Stanley Cook Set - Hack #14 - Improved French Coffee Press

[@WayPointSurvival]

Like many of you, I enjoy a hot cup of something when I'm in the back country. Sometimes I like coffee. While instant coffee or coffee packs do get the job done, the taste is much improved when you use ground coffee and a French coffee press. Here is my improvement of an old hack for the Stanley Two Cup Cookset. Hope you enjoy it and please leave me a comment in the section below!

[@DollyTheLlama]

"Next time on WayPoint Survival, I'm going to show you how to convert your Stanley Cook Set into a 10' teardrop trailer with air conditioning..." In all seriousness, I love these videos. I'm trying to get as light a I can, so doubling up gear uses is a big help when still trying to maintain a little bit of on-trail luxury. Thanks for the tips!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked it!

[@brieaclay4299]

I am beyond floored at the found veracity that you had found and created out of the Stanley 2 cup set. Just WOW! 👏 😮

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!

[@anthimatter]

Genius! And so elegant. I think this is your best one yet. I'm hoping I'll be able to turn my Stanley 2 cup cook set into a Corvette by the end of this playlist 😆

[@WayPointSurvival]

Lol. Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you are enjoying the series!

[@MinstrelOnTheRun]

You've done so much with this package and with your ingenuity, like a cross between MacGyver and Jack White. Thank you for all the very practical and very clearly & efficiently explained hacks!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate all the kind words!

[@LaineyBug2020]

I don't know why, but these are so very satisfying to watch, especially when you see everything fit together!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@MegaHalftrack]

James, the simplicity of this is pure genius! Completely blew my mind! Well done Sir!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@jrothell]

Great idea! I have tried a lot of different French presses They are good, but once I learned how to make cowboy coffee (also called GI coffee) I always go back home to that method. The Stanley cookset is perfect for cowboy coffee. I make it on the stove every morning! The best part about it is that all of the bitterness is boiled out of the coffee. Your hacks are great. I’ve tried them all and incorporated a number of them! Thanks!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, glad to hear that you are enjoying them!

[@ballisticcoefficientdepend9811]

I've read a few of the comments, and I agree, but would take things a step further. If I was Stanley's CEO, or if I ever have my own company, I would offer you a job as head of development: I'd give you endless funding to go to thrift stores, buy scraps, and come up with things like this that I could sell as affordable outdoor kits: in other words, get to do what I hope you love to do whenever you wanted to. I'd also give credit where credit is due! Thanks for all of the videos, they really are helpful, it always brightens my day when I see you have posted a video! Stay safe out there, and God bless!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thank you so much for those kind words! Thank you so much also for watching the videos and may God bless you as well!

[@LeMayJoseph]

Threads on the spoon, I love it!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@lokepoke1337]

This is simply brilliant! I really do like my coffee when out camping! Thank you for yet another awesome hack.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much!

[@Passin_thru68]

You just saved me several dollars with this hack as I have the materials already handy!!!

[@pamelaklemp5615]

Your AWESOMENESS is endless! I think you're secretly building a FULL-ON HOUSE with that STANLEY! I'll know for sure when you add a back door and a garage 😋 Seriously though, you know how much l L❤VE all your HACKS👍! Always look forward to seeing the latest one!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so very much! I really appreciate it!

[@mattgregory1739]

James, another cool idea. I would love to have even half of your creativity! Well done sir!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

[@edieboudreau9637]

Great idea. Works for tea from foraging as well.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes it does!

[@GreencampRhodie]

Great ideas. Stanley owe you a lot of dosh for your marketing & innovations.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you, it would be nice if they would pay me for some of my ideas!

[@johnnybushman651]

Well Sir, another amazing hack ! I can’t wait until you figure out a way to Mount a stainless steel kitchen sink on it 😆 . Just when I think there is nothing else a man can do with it , boom , another video on it. I’m definitely going to do the bell handle and the coffee press . I enjoy your videos very much and I love your enthusiasm and that addictive smile . I smile every time I watch the videos you make . You have great ideas and I like every one. God bless and keep safe , definitely will see you in the next one , keep them coming. “ 👍 “

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so very much! God bless you too!

