White Box Stove review From the Becker Contest

They're made from aluminum beer bottles.
The outside is the bottom of the bottle. The inside is the neck of the bottle.
Bill at White Box has a device that rolls the edges, but he used to simply use three pop rivets (like IUKE12's stove shown above).

So materials?

1 aluminum beer bottle
3 pop rivets and rivet tool
drill and drill bit

IUKE12 posted up once about hole diameter and spacing. I'll have to go find that info before I make mine.
 
!muchas gracias!
Looks like I'll be suffering through some aluminum bottled beer in the near future...
-E-
 
Daniel L said:
So do you light the stove, then the wick / pre heater?
Or do you let the pre-heater burn up first, then light the stove?

I understand the principle (fuel is warmer and the stove is warmer, so vaporisation and blooming will occur earlier) - just confused in the order!
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Guyon is doing a great job explaining things. Didn't mean to confuse so here are the steps if you are using the stove gasket as a priming wick
1. drizzle the wick all around-you don't need to soak it, just run it completely around the can.
2. fuel the stove
3. place your cooking pot on the stove
4, light up the wick and before you can get your windscreen in place the stove will be starting to blossom.
Look for the FLAT stove gasket material, not the round stuff. The big box home center stores have this stuff in season, but tough to find now with spring around the corner. A good stove shop will have it year round.
 
Guyon said:
They're made from aluminum beer bottles.
The outside is the bottom of the bottle. The inside is the neck of the bottle.
Bill at White Box has a device that rolls the edges, but he used to simply use three pop rivets (like IUKE12's stove shown above).

So materials?

1 aluminum beer bottle
3 pop rivets and rivet tool
drill and drill bit

IUKE12 posted up once about hole diameter and spacing. I'll have to go find that info before I make mine.
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i think i'm 95% there, get the idea of priming, heat, fuel vaporization...

but perhaps this old guy needs a cut-a-way diagram ... mmm...

what happens if there is no pot on top? nada? or you take the pot away? i'm wondering about those test burn pictures...

mmm! thanx!

metal beer bottles. what will they think of next. i know, metal SODA bottles :)
 
Bladite, I'll take a couple of really good pics of my White Box Solo at a couple of different angles. That should help.
It really is just the neck of the bottle flipped upside down and placed into the base of the bottle.
Until I can get some shots, here's one of Bill's older versions with the three rivets:

white-box-stove-spotlight.jpg
 
I'm doing the stove gasket mod to mine tomorrow and taking it out this weekend. The menu will be stove top stuffing with chicken for supper saturday, and some red beans and rice with summer sausage the next night. Going to scramble some eggs and ham for breakfast. Lots of tea and coffee. She's getting a workout. I'll take some pics.
 
dang!
now I have to go buy beer in an aluminum bottle (or maybe an energy drink, since I can get those in singles)
 
1066vik said:
dang!
now I have to go buy beer in an aluminum bottle (or maybe an energy drink, since I can get those in singles)
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For what they cost and what you get in the kit, I'd just get one from the White Box guy.:thumbup:
 
nope - I've had good beer in cans, but all I've seen in the aluminum bottles is Bud light & Coors light - neither of which is worth much to me.
 
Bladite, here are a couple of pics...

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And here's something I noticed--two little notches on each side that allow the fuel to get into the chamber between inner neck and outer cup.

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Guyon said:
Bladite, here are a couple of pics...

P1010730.jpg


And here's something I noticed--two little notches on each side that allow the fuel to get into the chamber between inner neck and outer cup.

P1010731.jpg
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On the pepsi can stoves I use a paper punch to punch three "half holes" spaced equidistantly on the bottom of the inner wall. Looks like a chainsaw file would work better to notch these because of the thicker aluminum. The size of the holes isn't as critical as you might think as it's just for the alcohol to seep into the inner chamber and volatize. Since you can't do the roll crimp around the top, I'd use some high temp J B weld to join the two pieces.
 
1066vik said:
nope - I've had good beer in cans, but all I've seen in the aluminum bottles is Bud light & Coors light - neither of which is worth much to me.
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I got a 4-pack of bud light as i have been following the progress of this thread. It was about 6 bucks at wally world.

Anyways, i wouldn't normally get Bud Light, It is much better out of the aluminum bottle. It stays cold, and much to my surprise was enjoyable.:thumbup:
 
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Hey guys, here's a pic of my stoves. You can see how they go together, neck goes into the base. You will notice the small notches in the neck, as Guyon pointed out, these allow the fuel to flow into the inner chamber. These are just plain fun to build and cooking on one with a Becker nearby is pure joy:D
 
Nice stoves!!
Is the rtv a necessity, or do you think you could cut them to have an interference fit with the base? Thanks for the pics, Dave
 
slapper said:
Nice stoves!!
Is the rtv a necessity, or do you think you could cut them to have an interference fit with the base? Thanks for the pics, Dave
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The pieces fit together pretty nicely if you do it right. I use a very thin film of gasket sealer (pictured) applied to the top of the neck before seating it into the base which should also act as as an adhesive. The rivets may be overkill, but I have them so I use them.
 
IUKE12 said:
The pieces fit together pretty nicely if you do it right. I use a very thin film of gasket sealer (pictured) applied to the top of the neck before seating it into the base which should also act as as an adhesive. The rivets may be overkill, but I have them so I use them.
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Thanks for the picture. :thumbup:

Well heck, while you're divulging... would you mind saying again (a) what diameter bit you use and (b) how many holes you space around the stove?
 
IUKE12 said:
Hey guys, here's a pic of my stoves. You can see how they go together, neck goes into the base. You will notice the small notches in the neck, as Guyon pointed out, these allow the fuel to flow into the inner chamber. These are just plain fun to build and cooking on one with a Becker nearby is pure joy:D
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mmm, i don't have any of that kind of RTV... but i can get some. i have pop-rivets, and washers, and some really nice snips...

i wonder if a micro tip TIG/MIG could weld a nice bead on top?

on the flip side, being able to open it up would be nice. perhaps just some bolts?

what kind of tool does a roll crimp? mmm. interesting.
 
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