The ancient Romans used to heat their public baths using basically the same technology on a grander scale, heating both the floors and boiler for the water.Thanks for the tutorial. It's very instructive and useful in survival situations
I made one today and it seems to work good, going to use it when I go ice fishing. I traced the soup can with a pen onto the pail and the larger center can, drilled a starter hole, then used a solid knife (banana knife) to cut out the holes a 1/4 inch at a time. I put a hole in the center can instead of notching it as you did, because I wanted to keep the base on the center can. I only used sand so that it would pack in and stay in place better. For those wondering how to clean it out, the ashes fall out of the inlet (soup) can easily enough. Thanks for the vid!
We lost power in Boston for 3 days. The only thing that saved us were the old ski suits ( It got down to 45 inside while zero F outside), and the burner on our Grill. This design is exactly what one needs to boil water and cook soup. Thanks for posting this!
I haven't been on here for awhile it's been like 6 years or more and it's like my 1008th time using this Stove it's still going strong today. I always get asked at the beach what is that!! Then I show them by cooking burgers, chicken,hot dogs,steaks,pork chops,bacon and eggs and Brew my coffee as well as make soups on the beach everyone always says where's the flame and smoke I tell them it's virtually invisible and ask me if I want to sell it. I'm like no but I will gladly show you how to make one. Best stove I've ever had I just walk along the beach picking up thrash and dry driftwood and branches or even dry seaweed and burn that for hours on end. Still love it and use it almost every day.
I really got into building these as well as the alcohol burners, etc, and find that the clay cat liter works very well, and if slightly moistened before first burn tends to harden the litter into a cement like base, making it burn even warmer.
Clumping Cat Litter is nothing but Raw Bentonite Clay. It is not good for firing into pottery, but: in a case like this where we aren't worried about Waterproof, who cares?
good video I like vermiculte rather than sand it is lighter and has better r value also put a small shelf 2/3 down for your wood in your feed tube...that way you still have draw and the twigs can rest on the shelf these are great can boil in short time and use twigs to do so very fuel efficient and portable i'm gonna make a duel burner like a colman stove no need for propane bottles
Love the Rocket stove, built all sizes and shapes myself. Aviation snips are great for tin can work and a nail is good enough to puch the holes, that way we can save electricity. To avoid smoke you might have to increase the gap between the pot and stove, that seems to help for us! Keep up the solutions people, the time is here to share good info.
Beautiful work. I have tried this several times. Cutting a round hole in the side of a Cylindrical Paint can is a REAL CHALLENGE. You show a nice solution. Thanks.
hi and thank you! yes, it would be difficult to cut a round hole in the big can (especially a round hole of the exact size needed to hold the small can tightly). but doing it like i did allows for an 'adjustable size' hole in the big can. the little points of metal that are left over from the drilling grab and hold the small can very tightly. those points can be pushed in a little or straitened a little (as needed) to get the small 'fuel feed' can to fit perfectly.
Just a tip for people trying to cut the hole in the first tin.. If you fill the tin with DAMP sand , then lightly drop the can from about 5mm off the ground to pack it in, place the lid on top of the can and lay the can on its side.. you can now easily use a whole saw to cut the tin. ;)
The 30 deg is not for air. It allows for gravity to feed fuel for longer burns. As the old fuel turns to ash it allows for unburned fuel to fall into its place.
By fellowing your video I made one of these last night it worked great! I set it up in the dark and you could really see the vacuum in the low light. if I do any winter camping it might work as a small shelter heater as well as a great stove. Many thanks
I'm just going to say this. Ive been almost all over UA-cam and I havent found anything as good as your design for a little stove. Good job making it. It looks awesome
Usually the insulation around the stack is a bit better than rocks, usually some sort of perlite and clay slip blend. Thats a little more complex for a hobo stove of course, but the insulated stack is where the magic of a rocket mass heater happens. Since that solidifies, you can turn out the ash no problem. The taller the insulated stack, the better the mass heat conversion is.
I'm clueless. Are you saying that a perlite and clay slip blend will melt and solidify - like fireclay? Perlite you can get a garden centre, can't you? And a potter could supply the clay slip or can you make your own if you have access to clay (I do). Can you give a ratio?
hi and thanks very much! that was one goals of this one (to keep it super easy to make). no need for sealants, caulks, brackets etc...or any specials tools.👍🙂🔥
Fill the can with sand and use the hole bit to drill all of the way through. The sand keeps the can from collapsing when the drill is pressed against it.