[@itellsri]

Nice creativity man ....can’t beat French press coffee ...I really liked that part where you slowly removed that spoon .....that was real slick !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@SunyJim]

James, OK you rock that is a great coffee press hack!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much!

[@anthonyjacobs6790]

Not something I would do, but a very creative hack. Thank you for posting such quality content.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@Hoonozit]

I was not aware of the Ikea coffee hack. Good thinking, have the spoon serve an additional purpose. Thanks for the video.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you, my friend!

[@jamessotherden5909]

It's simply amazing what you came up with. I cant wait for the next hack. Well done sir.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you very much!

[@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures]

I need to go to our Goodwill and see if I can find one of those presses. That would absolutely be a useful tool to have if you like coffee and my son and I both do!! I see right now I have a lot of mods that I need to do to my Stanley cook set. Thanks for sharing all of the mods you have done. Juddie - J & J TOA

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@wanderingcalamity360]

This is incredibly novel. Great job with this! And I know how difficult it can be to run threads that give with a tap and die set. Taps moreso than dies, but it can still be a soup sandwich with thinner materials and finer threads. Personally, I run a Titanium UCO spoon/fork with my rucksack kit, and so it's it's not compatible with this hack. So I just cut the rod down flush with the top of the pot, hammered the cut end flat, drilled it out and ran a split ring through it. I do agree that the rod is an inelegant solution, though. Might give this hack a shot if I put together a spare kit with another Stanley bushpot, though.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Sounds great, glad you liked the video!

[@trailtrashoutdoors8173]

Just when I think you have thought of everything....you always suprise me! Much love man and thanks for sharing!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, my friend!

[@pnyarrow]

Nice one (again) James. Thanks for sharing. ATB. Nigel

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@SueD.]

Definitely an improvement.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@indycharlie]

About time for James to start making and selling some of these things . I'm not a coffee guy , but this is pretty frick'n smart !! Another good one ... gubs

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you, my friend!

[@HuplesCat]

STanley needs to give you credit for these James Smart,very smart

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you, my friend! Maybe some day I can help them design an entire set using these hacks and made from Titanium or something.

[@thaddeusmikolajczyk9055]

Cool idea.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@shilohjim]

I personally don't like a french press but that is a cool hack. Plus you could have an extension to screw onto the spoon handle for reaching down into the food packet if you use dehydrated meals.

[@WayPointSurvival]

True! That's an angle I hadn't thought of, thanks!

[@HelloL.G.]

wow! great idea! thank you for sharing

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@krishoogstraat6866]

Well done again James ! Keep it up.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@joshuaritzheimer1382]

Fantastic! That thing is so versatile that I wouldn't surprised if you taught it how to make blt's next!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@WilliamsKnifeLife]

Another excellent hack. I like the spoon mod. You have a dual purpose piece.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@Ghost_Os]

Love it! Now I just need to find a spoon that has a bit of thickness to the handle 👍🏻

[@WayPointSurvival]

Great! Glad you liked it!

[@SDWNJ]

I wonder if the little zip-top bags sold for portioning out pills in would hold enough coffee for one cup. If so, that would make for a nice compact container and number of them could be stored in a larger bag.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, you could definitely do that.

[@slickwillie3376]

The idea occured to me, that if you did the same thing to a fork that you did to the spoon, maybe you could figure out a way to connect them into a set of tongs. If you took a strip of springy metal and bent the ends at 90° angles, and soldered a nut to each "flange", then screwed a fork into one and a spoon into the other, it might form a set of tongs. It depends though, on how deep the nut receptacles are. The depth of the nut receptacles would need to be adjustable in some way, so that when you install the flatware it would tighten and stop at just the right angle so they are facing one another.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You could probably do something like that but it would definitely take some finagling to figure it out.

[@donvandenberg5301]

Again, another awesome hack for this cook set. You never cease to amaze me with these videos. Keep it up brother. (Edited for spelling. Damn autocorrect.)

