Homemade stoves

[Garnett]

I'm thinking of making one, and I found that a lot of links are dead. Here's what I found. I'll try to update it as I find more, and put it in a more sensible order.

Any additions or comments gratefully received.

HOW TOs

J Falk's Wood burning Stove

Cat Food Tin Stoves
Fuel: Alcohol
Pros
Cons:
J Falk's Super simple Cat Stove
J Falk's 4-in-1 Cat Stove
Jim Wood's Super Cat Alcohol Stove
Roy Robinson Cat Stove
Wings Archive instructions for Roy Robinson Cat Stove
Sgt Rock's Cat Stove
Wing Archive Instructions for Sgt Rock's Cat Stove
Turbo Cat II Stove
Tuna Can Cat Stove
Ron & Don Cat Food Can Alcohol Stove
Cat Can Stove (from Zen Stoves)

Hobo Stoves
Fuel:
Pros
Cons:
Mother Earth News How to make a Hobo Stove.
Hobo Stoves (From the Wings Archive)
Chip Dale's Hobo Stove (BushcraftUK Thread)
Wayland's simple Ikea Hobo Stove (BushcraftUK Thread)
Dunk's Variation on Wayland's Ikea Stove
Rapidboy's hobo stove (BushcraftUK Thread)

Pika Alcohol Stoves

Hikenet's ultralight, self-leveling, efficient, turbo-charged pellet stove (the Tom Caggiano Stove)
Wings Archive Instructions for HikeNet Ultralight Stove

Soda Can Stoves
Fuel: Alcohol
Pros: Very very lightweight, very quick.
Cons: Possibly damage-prone.
G. LaMar Kirby Stove (from the Wings Archive)
Shane Graber Stove (From the Wings Archive)
Scott Henderson's Pepsi Can Stove
Scott Henderson's G Stove
Tinman's Pepsi Can Stove
Fuzzy's Lil' Stove - How to make an Alcohol Stove from a Soda Can.
Garlington Yet Another Coke Can (YACC) Stove
Rickerty Root's Pepsi Can Stove (A BushcraftUK thread) (More a problem solving thread than a How-To)


Photon Stoves
Fuel: Alcohol
Pros: Stronger heat than regular alcohol burner
Cons: Small risk of explosion...
Don Johnson's Photon Stove
Bill Jones' Version of the Photon stove
Wings Archive Instructions for Bill Jones' version of the Photon Stove
Martyn's mini photon stove
Andylaser's "MMPS" Mk2 Photon Stove (a BushcraftUK thread
Leon-1's Photon Stove

Falling Water Multi-fuel Stove
Wings Archive Instructions for Falling Water Multi-fuel Stove

Zip Stoves
Fuel:
Pros
Cons:
Tom O'John's Zip Stove (From the Wings Archive)
Peter's Redesigned Sierra Zip Stove (From the Wings Archive)
Glen's Hoblow fan assisted Stove (BushcraftUK Thread)


Nimblewill Stoves
Fuel:
Pros
Cons:
Nimblewill Nomad Stove (From the Wings Archive)
Scoops_UK's modified Nimblewill Wood Stove - Plans (BushcraftUK Thread)
Scoop_UK's Modified Nimblewill Wood Stove - photos (BushcraftUK Thread)​

Dedicated Sites

Wings homemade stove archives

Robert Crowley Plumber Stove
Perry Michael Koussiafes Stove
Thomas Tveit Rosenlund Alcohol Stove
Michael Connick Stove
Can Stick Stove
Kayak Stove
Permaflate Modified Trangia Stove
Sweeper Stove
Linguini Tuna Can Stove
Winiarski Elbow or Rocket Stove
Thermitte Stove
Soda Can Snuffer
Links​

Zen Backpacking Stoves

Links
Basic Top Burner Alcohol Stove
Chimney Stoves
Cyclone Alcohol Stove
Basic Sideburner Stove
Simplified Zen Sideburner Alcohol Stove
Mini Zen Sideburner Alcohol Stove
Templates​

Scouts Can - how to make lots of different stuff including stoves.​

Reviews

Scott Henderson Stoves - Overview
Thru Hiker - Article reviewing Roy Robinson's Cat Stove and a standard double wall Pepsi Can stove.
General reviews of Alcohol stove​

BushcraftUK Threads and posts:

Zodiak's makeshift stove
Biddlesby's wood stove
Fenlander's Wood burner mark 4
Zacherty's simplest solution
Ogri the Trog's Self Chimney Stove​

 

[fred gordon]

Great piece of research Garnet. I made a stove from sheet metal to a pattern in the Bill Mason book 'The Song of the Paddel'. It has served me well for years of canoeing.

 

[Garnett]

Great piece of research Garnet. I made a stove from sheet metal to a pattern in the Bill Mason book 'The Song of the Paddel'. It has served me well for years of canoeing.

Thanks Fred.

It's too much of a coincidence not to ask, but that pattern wouldn't be anything like the Kayak Stove design I just added from the Wings Archive site?

