Do-It-Yourself Alcohol Stove

[Squid]

In the topic "Small stoves for wilderness use", Hoodoo mentioned a homemade alcohol stove that he's been using. I, too, have made and used mine with great success. Attached is a link I used to make mine. It's cheap, easy to make , and very light (~1 oz.).

Good luck!
http://www.backpacking.net/recogniz.html

 

[Hoodoo]

Originally posted by Squid:
In the topic "Small stoves for wilderness use", Hoodoo mentioned a homemade alcohol stove that he's been using. I, too, have made and used mine with great success. Attached is a link I used to make mine. It's cheap, easy to make , and very light (~1 oz.).

Good luck!
http://www.backpacking.net/recogniz.html

Squid,
Had a little trouble finding the stove at your site but I found it. Here is the url for those who don't want to search so hard.
http://www.backpacking.net/stove/stove.html

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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

 

[Hoodoo]

I think I found the original link to the stove I described.
http://www.pcta.org/news/stove_12181999.shtml

Unfortunately the link to the online instructions is no longer valid. There is an email at the site above. Maybe instructions can be found by contacting the author through email.



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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

 

[Marion David Poff]

Any thoughts on sizing this stove up? Say to using 15 oz cans? Increasing all dimensions equally.

My thought is that a larger stove may heat better...

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[Hoodoo]

I wouldn't go any bigger. You don't want a flame that gets any bigger than the bottom of the pot. My stove will send a blue flame all the way out to the edge of the pot and then some. Too big of a stove and you are probably just wasting fuel.



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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

 

[Squid]

MDP:

Hoodoo is right on. I actually tried making a larger one using pasta sauce cans, and when I fired it up, it engulfed my pot in blue flame! I, too, wouldn't recommend going any bigger. YMMV...