+Oldtimer Lee Water expands, it could burst the container. If you do this, turn the can sideways and drill the half that's frozen to that side of the container.
megadeathx Lol, the cans are already open... does your ice tray warp because you make ice with it? No, because it has an open end. Think it all the way through mate.
Search for 'Arizona penny can stove' way better design than this for camping. Its smaller, lighter, quicker to make and more efficient. You won't be disappointed
Also try adding chimneys on top with different size cans or I've made a handy blower with a 2 liter coke bottle with a square hole and 12V 4" computer fan on the side, blow that into the fuel feed- mini forge, one last thing, a shelf for the fuel feed soup can helps air get under the sticks. Just watch the smoke from those linings from fresh cans and remember, more heat decreases the can life faster. Play with Fire.
For insulation I mixed self-drying clay with shellsand and a spoonfull sugar, after the first burn this became rock-solid so easier to transport and throw out ashes. I also took a stainless steel drinking straw, cut into pieces and made airflow-holes at the bottom, drilled through both cans. Works perfect! Oh, and instead of making an arch on the inner can I drilled a whole cirkel in that can too. Now it is easy to take it along camping, I take the front can out and stack it inside the stove.
Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea, Mr. desertsun02! This could really help my poor provincemates in the Philippines. Firewood in some places there is getting scarce, most especially during rainy season. Been looking at the internet for a long time for a project of this kind at the least cost; but this one would not incur any cost at all. I'll bring it there. Thanks again...
If you can find waste vegetable or even motor oil, you can dip the wood in the stuff so it'll burn much longer. Just don't breathe in the fumes of used motor oil
I am not sure if you're going to read this or not but I wanted to say, "thanks!" I made the Rocket Stove from the directions you gave me. I just finished it this afternoon. With not having all the tools it made it a little hard. The can isn't right in the middle but it's going to work for what it's intended. Once I go camping I am going to try it out. Again, thank you.
You should put some holes along the base of the outer can, above the sand line. The heat that builds in the outer chamber would cause air to be drawn in, adding to the upward flow parallel to the burn chamber. Not sure how much the gravel will impede that flow, though (most I've seen leave the air space).
If you get a bi-metal hole saw - the type used to put door knobs into doors - they'll buzz right through 'em. Thanks for this post, by the way! Very clean build.
Do you think making a chimney would make this safer for indoor use on a shed? I was thinking a flexible metal pipe and vent it through a window(make a sheet metal square same size as shed window take out window and replace with sheet metal then vent up a rigid stack? Maybe put cement board hearth pad and wall backing? Think it could work? I may try
i have the same stove , and i can melt metals in it , lika aluminium and copper !!!!! i put sheesha-coals in it , and fire it up , with an hair dryer !!!!! yesss great video .
Me encanta como enseñas yo no sé inglés pero al ver tan detallado como muestras tus enseñanzas eso explica muy muy bien haciendo las cosas es otro lenguaje universal excelente 😍💯😘
Fantastica..., es la mejor opciòn de cocina que he visto, pràctica y fàcil de elaborar con materiales reciclables, grava y piedritas, no busquen màs esta es la mejor opciòn.
If you have a dremel tool a grinding wheel will cut right through that metal fast. Nice design though, the paint can already has a nice handle built in.
Great! nice to have a movable stove when camping. You can cook a meal away from rain and sun under a tarp. Uses wood effciently too. The rocks/sand hold heat for nice simmering I imagine...
Well made video. Easy to follow instructions. Great job. I do have a suggestion. When cutting the inside can, you said the hardest part is getting the cut started past the lip of the can. If you take a can opener and turn it sideways, you'll cut the entire lip off rather than just the lid, but be careful as the edge is extremely sharp.
I’ve made a gallon rocket stove too. Keep it handy stored it’s does make a perfect cooking smokeless shooting hot flame for cooking tried water it a few minutes with just twigs around the ground. A must have.
Good stuff. I've been using something similar for years. Because I like to build my own furniture and bee hives, I have lots of wood shavings and saw dust. So instead of filling the outer sides with sand and gravel, I pack in my saw dust and or shavings and light that with a piece of paper. Beware the can will get hot enough to burn a floor so it needs to be set-up on stones or something fire-retardant. The inner cans are used for a mould to create a tunnel / chimney. A four litre / one gallon can of saw dust with give a good even heat for about an hour, so more cheese sandwiches please.
