In a world where one could become made homeless in a disaster or just a landlords greed!we have people like james to give people who have never suffered living rough a fighting chance !this wisdom is gold!shelter,warmth,food,water and friendship! as a survivor of many dark times and living rough,this guy shines a light within the dark,bless u man!
Made almost the same stove as kid in scouts. Except... We used the church key open holes all around the closed end, which becomes the top of the stove. Cut open 2 similar square opening on the open end (bottom) to insert sticks. One opening for the sticks, other opposite opening allows combustion air. DONE!!! Always able to cook well. Helps to place stove on a large flat rock for easy sweep alway dead coals for next use. Another method is to place stove, surrounding with medium/softball sized rocks. At night/after dinner, place warm rocks in towel/dirty shirt/washed out socks, then into sleeping bag for warmth. TIP: when attempting to punch holes in the sides of a can, insert a stick/log about the same inside diameter to support the can. Also, can throw can at bears to shush them away! Especially when the can hits rocks/granite.
About 1/3 of the way through your video, I realized that I just so happened to have ALL of the necessary supplies immediately at hand. So I hit pause, gathered them all, and restarted, doing a "build along"with the playback. Happy to confirm that your instructions are in fact very clear & easy to follow. The final product (tested afterwards by brewing a cup of coffee) worked fantastically. Thank you!
Back when I was in the army in 1982 we were given a lot of c rations and what we we would do is take a cracker can put a few holes bout hafe way up put a heat tab or get a little diesel fuel in bottom of can bend the top a little put the book of matches that came in the C's to get the fuel on fire and cook our main course. We just sort of balanced the can we were cooking
Fantastic design, brother. One good improvement on your design: Instead of the top construction you did here, leave it factory. But get 3 larger bolts and cut a slit in them like a clothespin... To the desired height. This creates your air gap, allows you to use any size can and creates perfect level... 3 legged chair. What you lose with my idea is the smaller pot than stove. It would need to be solved by a metal coat hanger bent into a triangle as a grill. Well done, sir. Just another idea👍
I made a "similar" stove/heater out of a large metal coffee can. Works good. However, ur stove requires a little more work, but the results are fantastic!! That is by far the best can or hobo stove I've ever seen. Once again, thanks for the (as always) good instruction.
Great idea James. Speaking about those Fiskars shears, I'd like to share something. Years ago I was a truck driver for Salvation Army in Detroit. I found a pair of Fiskars shears in a trash Gaylord. I still have those shears today 14 Years later. I've used them to cut thin sheet metal, aluminum flashing, for body work on cars and just about every kind of material you can think of. There indestructible and they never dull. They will cut fairly thick sheet metal, leather, you name it and these shears will cut it.
I am so floored by your videos , your tools that you use , A nail that you filed the sides down to fit your wallet , and you use it on a regular basis and you make incredible useful items all the time , you should write a book on HOBO MAKERY everything you have shown on your videos is completely useful and it is unique to your channel and I did buy a safety can opener and made cups and pots with lids with handles
Another great video! Thanks for sharing. These are the kinds of camping stoves that we used to make back in the day. They worked perfectly and cost nothing other than your time to make. Light and easy to carry, when your trip is over you can throw in the recycle bin!
When you thought ya seen it all, somebody invents a better mouse trap, or hobo stove! Great design! Hey hon, open up a can of beans for supper and save me the can! Thanks again for another great useful idea!
I like this take on the can style stove especially because in most cases if someone did loose their way, In most cases they most likely may have a multitool of sorts and can easily make this entire can stove with just that multitool. And in today's world coming across a can in nature is very likely unfortunately but also fortunately if you've lost your way. I took a bigger sauce can and made something similar using only a Gerber brand full size multitool and it came out nicely. The one thing I didn't do that I seen in this video was fold those flaps back up and make them meet at each corner and imo that's a great idea for smaller pot's like you mentioned. I don't remember the name of the Gerber multitool I used as I've had it something like 15 through 16yrs but I do remember it was around $70 for it and has very good pliers and decent enough scissors and other great tool's.
