I suppose a small wire could also be threaded thru two (or four) small holes, to keep a tri-fold version closed, for pack-transport. the expanded "triangular" profile would provide many of the same advantages, with additional compact storage and expanded "shaping" options. Would prolly last a week, or more.
I really like the fully open-topped design because it can be pinched way down, as well as expanded, for various sized vessels. I am also cosidering a single flat panel (from a #10 or olive-oil can) that is creased into a TRI-FOLD and fastened flat (for packing) using a larger binder-clip (spring-clip for stacks of paper) to keep the folded panel closed, for transport. I don't know how long it would last before fatigue would cause the creases to "rip" but, considering the ease of fabrication ?
@phrankus2009 Good point about the fatigue issues. With these tin cans and rust, I would avoid anything that increases chance of being cut. Of course, any good hobo worth their salt has gloves or spare socks to protect the hands against raw steel.
Great video !! only thing is if you only cut to 3/4 of top .Then top will not flair have large hole to feed and still have can shape. Finding dry fuel is a matter of knowledge !!! if you can't you CAN'T!!!
This was awesome. If one would forget their stove and fuel. All is not lost either. I like the drop in weight not carrying the fuel. Thanks for sharing this stove making video. Have a wonderful day.
Hi Brawny, I'm not sure if you're still checking these comments since this is now over two years old, but I've been watching some of your videos and they're great! Some questions: how long does it typically take to reach boiling? Also, how many times can you use the same tin?
@bherrick01 Hi BH, I check the messages, some I just don't have a reply :D
Boiling point varies depending on starting temp of water, surface area of your pot (the larger the surface area, the better heating ) and the fuel you're burning. Twigs and pinecones are hotter than simple leaves or grasses.
I did an actual backpacking trip, video is posted on my channel, and I think the stove would last until it rusted out, so that also depends on humidity and location.
you know that when u do that ur can goes black because the yellow coloured fire is a ''unhealty'' fire ... u either need to get that fire to be blue or u need to get a metal circle witch needs to be abt 6 cm longer than the top of the can... so that the metal heats only the metal gets hot and when that gets hot it coocks the meal on top....
its funny, on 9/11 three thick steeled framed buildings (also building nr 7!) came down due to fires and here this thin tin wont even bend due to the fire!!!
@donoraen the steel in the buildings was so thick, that the fuel left in the towers after the collision (80% was lost after the explosion) would of never been able to build up such a heat (withing what, 2 hours before they came down?) to bring down these huge towers. think about the stove at your home which produces more heat then a hobo stove, does it melt the construction above the flame?
thanks for sharing this with us. i like the idea and im going to make myself one but not as tall. and i might just leave a bit across the top of the opening so to give it a bit more suport. as for the sooting of the pot, just rub it in some grass gets it off. small price i would say. Thanks
well, that could well be, No I was thinking about your tin completely torn open while other authors waste their time carefully drilling holes both on leeward and windward side. But it seems to work. I enjoyed your post...
@macadoodle15 This works, check out my video on the actual trail test. I've used it for on a 4 day/3 night hike of the Foothills trail as my only stove, cooking supper and breakfast, making coffee. It Works.
@thepizzalion1 Hi Pizzalion, I think you need a good air flow, so the large side hole provides a good draft, as well as a place to feed in fuel. One suggestion by a viewer was to not cut through the top ring. I found it easier to cut straight in with a metal sheers.
@bluemountaindrivepae True, you have to cover the pot when you're cooking! I left it open for visual effect. I've tested it in the rain. You have to set up under a pine tree, and have dry fuel starter stashed, or collect stuff off the ground.
Good gravey, we campers are an opinionated bunch! Brawny, you make GREAT videos and you wrote a GREAT book. Pay no attention to these nit-pickers weighing in to reinvent the wheel all time. They dont realize you have more miles hiking than the rest of us put together.
So you don't have to carry a stove, windscreen, or pot-rack, but you get to carry around a jagged, sooty can?
