Arne Kverneland wrote:

In haste;

here is the link to the German shop which sells all kinds of traditional lamps, stoves and wotnot.

The alcohol stove (1 or two burners) is shown here:

Each burner only puts out 1kW, but for small work and simmering it must be good, and thanks to its oxygen-rich blue flame, I beet it is more economical in use  -  and produces probably much less soot, as well.

That looks very similar to the Maxie burner at a sensible price.  Again, one would need to put rails around it to keep the pots in place, but its a genuine alternative.

The alcohol burner I bough (from India) was of the little dish type. I liked that it has a screw-on tight lid, which lets one shut it down after use and use the remaining alcohol later. The idea was to see if I could later find a way to feed this little thing from a tank below (via one of those dose pumps).

Arne

PS: That German stove above, appears to come with a brass tank, now.

PPS: I checked the Enders 2017 catalogue. It appears that it is all gas, now, no alcohol or kerosene stoves.

Aaaargh!  Not again.  I'd have expected alcohol to be getting more popular.  Just shows how many people genuinely give a toss about the fate of their grandchildren!

David Tyler wrote:

Other names to look out for are TURM , NORMA and DESCA 

These examples are old, and may or may not be worth taking the burner and tank and incorporating them into a seagoing body.

I might not have been clear in my first post, most of the cookers in the ebay listings, including the Enders, aren't made any more.  However, once you know the the name of an old stove you like (thanks to David for adding more to the list), I have a good trick for finding one relatively easily if you're not in a big rush.  It will probably vary depending where you are in the world, but you can set Ebay, Craigslist, or probably your local "used for sale" website to do automatic searches for you.  Ebay is really easy, Craigslist uses an RSS feed you can setup in your e-mail with a quick cut and paste.  Once you know the name of what you want, you just let them alert you whenever one is posted.  I got my Maxie stove this way.  I bought it for $50 locally in Canada!

For those who want immediate gratification, hopefully the Salsa Spirituskocher has nice brass burners.  If nothing else Spirituskocher is a ton of fun to say.  I've been saying all day for fun as I work on my new bow roller.

I purchased one of the St Paul Mercantile stoves to replace the alcohol seaswing stove in my previous boat. It is a loud "roarer" burner which I do not think is totally bad. You can definitely hear if the flame goes out unexpectedly. This lets you attend to the stove before it starts oozing kerosene everywhere. It is also possible to adjust the flame height just by listening to it instead of looking under the pot while it is cooking.

It does not have an internal pricker. It comes with a few external cleaning picks. Getting any type of burner with an built-in cleaning pick is a big step up in price. 

I think the burner at the link below will screw directly on to the stove from St Paul Mercantile. The burner is significantly more expensive than the stove:

http://www.sparesmarine.co.uk/webshop/cookers/028-paraffin-cooker/all-spares/taylors-ctk1035p4ger-paraffin-burner-assembly-complete-4-leg/

I definitely recommend building an wick to preheat the stove with alcohol as James Baldwin suggests:

http://www.atomvoyages.com/gallery/photo-gallery/image.raw?view=image&type=orig&id=108

It is much easier and safer to light the stove using this tool.

Scott.

While investigating the kerosene stove option I was told that the best burners are a German product, self pricking and of course made from good quality materials.  The problem with buying stuff from India and/or China is that unless it's custom made the materials will generally be of the cheapest variety. 

I have still have close contacts in China who can make items to a specific design on a small scale, but the design work and detail need to be exact.....  

Peter

Well, that answers Jim's question about 5 pages down this thread :)

Chris