sorry mate, i only just noticed this question. a few of us seem to have the same axe and none of us are entirely sure where they came from. see this thread for a few more photo's and a little information.
stuart
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sorry mate, i only just noticed this question. a few of us seem to have the same axe and none of us are entirely sure where they came from. see this thread for a few more photo's and a little information.
stuart
Not too bad. Been toying with the idea of making a mini hobo stove to go with a Ti cup and double up as a windshield/potstand for an alcohol burner. Think an Aluminium pot/utensil holder would work okay?
have you tried wilkinsons? they usually have a fair selection of things like tea caddies and biscuit tins in stainless steel
stuart
I got mine from Homebase for £4.99 I think it was. Is 170mm tall, inside diameter 120mm. Has a row of 4mm holes, then 6, then 8 then 10 and back down to 4.
Hey guys! Discovered this awesome thread over on bushcraftusa, definately going to have to try making one! Also an awesome youtube vid that breaks it down nicely.
I was wondering how small you could go with one tho? I might try and make a mini one out of beer cans that I can fit in my mug as a brew stove (rather than a fully fledged cooking stove), does that sound like a good idea?
I was wondering how small you could go with one tho? I might try and make a mini one out of beer cans that I can fit in my mug as a brew stove (rather than a fully fledged cooking stove), does that sound like a good idea?
Most beer cans are aluminium and tend to melt at the high temperatures reached by these things.
I might be wrong but I think that would be your problem.
I might be wrong but I think that would be your problem.
I have a fair few spare Tea/Coffee/Sugar tins in seamless s/s - bought to make into billies and hobos (some have already been converted to billies)...I could be talked into parting with a couple for ....say £2 per tin inc P&P? £3 for the ready converted to billy (wooden "button" on lid, wire bail)? PM me if you are interested...I only have a few though!
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Hmm, a google search says aluminium melts at 660.32 °C,, seems high enough to me. Only one way to find out!
Alternative would be to use the smallest tin cans I can find - I know the tomato puree cans are teeny so that's a contender
Thought I'd add my abomination to the gallery 
Made from an old dog food tin and a few metal rods scrounged from an near by skip
It's ugly but practical, it still needs a little work on it as I'm still in the "trouble shooting" stage lol
Made from an old dog food tin and a few metal rods scrounged from an near by skip
It's ugly but practical, it still needs a little work on it as I'm still in the "trouble shooting" stage lol
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This might be me but a wood fire can get up to 900 °C, so that might be a problem. Be interesting to know how hot a real hobo stove could get? I mean one with holes on either side, so you can angle into the wind, not one of the strainer ones.
I bet it is not aluminium but an alloy, so I would do a few tests first myself.
ive got one of mr fennas hobo stoves , great bit of kit ready made for ya , it gets used everytime im in the woods
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