And you still have to carry the pots and whatnot for cooking and clean up.
And if there's a burn ban in the area and you're a responsible person observing the burn ban, then you either have to have a backup stove anyway, or eat raw spaghetti noodles and have to suck the caffeine out of your coffee grounds.
A nice alcohol stove can be homemade and will fit right inside that pot!
No one is dissing the alcohol stove, thats what I use. This is a viable option for those wanting to skip the fuel quest for an alcohol stove, say if you're doing a spontaneous overnighter in the Nantahalas, or a two week trip back in the Chatahoochee.
Take the info for what its worth, nothing is perfect.
The stove is not jagged if you take care when building it. One cook pot, instant and quick cooking foods, digestable raw or cooked are the ultralighters preferrred methods.
@devel155 Knowing how to make this in an emergency situation is what this is about. Start to understand that you may possibly have a luxury problem, maybe you'll learn to understand how the world works just a little bit better.
@devel155 Knowing how to make this in an emergency situation is what this is about. Start to understand that you may possibly have a luxury problem, maybe you'll learn to understand how the world works just a little bit better.
Inspirering. Youn convinced me to make one myself and followed each step. I made a video of it. The stove works great. It boiled a quart of water in just under four minutes. Thanks Brawny.
Using a little liquid soap on the out side of your pan before you put it stove will make clean up of the soot very easy. That way you don't get the soot into your pack or other kit/gear or yourself when dealing with wood fire cooking. Old Boy Scout Trick.
This is almost like the first stove I built. My father made all of us boys make one for our camp stoves. I went searching and I found it the other day. THe memories that came back. It was made out of an old Folgers coffee can when they still painted them.
yea and tin cans and in general garbage is everywhere to be found even in places you dont expect it so all thats left is just using your own ingenuity to make something useful from it, such as a hobo stove.
thanks for the comment, eatingkorpsez, I think thats worth a try. Next one I'll do that. I thought it would be easier with simple tools to simply cut into it from the top down with my metal shears.
but i personally dont agree with cutting the whole of that side off, make a big hole instead but dont cut the top where the side was meant to meet the lid?
you're awesome. thank you for not showing us how to make a hobo stove using a can, autocad, and a milling machine. I'd share my boxcar and a bottle of port with you any day
This is my favorite of your vids. I try to be a minimalist also. I try to make use of what most people will throw away. Aren't Pine cone great.Thanks for sharing.
Thats true, ArmyRanger10, but then you still have the soot to deal with on the pie pan. I just avoid actually touching the bottom of the pan, just touch the rim.
On a long backpacking trip, this stove would eliminate the need to buy fuel ( or resupply) in town, and allow you to simmer stuff without having to worry about how much fuel is left in your bottle...
As a minimalist I would just have one pot, and this stove,
I've been meaning to make a hobo stove for a while. I must say that I like your stove the best. A simple straight forward design. Easy to feed and it appears to be more open, warm and inviting on a chilly day. Just like a tiny fireplace.
By the way, many thanks for inspiring me to sew my own shelters. I guess you can teach this old dog some new tricks.
the nature land provides what we need, we just have too use what god gave us. step back and . look around. good ideal
caneyfirefighter 1 month ago
I suppose a small wire could also be threaded thru two (or four) small holes, to keep a tri-fold version closed, for pack-transport. the expanded "triangular" profile would provide many of the same advantages, with additional compact storage and expanded "shaping" options. Would prolly last a week, or more.
phrankus2009 2 months ago
I really like the fully open-topped design because it can be pinched way down, as well as expanded, for various sized vessels. I am also cosidering a single flat panel (from a #10 or olive-oil can) that is creased into a TRI-FOLD and fastened flat (for packing) using a larger binder-clip (spring-clip for stacks of paper) to keep the folded panel closed, for transport. I don't know how long it would last before fatigue would cause the creases to "rip" but, considering the ease of fabrication ?
