Mini Camp Stove for a Few Dollars

In this instructable I will show you how to make a miniature camping stove for a few bucks all I had to buy for this project was the fuel and it cost less than $2. You may have to buy a few other things for this project but most of it should be lying around.
 

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Step 1 Supplies

For this project you will need:
• 2 empty soda cans
• Fiberglass insulation (You can also use cotton balls of something like it)
• HEET or Denatured alcohol (This is the fuel)
• Scissors
• A razor blade
• A screw or penny
• A hammer
• A trimming nail (the small ones)
• A sharpie
And some sand paper

Comments

[elkhuntr]

like it. i have my own version of it a little less complicated it can burn for up to an half hour on a full tank and cooks a brawt in 10 -15 min. Should i make an instructable?

[ironsmiter]

frickin' drillpress with frickin' laser beams attached to it's frickin' head


Must Have! Tell me how NOW!
please?

Sure I COULD probably figure out how to do it myself, but...

by the way... nicely done stove
Have you tried the "preheat by burning some fuel in the fill area?(spill a couple drops in the center there, and light)
Getting these little buggers lit is usually the hardest part of the whole build.
IMO.

[MattBothell]

Thanks for the feedback. Actually the laser is built in to the drill press which is my favorite feature on the thing.

Yes I have found the best way to light them is to just put a little heet in some sort of pan or tray and light it so you heat up the bottom of the can.

I just took another soda can bottom and poked holes for ventilation in the side and
set the stove on top.

I have thought about building the heating tray into the can but haven't tried it yet.

[Orngrimm]

Thats why other builders often suggest to use a primer-pan for starting like the autor did already.
Simply put the stove on a small plate (or piece of foil or the cut-off-head of a beancan or whatever) and but a few drops in there.
That will work much better than the burning ontop since the ontop-burning lets the head almost completely escape. If you fire it from below the stove, you get the stove to running-temperature with almost no additional alcohol at all.

Just my 2 cents... ;)