Woodgas Can Stove

Step 9 Press fit cans together

Taking your soup can, press the top rim into the inside-top rim of the quart paint can. It'll be a tight fit, push it in there with the heel of your hand until you feel it lock into place. No additional fastening is necessary; to crimp the seal, pound the lid back on as far as it will go with a rubber mallet. Be prepared to spend quite awhile prying the lid off with a flat-head screwdriver after!

Comments

[jasonm621]

When the inner can heats up wont that expand the metal, thus weakening the friction hold on the two cans? After one burn i would think a simple drop on a table would make the two can seperate... But of course i may be wrong...

[HAL 9000]

 I made one of these and its actually very tough. Believe me it does get hot, but the two pieces fit together so tightly and so perfectly, it's as if they were made to go together. I found that I had to hammer the two pieces together because they fit so tightly. i have used it on many occasions, from car-camping trips to wilderness backpacking,  and never worried for a seconds about the structural integrity.

[drew5337]

The top of the soup can fits into the inner rim of the paint can perfectly. There is enough friction to hold it in place. Its as though they were made to fit together this way.

[Bloody Wesley]

I don't really get how it locks into place or which end of the inner can is showing here in this pic. is that that the bottom of the soup can?