This is a great survival idea to have in your mental tool kit should it be needed. Of course, we always want to have proper cookware with us. However, this will do in a pinch and works quite well. Thanks for watching and please leave me a comment in the section below!
👍👍👍 .. neat. Another example of the power of lateral thinking 😊. Variations include Poaching and Boiling of Eggs .. and more .. Thanks for sharing .. take care ..
@@markcox1457 Right 👍. All of my home-grown Alcohol Stoves and Windscreens have been made from cans 'salvaged' during walking the dog alongside the river, from soft and energy drink cans .. 200 - 450ml .. especially after a weekend. Salvaged, as I don't drink the rubbish inside them.
Neat idea. I work in the factory that manufactures aluminum cans. That liner starts out as a liquid we spray at high pressure inside of can as it spins. Then gets cured in an oven of 400 degrees. Pretty much harmless once it cures. The ink and varnish on outside pretty much harmless once it cured as well. Neat idea 💡
What type of plastic is the liner actually made of? Just curious. I’ve been using a beer can pot out of a lined can countless times. If your into alcohol stoves a what not. A guy named tinny had a channel here called minibull design. And was making fosters can an Heineken can cook pots. A machined a n aluminum band to go around the top to strengthen it once the top was removed for a lid. And had the body wrapped with like a long fiberglass string. Kept a really decent rigidity to it. An the aluminum ring that was pressed on helped that much more. As for as an extremely light weight cooking pot. Hiking/backpacking an what not. I’m not sure if theirs anything lighter than that. Be it titanium or anything else. But that liner hasn’t bubbled or anything of the sort. Only thing best to not do is have it on the flame without a liquid in it. With the liquid in there to absorb the heat. It isn’t going to get smoking hot. As it would if it were empty. But definitely curious of what it’s made of just in general or type of plastic. Or is it some type of epoxy mix that’s sprasprayed in or a full on plastic taken past its melting point and run through a high pressure high temp sprayer to have it somewhat a liquid or sorts?
With creepy Joe Biden in office yeah we had better vote in record numbers to overwhelm all the fraud they have planned or we are going to lose our country quick
We need a video on distillating sugar into a high proof alcohol that cars can run on. Or flower pot heaters that run on other fuel than tea lights like heated stones
Jim Bridger used a lidded pot as a radiator that he added heated stones to from his fire to heat a space. Cobbles...bricks...Just keep it radiating from a noncombustible surface --something made of stone or concrete to avoid overheating a combustible flooring.
Love it! That takes me back. Years ago, after a very short hike from logging road to mountain lake, one of us caught a nice little pan fish. We didn’t have any gear, but one person spotted a beer can. We cooked our fish! This is great fun. Cans are everywhere and they’re free. Make cookers, candle lanterns, hobo stoves, etc. if your first efforts aren't perfect, it costs nothing but a little time to experiment and try a few more designs. 👍 I didn’t grow up rich. These techniques are great to know.😀
Great use for the aluminum cans. If you nest the horizontal egg cooker into another can that has three or four ounces of water in it, you will eliminate the burning and sticking of the egg.
I have been watching your hobo series for who knows how long...This is genius. I think a sweet potato or potato would bake just fine in this. To avoid eating any plastic residue, don't eat the skin. What a great replacement for aluminum foil in order to keep the root veg out of the gritty coals!
I'm really enjoying your channel. I was taught this trick many years ago by an old biker who was camping next to us at a rally. He taught me to use a stick with a larger "Y" and instead of sticking the single end through the can you place the can between the "Y" and wrap the flaps around the "Y". Now you have full access to the open cooking area without a stick in the way.
Interesting setup. I've never cooked in aluminum cans before. I have cut them in half and melted lead weights down and used them as lead molds. Then from there made a few mini balls for my muzzleloader. The cans got hot but never melted through and the lead popped right out of them.
Great idea! I have already made 2 rocket stoves...the first one was learning and the next one is a large coffee can for larger pans. Works great and will be going on all of my outdoor adventures.
❤ that's a super awesome in a pinch kind of thing that you could even make out of a soup can be a little harder to bend it open but you wouldn't have to worry about the plastic liner that won't hurt you when you're stuck out for a night or two thanks for sharing your show is awesome I've been being a hobo for various reasons for 35 years and I love it when people celebrate different ways of having hot meals without worrying about too much of anything other than getting something hot to eat and thank you for sharing❤
While some may cringe at the sight of the knife edge being dulled by the can. James once again proved that the sharpest tool on him is not the blade but his mind. It can only be dulled if we don't use it. Well done sir!
