I have been creating again, this time it actuly works and is somewhat useful!
A friend pointed out that this design seems very framilliar and i'm sure somone has already made this or somthing like it.
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I have what i lovingly refer to as Cashstapeditis, in lamens terms i am cheap. Now here in B.C. i do alot of fishing camping hiking and the likes, but mostly it is not exteme survival camping or testing myself against the deadly wilderness, its 4x4ing to a lake with good fishing and and a nice view and some good day hikes. Now like i said i'm cheap and dont buy alot of new stuff, i had an old coleman stove, had to be coming up on the 20 year point at least(my father gave it to me and he doesnt remember when it was purchased) but this year she had some problems along the way and I respectfully laid her to rest in a dumpster.
I looked at new stoves, but they were out of my price range, i then had the realization that all i needed was a less expencive Swedish Army Trangia. this is the point where my creative reflexes clashed with my Cashstapeditis. the result of this clash is what i proudly offer to you, it costs about 10 dollars for all suplies including a full can of coffee. I managed to do all this for under $1.00 canadian(which is saying somthing) with basic suplies around the house.
The basic gameplan is i wanted somthing to contain and windproof a fire or heat source, would suport a frying pan or small pot and would get hot enough to boil water/pan fry a small trout(or large if i ever catch one). i set off around the house for ideas and suplies. what i came back with looked like a small garbage heap containing everything from chicken wire to an icecreme pail. i started puting objects together in my mind and settled on this design. instruction for making this are as follows...
Suplies:
1 empty coffee can with lid or other large tin can with lid
1 small square of chicken wire
4 stiff pieces of round metal 1 inch shoter than the height of your can.
1 empty tuna can or equal heat source holders
Take the coffee can and remove the lid. measure specifications of can(height, radius of opening ect.) make sure you write these down as they are vital to cutting everything to colapsable self containing size. take a drill or old fashioned can opener(agressive curved triangular end that punches a small triangle in the can) on the bottom outside make multiple holes around the bottom of the can for air flow, i made 10 equily spaced so it looks good. i also drilled 4 holes on all four "sides" of the round can about mid way up. Now to make the Grill, take your chicken wire and cut to a square about 1 inch smaller than the total height of your can. weave round metal through the squares in the chicken wire a few times all of them parrallell to one another. your basicly done, the can is both the container and stove, the chicken wire goes on top to hold your pot/frypan, the pieces of metal that you fed through the wire adds stength when rested on the top of the can, and being in the same direction allows youto roll the chicken wire up and store inside the coffee can along with a small tin for holding your fuel source i used an old can can of salmon and fill a 1/4 way up with petrolium jelly when in use this is placed at the bottom, is lit and the wire "Grill" is placed on top. the stove is operational now, also if you run out of fuel a small kindling fire can be placed on the bottom and and will create alot more heat but its an inconvienience to keep removing the top to add more wood. other sources of fire/heat can be used, i like petrolium jelly but would never cook somthing over its open flame as i'm sure there are harmful chemicals in its smoke.
I had fun making this and it works great for my uses in camp, the coffee can has alot of extra room. when its all packed up i can fit a small colapsable pan/pot combo, a ziplock bag of coffee grounds a tin cup and filter system, and anything else i'll need for the stove with room to spare.
I wanted to post some pictures of it but i dont own a didgital camera or a scanner so if i can borrow a camera you might see some soon.
Continualy Cheap,
Daniel Bowyer
P.S. sorry for such a long read.
A friend pointed out that this design seems very framilliar and i'm sure somone has already made this or somthing like it.
-----Scoll down if you dont want to read a backstory-----
I have what i lovingly refer to as Cashstapeditis, in lamens terms i am cheap. Now here in B.C. i do alot of fishing camping hiking and the likes, but mostly it is not exteme survival camping or testing myself against the deadly wilderness, its 4x4ing to a lake with good fishing and and a nice view and some good day hikes. Now like i said i'm cheap and dont buy alot of new stuff, i had an old coleman stove, had to be coming up on the 20 year point at least(my father gave it to me and he doesnt remember when it was purchased) but this year she had some problems along the way and I respectfully laid her to rest in a dumpster.
I looked at new stoves, but they were out of my price range, i then had the realization that all i needed was a less expencive Swedish Army Trangia. this is the point where my creative reflexes clashed with my Cashstapeditis. the result of this clash is what i proudly offer to you, it costs about 10 dollars for all suplies including a full can of coffee. I managed to do all this for under $1.00 canadian(which is saying somthing) with basic suplies around the house.
The basic gameplan is i wanted somthing to contain and windproof a fire or heat source, would suport a frying pan or small pot and would get hot enough to boil water/pan fry a small trout(or large if i ever catch one). i set off around the house for ideas and suplies. what i came back with looked like a small garbage heap containing everything from chicken wire to an icecreme pail. i started puting objects together in my mind and settled on this design. instruction for making this are as follows...
Suplies:
1 empty coffee can with lid or other large tin can with lid
1 small square of chicken wire
4 stiff pieces of round metal 1 inch shoter than the height of your can.
1 empty tuna can or equal heat source holders
Take the coffee can and remove the lid. measure specifications of can(height, radius of opening ect.) make sure you write these down as they are vital to cutting everything to colapsable self containing size. take a drill or old fashioned can opener(agressive curved triangular end that punches a small triangle in the can) on the bottom outside make multiple holes around the bottom of the can for air flow, i made 10 equily spaced so it looks good. i also drilled 4 holes on all four "sides" of the round can about mid way up. Now to make the Grill, take your chicken wire and cut to a square about 1 inch smaller than the total height of your can. weave round metal through the squares in the chicken wire a few times all of them parrallell to one another. your basicly done, the can is both the container and stove, the chicken wire goes on top to hold your pot/frypan, the pieces of metal that you fed through the wire adds stength when rested on the top of the can, and being in the same direction allows youto roll the chicken wire up and store inside the coffee can along with a small tin for holding your fuel source i used an old can can of salmon and fill a 1/4 way up with petrolium jelly when in use this is placed at the bottom, is lit and the wire "Grill" is placed on top. the stove is operational now, also if you run out of fuel a small kindling fire can be placed on the bottom and and will create alot more heat but its an inconvienience to keep removing the top to add more wood. other sources of fire/heat can be used, i like petrolium jelly but would never cook somthing over its open flame as i'm sure there are harmful chemicals in its smoke.
I had fun making this and it works great for my uses in camp, the coffee can has alot of extra room. when its all packed up i can fit a small colapsable pan/pot combo, a ziplock bag of coffee grounds a tin cup and filter system, and anything else i'll need for the stove with room to spare.
I wanted to post some pictures of it but i dont own a didgital camera or a scanner so if i can borrow a camera you might see some soon.
Continualy Cheap,
Daniel Bowyer
P.S. sorry for such a long read.