I stacked about 10 soup can sealed it with exhaust mud still got a foot to 3 ft flame. Then added a blower almost set self on fire haha... but did work great.
This is soooo coool! I've watched a few of your videos and I have to say, you are very descriptive, get right to the point, and show us some super cool stuff. I'm gonna call you the Can Man.... you can do some awesome stuff with cans!!!! LOL Thanks so much!
That's not the point of the stove.... Its designed to be light and portable and hang off your backpack, and then set up with material at your campsight
***** So you are using sand etc. just to support the stove and not to insulate the burning chamber. Try to come up with sturdier structure and forget the sand, you'll get better stove (air is much better insulator than sand..). Just a metal tube with grid in bottom will do the trick. No need to tinker, Weber can sell it to you in competitive price.
Ive made a stove with 1 inch perforated card board rolled tightly into a tuna can then pour hot wax over the top it makes like a sterno can and lasts along time then for the stove used a coffee can and cut the side up enough to slide the tuna can (Burning ) into the bottom __ for the coffee can use a church key (bottle opener pointy end) made holes along the ridge of the coffee can (top side_ so the heat can escape. learned it in a survival course i took yrs ago.
I really like the easy part and the handle. I just wonder how to clean it out without spilling the sand and gravel. Plus I think of the sand and gravel as thermal mass rather than insulation-- because once you heat it up, it should stay warm, and wouldn't it be nice if you cook quickly outside, then carry the nonflammable hot rock inside to cut the chill?
Sara Cowgill cut out the hole in cans cover, so it covers the channel with sand so u can flip it up side down without spilling. This way the cover can be permanently in place and you can keep cooking
***** Mine stays pretty clean without washing it. Everything dumps right out and a quick pass with a bottle brush or similar tool works great without getting it wet.
+Sara Cowgill take plastic wrap, wrap the can securely, once everything is cold, ofc, then flip it upside down. once you get the sand and the gravel out, remove the foil and flip it again to take the ashes out :)
Sara Cowgill if the paint can comes with a lid, draw a circle the size of the can, cut several diameters inside that circle and bend the wedges down into the can. Pound that lid on good and right and you're set
I love it! I have seen many different versions on how to do it and yours is one of the easiest. I assume that the paint can has never been used, it looked like that to me. I have a dremel and I think that would work a bit better in cutting the can. Cleaning it out would be easy once the coals are no longer hot.I have a wooden spatula that I use for cooking and that would be great to clean it out.
If you can't the store burners grates there are hundreds of ways to make something like them out of common household items and or thing from the hardware store bins. My favorite is taking two or three strips of metal bending them down 90 degrees on each end where they go over the edge of the can then do a 180 reverse bend after half an inch and then making a roll out of the remaining inch of metal on each side. Drill a hole in the center of each strip and use a small bolt to hold them centered. Do it right and it can be stored inside the can when not in use
Excellent !, I'm going to drill small holes through the bottom of both tins, they must equate with each other, then attach small bore 8mm -10 mm, copper pipe between each 2 adjacent holes, then fill with fireproof insulation, ( sand or gravel either ? ) once comple air will fill the bottom chamber of the inner can forcing more pressure for the flames, thank you for the vid !!!
Simple, but efficient. It would be the perfect technology for countries in Africa or poor people in the country of India or southern America were people don't have much money but live mainly outdoors. You can protect the forests around the world while using that "trash fuel" such as twigs or dried cattle poo and you get a wonderful fertilizer for the soil too.
You seem very ignorant by your comment. People in third world countries have been using this techniques forever. There's nothing news or technologically advance techniques here, simply turning junk tins into a stove. Travel around a bit to open up your eyes.
***** No i'm not ignorant. I just said, it is a good solution for energy problems and it helps reforestation dry countries such as Ethiopia and it will help to improve soil and groundwater level .and food production. Ain't something else.
***** The reason why i have watched this video was because of Low Tek and Low wight Camping Tool solution. Please have a look for Solo Stove (and gainers) on Ytb. Amazing.
A rocket stove is, basically, a wood gas stove with better air supply. The magic comes from the insulated smoke stack. This lets the temperature in the fire reach ridiculous temperatures and it evaporates the wood gas. With a non insulated stack, the gas would just blow off as smoke, but the insulation allows the temperature above the fire to be high enough that the wood gas burns as well. RMSs will do this faster than wood gas because of better airflow. You basically have 2 fires in an RMS
You can easily cut the can walls with a steak knife or any knife eg. finnish. No need to use drill. Just mark a circle wiith pencil make initial punch by hitting knife handle and then jigsaw the metal around. As you can open any can this way. Great video anyway.
