Foxie
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you may be right.... i will carve out a wooden hook to hitch to the rope. surely safer that way!
(B) Student practice for the Pot Hook
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Foxie
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Made some adjustments today. Firstly, widened the distance between the Y-poles to make use of the entire length of the crossbar, which gave me plenty of space to build a good platform underneath. carved a simple S-hook out of a footlong piece of birch i sawed; hitched my rope to the notch at one end and set the kettle handle snugly into the other. Lastly, reflected upon the idea that making something and saying "this will probably work..." isn't really good enough. Today there was fire, and ultimately coffee. worked like a charm, absolutely no problems with fire-rope interactions. I let the fire burn for about half an hour, so I'm satisfied with my results.
yeah, shouldn't have any problems with that
This was my attempt. I think it turned out ok with room for improvement. The challenge was I don’t have a pot with a bail to hang it from. So I needed to figure out a way to hold my intended bush cup which has the wire handle off the side. The solution was just to split the pot holder end, shove it down over the handle and let friction hold it up.
It works. Sort of. I think it would fail over a long period of time where the wood has extended fire exposure, or if my pot was bigger/heavier. My pot holder has two height settings and I kept the fire on the opposite side from the cup handle as much as possible to prevent my forked stick from losing its grip.
The cross brace was just a single vertical post. I couldn’t find a stick with a fork. So I found a few thin green cedar branches, beat them between a couple rocks to soften them and braided them for some field expedient cordage to lash the two components together instead.
Since the point of hanging a pot is to boil water / cook food I brought a cup of miners lettuce and dandelion greens to a boil for a little mess of greens. The lesson learned there is that I need to do as Samwise Gamgree and bring a little box of salt. My greens tasted like lawn clippings. :26:
It works. Sort of. I think it would fail over a long period of time where the wood has extended fire exposure, or if my pot was bigger/heavier. My pot holder has two height settings and I kept the fire on the opposite side from the cup handle as much as possible to prevent my forked stick from losing its grip.
The cross brace was just a single vertical post. I couldn’t find a stick with a fork. So I found a few thin green cedar branches, beat them between a couple rocks to soften them and braided them for some field expedient cordage to lash the two components together instead.
Since the point of hanging a pot is to boil water / cook food I brought a cup of miners lettuce and dandelion greens to a boil for a little mess of greens. The lesson learned there is that I need to do as Samwise Gamgree and bring a little box of salt. My greens tasted like lawn clippings. :26:
Kodey99
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Here is my pot hook. Just set it up in the garden for now to show it off, when I get a chance to have a fire, I'll try to remember to get some more photos. I'll probably add more notches for adjustment later as well.
Here’s mine 
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Nice job.
Pot Hook
This is a pot hook I learned long ago, as a kid.
3 pieces of wood and about 6 feet of cordage. It takes less than 5 minutes to make and can be scaled up in size to have more height (a taller Y branch) or more adjustment (a longer pot hanger).
This one was made from driftwood I found along the riverbank and was made for keeping water hot for the french press.
The parts
The stake and the Y branch have been carved to a point on one end, and the other has been chamfered to keep the wood from mushrooming when I drive them in the ground. The potholder has a square notch cut into it so the hanger can be adjusted up or down without losing the pot position on the stick.
Operation
The pot can be moved in or out of the fire by sliding the potholder forward and back on the Y stick. The height is adjusted by adjusting how much rope is wound around the potholder, more lifts it and unwrapping the cord lowers it.
This is a pot hook I learned long ago, as a kid.
3 pieces of wood and about 6 feet of cordage. It takes less than 5 minutes to make and can be scaled up in size to have more height (a taller Y branch) or more adjustment (a longer pot hanger).
This one was made from driftwood I found along the riverbank and was made for keeping water hot for the french press.
The parts
The stake and the Y branch have been carved to a point on one end, and the other has been chamfered to keep the wood from mushrooming when I drive them in the ground. The potholder has a square notch cut into it so the hanger can be adjusted up or down without losing the pot position on the stick.
Operation
The pot can be moved in or out of the fire by sliding the potholder forward and back on the Y stick. The height is adjusted by adjusting how much rope is wound around the potholder, more lifts it and unwrapping the cord lowers it.
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I put together this pot hook rig for cooking bannock over the fire. It worked out very well, now I just need to get my hands on a good bush pot with a bail handle.
Bannock with some mac and cheese for supper!
Bannock with some mac and cheese for supper!
Made a tripod wrapped and frapped with paracord. Clove hitch for starting knot and two half hitches at the end. Loop of paracord with overhand knot to hang pot hook.
Used my Polaris to carve multiple hanging notches to work in conjunction with the height/width of tripod for micro adjustments. Boiled water over my new hobo stove and had another cup of Yorkshire tea.
Used my Polaris to carve multiple hanging notches to work in conjunction with the height/width of tripod for micro adjustments. Boiled water over my new hobo stove and had another cup of Yorkshire tea.
Carved and then setup! Using a clove hitch to attach and a mors pot to show it works!
scottad1
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Pot hanger
I used my Mora Classic #1 and my Collins axe to process the materials down. Had to rig a bail up for my canteen cup, no bush pot currently.
I used my Mora Classic #1 and my Collins axe to process the materials down. Had to rig a bail up for my canteen cup, no bush pot currently.
I really didn't get fancy here so not sure if it counts. This was nothing more than a Y-Branch staked and a piece of Paracord for the adjustment to the pot. Additionally I made a pot grabbing stick for a direct fire placement.
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My submission for a pot hook. Made it small so I can carry it in my cooking pots. Made from dry crape Myrtle , very tight fit. Fire ban here so can’t have a fire at this time. Will definitely get tried out on my next outing. Three more tasks to go. lol 
Very cool!
Great idea!!
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Absolutely clever implementation, very clean execution. Cheers!
Appreciate that sir.
@Daywalker.
Yeah, I like it. Very clever!
Yeah, I like it. Very clever!
Thanks man, I haven’t been very active here lately. Work is crazy right now I’ve been covering for people, training new guys and so on. Worked 19 hours yesterday and am getting ready to head back out lol
Thank you.
Here is my submission and thank you @Daywalker. for some inspiration on the hook. Never thought to put a cross piece through the hole to suspend the hook with. I’ve always run a taught line hitch to make it quickly adjustable.
I made a cross piece to keep with it to use like day walker showed above.
I made a cross piece to keep with it to use like day walker showed above.
Got just a few more to go for the Bushclass Basic, time to get a move on. I did pot hanger with a couple of options.
Nice work sir.