Solar Cookers: How To Make An Eagle Solar Cooker

[MalkaOlga]

thank u so much

[MalkaOlga]

WOW can u do one for me?PLEASE I will pay you to make me this and send to Israel! REALLY its so cool!

[strive4impact]

@MalkaOlga Come to our site at GreenJoyment and send me an email from there so we can chat about it further. Thanks! Jonathan

[strive4impact]

@MalkaOlga Actually, sorry... come to our site at CarrieandJonathan (just Google it and you'll end up on our site) and send me an email from that site.

Thanks!

[judaicaman007]

wouldn't getting a wooden box and lining it with these metal plates also work? A cover on top should also make the heat even greater.

[strive4impact]

@judaicaman007 Yes... and/or lining it with mylar, so long as you pointed it toward the sun. If I were to make these again, I would choose something more permanent so i could use the cookers on an ongoing basis.

[lahillsm3]

I guess in summary I think sustainability will start to get to be less of a pain in the ass for people as the demand for solar inevitably rises and the technology improves.

[strive4impact]

@lahillsm3 And government regulation both aids, and doesn't overregulate, cheap to create and/or own solutions.

[lahillsm3]

So your duct tape isn't environmentally friendly but the lawn that you water every day, which uses half your water, which is pumped hundreds of miles via generators IS??? Everyone's a hypocrite (myself included).

[strive4impact]

@lahillsm3 That's an awesome point. We pulled back watering our lawn so much, but it's really a good point you make. I grew up on well water and think that makes a lot more sense for watering lawns or trees... your point though is very valid. We've got a lot of work to do to become a more conscious people, and to change our habits to ones that are friendlier to the environment.

[lahillsm3]

@strive4impact Well said. We all do need to change. I think once the economic system reflects the true cost of burning oil, we will. People drive small cars in Europe because they can't afford to power a Ford V10 on gas that isn't subsidized. Not to mention the pollution, which, last I checked, stays clear of the books. We desperately need better localized systems to produce our food and energy. Solar panels should reach a golden age soon though. There is hope.

[alicenami]

love it

[strive4impact]

@alicenami Thanks for commenting and watching!

[MrLeonard55]

Keep on making videos.

[strive4impact]

@MrLeonard55 Will do. We've definitely gotten better at it since these were made. :)

[MrLeonard55]

Dude, your a mess. But entertaining.

[strive4impact]

@MrLeonard55 LOL Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for commenting!

[maspembo1]

is the material just thin sheetmetal and by printing company do you mean like kinkos

[strive4impact]

@maspembo1 Nope... like an actual printer. Look in the phone book under "printing press" or something similar. Ask if they have any of their big aluminum metal printing sheets that got misprinted.

[clogart]

hahaahahaa yep thanks dad

[msweewaa]

wow

[macrumpton]

The eagle looks nearly identical in shape to a Cookit. What is the advantage?

[strive4impact]

It is the same shape... a little smaller, and for us it cooked better, though it was probably more due to angles and whatnot in my construction.

I think the advantage is that for us United Statesians, it's based on paper-sized sheets (8 1/2" by 11") which are measurements we're used to as opposed to the centimeter measurements of the Cookit.

But really, I'm not sure... just two different designs.

[strive4impact]

I found the Eagle easier to build, but then I would, since I had no real introduction to the metric system until age 21 while living in Germany. (By the way, the metric system is a much more practical system, but I've still lived much more of my life with inches instead of centimeters.)

[STARFIRESOLAR]

The agrigate in toothpaste breaks down redily when wet, much like brushing with baking soda or salt. It desolves.

If you want to polish your teeth use tooth paste. If you want to polish metal use a metal polish. At todays "designer" toothpaste prices I don't think there would be much difference in the price, so use the proper tool for the job. That's my advise.

[strive4impact]

@STARFIRESOLAR Much agreed.

[STARFIRESOLAR]

Because the buffing dries out the paste, use a little water from time to time and don't be stingy with the compound. The polishing cloth itself has to be saturated with paste before it really works best. Use enough preasure to be effective.

I would advise you to try "Polishing" your skills on a small test piece. Really nothing to it. It's just alot of friction and the paste makes it shine !! I hope I've helped. I know I was rambling , Sorry about that.

[strive4impact]

Didn't mind the rambling at all. YouTube doesn't really give you enough characters to really ramble.

:)

Thanks for your advice and I look forward to seeing this work! Jonathan

[STARFIRESOLAR]

Start with a fairly damp soft cloth like an old Tshirt. I place some of the compound paste on the metal and begin buffing. Using the orbital style palm sander just use a small folded piece of cloth as you would sandpaper, fastening it to the sander. Or of coarse using a buffing wheel attachment to a drill works too. Just use a soft cloth or a wheel especially made for buffing and polishing.

Keep a pattern to your buffing, back and forth, side to side See Next Comment

[STARFIRESOLAR]

Start on a hard flat surface, plywood is good, and place an old cotton sheet on it. About 3 or 4 layers. Just enough to pad the metal. Any bumps or holes in the wood or tabletop you have will be impressed in the metal as you polish if you don't pad it to make a smoother. Secure the metal to the table. Clamping one side down while working on the other or use a thumbtack in the corners. However you want to secure it. Remember how sharp the metal edges are, don't need it getting away from you :)

[strive4impact]

Thanks for the tips! All great suggestions for improving what we got for free!

Someone suggested toothpaste as a rubbing compound... what do you think?

[STARFIRESOLAR]

I used a common rubbing compound I got from an auto parts store. You want to get a paste type compound. It should be for polishing metal like Mag Wheels. It should say on the labeling. Regular chrome/silver polish won't do. What I got comes in a round flat can like car paste wax. It is a microfine abrasive that polishes the surface. Using a fairly damp soft cloth and alot of elbow grease or I use a plam sander (orbital) or you can use a buffing wheel attachment on a drill. See Next Comment

[STARFIRESOLAR]

Using that aluminum sheet as a reflector is a great idea. You can use some regular rubbing compound found at most auto parts stores and a buffer pad on a drill to buff the surface to a mirror finish. This will increase the performance of your cooker a good 30% and more! It's the next best thing to using real glass mirrors.

[strive4impact]

Hey! Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and thank-you for the suggestion. can you tell me more about what kind of rubbing compound? Would definitely like to try it out, and see if I can get them more shiny.

[Xx1wingedangel]

lol thank you!! for helping me with my school project

[hagsandhoogs]

dude this is sweet! and have u been working out u look buffer since yer last video! haha jk but i needed this for a project thanks man!

[strive4impact]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I actually made all of the solar cooker videos within 2 weeks of each other, so maybe it's just the shirt? But thanks for the compliment! How did your solar cooker project turn out?

[yousifuae]

i like your video thanks

[strive4impact]

Hey! Thanks for watching and commenting! Hopefully you'll be able to make an eagle solar cooker now?

[garrisoncreek]

Funny spazzy guy!

[strive4impact]

I'm not sure if spazzy is supposed to be a compliment, but I will take it that way. :)

Thanks for watching and commenting! Do you think you'll build a solar cooker now?