Gosh, it's been a long time since I posted a project.
I know a few forumites have posted about making camping stoves - I made one of
Charlotte's Woodburning ones, but I'd not managed to get the bits of can to fit together to replicate her
'Penny & beer can stove'A couple of days ago, I saw a video onthe 'Bike & Bivi' facebook page about making a beer can stove with just a knife & scissors. So, tonight I thought I'd have a go at it.
The 'Pennyless Stove' :
Step 1: cut the top out of a can - not in the bottom of the groove, but at the edge:
Step 2: mark a line round the can - hold the knife on a block of wood and rotate the can against it, pierce with a knife and use scissors to cut round at the mark:
Step 3: cut the top half so that the height of the parralel parts match. Then use the blade of the knife to press slight creases at 1/2" (or 'finger-width) intervals. I decided to use my gardning gloves for this stage.
You need to work at this until the bottom edge looks like a cookie cutter and there are little kinks where the can reduces in diameter:
Step 4: The two halves should easily fit together:
Step 5: a small breather hole needs to be punched in (twist the blade, don't stab)- just so that the tip o the knife can be felt to break through:
Total weight 10 gram.
Fill with meths to above the bottom of the 'pleats'. Light the meths in the middle and soon the meths will work up the pleats and burn at jets from the little creases round the top. A kettle or pan can then be placed on the rim of the can so that just the jets are alight.
After cooking the stove cools very quickly, and can be taken apart to make it easy to pour excess fuel back in the bottle.
If you want to make one, watch the
to get a better understanding.