I have made same kind of stove myself ,after watching this, for fun and it works good. I have modified it with a different type of steel can. But I feel it would be much easier to handle if you put four pieces of "M Seal" ( I don't know what it's called in your country. Its two different soap like bars,when mixed together ,they form a concrete like hard and adhesive thing.) Short stands under the can. Thus you can maintain the balance on a uneven surface. Love and respect from India 🇮🇳
If you don't have a church key, use the can opener on your knife/mu!tool. The trick ~ hook the can opener on the rim perpendicular to the rim, then angle it slightly and punch a slot. Move the tool slightly and make another slot intersecting the first. You now have a triangle shaped hole. Because these are smaller then a real church key you may have make more than five.
That's a good one and done design for a portable stove. I wonder if that feeder ramp could be sliced up or perforated and then bent inward to act as a grate for the coals and the ventilation holes clipped out to allow for ash removal. Otherwise, it's obviously good as is and works fine.
I have made myself stoves much like that, I used my knife to cut the holes in the first one. my large hole I have at the top grove going down. I left the top opening in tack, but instead cut small holes right below the rim at the top and bottom. To support the cup, I use cut pieces of hanger wire, that I stick threw the holes at the top, to form a platform for the cup or whatever to sit on. Later on, I used grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the large feed hole, and 3/8"drill bits to cut the small holes. I smoothed all the edges, so it was safe to carry in my pack. I use wood and maybe paper to burn in the stove most of the time, but I also can use something like sterno or alcohol by fill most of the can with dirt to raise the heat source.
Reality great design, thanks for sharing. Just one idea: if you use only three instead of four openings on top the design will be even more stable, since the pan or cups will always have a solid stand like on a tripod.
This tin cans would also make great cook pots with wires. Burn off the interior lining so chemicals don't get into your food, then add olive oil to it after cooking to keep rust away, and you are good to go.
It's amazing what you can do with a can. It's uncanny!!! It's basically a free camp stove you can easily make. I see some of the camp stoves out there for sale and they can be really pricey.
Have a small mod idea for this. Instead of cutting off the four top tabs, fold them outward to better support a larger item? Bricks or rocks can brace the can from toppling over.
Attaboy James yet another tool for the survival kit and I got me a pair of those Fiskars cutters, you're right those things are fantastic. Thanks for the video have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry!
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In a world where one could become made homeless in a disaster or just a landlords greed!we have people like james to give people who have never suffered living rough a fighting chance !this wisdom is gold!shelter,warmth,food,water and friendship! as a survivor of many dark times and living rough,this guy shines a light within the dark,bless u man!
Thank you so much, my friend!
ideally, you'd have money saved up for situations like this
@@cvspvr cant eat money
@@quintork4100 can buy food
Made almost the same stove as kid in scouts. Except...
We used the church key open holes all around the closed end, which becomes the top of the stove. Cut open 2 similar square opening on the open end (bottom) to insert sticks. One opening for the sticks, other opposite opening allows combustion air.
DONE!!!
Always able to cook well. Helps to place stove on a large flat rock for easy sweep alway dead coals for next use.
Another method is to place stove, surrounding with medium/softball sized rocks. At night/after dinner, place warm rocks in towel/dirty shirt/washed out socks, then into sleeping bag for warmth.
TIP: when attempting to punch holes in the sides of a can, insert a stick/log about the same inside diameter to support the can.
Also, can throw can at bears to shush them away! Especially when the can hits rocks/granite.
Yes, that's another very common variation of the hobo stuff. I have made similar ones on other videos.
About 1/3 of the way through your video, I realized that I just so happened to have ALL of the necessary supplies immediately at hand. So I hit pause, gathered them all, and restarted, doing a "build along"with the playback.
Happy to confirm that your instructions are in fact very clear & easy to follow. The final product (tested afterwards by brewing a cup of coffee) worked fantastically. Thank you!
Thank you so much, glad you were able to make one!
I've now built 3 stoves and THIS one looks like is the best! Thanks so much AGAIN for giving me skills I never thought of!
Thank you for watching!
Looks great ! But sadly I'm not a hobo, so can't use it,, damn it....so can you make a stove for blondes please,
@oddjobbob really do they have those courses at college ?
@oddjobbob the big band theory??
Jim, you keep making videos and I’ll keep watching. You’re one of those likable guys on UA-cam that I could watch all day.
