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I made a soda can stove and wind shield/grill today while out goofing around at the National Park near me. I found a few cans in the trash as well as a Coleman gas can, washed em off and made the stove in about 10 minutes and the wind screen/grill in about 5 minutes. Tried it out at the park and made a cup of coffe (foldgers instant coffee bag). It boiled the cup in about 7 minutes (using rubbing alcohol and came to a full rolling boil) with the wind, rain and first use. There was about 1/3 of the alcohol left.
[/COLOR]This is for alcohol only, do not use petrolium or gas/oil to run this stove (it will blow up if you do)
Materials:
2 or more standard soda cans (you can also use 22-24oz cans for a bigger stove or energy drink cans for a smaller stove)
one (1) emptied coleman fuel aluminum gallon can
Exhaust or stove chimney metal tape
White exhaust pipe paint (for the outside of the wind shield)
Old stripped thread cleaning junked rod
Brass bendable paper rivet
Small alcohol flask, this one is 4oz
Tools:
Small angled (bandage) medical scissors
Aluminum push pin
ruler that reads in Milimeters
exacto knife #11 or other razor knife
Sharpie medium width marking pen
Leatherman (any metal cutting saw will do) to cut the cleaning rod to two pieces to act as a grill
metal smoothing file or sand paper for all the can cuts and rounding the rod ends
2 or 3 good flex bandaids (trust me, you will need them), these cut cans are very very sharp until you smooth the edges with a file or sandpaper.
I tried the following fuels today: rubbing alcohol 70%, brake fluid, Dry gas both blue and red, Ever Clear drinking alcohol 180 proof / 100% alcohol, mentholated rubbing alcohol. The most efficient was the Everclear with the dry gas a close second. Everclear boiled a cup of water in about 3.5 minutes (sad to waste such good drinking booze though). the least efficient was the mentholated rubbing alcohol.
The little black flask holds three burnings worth of alcohol. It cost .93 cents at Wal-Mart in the camping section, made for alcohol type products.
Waited til I got home to take the pics though, crappy weather today here near Canton Ohio. I do not have a weather cover for the camera yet.
I made the wind screen from an old Coleman Fuel square aluminum can. It is held together with a brass paper hole punch rivet, the kind you fold over. I painted the outside with white exhaust pipe paint.
This is what the Soda Can Stove looks like all set up
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All folded up and packed into my trek cup
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Fully constructed stove
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Flame at first lit and then flame in full ready, looks almost like a kitchen burner flame
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Large can of soup on the grill
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My trek cup on the grill.
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