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made one over the weekend with 11 year old daughter. we made Smore's after and cooked late lunch, rice and stew from scratch. Thanx for posting
I’m a connoisseur of rocket stove video ideas onYT. This is brilliant. The fact that you have a north east accent is a bonus.
The ancient Romans used to heat their public baths using basically the same technology on a grander scale, heating both the floors and boiler for the water.Thanks for the tutorial. It's very instructive and useful in survival situations
Next time, fill it half full of water and put it in the freezer. After it's frozen just use your hole saw, the ice will support the cut.
I'll remember that. Good idea!
Thanks for that!
Great idea! I was going to use a small pair of tin snips.
I made one today and it seems to work good, going to use it when I go ice fishing. I traced the soup can with a pen onto the pail and the larger center can, drilled a starter hole, then used a solid knife (banana knife) to cut out the holes a 1/4 inch at a time. I put a hole in the center can instead of notching it as you did, because I wanted to keep the base on the center can. I only used sand so that it would pack in and stay in place better. For those wondering how to clean it out, the ashes fall out of the inlet (soup) can easily enough. Thanks for the vid!
my kind of grill. made at home. kicks ass. portable. space heater. no corporate involvement. well done bro.
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Google owns the UA-cam, and is corporate! Thanks for the minority report....
Cans,drill, bits,and tools we live in corporate America.
Don't use this as a space heater without proper ventilation
I wonder how long can this can keep the heat after the fire inside has burnt out. (Maybe use inside the tent.)
One of the classiest looking DIY rocket stoves I've seen on the Internet
We lost power in Boston for 3 days. The only thing that saved us were the old ski suits ( It got down to 45 inside while zero F outside), and the burner on our Grill. This design is exactly what one needs to boil water and cook soup. Thanks for posting this!
IF YOU PUT WATER IN THE CAN AND FREEZE IT, YOU CAN DRILL RIGHT THROUGH WITHOUT BENDING THE CAN. CLEAN CUT
great tip cutting that circle is the hardest thing
great idea
+Tammy Noble Smart girl :D
Awesome idea!
Fucking brilliant idea but how do you ge the ice out?
I haven't been on here for awhile it's been like 6 years or more and it's like my 1008th time using this Stove it's still going strong today. I always get asked at the beach what is that!! Then I show them by cooking burgers, chicken,hot dogs,steaks,pork chops,bacon and eggs and Brew my coffee as well as make soups on the beach everyone always says where's the flame and smoke I tell them it's virtually invisible and ask me if I want to sell it. I'm like no but I will gladly show you how to make one. Best stove I've ever had I just walk along the beach picking up thrash and dry driftwood and branches or even dry seaweed and burn that for hours on end. Still love it and use it almost every day.
Does the inner can ever burn out?
Instead of the inside cans, just slip in a pipe with an elbow that feeds to the top... will last longer and cleaner...just a thought...nice video
Can you explain more? To someone who has no idea what a pipe with a elbow is ...Thankyou.
@@sueg2286 that is a 90 degrees bent pipe with a round corner
@@sueg2286 that is a 90 degrees bent pipe with a round corner
I really got into building these as well as the alcohol burners, etc, and find that the clay cat liter works very well, and if slightly moistened before first burn tends to harden the litter into a cement like base, making it burn even warmer.
you could use a nice pair of metal snips.
That is a good idea, thank you.
Pure genius and cat litter is cheap.
Shawn S. ... Super suggestion! Much faster than using cement like I had initially planned to do.
Clumping Cat Litter is nothing but Raw Bentonite Clay. It is not good for firing into pottery, but: in a case like this where we aren't worried about Waterproof, who cares?
thanks. yeah i think the stove works great. definitely make one. cost almost nothing to build and very easy to put together.
good video I like vermiculte rather than sand it is lighter and has better r value also put a small shelf 2/3 down for your wood in your feed tube...that way you still have draw and the twigs can rest on the shelf these are great can boil in short time and use twigs to do so very fuel efficient and portable i'm gonna make a duel burner like a colman stove no need for propane bottles
nice tips!
Love the Rocket stove, built all sizes and shapes myself.
