nomad bushcraft7

[tlabuscagne]

Just use a kettle. Easier.

[Milo99like]

162mm is too short

[FireBaseLadyBird]

Super video.

[newschoololdschool]

Maybe a weird question but if you were careful could you heat your tent with this?

[GuGtheone]

@newschoololdschool you would have to be really careful, and my guess is this wouldnt last long or put off enough heat to see much benefit.  If you don't have anything else it would work though.

[DroPsyDro]

hi! First I wanna thank you for this very nice vid!

I got a question: u said that you cut 35mm from the top and the bottem.... your inner wall is 162mm by 35mm... I tried this but after sticking it together the inner wall didn't reach the bottom of the bottom part... are you shure you made the wall and the too parts 35mm high??? I think not because in your video we can see, that the wall is higher than the top part...

I took a redbull can for the inner wall, it fits perfectly!!!!

thanks again!

[BraydensWallets]

I like turtles.

[RangerAirsoft101]

will isoproyl rubbing alcohol work?

[tylerdurden1971]

Thanks ALOT 4 mon of my life i didn't waste BY FAR the best vid ON makin a good stove... and you only used one can! TY CR iN ohio

[leowkitmeng]

thank you so much for posting this! I never thought about making the tabs to slide the inner piece together.

[RedLacyTwo]

i am going to make your stove just because your voice is so nice.

[blueberry5153]

sweet

[SthealthRaider]

I dont like the flames blowing out. because it heats up my handle and the i burn my hand...

[CurrentlyDisconected]

nice work

[naruto97315]

campfire song time

[amphibatron]

what am i not getting here, i cant get the flame to come out the sides. it seems that if i make the middle piece fit into the top it wont fit the bottom(or vise versa) and therefore my middle wall gets crushed! even when it looked exactly right it wouldnt work. can someone please explain this to me?

[mightywinston6]

@amphibatron well when you put the middle piece in u have to make sure that there are like 2 -3 little slits so the alcohol can go through the and slits. also the side with the slits have to be and the bottom. hope that helps.

[jons4real]

Dude thanks for the video!

[NPSurvival]

Does the stove itself get very hot? Could you tape the two halves together for a sturdier design?

[cooldudewitpot]

@NPSurvival tape will melt. its safe the way it is. you could cut straps on the can and twist them, but i dont recoment

[LOUDcarBOMB]

good way to survive and recycle.

[Rellim216]

whats the point of the inside sheet?

[phrayzar]

Real nice peace. I haven't seen one done exactly like that( and I've been watching these things for a while now) nice vid, I'm gonna make one myself and drive the misses a bit more crazy.XD

[Ausurvivalguru2296]

Great vid 5 stars although the dementions were slightly wrong i made mine 18 cm and 3.4 cm apart from that it was awsum and worked for me great job

thanks

[pshinspections]

I will be testing variations of this stove in taller sizes to acommodate more fuel and hence longer burn times. I carry many "just add water" items for meals, such as biscuits, muffins, pancakes etc, and they require 10-20 minutes of cooking time, so that is the goal.

Thanks to the OP for the superior instructions.

[pshinspections]

After research, the cheapest source for fuel for such stoves is denatured (90%) alcohol, 5 gallons for $50 at Ace Hardware stores. They have smaller cans in stock, but the five-gallon size is a special order item. If you camp or have a bugout location in one set spot, store it there, along with a 16 oz bottle and funnel for daily use. If you're just on the trail, take a 32 oz bottle full. That should do you for a week of meals, if you are cooking "just add water" items for one person.

[DRIODBOY]

Its 162 but even thats still a tad tight with the flaps, i rekon 17 at least

[Tcoldsteel]

132mm is way too small

[pshinspections]

Great video. Dozens on YT like it, but they either take too long, dont describe what is going on, or don't finish the demo.

Five stars.

[Gargolita680]

BEST instructional video for building the double-walled alcohol stove. Many details left by the other are covered here in amazing detail and clarity and in less than 4 minutes and 6 seconds.

[spiderpig85]

nice vid man, this is perfect for my ice fishing shack...

[masterdurchgriff]

very nice, thanks

[sammycebas]

Excellent! Cheers! A nice simple tutorial for a skint student with no tools (or food ha) for making a nice little stove. Cheers again!

[500Raptor]

thanks for the demonstration on how to build it.

[panzergrenadier90]

how do you put the flame out?