Urban Outdoor, Hello! Ur words r postcard worthy! Many videos I have watched where people complain on how a UA-camr uses their knife. A knife can be be brought back to a sharp edge, but the mind, well, many will remain dull due to the conditioning over the years. Can u imagine how many will perish if shit were to hit the fan. I have watched many videos, many talked about zombies, one day, I realized that zombies will not be the gross bitters with missing parts, but normal every day people WHO do not know how to hunt, fish forage for food, they will be the zombies, because n their dull minds, meat is meat, people r meat. It is people like James, u and me that will remain normal, sharpening our brains on how to survive/thrive as how it was done n the old days. Yep, I apparently rambled, but u see, I am looking at the price of everything today, man oh man, what will it be tomorrow, next month, year. It’s good many want to grow a garden, raise livestock, learn to fish hunt and forage, learning sharpens the brain. This video has tough me to add a cook set to my EDC n my truck, it was nice talking to u, have a wonderful day!
Good idea. I've seen a guy using a tetra pak brick pacage as an emergency pan, and it works very well. You just open one side of it. I've tested it in the stove and really works !
This is a very good idea for an emergency and seems to work quite well. However, the plastic inside the can will liberate fumes that are toxic even in very small amounts, and you don't need to scrape it to be exposed to those toxic substances. So I really would advise you to use a can like that only as a last resource.
I really like this idea. I have used cans for a lot of projects. The light weight cans can be hard to cot smoothly. Try filling them with wet sand then a small sharp knife will cut them with just the tip and do a cleaner job
I cook/heat food in my can pretty often. Have for the longest time. Best ultralight pot you can get. That’s to ole minibull design. Wish he was still making beer can pots. Definitely would get a few more.
Good call on the liner. They have BPA in them and are cause a range of issues including effects similar to estrogen (the female hormone counterpart to testosterone) which can cause varying issues with both men and women.
I made and used the pizza box solar oven when I was homeless. Pizza box, plastic cling film and foil. I used it a lot for frozen mac and cheese and dollar frozen "meals". I can see this working on a smaller scale. The box oven would heat up dishes to where you could not touch the container without a makeshift potholder.
Hi , James , all the hobo hacks that you come out with are all useful ideas in case of an emergency , stuck somewhere where as hopefully one is lucky enough to find a can or something to use . Anyway, James, all of your hobo hacks are wonderful ideas . Thank you for sharing 👍😎✌️🙏🏻😇👌
Littering Larry has turned into helpful Harry! Thanks for turning all the litter i see in the woods into cookware. This perspective helps me see differently.
longer can (beer) can be easly used as a microgrill. You cut can in same maner, drop coal to the can, use some eires for a grill crate, and you can grill what you wana.
really loving the design of your knife with the wooden grip having two red stripes going around it and the brass "crossguard" or whatever its called being very subtle. hope it returns in future videos
@@donnabartley2246 Pretty much the same, except pointing the opening at the sun on a clear day. Clean off any oils, salt, etc. that are on the silver surface. I would guess that lining it with aluminum foil (shiny side out) would work even better. It would mainly work on food you could put on a spit though, like franks or kabob. And it would probably take a while, preferably through early afternoon. It might help to cover the outer opening with clear wrap to trap the heat.
Another great video! Inspiring to both the grandsons Came by the house with 4 railroad spikes we have a stove, stuck them in the ground built a fire in them and boiled some water “ see pap a stove” lol.
Cooked eggs with orange peel. Also Boy Scout scrambled omelets. Same warnings with the plastic leaching into food. Boil water and drop it in. Thanks for the vid.
Hey Waypoint, good ideas on reusing discarded litter, one more thing to add. Dispose of your hobo stuff in the trash when done, we don't need to create more litter.
I saw one video where they make a candle flashlight out of a tin can. Just remove the lid, punch a hole in the side, turn the can on its side, and insert the candle through the hole. Add a wire bail to hold it because it gets hot. For improving the design, I have some ideas that may or may not work. I thought about replacing the bail wire with a stick mounted to the bottom of the can so you can hold it like a flashlight. I also considered scrounging an old car headlight and putting a piece of the reflector in the bottom of the can to direct the beam. Thirdly, some method of mitigating the heat of the can would be nice, but dunno how.
if you burn it first and get out the plastic you can season it with oil or bacon grease.. they will last a good while if you are careful with them and can double as a candle lantern
Great tip! My mom always to cook our food with saved bacon grease. She kept it in the frig in a jar. When refrigerated keeps a long time. So if you're cooking some bacon you could use a little leftover grease that has been saved . . . or if you have a slice of bacon you could cook both and the egg wouldn't stick so much. Or if you have a little bit of oil, I keep some in a small bottle when I'm camping or hiking and plan to cook. Doesn't take much oil or grease.
