Pretty Cool Beer Can Stove

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Yogimus
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Re: Pretty Cool Beer Can Stove

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90% rubbing alcohol.

How do you keep the can from getting crushed by the pot
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I think that the bottom of the top piece needs to sit on the ridge of the bottom piece, and you need to use something smaller than a spaghetti pot.
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Any of you CnC mofos have a way to make a heavy duty version of this
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I will try many more times
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Yogimus wrote:90% rubbing alcohol.
100% methanol works much better. Everclear works also; and for bonus points you can mix it with cola and drink it. ;)
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Yogi, if you look for "penny stove" designs, you will find much more refined, while more difficult to manufacture, designs. I used this one, which worked well.

Definitely did not use Tecate cans.
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The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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I built one tonight, but I don't think I got the vapor chambers right. Also it looks like it'll be much easier to light it with a regular lighter. I was able to get a small flame to start with a flint & steel, but it wasn't very powerful.
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Yogimus wrote:Any of you CnC mofos have a way to make a heavy duty version of this
If you mean Cash n Carry, yes:

Go to any plumbing store, buy 2" galvanized pipe about 2" long, and an endcap. If you can find it, 3" is even better. About $6-10 retail.
The resultant stove weighs maybe a pound, lasts forever, and will support your body weight even if you stand on top of it, let alone a pot of dinner.
If you know someone handy with a welder, they can tack fitting tubes around the top that'll allow you to put in 3-6 small L-shaped pieces of bent coat hanger to support a pot, or if you want to get fancy, hold the supports for a grill deck at the optimum flame height.

(Important safety tip: If you decide to market these, get a business license first, and maybe consider contacting the local FBI or BATFE first with a heads up about your business plan, as large-quantity purchases of short, large diameter pipe nipples and end caps may get you entirely the wrong sort of official notice from certain agencies. :lol: )
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Aesop wrote:If you know someone handy with a welder
You rang?

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What? Not the stove you were looking for? :ugeek:
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