[bigbadbalthazar]

Takes a little experimentation, but generally you would only add as much fuel as you need to boil or heat, or whatever your goal is, and the stove burns itself out. Usually between half an ounce and one ounce of denatured alcohol (methylated spirits for the limeys) will bring two cups of water to a boil and keep it boiling for 1-2 minutes.

[coolkid14432]

wat i do is put a empty can over it

[dupepapa]

I made one tonight using your method and denatured alcohol. Nice hot chocolate. Thanks

[starlight503]

the fumes from the can are harmful

[bigbadbalthazar]

Very true, never use denatured alcohol as a fuel without adequate ventilation. (i.e. camping outside; never in a tent.)

[pshinspections]

No fuel whatsoever should be burned indoors, without special ventilation for the stove, i.e. fireplace.

[r3mote]

alcohol burns a bit to fast doesnt it?

[BillyPentangeles]

I don't know whether Coke cans are a different size downunder but 162mm is way too short for the center ring length. 190mm gives a closer fit over here in the USA.

[bowow0807]

how many oz is the can?

[captaincoolness55]

great vid man! :D i was trying to do this earlier, but couldn't remember all the steps so i tried to find this exact vid where i saw how to do it the 1st time.

[krankiev]

nice small design

[olive0drab0fad]

can you do without that insert and just use the two ends of the can? what's your reasoning behind that inner wall nomadbc?

[force0kin]

hey, thanks for the video, it is very useful, However, i just thought i would say, using every day rather blunt knives, it is simpler to complete stage 2 before stage 1, that is cutting the inner rim from the top rim. Having the rest of the can to grip stops you bottom of you cut rim crumpling and makes it easier to apply force. Fantastic video.

[kowboy520]

NICE!

[JilliClaire]

beautiful

[kimchidahl]

whoohoo!!! We did it with a bigger Foster's beer can. A little more sturdy, so sawing our way through the can top was about as easy as riding a rabid dingo, but it worked! We just cooked our dinner out in front of the house while people walked past with weird looks on their faces.

[MrLonepatriot]

I like your design, as it uses only one can for the whole stove. The ones I made require the ends of (2) cans. Will have to try this one. Nice video.

[supnoob1]

omg so ba!!!!!

[BOBAbladeMAR]

this is fucking great!!!!

[sickoflogin]

Outstanding video mate! Easy and to the point.

[Bushcraft2009]

could u just use like tiki torch fluid or does it have to be that stuff?? and where would u buy that stuff if tikitorch fluid doesnt work?

[Cssfiend]

a diy store would probably sell it, for most people i would have thought methylated spirits were more common than tikki torch fluid

[andrewtheoD]

You will want to avoid any petrolium based fuel because they will turn your stove black. The best thing for these stoves is to use that denatured alcohol that you can find in the paint dept at walmart or lowes. Also if your in another country any high proof alcohol (150 proof or higher) will burn great.

[frankvanoostendorp]

I tried it a few times and it works but i like a stove made of an AXE can better much more robust

Greets from the Netherlands :P

[CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

is that safe or can the heat melt the can?

please reply

[paulfinex1]

the can cant melt temperature is too low

[NexFortis]

aluminum Melts at 1300 degrees F, it won't melt

[esso2564]

This video dont work ..... still loading and loading nothing more.... other viedos go normaly

[nj4x4fever2]

Good use of a Mora

[nj4x4fever2]

brilliant

[katiatomsk7]

Thank you. That was very easy to understand. It will be fun to try it out. Because I am in the USA, I am going to try HEET. I hope it works.

Thanks again.

[dirtastegood]

Mine wont get the flames out of the holes? What did i do wrong?

[senselab]

it needs to pre-heat.

[machoarchangel2]

how do you make one that dose not use acholhol

[nj4x4fever2]

Nice Job on your video stove build.5/5

[Allexxx96]

How long can it burn?

[Survivalist2008]

I put one together in about an hour and it's great. I used Instant brand starter fluid, but I will buy some 90% rubbing alcohol to use instead. Yes, after heating up, the little rosettes pop out on the sides. I put about 1/4 inch or so of fluid, lit it, and put a small pot of water on. I watched the clock and got about 5 minutes 45 seconds worth of flame from it. Very handy little stove!

