MAKE | HOW TO – Make a portable camping stove

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2007/09/26 @ 4:00 pm
Category General

This video shows you how to make a simple cook stove out of little more than two soda cans, some fiberglass, and Heet (the gas-line anti-freeze).

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9 Responses to HOW TO – Make a portable camping stove

samurai1200 on September 26th, 2007 at 11:02 pm said:

I freaking LOVE it!!!!!!!

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samurai1200 on September 26th, 2007 at 11:11 pm said:

p.s. can you re-soak the fiberglass or is it altered in the process?

p.p.s. will it blend?

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NK5 on September 27th, 2007 at 8:52 am said:

Thanks for posting my video!

The fiberglass can be used for years in this fashion. It is extremely important that it is there to prevent spilling or spraying while the stove is in use, as this is a pressure based stove.

Denatured alcohol is the most efficient burning fuel, but is a little bit harder to find than Heet. Most gas stations carry Heet.

You can also burn everclear and 91% isopropyl alcohol. NO petroleum based liquids – it will explode. Use alcohol based only.

There are much better alcohol based can stoves out there, but this one is by far the easiest to make.

I have a couple of other great how-to videos on my web site

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rabagley on September 27th, 2007 at 9:05 am said:

I have made several of the much simpler Pepsi-G stoves http://www.pcthiker.com/pages/gear/overviewpepsiGstove.shtml that are simpler and use alcohol (methanol or ethanol) for fuel. The stoves work great and the fuel is easy to find. My only difficulty is that I have yet to find a compact heat shield that won’t melt. I melted the thick aluminum that MSR provides for heat sheilds…

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CNCProgrammer on September 27th, 2007 at 11:10 am said:

If you like this you might be interested in this (IMHO).
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=minibulldesign

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TheDude06 on September 28th, 2007 at 12:34 am said:

I have made a few of these too! One of the numerous benefits is that you can carry the fuel in a plastic bottle of any type, it does not react with many materials.
The “fuel” also has other uses besides the obvious cocktail

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Marked on September 30th, 2007 at 7:06 pm said:

Denatured alcohol can be found in the paint section of hardwear stores.

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olivia on December 9th, 2008 at 2:52 pm said:

I’m going to make one of these soon, but I was wondering, is there a substitute for fiberglass if I cant find it? Also, how safe is it to breathe in soaked fiberglass and heet?

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camper trailers on October 23rd, 2009 at 10:48 pm said:

Denatured alcohol is the most efficient burning fuel, but is a little bit harder to find than Heet. Most gas stations carry Heet.
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