There is no better food than the vegetables cooked with bacon grease. Especially green beans we used Crisco back in the day. And we would always filter in pour grease back into the can after we used it unless we cook something like fish. And the empty cans we would save bacon grease in. You just have to remember to put a lid on it when it cools down to keep bugs out. Flies gnats or whatever. It's also good for making gravy it's hard to save vegetable oil for very long.
@@thomasmusso1147 I used to try to keep coconut oil but my wife used to steal it because she would put it in her hair. She died but I never have started using it again mainly I use olive oil. Hey it was good enough for Jesus
Come Summer you should try this with the larger non metal coffee cans with the silver linings. I'd be curious to know if they could generate that kind of heat for multiple hotdogs. Adding aluminum foil might even be better.
Of course in the Depression Era of hoboing there was no plastic or synthetic lining in anything. When I was a kid we’d explore the “hobo jungle” adjacent to our city park. It was actually called Stiver’s Lagoon and the trains tore through too quickly but that is what locals called it and to a kid with a big imagination every burn scar we found back in there was obviously last nights fire from some guys who jumped the 6am Southern Pacific, all coffee’d up to make the perilous journey through the Coastal Mountain Range and reach Salinas or Watsonville by nightfall in time for their artichoke or strawberry picking job the next day. (deep sigh) In reality it was probably high school kids who dusted a case of Coors the previous weekend hiding from the cops.
I used to cut cans exactly the same when I was wrangling horses, guiding dudes, and camped out every night 50 years ago. But I'd stand them on end and put a candle inside. The drink hole vented, the shiny insides reflected the light better. I could lay there and read, and eat sunflower seeds all night. Lots cheaper than flashlight batteries. Wax glue the candle to the bottom and with a little wire make a bale and carry that around if need be, like a bullseye lantern. Hang it on a branch (using common sense and fire awareness, of course. Shouldn't even have to say that, but these days...). Bright enough to read means bright enough to attract bugs. Especially those great big scarab beetles that you can hear crashing into trees from fifty yards out as they flew to the flame. Once they got into the light they went manic, and I'd plug em with a .22 and get back to my book. I'll remember that egg trick, but I think I'll look for Foster's cans. Get more eggs in there, with omelette mixins, too. Thanks for the tip. Ask me some day about heating water in a Bugler can with a twist of TP.
Wow..!. you are sooooo timely with the hobo cookware videos recently...been scrounging up bushcrafting & urban camping survival ideas for the main protagonist's epic bug-out journey in a new post-apocalyptic series i am working on currently n S.America.
@@WayPointSurvival My pleasure...i hope the world doesn't come to an end before we finish the first phase for a possible sale to Netflix or their competition... hehehe... tropical greetings from Caracas Venezuela.
I enjoyed that. I will show my camper's at our Lumberjack Kids Camp that little morsel of info. What other tricks do you have that I can show them around the campfire after we get it going.
I drink pepsi max cans all the time, im very sure they don't have a plastic coating in the can, coke definitely! Pepsi has way more carbonation than coke. Great channel btw mate!!✌🏻
The one time last year, I had to drink wild water was in Nevada out hunting the himilian snowcock in the ruby mountains. It was island lake ( look all this up it's absolutely amazing) out of a spring coming out of the side of the mountain feeding into the lake that I decided to source some nice cool water. I boiled it in a similar way to how you did. But I had to improvise a funnel to load my main bottle. I still remember how it tasted as I was almost in trouble with dehydration. Of course I had no sickness from it. I still have a small amount of that water bottle as I plan to return it to the mountain after carrying it so close for a year. I'm glad I cleaned up a few beer cans along the way. People just suck sometimes.
Always interesting❕ The way you cut and fold the both sides make me think of a solar oven.....I wonder if it could be used as one....at least to cook an egg
if you have not subscribed to waypoint and you just found this video!your missing out on lifesaving,practical and fun information ,hi james great as ever man,i just met a young woman travelling britain on her own just with a bivvybag and she took photos of all your designs i have drawn in my book i carry at all times,spreading waypoint love and wisdom man!
i smiled all the way through this video ,its a genius design ,two cans one egg and water and a stock cube and your body will be in a much warmer,better place ,i salute you bro,this is my favourite survival channel easily james ,thank u for the responses ,it shows u are so genuine,anyway take care its eight at night in the mountains of wales an i might see if we got any eggs,nostar means goodnight in welsh nostar bro!