phrankus2009 2 months ago
@phrankus2009 Good point about the fatigue issues. With these tin cans and rust, I would avoid anything that increases chance of being cut. Of course, any good hobo worth their salt has gloves or spare socks to protect the hands against raw steel.
thanks for your ideas!
brawny03 2 months ago
I bought one and have cooked pasta, fried eggs and onions successfully! It's great!
bunkershill20 2 months ago
Great video !! only thing is if you only cut to 3/4 of top .Then top will not flair have large hole to feed and still have can shape. Finding dry fuel is a matter of knowledge !!! if you can't you CAN'T!!!
wolfwind371 6 months ago
This was awesome. If one would forget their stove and fuel. All is not lost either. I like the drop in weight not carrying the fuel. Thanks for sharing this stove making video. Have a wonderful day.
DennyRec 6 months ago
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brmarijn 7 months ago
very cool, thanks for the knowledge.
dgl1962 8 months ago
Hi Brawny, I'm not sure if you're still checking these comments since this is now over two years old, but I've been watching some of your videos and they're great! Some questions: how long does it typically take to reach boiling? Also, how many times can you use the same tin?
bherrick01 10 months ago
@bherrick01 Hi BH, I check the messages, some I just don't have a reply :D
Boiling point varies depending on starting temp of water, surface area of your pot (the larger the surface area, the better heating ) and the fuel you're burning. Twigs and pinecones are hotter than simple leaves or grasses.
I did an actual backpacking trip, video is posted on my channel, and I think the stove would last until it rusted out, so that also depends on humidity and location.
thanks for the compliments
brawny03 10 months ago
@brawny03 I think a can like this would last a long time
1960markN 1 month ago
Thanks, as usual a well done video. I'm going to give a wood backpacking stove a try this season.
outbackgear 10 months ago
you know that when u do that ur can goes black because the yellow coloured fire is a ''unhealty'' fire ... u either need to get that fire to be blue or u need to get a metal circle witch needs to be abt 6 cm longer than the top of the can... so that the metal heats only the metal gets hot and when that gets hot it coocks the meal on top....
Chilldude579 10 months ago
Ill stick with my wind pro, but thanks for sharing.
atlasmydog 1 year ago
its funny, on 9/11 three thick steeled framed buildings (also building nr 7!) came down due to fires and here this thin tin wont even bend due to the fire!!!
wdcsucks1 1 year ago
@wdcsucks1 Do you realize how retardedly different those two scenerios are?
donoraen 11 months ago
@donoraen you mean from the physical aspect?
wdcsucks1 11 months ago
@wdcsucks1 I mainly meant the difference in heat/scale.
donoraen 11 months ago
@donoraen the steel in the buildings was so thick, that the fuel left in the towers after the collision (80% was lost after the explosion) would of never been able to build up such a heat (withing what, 2 hours before they came down?) to bring down these huge towers. think about the stove at your home which produces more heat then a hobo stove, does it melt the construction above the flame?
wdcsucks1 11 months ago
@wdcsucks1 And you have any proof for this crazy theory? Because I have proof to the contrary.
watch?v=hXb5M8qKrjw
donoraen 11 months ago
@donoraen you are giving me more mainstream media crap!!!
google: Architects And Engineers For 9/11 Truth
wdcsucks1 11 months ago
@wdcsucks1 You're an idiot, but I refuse to shit up this poor persons comments page any further. Have a fun deluded life.
donoraen 11 months ago
@donoraen thats the problem with all of you babies, you are afraid of the truth!