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[@jerrywormeyhicks7427]

Looks like a great idea, but I had already been using the Stanley press for a good while, but I love your improvements on the Stanley cook set, I especially liked the worm clamp/Chicago screw bail back, I did that one and am considering doing it to the Stanley press and another pot. Me screws we're about 10 in a pack so might as well use them. Another good one, I like how you keep building on the same set.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@lazyhanger6027]

Thats very clever, thanks for sharing

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@TACHILL]

I just measured the length of the press arm into the cookset and store it inside but your version is genius haha

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@s.r.5462]

200th comment! Wow you would make Thomas Edison proud. You’re getting me so hyped to clone your hacks. Thanks for sharing

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad that you are enjoying the videos!

[@8thsinner]

I don't do coffee myself, but you shouldn't pour boiling water straight in, coffee burns at something like 79 degrees, so you should add a cpl table spoons of cold water to the coffee first, then add your hot slowly so as to slowly cook it without burning it. To this kit though, I would add a tiny silk bag, most people don't know you can boil silk without and degradation, so if you collect pine leaves, nettle leaves etc, you can easily store them in the silk bag, and you have a reusable teabag. Also, you can put healing herbs in that like marigold and thistle flower or something and use the silk bag as a removable coated poultice bandage which can be boiled sterile again.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's an excellent tip! Thank you so much!

[@kirstenjones5331]

Sir, you are a genius!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@mrhalfstep]

Man, you are truly pimpin' that kit to the max! I think one of your best hacks was the key ring spoon. Why couldn't you just thread a twig into the coffee plunger? that way it would work if you chose to carry the key ring spoon instead of a full sized metal spoon. I actually made a spoon and fork based on your key ring idea and wouldn't want to abandon that just to have a long spoon to use on the coffee press.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's actually a really good idea! The only problem would be finding a stick sturdy enough with such a small thread. I'm also working on another idea to expand the hack on the key ring spoon....

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

Another great video! love your ideas Sir! Blessings to you and your family 👼

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much! God bless you and your family as well!

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

I've been playing around with a idea Sir. I've twisted two lengths of thin copper wire ad a copper rope. I'm using them for a quick wire bail on bottles that don't have room for a permanent one. Thought you could play around with this idea. Blessings.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Good idea!

[@marshabrown8337]

Wonderful. Thank you. Bless you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@baseballmorgan8338]

Another great hack. Nice job once again.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like it! Thank you!

[@tomaslepp]

I can't believe it!! Brilliant.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much!

[@MRPBDB]

Amazing once again. Any hacks for Trangia stove and cookset?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Not yet. But I do have a really cool stove that I will be showing you and you can use a Trangia with it.

[@sherrymuzykazekestravels6793]

14 down 7 to go. That’s cool

[@michaelabramo7373]

Nice mod glad you did it.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@mikekraut7643]

Holy crap that’s genius

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@ronschreiber3635]

Great Idea .

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@tmaerkle2]

You're so smart!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you for watching!

[@Dominic.Minischetti]

Wow that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@DougPalumbo]

Brilliant! Excellent cook set mods!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them! Thank you!

[@misterbmr]

Have you considered a similar kit using Stanley Adventure All-In-One Boil + Brew French Press

[@WayPointSurvival]

No I haven't, but I'm sure it would work. Good idea!

[@aparecidomiranda1191]

Ótimo vídeo Parabéns 👍

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@chuckhorn445]

This was a good one!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@diddybushcraftnoutdoors8072]

That was a new twist, don't think I would have thought of the spoon part. How about this, take the original handle from press and cut the plastic knob off and either thread it to fit the diy key chain spoon or if you don't have a thread die, file end down to slide in the threaded part of the spoon and JB Weld it. Does that make sense? Maybe you could make a part 2 on one or both ways. Why I say that, lots people (including me) don't have thread dies and/or may not have extra money to buy one.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, I know that a lot of folks don't have a tap and die set. (I bought mine at Harbor Freight...cheap, but works OK) I'm pretty sure the threads are a different size for the key chain spoon but you might be able to find one that would fit. I also have a different hack for the key chain spoon that I hope to use for an upcoming video. You could just cut the knob off and just use the threaded steel stem. Many folks just cut it down and leave it inside the cook set but that takes up a lot of inner space so that you can't carry the green cups, or a stove canister.