I thought you were going to do a solar oven... Next week! Can in a can or 1 can. Either could work. If you do hotdogs or sausage (brats) you could keep it off the lining with the skewer
Thank you so much, my friend! There are videos on UA-cam that show how to dissolve aluminum cans using drain cleaner which leaves the plastic interior coating intact and visible.
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This is a great survival idea to have in your mental tool kit should it be needed. Of course, we always want to have proper cookware with us. However, this will do in a pinch and works quite well. Thanks for watching and please leave me a comment in the section below!
A very nice hack to keep in the back of my mind. Soft drink cans are everywhere.
More brilliance .
Truly epic improvisation once again .
Superb video sir.
Kind regards from England.
I really enjoy your instructional videos, they are so practical and are made of easily scrounged items. Thanks for all you do!
👍👍👍 .. neat.
Another example of the power of lateral thinking 😊.
Variations include Poaching and Boiling of Eggs .. and more ..
Thanks for sharing .. take care ..
@@markcox1457 Right 👍.
All of my home-grown Alcohol Stoves and Windscreens have been made from cans 'salvaged' during walking the dog alongside the river, from soft and energy drink cans .. 200 - 450ml .. especially after a weekend. Salvaged, as I don't drink the rubbish inside them.
I loved that you took a moment of silence for . . . . . . reflection? prayer? gratitude? A reminder that it is a blessing to have enough food to eat.
It was a prayer of thanks for the food. Thanks for watching!
Yes, I like that too. Humble man with good information.
Neat idea. I work in the factory that manufactures aluminum cans. That liner starts out as a liquid we spray at high pressure inside of can as it spins. Then gets cured in an oven of 400 degrees. Pretty much harmless once it cures. The ink and varnish on outside pretty much harmless once it cured as well. Neat idea 💡
Thanks so much for the information, I really appreciate it!
What type of plastic is the liner actually made of? Just curious.
I’ve been using a beer can pot out of a lined can countless times.
If your into alcohol stoves a what not. A guy named tinny had a channel here called minibull design.
And was making fosters can an Heineken can cook pots. A machined a n aluminum band to go around the top to strengthen it once the top was removed for a lid.
And had the body wrapped with like a long fiberglass string. Kept a really decent rigidity to it. An the aluminum ring that was pressed on helped that much more.
As for as an extremely light weight cooking pot. Hiking/backpacking an what not. I’m not sure if theirs anything lighter than that. Be it titanium or anything else.
But that liner hasn’t bubbled or anything of the sort. Only thing best to not do is have it on the flame without a liquid in it. With the liquid in there to absorb the heat. It isn’t going to get smoking hot. As it would if it were empty.
But definitely curious of what it’s made of just in general or type of plastic. Or is it some type of epoxy mix that’s sprasprayed in or a full on plastic taken past its melting point and run through a high pressure high temp sprayer to have it somewhat a liquid or sorts?
@@AquaTech225 it’s an epoxy spray, already in a liquid form.not sure what ingredients are, trade secrets. It’s made by Valspar I believe.
Seu depoimento é de muita responsabilidade, pois não existem informações sobre a toxicidade dessas embalagens aquecidas.
Ya right. Keep telling yourself that.
I'm afraid sir that these cooking ideas may become more useful & true in these times! Thank you for your time and dedication....ATB
You may be right. Thanks for watching!
With creepy Joe Biden in office yeah we had better vote in record numbers to overwhelm all the fraud they have planned or we are going to lose our country quick
We need a video on distillating sugar into a high proof alcohol that cars can run on. Or flower pot heaters that run on other fuel than tea lights like heated stones
This is an excellent technique. Thank you so much!
Jim Bridger used a lidded pot as a radiator that he added heated stones to from his fire to heat a space. Cobbles...bricks...Just keep it radiating from a noncombustible surface --something made of stone or concrete to avoid overheating a combustible flooring.
One of the great things about your videos is they make you think outside the box, when the chips are down you need to use such ingenuity to get by...👍
Thanks! I agree, ingenuity is one of the keys to survival.
Love it! That takes me back. Years ago, after a very short hike from logging road to mountain lake, one of us caught a nice little pan fish. We didn’t have any gear, but one person spotted a beer can. We cooked our fish! This is great fun. Cans are everywhere and they’re free. Make cookers, candle lanterns, hobo stoves, etc. if your first efforts aren't perfect, it costs nothing but a little time to experiment and try a few more designs. 👍 I didn’t grow up rich. These techniques are great to know.😀
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
There are a dozen ways to cook a fish. You can cook them on sticks. Squirrels too
@@jamesbowen5573 rocks too
Love to see UA-camrs pray before they eat. Sets a good example to be thankful for all things. Thanks
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Yes, pray while you can. I'm sure YT will censor it before long. They'll call it hatemongering or fearmongering.