Aviation snips are great for tin can work and a nail is good enough to puch the holes, that way we can save electricity. To avoid smoke you might have to increase the gap between the pot and stove, that seems to help for us! Keep up the solutions people, the time is here to share good info.
Beautiful work. I have tried this several times. Cutting a round hole in the side of a Cylindrical Paint can is a REAL CHALLENGE. You show a nice solution. Thanks.
hi and thank you! yes, it would be difficult to cut a round hole in the big can (especially a round hole of the exact size needed to hold the small can tightly). but doing it like i did allows for an 'adjustable size' hole in the big can. the little points of metal that are left over from the drilling grab and hold the small can very tightly. those points can be pushed in a little or straitened a little (as needed) to get the small 'fuel feed' can to fit perfectly.
@@desertsun02 Seems PATIENCE is just as useful in this as in many operations. (Sigh!)
Just a tip for people trying to cut the hole in the first tin.. If you fill the tin with DAMP sand , then lightly drop the can from about 5mm off the ground to pack it in, place the lid on top of the can and lay the can on its side.. you can now easily use a whole saw to cut the tin. ;)
I making one outta a old water heater. The hole is already there. So I'm using a 4 in a half inch grinder to cut my hole in the tube. .Great idea.
Send a bunch of these to Texas!!
I'm in Texas I've been passing on the information hoping it will save lives
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Only bring them inside after the fires burnt out.
One small mod I made was to tilt the inlet up 30 deg to use gravity in my favor. Works great, thanks for the idea.
Jerry Ohmer isnt 30 deg bit much? i thought inlet was purely for air income like in jet engine. so it burns better
The 30 deg is not for air. It allows for gravity to feed fuel for longer burns. As the old fuel turns to ash it allows for unburned fuel to fall into its place.
That's what I was thinking I would do.
By fellowing your video I made one of these last night it worked great! I set it up in the dark and you could really see the vacuum in the low light. if I do any winter camping it might work as a small shelter heater as well as a great stove. Many thanks
Did you try it as a heater?
I finally completed this idea yesterday. Still building on my fire making skills but it works. Thanks for sharing your brain
hi there. nice, i'm glad you made it! i've still got this exact rocket stove. still working great after 10 years.
I'm just going to say this. Ive been almost all over UA-cam and I havent found anything as good as your design for a little stove. Good job making it. It looks awesome
I agree genius idea
I love it that you used what you had, to do as good or better than sandpaper, etc. Minimal is the way to go! Thanks!
Usually the insulation around the stack is a bit better than rocks, usually some sort of perlite and clay slip blend. Thats a little more complex for a hobo stove of course, but the insulated stack is where the magic of a rocket mass heater happens. Since that solidifies, you can turn out the ash no problem. The taller the insulated stack, the better the mass heat conversion is.
I'm clueless. Are you saying that a perlite and clay slip blend will melt and solidify - like fireclay? Perlite you can get a garden centre, can't you? And a potter could supply the clay slip or can you make your own if you have access to clay (I do). Can you give a ratio?
Man this the best simple and cheapest one I ever seen. Lord willing I'm definitely going to try to make me one.
hi and thanks very much! that was one goals of this one (to keep it super easy to make). no need for sealants, caulks, brackets etc...or any specials tools.👍🙂🔥
I first saw this type of stove 50 years ago in South East Asia. However it was made of concrete and used Rice Hulls as Fuel.
pretty cool. simple, hot and effecient.
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Yeah, that's what i used to be when i was child when cooking some food with my grandmother
Long long time ago
Such lovely time
The ultimate cheap and useful car camping cooker.
Fill the can with sand and use the hole bit to drill all of the way through. The sand keeps the can from collapsing when the drill is pressed against it.
mrsillywalk Another is to fill the can about 1/2- 3/4 full of water & then freeze solid.
+Oldtimer Lee Water expands, it could burst the container. If you do this, turn the can sideways and drill the half that's frozen to that side of the container.
+megadeathx
1/2- 3/4 full like Oldtimer Lee said won't burst it, or even slightly bend/distort the can really
megadeathx Lol, the cans are already open... does your ice tray warp because you make ice with it? No, because it has an open end. Think it all the way through mate.
thetravelinghermit lol
Best idea for poors economically.you are great , brother.Thanks.
Hey thanks for the idea. I just built one myself. Gonna take it winter camping with the boys. I'll let you know how it works!