wdcsucks1 11 months ago
thanks for sharing this with us. i like the idea and im going to make myself one but not as tall. and i might just leave a bit across the top of the opening so to give it a bit more suport. as for the sooting of the pot, just rub it in some grass gets it off. small price i would say. Thanks
Woodoak5962 1 year ago
drastic response to a problem. I like your style...;-)
stidumaron 1 year ago
@stidumaron Humm, trying to think Whats Drastic? Being a Hobo? :D
brawny03 1 year ago
@brawny03 I don't think hobos get their hands on CLEAN tin cans :3 or computers...or cameras O_O
Krauser012345 9 months ago
@stidumaron
well, that could well be, No I was thinking about your tin completely torn open while other authors waste their time carefully drilling holes both on leeward and windward side. But it seems to work. I enjoyed your post...
stidumaron 1 year ago
can you cook a turkey on it
TinSoIdier 1 year ago
Thats a true hobo stove. Should have left top ring on can. Seems to work fine.
bluemountaindrivepae 1 year ago
sadley this wouldnt work to well theres not enough heat generated you need a smaller hole in the can. for fuel
macadoodle15 1 year ago
@macadoodle15 This works, check out my video on the actual trail test. I've used it for on a 4 day/3 night hike of the Foothills trail as my only stove, cooking supper and breakfast, making coffee. It Works.
brawny03 1 year ago
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Not best design if you want some ideas check out my channel. (I'm just a kid)
pcblah 1 year ago
@thepizzalion1 Hi Pizzalion, I think you need a good air flow, so the large side hole provides a good draft, as well as a place to feed in fuel. One suggestion by a viewer was to not cut through the top ring. I found it easier to cut straight in with a metal sheers.
brawny03 1 year ago
Pine burns smokey. Black carbon all over pot. Dust floating in your water. When it is raining sticks and pinecones are wet and hard to burn.
bluemountaindrivepae 1 year ago
@bluemountaindrivepae True, you have to cover the pot when you're cooking! I left it open for visual effect. I've tested it in the rain. You have to set up under a pine tree, and have dry fuel starter stashed, or collect stuff off the ground.
brawny03 1 year ago
@bluemountaindrivepae then cook your meals on a nice stove in ur house city boy
giiwed 1 year ago
faget.
flurbsmcgurgs 1 year ago
This woman is obviously not planning on surviving in Alaska. MSR Pocket Rocket and Jetboil are the way to go!!!!
fastball484 1 year ago
Good gravey, we campers are an opinionated bunch! Brawny, you make GREAT videos and you wrote a GREAT book. Pay no attention to these nit-pickers weighing in to reinvent the wheel all time. They dont realize you have more miles hiking than the rest of us put together.
a2eric1 1 year ago
Why not just use a Dakota fire hole?
c9ari 1 year ago
The low impact hobo stove. Great idea for cooking in the wilderness.
EconoChallenge 1 year ago
So you don't have to carry a stove, windscreen, or pot-rack, but you get to carry around a jagged, sooty can?
And you still have to carry the pots and whatnot for cooking and clean up.
And if there's a burn ban in the area and you're a responsible person observing the burn ban, then you either have to have a backup stove anyway, or eat raw spaghetti noodles and have to suck the caffeine out of your coffee grounds.
A nice alcohol stove can be homemade and will fit right inside that pot!
SaviourSole 1 year ago
@SaviourSole
No one is dissing the alcohol stove, thats what I use. This is a viable option for those wanting to skip the fuel quest for an alcohol stove, say if you're doing a spontaneous overnighter in the Nantahalas, or a two week trip back in the Chatahoochee.
Take the info for what its worth, nothing is perfect.
The stove is not jagged if you take care when building it. One cook pot, instant and quick cooking foods, digestable raw or cooked are the ultralighters preferrred methods.
brawny03 1 year ago
@brawny03
In the post apocalypse if I'm a survivor and not a zombie this is going to come in extremely handy.
Assuming I have a hammer and chisel and a can, and a cookpot, and heavy work gloves and a file or sanding block to get rid of the jagged edges.
Or maybe I'd just build a normal fire on the ground or in a trench.
Sincerely tho: I wish you good luck and fair weather way down yonder in the Chatahoochee.
SaviourSole 1 year ago
freeze water in the can. it will be easier to but hole through.
