Hobo stoving

[Allie]

Hi everyone,
I really like the idea of hobo stoves and I'd like to try and make one (after exams of course ) but I have a few questions:
Firstly, what sort of tin do you use for the main stovey bit? I gather you can pick them up in supermarkets but what are they supposed to be used for?
Also, I have no tools Would it be possible to make one with pretty much just a knife? (I have a penknife I don't mind wrecking )
Thanks very much for any input,
Allie

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Look/search for Waylands 'Morrisons Biscuit tin' stove.

A drill will do. Surely you can beg/borrow a drill ?

Nick

 

[Allie]

Look/search for Waylands 'Morrisons Biscuit tin' stove.

A drill will do. Surely you can beg/borrow a drill ?

Nick

Thinking about it there may be a drill lying around somewhere.. I'll have to figure out how to use it

Thanks very much, I'm on the thread now.

 

[fishy1]

I made a decent and light hobo stove out of an old tomato soup tin, a nail and a leatherman. It works well.

 

[woodstock]

Try this web link loads of designs to choose from http://journeytoforever.org/edu_bkpkstove.html

 

[chas brookes]

Hi
try Waylands website for info

http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/html/hobo_stove.html

 

[Allie]

Brilliant, thank you!
Just another thing - is there anywhere I can get a cheapish billy can to fit into it? I'd rather not buy off the internet so I looked in my local camping shop but there's nothing, nor do Endicott's have one..

 

[hiho]

stainless steel tea/coffee canister? 99p shop

 

[spamel]

Or another bean tin. Sometimes we can all get a bit snobbish with our kits, when a good old fashioned bean tin is really a fine substitute for a fraction of the cost. remeber Duncan Dares with Lofty Wiseman? It's a lovely log!

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Here's the Coffee tin

 

[Allie]

Awesome - thanks a lot

 

[hiho]

GT i have one in black fits snugly inside the woolworths drainer

 

[Mesquite]

Hi everyone,
I really like the idea of hobo stoves and I'd like to try and make one (after exams of course ) but I have a few questions:
Firstly, what sort of tin do you use for the main stovey bit? I gather you can pick them up in supermarkets but what are they supposed to be used for?
Also, I have no tools Would it be possible to make one with pretty much just a knife? (I have a penknife I don't mind wrecking )
Thanks very much for any input,
Allie

To save you wrecking a harmless penknife I've got a couple Ikea SS drainers that a lot of people have converted into hobo stoves and if you want one with a suitable hole cut in then it's yours. Just PM me your address and I'll put it in the post to you next week.

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

After last nights hobo reading, and the fact that I had to visit Morrisons, I had a look for any remaining biccy tins (1 left priced at £1.98) It's mine always handy having spares. Got to the till only £1.48 yeppeeee