[Survivalist2008]

For safety sake buy a cheap pair of leather glove to use while lighting the stove, moving the hot pot, etc. And yes, alcohol when burning in daylight is hard to see, so be careful. Thanks nomad bushcraft7 for the superb vid!

[Survivalist2008]

One last note. A large clay flower pot makes a great wind block if using the stove at home in windy conditions. I chipped out the bottom, inverted it, and slipped it down over the stove after it was lit. I got a large enough flower pot that would allow my small cookware pot to go down inside to sit on the stove. Plus, the clay pot traps heat inside and heats the water a bit quicker. Good luck!

[dirtastegood]

and dont knock it over like i did!! That was sckary

[YouMockMe]

that was awesome. that has the potential to be extremly useful, thanks man.

[Taino187]

cool... i need one of these. =]

[campingenthusiast]

i built it after seeing this video it works better and easyer then my penny stoves and it dosent flair up. thanks..

[JERNIGANSIX]

Very interesting and resourceful.

[globalsbc]

that was very good!

[JimmyRiotNY]

Wicked!  Thanks!

[Gogeks]

!62 millimeters isn't enough.

[Gogeks]

Don't you need to seal it with epoxy?

[homemadealcoholstove]

is that a Mora knife?

YES IT IS!!!

[Tylergipsonsg]

how many inches would 162 milliameters be

[kingkongmullet]

Great tutorial, explained really well, i looked at other sites and wikipedia and did not understand how the fuel got from inner ring to outer ring but this videos explained it so well. Cheers and good camping

[19Jappo87]

Great, I've read how to make it but I cannot understand how make it in a proper way!

Can you also make lantern with cans? I'm looking for that!

-Jappo-

[NoSkraelings]

Genius!

Nice presentation! 5/5

[connexwolf]

thats freakin awsome

[466267]

god this is hell hard..

the only part im having trouble on is the piece that goes inside the stove....

does my stove bottom and top have to be exactly the same???

any advice would be appreciated...

[chrissept21]

ITS NOT WORKING the jets dont work

[chrissept21]

im useing rubbing alcohol

[dirtastegood]

me too!

[bigbadbalthazar]

Rubbing alcohol is nearly 30% water, it won't burn clean or hot enough to work well, if at all.

[chrissept21]

im going to make one of these

[GTFORDMAN]

that was the best tutorial ive seen! thanks mate i think i might give it a go!

[ShadowBritt]

Thank you, very informative, I have seen websites dedicated to the making of these little stoves, but none with a clear, concise video such as this... Oh, and I am from the US and find the British English differences easy to understand as opposed to some of my compatriots.

[whencela]

are they reusable

[flamefinger1989]

yha i have used mine over 30 times

[Outlander11]

Why does everyone in europe call alcohol "spirits". Come on people! Call it what it is, alcohol. Same thing with calling gasoline, petrol, or cigarettes, fags, or.....

[zerowildfire]

Petrol is shortend from Petroleum.

Just because your in the U.S. doesnt mean that we have to follow everything you all do over there. Your north american english, is a butchered and slanged version of the real english language. No serious offence intended, but are [you] that dumb that you think we (the world and other english speaking countries out there) must bow to your every whim just because [you] open your gob. Get with the program and accept that there are other countries besides yours.

[Outlander11]

Wth is a gob? You mean "Mouth" but we call things by what they are, not gob, or fag, we say mouth, or cigarette. lol. So in my view, we improved on the language. And yes, you need to bow down to us with your slightly homosexual accents! Hahaha

[zerowildfire]

I can see now why the the U.S. is hated by the entire world. It's people like you that turn the rest of the world against your country. No one else...just people like you.

To all the decent americans reading this, you have my sympathy for having to put up with Outlander11 and his kind.

[chrissept21]

thank you zerowildfire we need more ppl that think that way in this world

and plz dont reply outlander11 i dont have time for ppl like yourself

btw im canadian eh!

[zerowildfire]

Thx chrissept21. Every Canadien I have ever met has been really cool. Your another one I can add to the list of 'cool' eh!

[chrissept21]

ok where you from any way

[zerowildfire]

Australia but currently in the UK.

[jmaza2000]

Nice comments 'zerowildfire' but you let yourself down slightly by spelling programme the US way (program).

[zerowildfire]

Its a sad fact of life. But Americanisms are all over the place. In the U.S. it's Aluminum, in England and Australia it's Aluminium.

Also from Gaol came the word ______.

Can you fill in the blank

without looking it up?