GuacamoleChampagne 1 year ago 2
@GuacamoleChampagne Wow! What a good idea. I'm going to try that. Thanks. :)
brawny03 1 year ago
omg i cut my head off trying to do this
jutubedriten 1 year ago
you should of made a "window" instead of a "door" cut
chickenpoper 1 year ago
hahaha is kinda funny you just hit one hole in the top of the tin can and theres like 9 estimate holes ^_^
xXWolffangxXx 1 year ago
great vid thank you
great769 1 year ago
then you accidently bump it and boiling water spills all over you and you get 3rd degree burns all over yourself.
madnesscombat5 1 year ago
I'll hand it to you, that is the way a Hobo would do it. Maybe even a little more primitive with just a knife or a found clawhammer.
barquester 1 year ago
USE A GOD DAM DRILL FOR #%^& SAKE.....
devel155 1 year ago
@devel155 , Hey, sure, but not all us hobos own a drill, or have access to electricty....lets revive some old fashioned skills!
brawny03 1 year ago 20
@brawny03 sure i guess not all you hobos own a video camera with access to electricity and the internet either... oh wait... lulz
oaney 1 year ago
@brawny03
lol, good point.
BANGBANG73 1 year ago
@devel155 Knowing how to make this in an emergency situation is what this is about. Start to understand that you may possibly have a luxury problem, maybe you'll learn to understand how the world works just a little bit better.
eyesawelation 1 year ago
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@devel155 Knowing how to make this in an emergency situation is what this is about. Start to understand that you may possibly have a luxury problem, maybe you'll learn to understand how the world works just a little bit better.
eyesawelation 1 year ago
обьясните что они делают
konstantin523 1 year ago
Nice job...Great video!
TheVittleVlog 2 years ago
Brawny , love the simplicity in this design. Thank you.
Christopher711 2 years ago
Very nice.
389Lee 2 years ago
While I applaud your tenacity, I would rather use a drill, thanks. But, well done,brawny!!!
goldenscales 2 years ago
Inspirering. Youn convinced me to make one myself and followed each step. I made a video of it. The stove works great. It boiled a quart of water in just under four minutes. Thanks Brawny.
slodeth5 2 years ago
Using a little liquid soap on the out side of your pan before you put it stove will make clean up of the soot very easy. That way you don't get the soot into your pack or other kit/gear or yourself when dealing with wood fire cooking. Old Boy Scout Trick.
OldManGlitch 2 years ago
pine cones smoke too much
jtdrummer2112 2 years ago
i wonder if i can use a paint can for a giant one it would be cool but not portable tho
j0ehellm0n 2 years ago
My first one was made with a 10# can, the kind used in commercial/bulk cooking. You can find them at walmart, too.
I imagine a paint can would work very well. A true hobo!
brawny03 2 years ago
any paint residue would be srsly dangerous.
D1G17ALPH33R 2 years ago
i like to grill small strips of meat on a little hobo stove like that and some kind of grate/grill when i go hiking
jerryk2198 2 years ago
and the can also contains dinner!
D0cTerG0nZ0 2 years ago
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can i take a dup and freeze it????would that be considered a log..lol wow an original stove concept never seen it before>>>>>>>>>>>>wow cool
seabass410 2 years ago
Welldone.
weerobot 2 years ago
If you don't have a log, you can fill it with water and freeze it.
BlackMetalWorkshop 2 years ago
This is almost like the first stove I built. My father made all of us boys make one for our camp stoves. I went searching and I found it the other day. THe memories that came back. It was made out of an old Folgers coffee can when they still painted them.
NCHiker1970 2 years ago
yea and tin cans and in general garbage is everywhere to be found even in places you dont expect it so all thats left is just using your own ingenuity to make something useful from it, such as a hobo stove.
