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Survival Stove

All right, come on guys, play nice. At least he is trying, cut him a little slack. We shouldn't bully him out of bushcraft and survival right away. I'd much rather see him playing with this kinda stuff, then actually being a gangsta.

Gangsta: A little advice. People will take you more seriously around here without a name like gangsta. People will consider you a, how do you say... Poser. I would suggest you spend some time hanging out in this subforum to see what the general environment is like for a while.

As regards the video. Like others have said, there are much simpler, more efficient home made alcohol stove out there. Of course there is nothing wrong with experimenting yourself, it's all about building a better mouse trap, right? But unless, you think you have got something that is better, or on par with the other popular choices, people won't be that interested in seeing a video of it. Unless your video is intended to ask for advice or suggestions, then this would be the perfect place to post it. A video teaching us how to build something that we probably wouldn't want to build, won't go over so well. And, usually when you make a video on how to build something, you show the actual steps taken to build it so people can follow along.

I will make some suggestions however... For a design like yours I would suggest making some kind of stand for a pot, instead of trying to balance it on the can. That could prove extremely dangerous. It could knock over your whole stove starting a fire that could quickly get out of control, or it could balance and start boiling before it tips over spilling skin melting, hot water all over you.

I also don't think I would call it a "survival" stove either. Some may disagree with me, but I think in a real survival situation, I would just build a campfire. Alcohol stove are usually for super ultra light backpackers who like to wait a long time to eat, J/K...:p Or as a stove to have in your day hiking kit for non-emergency eating and drinking.

Lastly, Hushnel had some good advice, I would listen to what he had to say.
 
Gangsta,

I'll echo Stingray 4540 on his whole post. You'd do well to take his advice.

Good luck!

Brandon
 
Thank all of you for the advice. I should be getting a Mouse Trap from some foreign country. I will get back asap
 
your gonna get a mouse trap from some foreign country? Have you tried walmart? everything they have is from China
Applause for your effort in experimenting on your own. You might try a youtube search, there are some pretty good units like what you are trying to do there and some good instructions on how to make them.
Good Luck
 
SIXFOOTER said:
your gonna get a mouse trap from some foreign country? Have you tried walmart? everything they have is from China
Applause for your effort in experimenting on your own. You might try a youtube search, there are some pretty good units like what you are trying to do there and some good instructions on how to make them.
Good Luck
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My dads friend went to india like last year and he brought back a bunch of cool stuff he had 2 mouse traps and kukris from nepal and other things. My dad is over at his house getting it now. Might post a pic when i get it.
 
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