Thank you so much!
Back when I was in the army in 1982 we were given a lot of c rations and what we we would do is take a cracker can put a few holes bout hafe way up put a heat tab or get a little diesel fuel in bottom of can bend the top a little put the book of matches that came in the C's to get the fuel on fire and cook our main course. We just sort of balanced the can we were cooking
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing and for watching the video!
It's kind of amazing how many variations and refinements the humble hobo stove allows for, isn't it? I'm definitely going to give this design a try!
True. Thank you for watching!
Fantastic design, brother. One good improvement on your design:
Instead of the top construction you did here, leave it factory. But get 3 larger bolts and cut a slit in them like a clothespin... To the desired height.
This creates your air gap, allows you to use any size can and creates perfect level... 3 legged chair.
What you lose with my idea is the smaller pot than stove. It would need to be solved by a metal coat hanger bent into a triangle as a grill.
Well done, sir. Just another idea👍
Good thinking outside of the Box. Thanks for watching!
I made a "similar" stove/heater out of a large metal coffee can. Works good. However, ur stove requires a little more work, but the results are fantastic!! That is by far the best can or hobo stove I've ever seen. Once again, thanks for the (as always) good instruction.
Thank you so much!
Not just gloves in my case, but *cut proof* gloves! My lack of mechanical grace is legend in my family. Maybe my brother in law will do this
Well, just be very careful!! Thanks for watching.
@@WayPointSurvival I will! Because of me, the family now knows there's a 12 hours time limit on stitching a laceration at the local ER.
Great idea James. Speaking about those Fiskars shears, I'd like to share something. Years ago I was a truck driver for Salvation Army in Detroit. I found a pair of Fiskars shears in a trash Gaylord. I still have those shears today 14 Years later. I've used them to cut thin sheet metal, aluminum flashing, for body work on cars and just about every kind of material you can think of. There indestructible and they never dull. They will cut fairly thick sheet metal, leather, you name it and these shears will cut it.
That's excellent durability for sure! Thanks for watching!
The best hobo stove I've seen yet! Thank,James
ATB Sam Adler
Thank you so much!
I think I like this design the best, as you do not need the insert with alcohol in it. Just twigs and a tin can. Cool James, thanks!
Indeed. Thank you for watching!
↟↟Hobo stoves are always great🔥👍🏻
Thanks for sharing & best regards..
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Thank you for watching!
I am so floored by your videos , your tools that you use , A nail that you filed the sides down to fit your wallet , and you use it on a regular basis and you make incredible useful items all the time , you should write a book on HOBO MAKERY everything you have shown on your videos is completely useful and it is unique to your channel and I did buy a safety can opener and made cups and pots with lids with handles
Thank you so much, glad you liked it and it useful!
Used it tested it. It works amazingly. Haven’t made the stove top part but it just encourages fire to light so nicely
Great to hear!
The folding church key I have used since around 1986, it was a great tool for TDYs
Thanks for watching.
Too Cool ! An amazing stove and lightweight too ! Glad to find your videos. 👍🇺🇸
Thanks for watching!
Best design I've seen so far. Simple and effective. Well done. Looking forward to more videos.
Thanks!
Wow how cool is that!
Thank you!
Another great video! Thanks for sharing. These are the kinds of camping stoves that we used to make back in the day. They worked perfectly and cost nothing other than your time to make. Light and easy to carry, when your trip is over you can throw in the recycle bin!
Thank you so much!
Great version, looking forward to making one with my grandson.
Great, glad you liked it!
Love it. Great invention. I'll have to try this tomorrow. Getting my can tonight.
That bright link head lamp ad was impressive
Excellent! I don't have anything to do with the commercials they put on my channel but I'm glad that it's something that you enjoyed!
You're clever when it comes to all these gadgets. I bet your character in the 1790s series wishes he could score a tin can lol 😉
Thanks. Indeed he would!
Great new stove design! I could see the difference immediately!
When you thought ya seen it all, somebody invents a better mouse trap, or hobo stove!
Great design! Hey hon, open up a can of beans for supper and save me the can!
Thanks again for another great useful idea!
Right, hopefully you like beans, lol. Thank you for watching!
