this just might be the most simple alcohol stove out there

[spklbuk]

This might be the ultimate in simplicity when it comes to alcohol stoves. Performed like a champ. Definitely going in my don't leave home without it because it might turn into an overnighter kit.









Real tough construction details from where I pilfered the idea…Easy alcohol stove. No holes.

 

[sportsguy]

Just going to state the obvious here - dangerous to be cutting up aluminum cans for stuff like this.

Clever idea, yes.
Handy in a pinch, yes.
Cool party trick, yep.

But folks, please exercise common sense if you try to make one of these.

I preach because...

1 - I love you all so very, very much
2 - I've seen someone cut a finger to the bone on a can like that...

Back to the coolness now...

 

[Don in Lodi]

There are tons of videos of folks using those aluminum beer bottles for these little gems. The beer bottle is of a heavier gauge material, easier to work with.

Oh, and don't ride in shorts and deck shoes, it's dangerous. I know somebody who knows somebody with road rash...

)

 

[sportsguy]

You know, the problem with people from California is... (hang on, I have to check what our character limit is here).........

::015::

 

[offcamber]

I have one of these stoves in my kit as a backup for the butane stove. Works very well is cheap light and small..

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=431851

 

[spklbuk]

Just going to state the obvious here - dangerous to be cutting up aluminum cans for stuff like this.

Clever idea, yes.
Handy in a pinch, yes.
Cool party trick, yep.

But folks, please exercise common sense if you try to make one of these.

I preach because...

1 - I love you all so very, very much
2 - I've seen someone cut a finger to the bone on a can like that...

Back to the coolness now...

C C C Rules:


This project must be done under parental supervision!



This project is for intelligent and careful ADULTS, if you don't fit into ALL of the previous categories DO NOT attempt this project -- You agree to assume all legal, moral, financial and medical responsibility should you attempt this project. You also agree that the total liability of this product is the amount paid; i.e. free advice is worth what you pay, and hopefully more.



Wear Work Gloves AND Safety Glasses while making this stove, you will be working with very sharp edges



Use the stove outdoors with a 5 gallon bucket of water or garden hose and a fire extinguisher to put out any unexpected fires.



Keep away from children! Sharp edges, fire and poison are not for little ones.



Use only outdoors, in a safe large fire pit area, never in a drought / fire hazard situation.



This stove will run on 70% Isopropyl Alcohol, this is the only fuel I have tested it on.



DO NOT use of anything else!



If you get aluminum hot enough it will actually burn, so please don't use any other fuels.



The stove is very hot after use, handle with care.



Never move the stove while it is ignited.



Okay, now that my lawyer is happy :exclaim:


http://zenstoves.net/Fuzzy.htm ;D ::020::

 

[spklbuk]

I have one of these stoves in my kit as a backup for the butane stove. Works very well is cheap light and small..

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=431851

True dat. ::008:: The bottle stoves are great but the build is a home shop project. The rolled edge ones are nice too.

I've been playing with stoves that could, in theory at least, be road scavenged in a pinch when the fecal matter has hit the rotating oscillator or when just piddling around the campfire for cheap entertainment (see rules posted above ). This one fits that bill as well and made by a master...http://zenstoves.net/Fuzzy.htm

 

[trikepilot]

Nice find Jim. Bookmarked this page on the fone so I can use it someday should I need to fish a can out of the ditch to cook some dinner!!

 

[spklbuk]

Nice find Jim. Bookmarked this page on the fone so I can use it someday should I need to fish a can out of the ditch to cook some dinner!!

Or perhaps emerge in the morning to find a bunch of containers scattered about from the night before and decide to repurpose at least one of the containers to help clear your conscience. Probably won't help much with the hangover though. Not that such as ever happened to you H'son. ;D

 

[spklbuk]

Heated 16 oz of cold as a well digger’s butt well water to just shy of boiling with ½ oz of alcohol with this rig (added a pinch of salt added to the fuel to make it visible in daylight).




Retooled and reloaded with ¾ oz of fuel and commenced to simmer.



Nice and steady simmer.





Fuel expired. Simmer test all done.



1 ¼ oz fuel for a 20 + min simmer to slow cook supper.
Not the most efficient perhaps, but I can live with it considering the tools used.


Making the top and bottom taller than previous attempts and cutting v-shaped flutes into 4 folded gas inlets seemed to be the trick to get this aluminum can collected from a roadside ditch (literally) turned stove to simmer for more cooking.





I could actually control the simmer rate by adjusting the wind screen and/or pot lid. Cooking with this stove design is high on “fiddle factor,” but entirely doable. Coool!

 

[Checkswrecks]

We used to make those as kids. They're fun projects and they do work. I understand that the alcohol burners don't do too well in the Rockies with altitude.


Even in southern Ohio they'd take forever when compared to a nice MSR Whisperlite or similar multi fuel stove. I can run white gas in my Whisperlite from any hardware store and if I run out have used gasoline right out of the bike. Watch for sales or Craigslist ads and the MSR stoves are hard to beat.

 

[spklbuk]

We used to make those as kids. They're fun projects and they do work. I understand that the alcohol burners don't do too well in the Rockies with altitude.


Even in southern Ohio they'd take forever when compared to a nice MSR Whisperlite or similar multi fuel stove. I can run white gas in my Whisperlite from any hardware store and if I run out have used gasoline right out of the bike. Watch for sales or Craigslist ads and the MSR stoves are hard to beat.

Sorry pard, but dino fuel stoves have no soul. I never figured why folks are in a hurry when camping. Just does not compute.

I'm hooked on stove fuels I can synthesize in my backyard should the need arise. And I guess a still doesn't work so well in thin air; no wonder they smoke pot!