[@diddybushcraftnoutdoors8072]

@@WayPointSurvival I meant to attach the spoon to the end you cut off. At first I thought you were going to say to thread a stick in it.like for the spoon, it should work too. Take care.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, I thought about that too. However, I don't think that JB Weld would hold it and it would be too thick to fit in beside the cup as it wouldn't be able to slide down. The only way I could figure out how to do it was to thread the end. But, you could possibly use the metal stem and attach it to a spoon like you suggested. Just don't think it would slide down between the Stanley Pot and the Sierra Cup. The threads are too small for a stick to work, it would just break off. Still good thoughts. Thanks.

[@MonkeyMikeOutdoors]

Very nice James!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@joeseibert7869]

Hello! I ran into your channel and watched your Stanley hacks…as an engineer myself, all of this is brilliant…..could you demonstrate how you made the spoon 🥄

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much! I just simply ground the spoon handle to size and proper diameter on a grinder and then used the tap and die set for the threads.

[@joeseibert7869]

Perfect! Thanks for the reply! Keep doing what your doing!

[@chiefkirk]

Pretty slick trick brother.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, Chief!

[@firstlast-vq4xt]

Coffeetastic hack!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, Lol!

[@EatsTreatsMREs]

That's pretty cool! I was hoping you would use the end of the spoon. Not to hard to do either if you have a tap & die set. Great video :)

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@Katesharpandvoice]

You could use the spoon end to measure the coffee into the pot before you assemble the press.....

[@douglassmith1110]

What thread pitch for the spoon mod?

[@WayPointSurvival]

You simply have to match whatever the thread pitch is on the nut.

[@georgewelford8648]

Coffee on the creek, don’t need to be complicated. It’s just coffee. Coffee can coffee is the bomb.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@MichaelR58]

Great idea, thanks for sharing, stay safe, God bless !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, you too!

[@angelaranda4563]

When I saw this video I immediately decided to buy a French press online. The problem is that there are several sizes and I'm not sure which one is the right one ... James, could you help me know which one is the right one, please? Thank you very much in advance.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You will just have to take the measurements and diameter of the Stanley and go from there. Sorry I don't have any more info than that. I purchase mine at a thrift store.

[@lifewithroscoe6513]

where would I get someone to thread a spoon for this hack? I have used a French press before and I find them great.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Any machine shop could do it for you quite easily and quickly. It also would probably not cost very much.

[@manfredmuster2411]

Mega Hack perfekt Thanks for this great Idea

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like it!

[@bradbroerman]

Hey James, Have you tried the hacks with the Stanley All-in-one Boil and Brew? I wish I had watched all of these before we came out this past weekend! I would have built up the hack set!

[@WayPointSurvival]

No I haven't done any hacks on any of the other Stanley products. Thank you for watching I'm glad you like them!

[@kylestyer8240]

I can’t get enough... at some point you’ll need to make an “upgrade kit” to sell all these things. It would take some development. Because I think it should ultimately all be in titanium in its ultimate form. I love it

[@WayPointSurvival]

Maybe if Stanley ever contacts me about these hacks I can suggest it to them. Thank you so much for watching and for all your kind comments!

[@outlaw86custom]

Love your channel but don't throw that stem away cut there handle off of it and thread it with a 1/4-20 thread and you can screw into that spoon hack that you made and it works quite well. Steph

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's a great idea!

[@LovinLifewithLu]

Great job! Very inventive!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@LovinLifewithLu]

@@WayPointSurvival You're welcome!

[@Lapeerphoto]

Well done man!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@JarradL]

For mine I actually use the french press bar and screw it into the top of a spoon to make a long spoon. backwards but same goal lol

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@srhoar]

How about using the coffee press as the steamer?

[@WayPointSurvival]

You could absolutely do that! Thanks for watching.