 

[scottishwolf]

respect for the time it would have taken you to put that together, nice one mate :You_Rock_ :umbrella:

 

[Glen]

Scoops_uk's modified nimblewills are well worth looking at

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=14511

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=15468

As you've got modified zip stoves in your list you might find my own Hoblow stove of interest as a starting point for something

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=17516

If your interested in just having something easy, rather than actually building something,
Waylander's Ikea cuttlery hobo type stove is probably the simplest, easiest and most foolproof, probably even the cheapest if you have to factor in buying any tools.
t http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=263595&postcount=9

 

[Ogri the trog]

Hey guy,
I've been playing with a few deisgns myself. I really like the self chimney idea as it the updraught gets the heat moving, giving a better burn (on a small fire) and also somewhere to put your pot.
I've made two here, size compared to a 12cm zebra billy-

Shown as "folded" and transportable - both have an open side so you can pack things inside to save space.
Then there's-

The small fire or quick brew set up.
And then-

Large fire or main meal set up.
The small one is made from a section of stainless ducting and the large one from folded stainless sheet. I've only tried the small one so far - it works OK but I might make a taller version of it (something between the two) to see if I get an improved burn with the flexibility of a round package for transportation. I'll make some bags to fit them in but I'm thinking of having the top of the bag collapse into the void of the stove to seperate stove from packed contents to keep sooty away from clean stuff.

Any questions, just ask

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Garnett]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, and the extra links (which I've added).

Hopefully I'll start to put them into a more sensible order once I've had a chance to review them all.

Ideally I want people to be able to see them in terms different versions around the same common design so that it's easy to see what modifications are out there and which might best suit each person.

My goal in doing the research is to produce something small, light, and complete: ie a whole system, like a trangia, that's easy to put together, and that packs small, but that also costs very little.

 

[Dunk]

Stainless Steel Coffee Jar with Wire Coat Hanger Handle

Wire Coat hanger Handle Closeup

Cutlery Strainer Base

Both the Strainer and Coffee Jar from Wilkinson £3.98 total cost

It brews two cups worth of water in about 10mins.
looks unstable but it isn't

 

[Garnett]

Cheers Dunk. Is that a wood burner?

I'm trying to put the links intosome order based around style. This would strike me as a Hobo style. Do you agree?

If anyone can add more info, or tell me what should go where, I'd be grateful.

I'm doing this more out of a sense of completeness at the moment. I think I've settled on a Photon style stove using some tapered Salmon tins, so watch this space: hopefully soon there'll be a new addition, "Garnett's Salmon Tin Photon Stove"...

 

[Dunk]

Yup

It's based on Waylands Ikea Hobo Stove.

I keep forgetting to measure the amount of fuel it takes to make a brew.

I've only used it with some old timer i had in the shed not in the field using found fuel.

 

[cyclist]

Is that a wood burner?

no, it´s a shameless misused piece from the Ikea Ordning range of office items, Chinese st/st. As opposed to coffee cans etc. it´ll last for ages

 

[atraildreamer]

Check out my "Goya Stove" project at http://www.backpacking.net/ listed under "Make Your Own Gear".

Also, the "Stove Efficiency " article and accompaning fuel consumption spreadsheet for homemade stove fanatics.
at http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=366&page=2&order=desc

 

[Paul Holtom]

I have just finished one of Scoops_uk's modified nimblewills and am really pleased with the end result. Didn't get time to test last weekend so something to do this weekend me thinks

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[big_swede]

Yup

It's based on Waylands Ikea Hobo Stove.

I keep forgetting to measure the amount of fuel it takes to make a brew.

I've only used it with some old timer i had in the shed not in the field using found fuel.

Maybe somebody should mention the idea of a collapsible wood stove to IKEA, we already have the name: WAYLAND

(please IKEA, don't sue me, after all, you could make a fortune)

 

[scoops_uk]

I have just finished one of Scoops_uk's modified nimblewills and am really pleased with the end result. Didn't get time to test last weekend so something to do this weekend me

Paul that's fantastic - top stuff!

Looks like you've really made an excellent job of it.

The sheet looks quite thick, is it made from aluminium? If so I'd be really interested to know how you get on with it.

Regards,

Scoops

 

[Paul Holtom]

Paul that's fantastic - top stuff!

Looks like you've really made an excellent job of it.

The sheet looks quite thick, is it made from aluminium? If so I'd be really interested to know how you get on with it.

Regards,

Scoops

Yes its a bit of re-cycled road sign, about 2.5mm thick aluminium. I will be giving a go this weekend all being well so will post the results with photos.

 

[fredcraft]

Paul Holtom : Hello, I'm curious, how much does it weight in ?

 

[stevesteve]

Hi Paul,

Nice looking stove. Will aluminium take the heat?

Most stoves of this ilk that I have seen are stainless (which is a nightmare to cut) so I would be interested if this takes a really good fire. I have a supply of similar plate and fancy a go myself.

Where did you get the plans for that one?

Cheers,

Steve

 

[scoops_uk]

Hi Steve,

It's a design I put together based on an original by Nimblewill nomad and modified with suggestions off the forum see...

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=14511

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=15468


Regards,

Scoops