[slingninja82]

i have nothing to measure milimetres what do i do????

[mattlennon93]

1milimetre is one 10th of a centimeter, im sure you could buy a ruler for around 10p nowadays.

[nobullfilm]

Use Denatured Alcohal

[UTK16]

UR THE MAAAAN!=D

[hehasadarkside]

This video explains it much better than other videos on youtube

[huyi122]

what else better is make a stove with one can

[planesrfun1]

what are the measurements in inches or centimeters?

[PaulyCracker]

1 inch/2.5 cm

[unplugged85]

Such a great Video, I watched it yesterday, tried it today without reviewing the info and it worked,,very well actually. A few recommendations thou,(1) don't use the measurements in the video roll the inside piece until you get a good fit then mark it! and (2) make sure your stove is square otherwise the alcohol will burn hotter on one side also, your mug will tip over...est time - 30 min...awesome!

[boogavia]

wat do u mean "make sure your stove is square" ?

[unplugged85]

make sure when the stove is on a flat surface that the top is level. the measurements are metric (mm)

[boogavia]

thanks.

[flyfisher2k8]

is methylated spirit just the same as white spirit can you use white spirit wb soon

[lamouchcaille]

Super utile je trouve...mais je ne comprend pas tout au niveau des dimensions.

Es-ce que quelqu'un peut m'aider.

Merci

[gtrefghuk]

Good video good idea. Too bad it doesn't work.

[tacodudeman87]

uhh lol it does..

[gusernulin]

whats the ring inside for? The fuel can go to the hole anyway? Or? hmm

[boogavia]

the ring inside is to pressurize the "fluid" inside to make it shoot out/jet out.

[PaulyCracker]

Actually, it's the heated fuel itself that expands. This works with just a can with holes in the top too.

[ts3mentalraver]

is that knife a frost mora clipper if so where did you get it from i have been looking for one for ages

[wwwNooBcom]

u can get an frost mora knifes from mst army or survival stores, there a place in glasgow that my friend got one, the name od the shop was "A1 adventure" and cost him around £7

[ts3mentalraver]

thanks mate ill get my self one

[gusernulin]

Frost mora? What is that?

I just know what mora knife is, and that can you find in almost evrry store in sweden.

[wwwNooBcom]

its a different type of mora kife, little different from the clipper, the handle is different and the blade is slightly shorter and is made of stainless steel instead of carbon steel on the clipper, the clipper retails for £7.99 and the frost for £6.99 over here

[gusernulin]

Hehe, thanks now i know.

[thevaleys]

is that a frost mora knife???

[perunatic]

Great little "instructable". Good tip on the crimping. I've tried to make a similar stove but the can split when I tried to push the two sections together. Thanks for posting.

[em23]

thanks for loading this.

[deathofkindness]

great video bro...now I need to convert it to standard!!! hehehaahahahaha

cheers!

[jestragon]

Thanks for a very clear video.

My stove, following your example, works nicely, except for the fact that the jets slowly die down if I put a pan on the stove.

[jestragon]

Oh, and either our (330ml) cans here in Holland have different dimensions than UK cans, or your measurements are off: the strip used on the inside is completely off if I use your measurements: radius (162mm minus the tab parts) is too small and the height (35mm )of the cylinder is too small as well. 162 mm plus 5mm either side for the tabs worked for me, and the height I used was actually what remains of the can after you pop the top and bottom off, minus about 3mm.

[nomadbc]

Yes in hindsight the measurements might not add up. looks like I've made an error in the audio edit but if you experiment with the can length and inner wall length you will get it right, try googling it for the measurements.

[nomadbc]

You ned to add a little more fuel and let the stove run for a minute or two after ignition the jets die down because the water sucks the heat out of the flame if you dont do it.

Nomad BC

[anti2planker]

The jets on mine don't ever ignite, it only burns from the middle. Can you think of a reason they wouldn't operate properly?

[blauwepiet]

finaly a video that clearly explains how im supposed to do this

[BHagey]

great video, good instructions.

[donaldproddie]

Do you know one of the best features of this video, apart from the well articulated instructions, is the quality. I have been attempting to make digital videos for years and have never achieved anything like this, any advice that can help?

[nomadbc]

buy a Mac! All these videos are produced by me using apple's imovie and I photo applications and my trusty SD card digital camera on movie setting.......the apple packages are excellent and come as standard I think with I life.