Food always tastes better when prayed over. My experience shows me.
You're never to old to learn something new
Thank you for showing us new ways to survive
You're welcome!
Great use for the aluminum cans. If you nest the horizontal egg cooker into another can that has three or four ounces of water in it, you will eliminate the burning and sticking of the egg.
Good idea!
I can appreciate the moment of silence. We need to appreciate having a meal as often as most of us can, no matter how it is prepared ✌️.
Indeed!
I love that you offer THANKS, before you eat.
Thanks, my faith is very important to me.
I am always amazed with the contraptions that you guys come up with. Nothing beats it!
Good Stuff!!!
Thanks for watching!
I have been watching your hobo series for who knows how long...This is genius. I think a sweet potato or potato would bake just fine in this. To avoid eating any plastic residue, don't eat the skin. What a great replacement for aluminum foil in order to keep the root veg out of the gritty coals!
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked it!
I'm really enjoying your channel. I was taught this trick many years ago by an old biker who was camping next to us at a rally. He taught me to use a stick with a larger "Y" and instead of sticking the single end through the can you place the can between the "Y" and wrap the flaps around the "Y". Now you have full access to the open cooking area without a stick in the way.
Good idea!
My favorite is the paint can wood gas stove. My second favorite is the hobo water heater. Even the simple food can wood stoves are great.
Interesting setup. I've never cooked in aluminum cans before. I have cut them in half and melted lead weights down and used them as lead molds. Then from there made a few mini balls for my muzzleloader. The cans got hot but never melted through and the lead popped right out of them.
Interesting. Thanks for watching!
Great idea! I have already made 2 rocket stoves...the first one was learning and the next one is a large coffee can for larger pans. Works great and will be going on all of my outdoor adventures.
That sounds awesome!
❤ that's a super awesome in a pinch kind of thing that you could even make out of a soup can be a little harder to bend it open but you wouldn't have to worry about the plastic liner that won't hurt you when you're stuck out for a night or two thanks for sharing your show is awesome I've been being a hobo for various reasons for 35 years and I love it when people celebrate different ways of having hot meals without worrying about too much of anything other than getting something hot to eat and thank you for sharing❤
Thanks so much!
Love the old knife. I have a couple of small ones that are from the 50’s and 70’s
While some may cringe at the sight of the knife edge being dulled by the can. James once again proved that the sharpest tool on him is not the blade but his mind. It can only be dulled if we don't use it. Well done sir!
Thanks so much!
Urban Outdoor, Hello! Ur words r postcard worthy! Many videos I have watched where people complain on how a UA-camr uses their knife. A knife can be be brought back to a sharp edge, but the mind, well, many will remain dull due to the conditioning over the years. Can u imagine how many will perish if shit were to hit the fan. I have watched many videos, many talked about zombies, one day, I realized that zombies will not be the gross bitters with missing parts, but normal every day people WHO do not know how to hunt, fish forage for food, they will be the zombies, because n their dull minds, meat is meat, people r meat. It is people like James, u and me that will remain normal, sharpening our brains on how to survive/thrive as how it was done n the old days. Yep, I apparently rambled, but u see, I am looking at the price of everything today, man oh man, what will it be tomorrow, next month, year. It’s good many want to grow a garden, raise livestock, learn to fish hunt and forage, learning sharpens the brain. This video has tough me to add a cook set to my EDC n my truck, it was nice talking to u, have a wonderful day!
Good idea. I've seen a guy using a tetra pak brick pacage as an emergency pan, and it works very well. You just open one side of it. I've tested it in the stove and really works !
Thanks ! God bless the world needs more of you! 🤗🤗
Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
This is a very good idea for an emergency and seems to work quite well. However, the plastic inside the can will liberate fumes that are toxic even in very small amounts, and you don't need to scrape it to be exposed to those toxic substances. So I really would advise you to use a can like that only as a last resource.
Agreed. Thanks for watching.
So many good ideas here, learning to make due with what one can find on hand. Priceless information!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really like this idea. I have used cans for a lot of projects. The light weight cans can be hard to cot smoothly. Try filling them with wet sand then a small sharp knife will cut them with just the tip and do a cleaner job
Good tip!
The more you know the better life is. Thank you. All the best to you.
Thanks!