Search for 'Arizona penny can stove' way better design than this for camping. Its smaller, lighter, quicker to make and more efficient. You won't be disappointed
Also try adding chimneys on top with different size cans or I've made a handy blower with a 2 liter coke bottle with a square hole and 12V 4" computer fan on the side, blow that into the fuel feed- mini forge, one last thing, a shelf for the fuel feed soup can helps air get under the sticks.
Just watch the smoke from those linings from fresh cans and remember, more heat decreases the can life faster.
Play with Fire.
This is one of the most wonderful sites on net...Thanks and God bless U,cuz my creative mind have been ACTIVATED
For insulation I mixed self-drying clay with shellsand and a spoonfull sugar, after the first burn this became rock-solid so easier to transport and throw out ashes. I also took a stainless steel drinking straw, cut into pieces and made airflow-holes at the bottom, drilled through both cans. Works perfect! Oh, and instead of making an arch on the inner can I drilled a whole cirkel in that can too. Now it is easy to take it along camping, I take the front can out and stack it inside the stove.
Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea, Mr. desertsun02! This could really help my poor provincemates in the Philippines. Firewood in some places there is getting scarce, most especially during rainy season. Been looking at the internet for a long time for a project of this kind at the least cost; but this one would not incur any cost at all. I'll bring it there. Thanks again...
If you can find waste vegetable or even motor oil, you can dip the wood in the stuff so it'll burn much longer. Just don't breathe in the fumes of used motor oil
Perfect quarantine project!
Your better off using an oil lamp if you got access to a paint can to make this then sticks. Oil lamps last a long time.
I am not sure if you're going to read this or not but I wanted to say, "thanks!" I made the Rocket Stove from the directions you gave me. I just finished it this afternoon. With not having all the tools it made it a little hard. The can isn't right in the middle but it's going to work for what it's intended. Once I go camping I am going to try it out. Again, thank you.
Sorry for asking this question as it's over 7 months. Did you use a 5 litre (1 gallon) can for the outside, thanks.
you could use aquarium rock for the pea gravel, if necessary. I like how compact this stove is. gonna have to make one.
And now I can make my own camp stove. Thanks for the video.
You need a tray in the inlet that lets air in under the wood. You'll get a hotter fire.
more heat/not enough durable metal here.
That is beautiful rocket stove...I popped some popcorn to watch this video.
You can also make a ventilation control with the soda can. This way, both temp and fuel duration can be more controlled thus adding flexibility.
A very nice camping tool. Simple, elegant, reliable. Thanks for the video.
You should put some holes along the base of the outer can, above the sand line. The heat that builds in the outer chamber would cause air to be drawn in, adding to the upward flow parallel to the burn chamber. Not sure how much the gravel will impede that flow, though (most I've seen leave the air space).
If you get a bi-metal hole saw - the type used to put door knobs into doors - they'll buzz right through 'em.
Thanks for this post, by the way! Very clean build.
Do you think making a chimney would make this safer for indoor use on a shed? I was thinking a flexible metal pipe and vent it through a window(make a sheet metal square same size as shed window take out window and replace with sheet metal then vent up a rigid stack? Maybe put cement board hearth pad and wall backing? Think it could work? I may try
Best DIY stove and best instructional video .Brilliant work !Thanks.
i have the same stove , and i can melt metals in it , lika aluminium and copper !!!!!
i put sheesha-coals in it , and fire it up , with an hair dryer !!!!!
yesss great video .
I would love to see you do this
Me encanta como enseñas yo no sé inglés pero al ver tan detallado como muestras tus enseñanzas eso explica muy muy bien haciendo las cosas es otro lenguaje universal excelente 😍💯😘
hi. thank you and i totally agree 🙂
That thing is can-tastic!
😂😂😂😂can tastic🤣🤣🤣🤣
It "can" be done👍
Fantastica..., es la mejor opciòn de cocina que he visto, pràctica y fàcil de elaborar con materiales reciclables, grava y piedritas, no busquen màs esta es la mejor opciòn.
hi and thanks. i appreciate the comment👍
If you have a dremel tool a grinding wheel will cut right through that metal fast. Nice design though, the paint can already has a nice handle built in.
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Which attachment would you use?
Great! nice to have a movable stove when camping. You can cook a meal away from rain and sun under a tarp. Uses wood effciently too. The rocks/sand hold heat for nice simmering I imagine...
diameter of ring is 6 1/2"
I love building these!
