How to make a wood sticks candle using aluminum foil

[MegaEggman10]

I took a giant thing of foil got waz from the candle melted wax took a lighter put a hole in the top and put it in my street at night it was cool

[ironmountaindesign]

so doing this right now! and if it works, I think I will make a snake one too. my plan is to get hours and hours of burn from one. thanks for the vid!

[TheConstantNow]

This is awesome. I made one from a Charcoal Chimney Starter and a piece of flexible aluminum air duct. It did not work until I set the base of the charcoal chimney on a tapered clay flower pot flipped over. The flame got so hot, the aluminum started to melt. I will experiment more with other material and hope to post a video soon. I plan to incorporate it with the Kandle Space Heater concept.

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[Cumbriansurvivalist]

simple yet effective,i think it could be improved upon but pretty impressive imo.

[emcegriddle]

OMG IT WORKEDDD!!!!!

[jw934]

No need for alcohol. Here is a video of me showing a couple of friends how to make them. We put 3 or 4 slivers of birch barks on top of the wood sticks then lit another piece and put that into the stove as well. Worked great. /watch?v=KjFqigxjfpg Couple of things to watch out for: (1) if the holes at the bottom are too small then the flame will go out in about 10 minutes. It should burn for about 40 minutes. (2) same symptom if you squeeze the aluminum foil tightly around the sticks.

[emcegriddle]

DOOODE I LIKE IT i am gona make one for fun :P or like 20 of them :Pbtw does it have to be liquid alchahol or w/e can it be like... nail polish remover or what?? plzz rspond

[jw934]

@emcegriddle Also, there is no need to split the sticks if you can find thinner sticks. It works with any bundle of straight sticks without side branches which will puncture the aluminum foil. I choose sticks without bark if I see them on the ground since bark probably don't burn as well and may affect how smoke is released from the sticks. But i really haven't experimented enough with this stove to conclusively whether bark matters or not. If you could please let me know.

[emcegriddle]

@jw934 so nail polish remover works?? and i will try it with bark but i think it will make sparks you know? ill make allot and exsperiment and ill put a video as the video response lool ty

[emcegriddle]

@jw934 lol im doing it right now im on the one when you poke holes :)

[emcegriddle]

@jw934 lol im doing it right now im on the one when you poke holes :)

btw i found laterwhen doing the shell thing it helps to use a water bottle for like a mold thing

[emcegriddle]

DOOODE I LIKE IT i am gona make one for fun :P or like 20 of them :P

[jw934]

I took three friends camping and each of them made one. Use some small pieces of birch bark as tinder. On first ignition all three flamed out once the bark finished burning.  The problem for all 3 was that the holes on the bottom where much too small. Once the holes were enlarged two stoves were able to char all the wood sticks. One didn't because there was not enough sticks and the foil was so tightly wrapped around the sticks that no air can rise through the sticks.

[beamgale]

Hi, I love your ideas, very creative. I don't know a lot about the physics of the wood gas stove and I wonder if you can explain, or do some field tests, to show how different shapes (tall and narrow vs. wide but short) affect gasification/ stove performance?

[jw934]

@beamgale If too tall/short/wide/narrow then stove will partially or completely flame out.

Taller increases airflow, reduces downdraft wind, increases heat loss, provide more time to complete burn, improves air/smoke mix.

Wider increases effect of wind, could increase downdraft, could cause flameout if too wide.

If my explanation is useful, I could elaborate.

[jw934]

@beamgale I think of the weight/bouyency/speed of these gases - smoke, air from secondary air hole, flame, exhaust, downdraft into the stove - and how the stove shape provides pull, resistance, laminar/turbulant mixing/flow.

At the secondary air hole, I think of the smoke creating a flaming envelop around the fresh air. The flame then draws air and smoke to continue the burn. To light the stove, flame located below the secondary air hole heats the fuel. Keep bottom of flame envelop in stov

[jw934]

For a much better portable cook stove for camping or emergencies, check out my new Donut Wood Stove Grilling Steak video. It is a woodgas stove which generates hot blue flame without an electric fan.

Also posted a video showing how to make the Donut Wood Stove using tin cans and some common hand tools.

Cheers,

[whiteynut]

You should use the bark as well. There is more heat energy by weight in bark than in the wood.

[jw934]

@whiteynut Several reasons not to use bark as well - it is fairly insulating which slows down heating of the wood and make the stove harder to light, if left on sticks it might reduce wood gas flow out from the sides of the sticks, and it is lighter than wood which means that you should be able to fit in more sticks if you didn't have bark. Not sure able #2 and #3.

[firewoodguy2009]

looks like a pcs of shit

[rubenvanhouten]

Get a life.

[WatchRyder]

We already have lives and this is one way to get educated.

When the lights go out you'll be running for your ma in no time while the rest of us know what to do... :)

This is a great video and I've rated it 5 stars.

[jw934]

Added a video to show a survival pot stand for this survival stove.

[mbmurphy777]

Wow. That is FANtastic. I'll have to try it out to boil some water.