This is great, I love how relevant it is in 2022
Thanks so much!
Love the way you can improvise nearly anything to recycle it's use.
You know what they say: Where there is a will, I want to be in it.
Thanks!
Amazing! I’ll try to do that in my next camping.
Thanks God for the food you give us. and thank you James for teaching us these techniques
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
I cook/heat food in my can pretty often. Have for the longest time. Best ultralight pot you can get.
That’s to ole minibull design. Wish he was still making beer can pots. Definitely would get a few more.
You sir, are a genius.. thank you for your content.
Good call on the liner. They have BPA in them and are cause a range of issues including effects similar to estrogen (the female hormone counterpart to testosterone) which can cause varying issues with both men and women.
BPA is no longer used as a liner.
I made and used the pizza box solar oven when I was homeless. Pizza box, plastic cling film and foil. I used it a lot for frozen mac and cheese and dollar frozen "meals".
I can see this working on a smaller scale. The box oven would heat up dishes to where you could not touch the container without a makeshift potholder.
Excellent. Thanks for watching and for the ideas.
and I thought I had seen everything. Simply brilliant.
Hi , James , all the hobo hacks that you come out with are all useful ideas in case of an emergency , stuck somewhere where as hopefully one is lucky enough to find a can or something to use . Anyway, James, all of your hobo hacks are wonderful ideas . Thank you for sharing 👍😎✌️🙏🏻😇👌
I love the way you pray over your food
Thanks for watching!
Littering Larry has turned into helpful Harry! Thanks for turning all the litter i see in the woods into cookware. This perspective helps me see differently.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like these classes, thank you.
God bless you and your family.
Thanks for watching and God-bless you too!
Right on time for us to watch as a family. Interesting & a very creative tool.
Thanks so much!
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventure
Thanks for watching!
Love the prayer brother! Never be shy letting people know you love the LORD Almighty!!❤🕊👼
Thanks for watching!
@@WayPointSurvival AMEN brother!!❤🕊👼
I’ve done the water boil in the can before but have never done a can as a cooking vessel like that , good tools for the just in case moments
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Love that you bless your food with prayer.
Thanks!
longer can (beer) can be easly used as a microgrill. You cut can in same maner, drop coal to the can, use some eires for a grill crate, and you can grill what you wana.
Good idea, thanks for watching!
Another great video from one of my favorite channels.
Keep up the good work, my friend!
😀
Thanks so much!
I really like watching these. I can't wait to try this with my grandkids!
Thanks, glad you like them!
Thanks brother James great idea and the tip of not scraping the egg to insure a healthy quick meal. 😀
Thanks for watching!
Can also use can like the cooker, opened up, using tab at top to hang it somewhere, put in a t-light candle and it reflects light pretty good.
Yes, there are so many things that you can do with cast off aluminum cans.
really loving the design of your knife with the wooden grip having two red stripes going around it and the brass "crossguard" or whatever its called being very subtle. hope it returns in future videos
Thanks. It's an old boy scout Western knife.
Simple, interesting, and you caught me by surprise; I was sure you were going to turn it into a solar cooker.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it interesting.
I thought the same...solar cooker.
What modifications are needed ?
@@donnabartley2246 Pretty much the same, except pointing the opening at the sun on a clear day. Clean off any oils, salt, etc. that are on the silver surface. I would guess that lining it with aluminum foil (shiny side out) would work even better. It would mainly work on food you could put on a spit though, like franks or kabob. And it would probably take a while, preferably through early afternoon. It might help to cover the outer opening with clear wrap to trap the heat.
Another great video!
Inspiring to both the grandsons
Came by the house with 4 railroad spikes we have a stove, stuck them in the ground built a fire in them and boiled some water “ see pap a stove” lol.
Great! Thanks for watching!
Very nice video James. There's almost always some discarded aluminum cans in your travels so this would work amazingly!!
True. Thanks for watching!
Cooked eggs with orange peel. Also Boy Scout scrambled omelets. Same warnings with the plastic leaching into food. Boil water and drop it in.
Thanks for the vid.
Thanks for watching!
Old times skills never go bad and are usually always implemented for great use and reliability in almost any kind of weather.
Very true!
Hey Waypoint, good ideas on reusing discarded litter, one more thing to add. Dispose of your hobo stuff in the trash when done, we don't need to create more litter.
Actually, I would prefer to recycle the aluminum. Thanks for watching!