Well made video. Easy to follow instructions. Great job. I do have a suggestion. When cutting the inside can, you said the hardest part is getting the cut started past the lip of the can. If you take a can opener and turn it sideways, you'll cut the entire lip off rather than just the lid, but be careful as the edge is extremely sharp.
Steve O They also have can openers that will do just what you mentioned, but without the sharp edge. It should work perfect.
I’ve made a gallon rocket stove too. Keep it handy stored it’s does make a perfect cooking smokeless shooting hot flame for cooking tried water it a few minutes with just twigs around the ground. A must have.
I used perlite.
Good stuff. I've been using something similar for years. Because I like to build my own furniture and bee hives, I have lots of wood shavings and saw dust. So instead of filling the outer sides with sand and gravel, I pack in my saw dust and or shavings and light that with a piece of paper. Beware the can will get hot enough to burn a floor so it needs to be set-up on stones or something fire-retardant. The inner cans are used for a mould to create a tunnel / chimney. A four litre / one gallon can of saw dust with give a good even heat for about an hour, so more cheese sandwiches please.
I stacked about 10 soup can sealed it with exhaust mud still got a foot to 3 ft flame. Then added a blower almost set self on fire haha... but did work great.
How did you join the cans? anything special or just stacked?
I think it's great how you only use hand tool and make it so simple to follow, great job mate
This is soooo coool! I've watched a few of your videos and I have to say, you are very descriptive, get right to the point, and show us some super cool stuff. I'm gonna call you the Can Man.... you can do some awesome stuff with cans!!!! LOL Thanks so much!
Отличная печка из подручных материалов. Самоделкин молодец!
That is awesome, dude. I will definitely use your design to make a few and put them in my preps. Compact, convenient and easy to use...love it!!!
Agreed 👍
Wonderful design and "field" manufacture from "found" items...the very best type of Survival stove. Thanks for your video!!!
Im using this at work to boil water to make tea since theres lost of wood around its perfect just have to be responsible how its used
Excellent, simple, efficient intelligent! Bravo
Definitely making one of these. A+
Excellent design
thanks 👍
A better insulator than sand and gravel would be perlite, you can buy enough to fill like 4 of these at any gardening store.
***** true. put plaster sand mix on the top mabye?
That's not the point of the stove....
Its designed to be light and portable and hang off your backpack, and then set up with material at your campsight
Shane Lopez Perlite is lighter than sand.
Live Rave Repeat Is Perlite available at backcountry campsites?
***** So you are using sand etc. just to support the stove and not to insulate the burning chamber. Try to come up with sturdier structure and forget the sand, you'll get better stove (air is much better insulator than sand..). Just a metal tube with grid in bottom will do the trick. No need to tinker, Weber can sell it to you in competitive price.
awesome mini single stove to build and take on a camping field trip. likes.....
Ive made a stove with 1 inch perforated card board rolled tightly into a tuna can then pour hot wax over the top it makes like a sterno can and lasts along time then for the stove used a coffee can and cut the side up enough to slide the tuna can (Burning ) into the bottom __ for the coffee can use a church key (bottle opener pointy end) made holes along the ridge of the coffee can (top side_ so the heat can escape. learned it in a survival course i took yrs ago.
Awesome
Wou! Its amazin! I loved it!
Very cool, great job. That works great.
Let's see the one you made. What have you cooked on it?
Best video so far. Great job
I really like the easy part and the handle. I just wonder how to clean it out without spilling the sand and gravel. Plus I think of the sand and gravel as thermal mass rather than insulation-- because once you heat it up, it should stay warm, and wouldn't it be nice if you cook quickly outside, then carry the nonflammable hot rock inside to cut the chill?
Sara Cowgill cut out the hole in cans cover, so it covers the channel with sand so u can flip it up side down without spilling. This way the cover can be permanently in place and you can keep cooking
***** Mine stays pretty clean without washing it. Everything dumps right out and a quick pass with a bottle brush or similar tool works great without getting it wet.
+Sara Cowgill take plastic wrap, wrap the can securely, once everything is cold, ofc, then flip it upside down. once you get the sand and the gravel out, remove the foil and flip it again to take the ashes out :)
+Sara Cowgill maybe build one with concrete, that way you can simply tip it over and it'll stay built
Sara Cowgill if the paint can comes with a lid, draw a circle the size of the can, cut several diameters inside that circle and bend the wedges down into the can. Pound that lid on good and right and you're set
Wow good rocket stove
hi and thanks! 👍🙂
I love it! I have seen many different versions on how to do it and yours is one of the easiest. I assume that the paint can has never been used, it looked like that to me. I have a dremel and I think that would work a bit better in cutting the can. Cleaning it out would be easy once the coals are no longer hot.I have a wooden spatula that I use for cooking and that would be great to clean it out.
