Interesting little beer can stove

[crosslandkelly]

Well that's my next stove project. Nice one Steve.

 

[Wetneck]

These little stoves are brilliant, I used to sit round campfires as a kid making them for friends with a little penknife. Last year when visiting an old friend he still had his in regular use.
Costs very little but so efficient they can't be ignored.

The only awkward bit is the dodgy look you get these days for going into a pharmacist and asking for surgical spirit.

 

[woodstock]

Thanks for that Steve very impressed, Q. why the little hole in the top.

 

[mountainm]

Thanks for that Steve very impressed, Q. why the little hole in the top.

Airflow I think

 

[Ogri the trog]

Good call Steve

I might be tempted to abrade through the top of the can to save the jagged cut line.

Now to find a knife that is blunt enough to form those crimped channels!

ATB

Ogri the trog

... Just realised - the crimped top ring forms the strength necessary to support a pot full of food / water - if you abrade it off, you get a very neat finish, but it'll buckle as soon as you load the top!

Thanks for that Steve very impressed, Q. why the little hole in the top.

The hole allows the pressure inside the can to be the same as the outside - without it, as soon as you put a pot on the stove you turn it into a pressurised vessel, forcing the fuel up the capillaries and run burning over whatever surface it is stood on - not the safest!

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[woodstock]

Got ya cheers guys. im going to have ago at that.

 

[tom.moran]

Mmm reminds me I must put some more beers in the fridge, especially now I've got an excuse to drink a few....practise makes perfect and all that!!

i thought this, drank all the beer, then realised all my beer was in bottles lol! got some cans on the go now