My new meths stove

[ex-member BareThrills]

Ive been promising myself that i would get to the garage since before Christmas to have a go at putting my buffalo horn fore steels together but somehow i got side tracked on arrival at the workbench and ended up playing at meths stove production. they are similar to the the white box / Minibull stoves as its made from one piece aluminium beer bottles. Ive wanted one for ages but refused to pay the silly money they want to bring in from over the pond.

I get a boil time for 500ml in my gelert kettle of 5-6 mins. I think ill finally be able to banish my pop can stove to a shelf and shove this in my bag.

its my first bit of DIY kit so im really chuffed with it.


Cheers
Paul

 

[salad]

nice one mate, well made by the looks of things

 

[ged]

That flame looks perfect! ::

 

[ForgeCorvus]

Nice job mate

Wouldn't mind copying it

Whats the donor ?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

its a premium cider bottle mate. my brother in law works on the bins so i asked him to keep an eye out for bud light style bottles. cant remember the brand. will check the bin for the offcuts tomorrow and post up.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

was bugging me so i checked. Malvern Press 81 is the name

 

[greenwood]

I like that buddy, got any pics from start to finish plz

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

no sorry i didnt take any pics but there are tons of videos on you tube

 

[Shewie]

Nice, how did you roll the edge?

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

That's the type I'm planning on making soon. Morrisons sell the bottles with cider in them. I just need to buy a vice to help with the rolled edge effect.

 

[Chambers]

Would be also interested in how you did the top edge. Do you have a pic of the inside?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

I used the base of another bottle as a tool. flaring it to fit was a proper pain in the A$$ but got there in the end.

 

[Chambers]

Thanks, do you have a pic of the inside to show us how large your fuel feed holes are. Also how high is it bottom to top and how high are the holes?

Sorry for all the questions just I have a suitable bottle and dont want to waste it by messing it up!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

the feed holes are 4mm deep and the width of a file. overall stove height is about 2 inch and the jets are just over a cm from the top edge. i did all the cutting by eye rather than precise measuring. just have a search on you tube and there are plenty of instructionals.

 

[Chambers]

Great, looks really tidy.

Thanks

 

[Shewie]

I used the base of another bottle as a tool. flaring it to fit was a proper pain in the A$$ but got there in the end.

Any chance of some pics of this or maybe a link?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

this link should help. cut the bottom off a bottle at about an inch then use a full beer bottle inserted to flare it out. this bottom piece will then fit over the top of your stove to roll it in a vice or arbour press. if i show you a picture of mine it will just look like the bottom inch of a bottle. this explains the theory

http://zenstoves.net/Dilator.htm

 

[Shewie]

this link should help. cut the bottom off a bottle at about an inch then use a full beer bottle inserted to flare it out. this bottom piece will then fit over the top of your stove to roll it in a vice or arbour press. if i show you a picture of mine it will just look like the bottom inch of a bottle. this explains the theory

http://zenstoves.net/Dilator.htm

I've used that method for pop can stoves but I'm struggling to work out how you use it to roll the bottle inwards like you have.

It was a late one last night so it's probably not clicked yet

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

ok so the stove is two pieces, the neck of the bottle is inverted and put into the bottom of the bottle. the neck part is about 8mm shorter than the bottom piece. this leaves a lip all the way round the inner piece. the tool is then placed over the top and the whole lot is pressed. very poor picture below done quickly in paint.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

just had a go at a full roll with a fabreeze bottle. turned out very messy on the inside but the stove actually works perfectly. I think this shows the limitations without proper tooling.