Nice stove James. Thanks for showing us and take care.
Thank you, my friend.
I like this take on the can style stove especially because in most cases if someone did loose their way, In most cases they most likely may have a multitool of sorts and can easily make this entire can stove with just that multitool. And in today's world coming across a can in nature is very likely unfortunately but also fortunately if you've lost your way. I took a bigger sauce can and made something similar using only a Gerber brand full size multitool and it came out nicely. The one thing I didn't do that I seen in this video was fold those flaps back up and make them meet at each corner and imo that's a great idea for smaller pot's like you mentioned. I don't remember the name of the Gerber multitool I used as I've had it something like 15 through 16yrs but I do remember it was around $70 for it and has very good pliers and decent enough scissors and other great tool's.
Great. Thanks for watching!
I have made same kind of stove myself ,after watching this, for fun and it works good. I have modified it with a different type of steel can.
But I feel it would be much easier to handle if you put four pieces of "M Seal" ( I don't know what it's called in your country. Its two different soap like bars,when mixed together ,they form a concrete like hard and adhesive thing.) Short stands under the can. Thus you can maintain the balance on a uneven surface.
Love and respect from India 🇮🇳
Excellent, thanks for the tip!
Nice addition to an old design. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Another great hobo stove idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching!
Awesome little stove! If you want to add air holes on the back top of the stove to reduce the smoke.
Sure, you could do that.
I can imagine that the stove works well. 👌
It does, thanks for watching!
Church key. That is what I was looking for. 😂
Yes, if you try to look them up online that is what they are called.
Love this design! Nice and easy!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Dang James! I have stoves everywhere! Another great design. I love all your mods and designs. Can’t wait to see what comes next!
Thank you so much!
"I have stoves everywhere!"
You might be eccentric.
Very interesting great idea.
Thank you!
If you don't have a church key, use the can opener on your knife/mu!tool. The trick ~ hook the can opener on the rim perpendicular to the rim, then angle it slightly and punch a slot. Move the tool slightly and make another slot intersecting the first. You now have a triangle shaped hole. Because these are smaller then a real church key you may have make more than five.
Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion and for watching the video!
Love these stove-making vids!
Thanks so much!
Awesome and epic video as always thank you so much for making it ❤️👍
Glad you enjoyed it and you're very welcome!
Great video James like always!! Thoroughly enjoyed it!!!👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!
I love your invention , that is a great stove , thanks for the share , God Bless , till next time
Thank you and God bless you too!
Incredibly creative-excellent
Thank you!
Always improving on your designs, James. These stoves come in handy in the most unique situations.
Indeed. Thank you for watching!
@@WayPointSurvival this is an outstanding variation on a hobo stove ... beats my coffee-can/coathanger setup.
@@OtherSarah2 Thank you, glad you like it!
Great job as always. 👌
Thank you so much!
Congratulations brother! shout out to you from rural Mexico, one of the best designs I´ve seen thus far.
Thank you very much!
Great idea.
I would try 3 point contact to make sure it’s balanced.
That's a good one and done design for a portable stove. I wonder if that feeder ramp could be sliced up or perforated and then bent inward to act as a grate for the coals and the ventilation holes clipped out to allow for ash removal. Otherwise, it's obviously good as is and works fine.
Very possibly. There are a lot of different options to add to this stuff if one wished.
Great design using minimal material and tools.
Thank you!
Another great👍idea 👁 👁 lookin good easy 👌👍thanks!!!
Thank you!
James you did it again. Nice Hobo stove my friend.
Thanks!
Going to use this to make some breakfast sausage then eggs with the grease leftover from the sausage.
Sounds great!
Will try it out, by modifying my existing hobo-stove. Simple.
Together with a few other mods will work out well for me. Looking forward to more videos
Thank you so much! I actually have quite a few other hobo stoves on my channel in case you wish to check those out also.
This is the best one yet !
Thanks so much!
Nice design James👍. I would probably try to grind the edges of the feed ramp with a small rough stone. Perfect for a pot or pan.
Thanks for watching!
I love your diy tin can stove,have tea,coffee or hor chocolate with Marshmellows and a few camping meals or make s'mores treat
Thanks so much!
