I’ve been messing around with 3D printing as part of another project I’m working on. As part of that I’ve put together this Trangia fuel bottle adaptor that has come out really well.
If you want to print your own the .stl file can be downloaded from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3702293
NB – you dont necessarily need your own 3D printer. I’m using one that my local library has https://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Community/Library/Services/MakerSpace
This is an adaptor to help undo trangia fuel bottles without damaging them. Its designed to fit into a jerry can spanner but works well on its own too
How I Designed This
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This is my second design using Fusion 360, second 3D print and first upload to Thingiverse.
The problem I was looking to solve was undoing the tops of trangia fuel bottle without damaging the spouts. At Tallong OEC someone had made a ‘spanner’ out of wood and this was the inspiration for this solution.
I’ve had to learn Fusion 360 for this project and thats been interesting.
The first version worked really well, far better than I hoped. I had 2 printed, the blue one had tight but great tolerances, the orange one was too tight. I have adjusted the current model for greater tolerances and added the “righty-tighty ->-> <-<- lefty-loosey” text.
Ian Ganderton 
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