Conjurbiscut 2 years ago
Excellent stove! Sure beats blowing a C-Note on a high tech fuel stove.
artcrab 2 years ago
did you touch your coals at the end
the only way you can tall thats the fire is out is buttuching them
also dont make such a big hole in the side its you get alot of heat comeing out of there
chrissept21 2 years ago 2
@chrissept21 buttuching isn't defined yet.
btfd1119 8 months ago
@chrissept21 buttuching isn't defined yet.
btfd1119 8 months ago
@btfd1119 by touching??
chrissept21 8 months ago
I just got my new BCB Fireball Flint & Striker and am thinking about using it to help make the fire for when I make one of these cool little things!
scotland456 2 years ago
thanks for the comment, eatingkorpsez, I think thats worth a try. Next one I'll do that. I thought it would be easier with simple tools to simply cut into it from the top down with my metal shears.
brawny03 2 years ago
well, its a little marvel!
but i personally dont agree with cutting the whole of that side off, make a big hole instead but dont cut the top where the side was meant to meet the lid?
eatingkorpsez 2 years ago
you're awesome. thank you for not showing us how to make a hobo stove using a can, autocad, and a milling machine. I'd share my boxcar and a bottle of port with you any day
buzbyX 2 years ago
You're welcome! Us hobos can usually come up with this stuff, on the worst of days. :D
brawny03 2 years ago
I had a hobo stove once. That hobo put up a real fight. lol
Christopher711 2 years ago
That made me chuckle... Sorry for the Necro-Post
AUGRE12345 2 years ago
Glad to bring a smile to your face. :)
Christopher711 2 years ago
anyone got an english translation for that, okamochesese?
brawny03 2 years ago
簡単な作りが逆に良い
okamocheese337 2 years ago
If you rub the bottom of the pan with washing up liquid before you start cooking it'll clean up really easy afterwards.......Allegedly!
raindog951 3 years ago
Coolio. Nice stove. I'm gonna make one tomorrow after seeing this.
CelticReject 3 years ago
Thank you Kamoyaker for your kind words.
I love survival stuff that is free!
brawny03 3 years ago
This is my favorite of your vids. I try to be a minimalist also. I try to make use of what most people will throw away. Aren't Pine cone great.Thanks for sharing.
Kamoyaker 3 years ago
hay thats pretty cool
jamesisbushcraft 3 years ago
Did you have to pee in the cup to put out the fire?
Paul07901 3 years ago
nice vid
4ancientarts 3 years ago
Hey, the screwdriver lives to fight another day! It survived me just fine :)
thanks for the comments, Bill
Brawny
brawny03 3 years ago
I applaud your limited use of tools to get a great result, though I will pray for the departed screwdriver. LOL
Good Job.
Bill
MrBillTroop73 3 years ago
very nice
pwnstr08 3 years ago
Thats true, ArmyRanger10, but then you still have the soot to deal with on the pie pan. I just avoid actually touching the bottom of the pan, just touch the rim.
On a long backpacking trip, this stove would eliminate the need to buy fuel ( or resupply) in town, and allow you to simmer stuff without having to worry about how much fuel is left in your bottle...
As a minimalist I would just have one pot, and this stove,
Brawny
brawny03 3 years ago
If you put a pie baking pan under the pot it will prevent most of the soot.
ArmyRanger10 3 years ago
I one more does not know a screw driver from a punch
RJBURG 3 years ago
Thanks, Friar Tuck! This stove took me about 10 minutes to make, and I'm just a novice. It seemed to have just the right amount of air flow.
Also, I'm very glad to hear you are sewing shelters.
best wishes
Carol
brawny03 3 years ago
Thank You Carol!!
I've been meaning to make a hobo stove for a while. I must say that I like your stove the best. A simple straight forward design. Easy to feed and it appears to be more open, warm and inviting on a chilly day. Just like a tiny fireplace.
By the way, many thanks for inspiring me to sew my own shelters. I guess you can teach this old dog some new tricks.
Friar Tuck
FriarTuck1961 3 years ago