Coke Can Stove

[scanker]

The thread in the Firecraft forum about fire from a coke can and a bar of chocolate and the interest in the Swedish Army trangia reminded me of this little stove I made a while ago:

Instructions can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_can_stove
http://www.pcthiker.com/pages/gear/overviewpepsiGstove.shtml

I'm sure you could polish the bottom of the stove with a bar of chocolate in order to make it "self-igniting"!

 

[troyka]

just to add to the whole stove thing.. i found this link

http://wings.interfree.it/html/main.html

ive not made any yet, i need a shed.. and a garden to put it in.. maybe an alotment...

Ian

 

[leon-1]

Yep, they are quite good fun to make, Martyn did a good tutorial on a little project that he had going on British Blades.

hope that this will inspire you

 

[AJB]

Yep, I love um. I tried to get everybody excited about them when I discovered them, with no luck! I made my first few pressurised ones this week including a small one to fit in my Crusader unit, that one works brilliantly.

Also tried turning one into a lamp, with “mixed” results – there’s a thread around here somewhere!

Have fun and watch the eyebrows!

PS, this guy was my inspiration - http://www.minibulldesign.com/

 

[scanker]

Thanks for the link to that tutorial Leon.

I've now had several attempts - my final one resulting in a little stove that will fit the crusader unit. I timed it to boil 0.5L (about 2/3 full) in the cup (no lid) and it did it in a little under 8 minutes which I was quite pleased with. Now to make a lid....

 

[leon-1]

Thanks for the link to that tutorial Leon.

I've now had several attempts - my final one resulting in a little stove that will fit the crusader unit. I timed it to boil 0.5L (about 2/3 full) in the cup (no lid) and it did it in a little under 8 minutes which I was quite pleased with. Now to make a lid....

My pleasure, I have had a lot of fun making these and I thought that this was one of the better tutorials out there