Copper Cat Alcohol Stove part of The Troop 73 Alcohol Stove Project

This is an upgrade on an old classic, using a copper plumbing end cap to make the super cat.

This stove burns very hot, and is best used on wider pots.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• alcohol
• stove
• super
• copper
• cat
• backpacking
• camping
• outdoors
• cooking
• troop
• 73
• alameda

[hydraman5]

being a pipefitter i had the same idea.2"cap end drilled with 16 1.5mm holes around the sides.on the inside i slid in a piece of 2"pipe which had slots in it cut with an angle grinder with a cutting disc.what was left of the copper end was pushed inwards to form a tapered end.so it was like inverting the neck of a bottle into the cap end.it burns well.its an indestructible side burner that weighs a ton!to be fair yours probaly works just as good.

[MrBillTroop73]

@hydraman5 I'd love to see a video of it!

[Greginmi]

The video states the holes are 3/4 inches. Did you mean 3/8 inch?

[MrBillTroop73]

Holy Smoke! I messed up!

The holes are 1/4" in size.

Bill

[uber808]

nice lighter

[MrBillTroop73]

Thanks, I filled it with propane instead of butane, and it works much better!

Bill

[NCHiker1970]

What does this Bad Boy weigh in at? I love the idea, would take a lot to bust this one up while out! Stepping on it might just make it mad being it is so tough! LOL

[MrBillTroop73]

Yeah, but it was a good experiment based on how SGT Rock uses brass.

And, we found that copper is an even better heat conductor than brass, and tried several stove experiments using it.

Bill

[RJBURG]

Well its not a cheap stove or lite weight.These super cat stoves there is no rules or size holes they just work.