amongst others

There are other cheaper lookalikes too. More rigid than Tupperware, all in a very wide range of shapes and sizes (and colours), and good for almost anything you want to keep clean and dry onsite, from QM and igniters to larger items. I use one of the medium size Really Useful boxes to house a Chinese 20-channel wireless system. It's big enough to carry the system and its accessories, and with a few strategically drilled holes for igniter wires and aerial, it makes a good weatherproof (tho not pyro proof !) field case.

[RocketScientist]

Finally found a use for the backing paper from foil tape (you know, the stuff that goes on and on forever and winds itself round everything you don't want it to when you're fire-proofing tubes)

When you need to keep an eye on a changeable wind, a long strip of backing paper attached to a pole, stake or similar makes a very passable windsock.

Really.

[PyroS]

I had a number of old 7.62 ammo tins dropped into my possession, they're great for storing Portfires too. With them being in a sealed, steel container you can leave a few dotted round the rig in case anything goes wrong with your main torch.

Also small (i think they're for computers) cable-ties are fantastic for linking fusing if you'd rather not use gaffa tape.