Glad you like them nomad bc

[nitram00]

I found a flaw in this type of designs widely spread over the Internet

It's just a recomendation, not a bare criticism.

When you put the base inside the top, by friction as you state, it can leak downwards.

Some people fix this by using aluminium tape, but it's a more expensive approach.

If you put the top inside of the base instead, the leak, if any, goes upwards and there is no danger whatsoever of burning anything near the stove.

I have a video where my stove leaks as I say

Good luck!

[BowlingFreak218]

ty very well explained i will be making 5*

[JakeEds]

does the metal used from the missle of the can go on the inside or outside the rim if you know what i mean?

[nomadbc]

inside the rim, watch the video again about half way through will show you the fit required.

Nomad bc

[nomadbc]

in answer to your earlier question, if you didn't get the seal right with the inside wall you won't have got the blossom effect with the jets because the stove cannot pressurise itself. That might be another reason that it wasn't working for you. Regards

nomadbc .

[comicbookguy007]

Are the diameters of the top and bottom - of the inner cylinder - the same (of a finished stove).

[nomadbc]

yes, you will find that by cutting the slit in the liner and assembling it as shown, it will allow any variation between top and bottom to be gotten round!

nomad bc

[donaldproddie]

This is brilliant, but how do you put it out when fuel saving is critical?

[nomadbc]

you can make an extra lid to snuff out the fuel from the bottom of another coke can. that will fit over the jets when you want to stop the stove...be careful it gets very hot. the best way (the way I use) is to experiment with the amount of fuel you need to boil your pan of water. About 30grammes will boil 2 cups of water.

[donaldproddie]

30 grammes, that'll be these synthetic metric measurements that are extremely difficult to visualise. I wonder why people have given up on imperial, developed through eons for easy estimating and use.

[Mowie69]

Being brought up in a metric country I can visualise it quite easy :p Its a shot of spirits at a bar in Australia ;)

However grammes/grams is a unit of weight not volume. 30ml would be the right way to put it (1g of pure water is equal to 1ml). 30ml is the same as 1 fluid ounce.

[donaldproddie]

I have also been brought up in a metric country - Great Britain (it lost the 'Great' when it became Godless) - but usually the only people happy with using metric are people who don't have to much. On building sites for example when rough measures are being shouted to and fro, believe me, imperial is favoured even by youngsters.

[JakeEds]

it never worked for me it lit but the flames never came through the holes, any ideas?

[nomadbc]

You maybe didn't leave it long enough to blossom, try with a little more fuel. Also If you are too quick to put the pan on before the flame gets going you'll snuff it out! I've made too many of these that work to think it is a dodgy design. I suggest you double check the fit of the inside wall, make sure your jets are clear and not sooty and try again.

[tay1392]

great job dude. very nice. thanks.

[DepthChargeMusic]

Finally a perfect easy to follow demonstration, and from a fellow Brit. Thanks for this, it will be needed if I decide to go on a huge journey walking the coastline of Britain :)

[paradoxb3]

if anyone makes one of these be damn careful. they're GREAT lightweight & cheap stoves but alcohol is nearly impossible to see burning when outdoors when its bright. that being said, i plan to keep one of these stoves with me on my AT thru-hike in 2 yrs!!!

[GoldenLohan]

wow, awsome, where you guys scouts at one time? lol . really though pretty ingenious, thanks, ill give it a go.

[cool347957989]

u shoud use meths it stops the soot

[seantheman2]

can i use rubbin alcohol?

[paradoxb3]

yup! isopropyl rubbing alcohol is usually about 70% though (30% water), so it wont work AS well as other fuels. but you can burn methanol, ethanol (grain alcohol, as mentioned), denatured alcohol you find in the paint department of hardware stores (Lowes, HD), or "Heet" -- a fuel treatment to remove moisture from gas tanks (its basically methanol too) at last check, Heet (the YELLOW bottle) seems to be the cheapest, and alot of hikers use it.

[GlennnD]

nice DIY !! gonna make one for my self !

[Sp1tf1r3p1l0t]

Brilliant u guys are at the wilderness gathering aren't u?

[nomadbc]

Yes we are! we'll be there is 2008 see our website for details!

[Sp1tf1r3p1l0t]

ok ty i will

[harrisonu]

superb directions, and even better for those of us who do not have access to certain tools. bravo mate.

[daddymerle1]

can you use lamp oil