[at-l] I've made a Pepsi Stove!

[Charles Copeland" <charles@uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

Be *very* careful!!!  You will be bitten by the stove-making bug!  I was
bitten last summer and now have dozens and dozens of cans littering my
basement.  I've punched, cut, sawed, drilled, bent, burned and been cut by
more cans than I can count - searching for the perfect homemade cat
food/pepsi/tin/tuna can stove design.  I'm currently working on cat food can
stove (CFCS) #4 - a 3 can stove (where each can fits inside the next for
storage).  A design was posted recently that had a cap over the burner so
I'm adding that to CFCS #3 to regulate the burn rate.

Have fun!!!


Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: "at-l" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: [at-l] I've made a Pepsi Stove!


> I am no longer a blind buyer of gear! I made my first alcohol stove
> after looking at Mike's stove at TDs.
>
> I went real simple with it, previously feeling intimidated by detailed
> construction instructions and specs. I made a measuring stick by
> nailing a brad into the end of a stick about the length of the 2nd
> joint of my index finger (around 1.5 inches.) I cut the head of the
> brad off and used it to score the bases of 2 soda cans, then took a
> hand saw (dove tail saw actually) and finished the cuts. I then did the
> same measurement for a skirt from one of the cut cans, sliced it in
> half and rolled it tighter to fit inside the circle indentations in the
> botton of the cans, cutting 4 small divots out of the botton of that
> skirt.
>
> Next I used an awl to make 8 small holes around the edge of the bottom
> of one of the bottoms. I smashed the cans together with the skirt
> dwelling in the circles, then tapes this mess together with metal tape.
> The awl went to duty to make a larger hole in the middle of the top of
> the stove. Done in 15 minutes.
>
> Out on the driveway, I poured "some" denatured alcohol into the center
> of the top and waited for it to drain down, repeating that about 6
> times until I thought is was sort of full. I splashed a little extra
> alcohol in the top and lit it. It made a large flame and died back,
> with little blue flamelets from the awl's holes.
>
> First try was to put my Wally World grease pot directly on the stove.
> Flame went out quickly. I relit it, and placed the MSR windbreak folded
> about 2/3rd's and spiralled around the stove. This gave a good pot
> support and windscreen, heater for the stove and a bright and big blue
> flame. I had boiling water within 5 minutes. It burned until I blew it
> out about 15 minutes later.
>
> This is simple and incredibly cool. This took a total of 4 saw cuts,
> but could have been done with scissors. I think I could do it in 8
> minutes, and suspect a RUCK contest would be to create a stove and
> start a boil in the shortest time. KISS!
>
> Bill...
>
>
>
>
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