I saw one video where they make a candle flashlight out of a tin can. Just remove the lid, punch a hole in the side, turn the can on its side, and insert the candle through the hole. Add a wire bail to hold it because it gets hot. For improving the design, I have some ideas that may or may not work. I thought about replacing the bail wire with a stick mounted to the bottom of the can so you can hold it like a flashlight. I also considered scrounging an old car headlight and putting a piece of the reflector in the bottom of the can to direct the beam. Thirdly, some method of mitigating the heat of the can would be nice, but dunno how.
Pure genius!
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@@WayPointSurvival you are the man. If your ever around east tenn you have a friend
if you burn it first and get out the plastic you can season it with oil or bacon grease.. they will last a good while if you are careful with them and can double as a candle lantern
The problem is that the aluminum is so thin that it would either damage it or melt it before you could get all of the plastic out.
Very handy! You can never have too many skills!
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the new old info James.
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Great tip! My mom always to cook our food with saved bacon grease. She kept it in the frig in a jar. When refrigerated keeps a long time. So if you're cooking some bacon you could use a little leftover grease that has been saved . . . or if you have a slice of bacon you could cook both and the egg wouldn't stick so much. Or if you have a little bit of oil, I keep some in a small bottle when I'm camping or hiking and plan to cook. Doesn't take much oil or grease.
Good idea! Thanks for watching.
True. Pork Fat and / or Coconut Oil 'store well' unrefrigerated. I keep a little jar thereof with my cook kit.
@@thomasmusso1147 coconut oil you can keep unrefridgerated? indefinitely?
There is no better food than the vegetables cooked with bacon grease. Especially green beans we used Crisco back in the day. And we would always filter in pour grease back into the can after we used it unless we cook something like fish. And the empty cans we would save bacon grease in. You just have to remember to put a lid on it when it cools down to keep bugs out. Flies gnats or whatever. It's also good for making gravy it's hard to save vegetable oil for very long.
@@thomasmusso1147 I used to try to keep coconut oil but my wife used to steal it because she would put it in her hair. She died but I never have started using it again mainly I use olive oil. Hey it was good enough for Jesus
loved this video, its great fun seeing you use such every day stuff in such a cool and imaginative way, all power to the humble tin can!
Good job remembering to be thankful to our creator and life giver Jehovah God, thru his son Jesus Christ
Hi James! Another useful example of what one can do in a pinch. Blessings my friend! 1 Corinthians 16:13
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Damn, loveing these hobo series so much, i think i am nuts
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Amazing all kinds of cookware along the roads.Love it GOD BLESS
Thanks and God-bless you too!
You sure are lucky to always have a nice stump around wherever you are giving us great information!
I know, right? Thanks for watching.
Wow.ingenous simple hack.using a easy to find soda can..Thank you..👍🌲🌲🌲
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Great idea, complete w all necessary details. Thanks, James. Shared. 💖
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks James. I didn't know that soda cans had the plastic liner.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Cans are easy to find anywhere too. Great idea!
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Come Summer you should try this with the larger non metal coffee cans with the silver linings. I'd be curious to know if they could generate that kind of heat for multiple hotdogs. Adding aluminum foil might even be better.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestion.
Of course in the Depression Era of hoboing there was no plastic or synthetic lining in anything. When I was a kid we’d explore the “hobo jungle” adjacent to our city park. It was actually called Stiver’s Lagoon and the trains tore through too quickly but that is what locals called it and to a kid with a big imagination every burn scar we found back in there was obviously last nights fire from some guys who jumped the 6am Southern Pacific, all coffee’d up to make the perilous journey through the Coastal Mountain Range and reach Salinas or Watsonville by nightfall in time for their artichoke or strawberry picking job the next day. (deep sigh) In reality it was probably high school kids who dusted a case of Coors the previous weekend hiding from the cops.
Interesting. Thanks for watching!
Cool survival tips. Thanks for sharing James.
Thanks for watching!
I used to cut cans exactly the same when I was wrangling horses, guiding dudes, and camped out every night 50 years ago. But I'd stand them on end and put a candle inside. The drink hole vented, the shiny insides reflected the light better. I could lay there and read, and eat sunflower seeds all night. Lots cheaper than flashlight batteries. Wax glue the candle to the bottom and with a little wire make a bale and carry that around if need be, like a bullseye lantern. Hang it on a branch (using common sense and fire awareness, of course. Shouldn't even have to say that, but these days...). Bright enough to read means bright enough to attract bugs. Especially those great big scarab beetles that you can hear crashing into trees from fifty yards out as they flew to the flame. Once they got into the light they went manic, and I'd plug em with a .22 and get back to my book.
I'll remember that egg trick, but I think I'll look for Foster's cans. Get more eggs in there, with omelette mixins, too. Thanks for the tip. Ask me some day about heating water in a Bugler can with a twist of TP.