[@RalphReagan]

So cool

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@SnowyAspenHills]

Cool idea but how did you get the filter components out of the Stanley cook pot?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Simply by screwing the spoon back in and pulling it out.

[@jleach]

Genius!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@Robert31352]

Or, just buy the Stanley French press. It is large enough to store a small can of coffee. I do like your videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@boomshanka8743]

When you assemble the filter, the screen goes in the bottom. Great idea though.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, lol! I had them mixed up. Good eye!

[@Katesharpandvoice]

The screen goes in the middle like a sandwich and the post is the toothpick that holds it together. That's how Bodum puts it together. I think Stanley came out with a French press too ......

[@FreeRange1234]

wouldn't the coffee grinds come thru the hole where the spoon was screwed in?

[@WayPointSurvival]

No. Thank you for watching.

[@Feuerspray31]

How does one go about grinding and threading a spoon?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Using either a file or a grinder and a tap and die set.

[@KungFuTweety1]

How did you put threads on the spoon? Great video!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you! I used a cheap die set from Harbor Freight.

[@LoveRise]

@@WayPointSurvival I think showing how to create the threads is essential for anyone to be able to implement this hack. Don’t you think it is worthy of a how to video for loyal subscribers like me who do not know how to use a die set. My christmas miracle would be watching that instructional video!🌈🌺🌈

[@WayPointSurvival]

I don't know how many others would be interested in watching a tap and die video, but here is a link that might answer some of your questions. Thank you so much for asking and it may be something that I would consider doing if more people are interested in me doing something to that effect on my channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHm8ZmZ8n5qohJo

[@aubrey-g9d]

Better yet just ditch the press altogether. You can just use the mini strainer you made in you earlier hack as a steamer and use it to just strain the coffee. I use the exact same strainer in my work truck to make coffee and I just put the coffee in the water for a bit and then just poor it through the strainer into my cup. It works great. Just make sure your coffee grind is coarse enough. No need to add an additional item to your kit.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely, that's a good idea. Thanks for watching.

[@wrylock8811]

Wouldn't the coffee press make a great steamer basket?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, I hadn't thought of that but it's a good point!

[@margaretadler6162]

Great idea James! What size of die did you use! ATB Sam Adler

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you! I matched the die to the threads. Mine was an M4 x 0.7 but I found that different threads are used on different French presses so yours may differ. Mine was from IKEA so if you get yours from there maybe it will be the same. I was kind of surprised that it wasn't metric but that's the one that worked. Have a good day, my friend!

[@margaretadler6162]

Thanks for the quick response James! ATB Sam Adler

[@WayPointSurvival]

@@margaretadler6162 You're welcome!

[@Dryeyece]

What is that second yellow band 3/4 of the way up the cup?

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's from video hack number 9.

[@chrislonsberry1974]

Love it!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!!

[@ruzzellp]

Nice

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@RonaldColeman-ef2rc]

Yum

[@WayPointSurvival]

Right?

[@worm_vaquero]

Hold up, where's the original SS lid kept in the final nest?

[@WayPointSurvival]

At the bottom.

[@jjpatton88]

Genius

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you!

[@Katesharpandvoice]

I wonder if the Bodum screen is the same size........now I know what to do when I inevitably break my beaker.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Not sure about the size difference. Thank you for watching!

[@SpamMusubi308]

The only downside I see in over brewing the grounds but if you transfer it to the green cup after pressing you avoid that bitterness

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely. It's the beauty of this kit that you have many options to make things your own way.

[@SpamMusubi308]

@@WayPointSurvival I need to get back out to the goodwill shops and search for parts😆🤣🤣🤣

[@TBoss3313]

My question is, how the heck do I put threads on a spoon???

[@WayPointSurvival]

I just use the cheap tap and die set from harbor freight.

[@benrusnak2077]

Still waiting for that f14 jet modification, just kidding man its actually really smart what your doin with it in like 40 years i feel like youd be able to make it into sometime of futuristic exo skeleton, seriosuly tho you are really thinking outside of the box.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you for all the kind words! They are much appreciated!