Best alcohol stove since the invention of alcohol?

[Hoodoo]

Or: "I done need no stinkin' pot stand..."



Just got this little stove off ebay. It's an awesome little bugger and I mean that in the entomological sense.

You just sit yer pot right on the itsy bitsy stove and away ya go. No pot holder. The jets are on the side. That's why it's called the Side Jet stove. And: this thing really cooks. Now I have to make a little windscreen and I'm good to go.

It costs a whopping $6.95 on ebay

 

[AJB]

Hi Hoodoo,

There great aren’t they! I was banging on about them a while ago, they are really easy and a lot of fun to make.

Have fun

AJB

 

[andyn]

It costs a whopping $6.95 on ebay

blooming 'eck thats pushng the boat out a bit int it!

Thats a very good price for that, looks like a superb bit of kit. How long does the alcohol last for?

 

[Hoodoo]

Hi Hoodoo,

There great aren’t they! I was banging on about them a while ago, they are really easy and a lot of fun to make.

Have fun

AJB

AJB, you don't happen to know of a tutorial for making this particular stove do ya?

 

[Hoodoo]

blooming 'eck thats pushng the boat out a bit int it!

Thats a very good price for that, looks like a superb bit of kit. How long does the alcohol last for?

Not sure what the burn time is. Maybe down the road I will do some measurements if I have time. It really throws the heat though and will go through alcohol fairly quickly. But I've not found a huge difference in burn times among most alcohol stoves.

Probably the biggest downside of this stove is there's no practical way to shut 'er down. I tried throwing an empty tuna can over her but that didn't work. Perhaps a tighter fitting can might work. Anywho, you need to be adept at timing the cooking so you know how much alcohol to use so not to waste any.

 

[AJB]

Hi

This is one of the threads...

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=6408&highlight=meths+stove


But this is the guy who got me into them...

http://www.minibulldesign.com/

I built my first ones by just watching the video, but if you do a search for coke can or soda can stoves or side burners, you will find hundreds of different designs.

Have fun and watch your eyebrows (my presurised meths lamp when bang in a big way!)

AJB

 

[scanker]

Have you got a link to a meths lamp please?

 

[AJB]

The lamp was my own design, but it's in the link below, although the drawing seems to have vanished.

 

[Don Redondo]

AJB, you don't happen to know of a tutorial for making this particular stove do ya?

Try this site, lots of stove and outdoor related stuff here............

http://hikinghq.net/forum/index.php?

 

[Hoodoo]

Hi


But this is the guy who got me into them...

http://www.minibulldesign.com/


AJB

Wow, that guy is amazing. Pop can alcohol stoves have come a long way since the last time I looked at 'em and I didn't think it was all that long ago.

 

[AJB]

Have fun

 

[addyb]

hahaha I've been making stoves like that out of beer cans since I was a wee lad! (Well I'm still a wee lad, but not as wee as I was when I was wee-er than I am now)

Have a look at this page, it's pretty nifty.

And I highly suggest looking at the "gelled alcohol stove fuel"

Enjoy your Friday guys,

Adam

 

[scanker]

What's Calcium Acetate, and where would one go about getting it?

 

[ilovemybed]

What's Calcium Acetate, and where would one go about getting it?

It has its uses as a dietary supplement. Here's the hazard sheet: http://sciencekit.com/images/pdf/extras/MSDS/SCH/SCH94065.pdf

Available here http://www.sciencestuff.com/prod/Chem-Rgnts/C1418#
for $99 per 500g

or here http://sciencekit.com/category.asp_Q_c_E_440633 for $11.95 per 500g


Had a quick look for a supplier in the UK but 2 minutes didn't pick up anything, but I guess any lab supplies can get some. Who is it that posts here who works in a school? Might be able to persuade the chemistry teacher to order some?

 

[addyb]

You can also gel alcohol with egg-whites, amazingly. Separate the yolk of course, and mix it up.

 

[Neiltoo]

This is the best tutorial ive seen for these type of stoves.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5613

I could be wrong but I think just piercing the holes on the side instead of the top would allow you to put a pot on top

 

[scanker]

That's what I'd be inclined to try.