I have made myself stoves much like that, I used my knife to cut the holes in the first one. my large hole I have at the top grove going down. I left the top opening in tack, but instead cut small holes right below the rim at the top and bottom. To support the cup, I use cut pieces of hanger wire, that I stick threw the holes at the top, to form a platform for the cup or whatever to sit on.
Later on, I used grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the large feed hole, and 3/8"drill bits to cut the small holes. I smoothed all the edges, so it was safe to carry in my pack.
I use wood and maybe paper to burn in the stove most of the time, but I also can use something like sterno or alcohol by fill most of the can with dirt to raise the heat source.
Sounds good, thanks for watching!
Cheers👍😎👍
Thanks!
One day, James Bender is going to reinvent the wheel lol! Awesome, as always! Thanks for sharing this! God bless!
Thanks for the kudos! God bless you too!
Nice stove.🎉
Thanks!
just made one like this the other day based off your design for the heck of it
Very cool!
Nice video with good instructions!!! Thanks!!
Thanks for watching!
Very cool
Thank you!
God is good to use you
Indeed He is.
Great idea James, thanks for sharing. I suppose you could use a smaller can to make a compact stove for the trail
Indeed. Thank you for watching!
Cool idea. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Another great one James, thanks.
Thank you for watching!
Excellent job once again! Love and blessings from Ontario Canada!
Thank you!
James , good video , thanks for sharing ,God bless !
Thank you for watching and God bless you too!
Awesome job bud cheap tin can into a cool stove great job
Thank you!
Hi from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your adventures in camping
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing brother I am learning something
Reality great design, thanks for sharing. Just one idea: if you use only three instead of four openings on top the design will be even more stable, since the pan or cups will always have a solid stand like on a tripod.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestion!
One more for the toolbox. Great job sir.
Thank you, my friend!
Awesome Design 🇺🇸 👌 love to see more.!!👍
I have a lot of different hobo stove designs on the channel in the video archives. Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing nice design
Thanks for watching!
This tin cans would also make great cook pots with wires. Burn off the interior lining so chemicals don't get into your food, then add olive oil to it after cooking to keep rust away, and you are good to go.
Yes, I have made several videos along those lines as well.
Nice stove👍👍
Thank you!
It's amazing what you can do with a can. It's uncanny!!! It's basically a free camp stove you can easily make. I see some of the camp stoves out there for sale and they can be really pricey.
Thank you for watching!
@@WayPointSurvival Thanks for thanking.
That is cool my friend.👍🇺🇸.
Thank you!
Lovely. Thank you. God bless.
Thank you and God bless you too!
Have a small mod idea for this. Instead of cutting off the four top tabs, fold them outward to better support a larger item? Bricks or rocks can brace the can from toppling over.
That might work. However, you would definitely be cutting off some of the air flow air flow depending on how it was designed.
Excellent instruction!
Thanks!
Nice one James yet another great video menny thanks interesting
Thank you!
I love this!!..in Canada we call this "ghetto camping". Lol it's ugly but does the job!!
Thank you!
Really neat stove
Thank you!
That hobo stove design is advanced!
Thank you!
Attaboy James yet another tool for the survival kit and I got me a pair of those Fiskars cutters, you're right those things are fantastic. Thanks for the video have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry!
Thank you so much, will do!
Useful construct. Cheers
Thanks!
I love your video and I enjoyed watching it,educational
Thanks!
Your welcome way point survivor
Get a pair of The Siege Stoves cross members and tool. Make a hobo stove out of just about any can. 🙌
Thanks for watching!
Great idea
Thanks!
@@WayPointSurvival Love the do it yourself videos Excellent video.
Very cool idea!
Thank you!
As usual a very useful hack of a tin can you come up with some of the best ideas I've seen in a long time you have a blessed day my friend
Thank you so much!
So simple and so goood!
Thank you!
It's a f..ing tin can! An amazing "new" idea most learned in cub scouts!
Thank you for watching.
Got metal X burner piece use top hives little more surface for frying pan.
Nice. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Guess I don't need the front flap for the #10 can stove. Thanks James!
It depends on the kind of hobo stove you are making.
Great Video
Super Stove
Thanks!