June 7th, 2007 in Lifestyle

How To Make A Soda Can Stove

How To Make A Soda Can Stove

Here’s a great camping hack to use two aluminum beverage cans to make a small and portable 15 minute stove.

It’s small, so uses would be limited. Outside of small meats and eggs etc, how about Absynth and sugar?

Things You’ll Need

  • 2 aluminum cans, for example, soft drink cans, beer cans; they must be in good condition, with no dents
  • Push pin (a pin with a plastic head)
  • Hammer (small)-optional
  • Sharp knife, utility blade or scissors
  • ΒΌ cup perlite
  • If making your own stand : Wire coat hanger (remove any paint with sandpaper beforehand)
    Fuel – denatured alcohol, methanol or absolute ethanol. Denatured alcohol is inexpensive and available at any hardware or big box store. Absolute ethanol will be harder to find and a lot more expensive.
  • Some leak-proof container to carry your extra fuel. Camp stores have a selection of appropriate bottles that close tightly and dispense cleanly. Clearly mark the fuel bottle. Denatured alcohol contains methanol, which can cause blindness and death if swallowed. Do not use a bottle which resembles a water bottle; you definitely don’t want to drink from the wrong one at night.

How to Make a Simple Beverage Can Stove – [WikiHow]

WRITER'S BIOGRAPHY

Craig Childs

ARTICLES BY THIS WRITER »
Don't want to miss any related posts like there? Subscribe to our feed!

4 Responses

Trackbacks/Pings (Trackback URL)

    Comments

    • Rob Slagle says on June 7th, 2007 at 9:34 am

      I hope that this post will get an update. It’s like you posted only half of it. You have the ingredients, but none of the actual how-to.

    • The Hiker Formerly Known as Mash says on June 7th, 2007 at 10:53 am

      There’s a great how-to at:
      http://www.pcthiker.com/pages/.....tove.shtml

      Many folks hike all 2176 miles of the Appalachian Trail using these trusty little devils. In terms of weight efficiency, the break-even point for alcohol stoves is around 2 cups. Also, make sure to pack a windscreen- or make one with a folded-up length of heavy-duty aluminum foil.

    • TexMachina says on June 7th, 2007 at 10:55 am

      WTF? Isn’t there supposed to be a link to the next step? I can’t find it. Did the ads covering every available bit of browser real estate EAT the Next link?

    • TexMachina says on June 7th, 2007 at 10:57 am

      Hey! That Wikihow link wasn’t there before. I guess the two comments griping fixed it. Or I am f’ing blind.

    Post your comment

    Continue your discussions at Lifehack Community.

    Get your own Avatars at Gravatars.
    Three FREE Audiobooks RISK-FREE from Audible
    Recent Writers SEE MORE
    Latest Poll

    Do you like the new design?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...