Very suitable for camping👍
Yes, definitely
Salutes bro,,many Salutes !! Tin snips for Hunts can is all I would add. Thanks ,
By far the easiest and best one yet
thanks 👍
If you can't the store burners grates there are hundreds of ways to make something like them out of common household items and or thing from the hardware store bins. My favorite is taking two or three strips of metal bending them down 90 degrees on each end where they go over the edge of the can then do a 180 reverse bend after half an inch and then making a roll out of the remaining inch of metal on each side. Drill a hole in the center of each strip and use a small bolt to hold them centered. Do it right and it can be stored inside the can when not in use
I think places like Home Depot or Lowes sells just the burner grates.
made one of these using tin snips, they make light work of cutting the cans and well worth the investment to buy them for this type of projects
Bud Lite Lime?
now that a true survival situation.
That is a nasty brew
Very good and easy and quick method, thank you for sharing.
you're welcome. and thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Put the lid back on and you have yourself a nice little back woods hot plate! hehe
Very nice. You gotta make some tea using it; it will be extra delicious
next time you make one put water into the can and freeze it, then you can use the hole saw.
or put a 2x4 behind it???
Damn, that's a good tip. Ive used ice in copper lines like that. Same principle
George Hart
Great idea !!!
George Hart
Excellent !, I'm going to drill small holes through the bottom of both tins, they must equate with each other, then attach small bore 8mm -10 mm, copper pipe between each 2 adjacent holes, then fill with fireproof insulation, ( sand or gravel either ? ) once comple air will fill the bottom chamber of the inner can forcing more pressure for the flames, thank you for the vid !!!
S L I C K !!!!
I must make one now!
Thank you!
I love stuff like this. It keeps it simple so anyone can make it, even a dumb ass like myself ;-)
Simple, but efficient. It would be the perfect technology for countries in Africa or poor people in the country of India or southern America were people don't have much money but live mainly outdoors.
You can protect the forests around the world while using that "trash fuel" such as twigs or dried cattle poo and you get a wonderful fertilizer for the soil too.
You seem very ignorant by your comment. People in third world countries have been using this techniques forever. There's nothing news or technologically advance techniques here, simply turning junk tins into a stove. Travel around a bit to open up your eyes.
***** No i'm not ignorant. I just said, it is a good solution for energy problems and it helps reforestation dry countries such as Ethiopia and it will help to improve soil and groundwater level .and food production. Ain't something else.
***** The reason why i have watched this video was because of Low Tek and Low wight Camping Tool solution.
Please have a look for Solo Stove (and gainers) on Ytb. Amazing.
Think tin snips might've come in handy but hey, it tuned out great! Good idea n I'll be building one myself. Thanks, man!
You just saved me $150 over an EcoZoom. Yes they are $150 now. 😌
A rocket stove is, basically, a wood gas stove with better air supply. The magic comes from the insulated smoke stack. This lets the temperature in the fire reach ridiculous temperatures and it evaporates the wood gas. With a non insulated stack, the gas would just blow off as smoke, but the insulation allows the temperature above the fire to be high enough that the wood gas burns as well. RMSs will do this faster than wood gas because of better airflow. You basically have 2 fires in an RMS
wonder if a perilite and plaster or concrete mix could replace the sand and gravel for added insulation.
themadscientest try it and see what happens!
The weight of the rocks may help it not turn over.
I saw somewhere else where commenter mentioned to use high temp concrete bc regular concrete is not meant to indur high temperatures
Dude - you rock! I love your videos
thanks. i appreciate it!
You can easily cut the can walls with a steak knife or any knife eg. finnish. No need to use drill. Just mark a circle wiith pencil make initial punch by hitting knife handle and then jigsaw the metal around. As you can open any can this way. Great video anyway.
yeah if you have some shitty knives, for sure. 1.5" cutoff wheel on my dremmel would be boss
Me and my homegirl just did this and it worked great! We've been frying eggs, making wild boar and sauteing asparagus..thanks desertsun02!
To use the coals, you could put a metal lid with a few holes and some small brochettes inside it, maybe hanging from the lid. Yummy...