Thanks for watching the video and I would definitely be interested in your hack!
if you're concerned about the plastic (or the aluminum), you can also boil the egg in the can
True enough. Thanks for watching!
Wow..!. you are sooooo timely with the hobo cookware videos recently...been scrounging up bushcrafting & urban camping survival ideas for the main protagonist's epic bug-out journey in a new post-apocalyptic series i am working on currently n S.America.
That's excellent! Make sure and send me a link to the video series when you get it rolling.
@@WayPointSurvival My pleasure...i hope the world doesn't come to an end before we finish the first phase for a possible sale to Netflix or their competition... hehehe... tropical greetings from Caracas Venezuela.
Excellent Thank You
"I nearly forgot"
Superb great to witness Grace
Thanks!
Great information the way our world is going.
Thanks!
Great job! Love it!!
I enjoyed that. I will show my camper's at our Lumberjack Kids Camp that little morsel of info. What other tricks do you have that I can show them around the campfire after we get it going.
There's quite a lot of interesting things in my channel archives that you might find interesting to show them.
I drink pepsi max cans all the time, im very sure they don't have a plastic coating in the can, coke definitely! Pepsi has way more carbonation than coke. Great channel btw mate!!✌🏻
Thanks for watching!
Allways a pleasure to view this channel. Thanku way point
Always welcome!
The one time last year, I had to drink wild water was in Nevada out hunting the himilian snowcock in the ruby mountains.
It was island lake ( look all this up it's absolutely amazing) out of a spring coming out of the side of the mountain feeding into the lake that I decided to source some nice cool water.
I boiled it in a similar way to how you did. But I had to improvise a funnel to load my main bottle.
I still remember how it tasted as I was almost in trouble with dehydration. Of course I had no sickness from it.
I still have a small amount of that water bottle as I plan to return it to the mountain after carrying it so close for a year.
I'm glad I cleaned up a few beer cans along the way. People just suck sometimes.
Thanks for watching. That type of water is definitely very tasty!
At 6:26 - I love that.
Thanks!
Always interesting❕
The way you cut and fold the both sides make me think of a solar oven.....I wonder if it could be used as one....at least to cook an egg
That I couldn't tell you. However it might be worth trying. Thanks for watching!
if you have not subscribed to waypoint and you just found this video!your missing out on lifesaving,practical and fun information ,hi james great as ever man,i just met a young woman travelling britain on her own just with a bivvybag and she took photos of all your designs i have drawn in my book i carry at all times,spreading waypoint love and wisdom man!
Thanks so much! It means a lot to me and I really do appreciate it.
@@WayPointSurvival your a legend and for many of us that face true homelessness ,you are a sensei! and i do not use that term lightly,bless you !
i smiled all the way through this video ,its a genius design ,two cans one egg and water and a stock cube and your body will be in a much warmer,better place ,i salute you bro,this is my favourite survival channel easily james ,thank u for the responses ,it shows u are so genuine,anyway take care its eight at night in the mountains of wales an i might see if we got any eggs,nostar means goodnight in welsh nostar bro!
I have no idea why they were all deleted from your previous comment, my friend.
@@WayPointSurvival it must be my computer bro ,they just come back on ,weird take care!
Here again another nifty little hack I love your videos they are so great you have a blessed day my friend God bless
Thank you so much and God-bless you too!
When I was a fire fighter for the forestry we would boil water for coffee using Gatorade bottles. The bottle would warp, but would still work
Yes, it will leach some plastic into the water but if you don't do it often it shouldn't hurt you.
I love your videos and really look forward to each new one. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
I thought you were going to do a solar oven... Next week! Can in a can or 1 can. Either could work. If you do hotdogs or sausage (brats) you could keep it off the lining with the skewer
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Haa ha haa what a great idea. Thanks a lot for the tip with the plastic coating.
Thank you so much, my friend! There are videos on UA-cam that show how to dissolve aluminum cans using drain cleaner which leaves the plastic interior coating intact and visible.
Enjoyed your video! Great to see you give thanks in these crazy time your food!
Thanks!
Such ingenuity!
Thanks!
Hi James. Thank you for another great idea. Stay safe. ATB. Nigel
Thanks, my friend!
Oh also I like how you bless the( Kai)which means food in Maori before you eat very humbling
Thank you so much for watching and for noticing!
very cool I will use this at some point in the future
Excellent!
Great information, Brother !!!
Thank you for sharing with us !!!
Keep up the great work !!!
Thanks for watching!