Cottle Stove

backpacking stove made from aluminum "Cottle" (Can / Bottle), a knock off of the White Box stove

Burns denatured alcohol. Made from an aluminum Bud Light bottle

Great for low cost and ultralight backpacking

2 tsp alcohol boils 2 cups of water

http://backpacking.bizwacky.com/

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[billinmt]

Cheap copy of the White Box Stove. At least give them credit for being the first to use this type of bottle. White Box Stoves are one of the most copied around.

[bbt95762]

yes Bill, you're production stoves are very nice.

[NCHiker1970]

I have made maybe a dozen of these and handed them out to friends, They work great, no moving parts, if a jet gets clogged, poke a pin in and your ready for the next burn. Tough enough for a lot of of rough use!

[BrokenAeroVT]

I'm not from Minneanapolis, but Walmart sells budlight in cottles here in VA. Since it's a national chain, I'd suspect they sell them where you are.

[bbt95762]

same here, if I give stove - I give one of these, if I show how to build a stove, it's usually one of these. I just have a hard time finding the cottle out here in Northern CA.

[bbt95762]

I'm suprised how bullet proof these stoves are - great for backcountry

[machbaby]

Nice job.

How much of a gap do you leave at the bottom for the alcohol to pass?

Is there anyone from Minneapolis who can tell me where to get these "cottles"? I can't find them anywhere.

[NCHiker1970]

I have noticed also in my experiments with these style stoves that the inner piece will slowly work its way up as it heats up. Same reason I use rivets myself.

[bbt95762]

Ah, the main purpose of the rivets is to hold the two pieces together. When you force the top of the bottle (inner piece) into the lower bottle (outer piece) you want a good tight seal. The rivets hold the inner piece in place once you've pressed it in.

[chrissept21]

but is that all the revets are there for or are they there for some other reason

see im from canada and i ji=ust came accross a bottle that is simmler to what you use and ive only got one chance at this.

[bbt95762]

JB Weld would probably work, I mainly think the rivets look cool. Especially after building so many soda can stoves, I liked this stove for it's ruggedness.

It's possible the rivets help the alcohol chamber heat more quickly ... but I doubt it. Try JB weld - let me know how it works for you.