Use denatured alcohol..
I just built one of these http://urbansurvivalsite.com/files/Base_Camp_Trail_Stove.pdf still tinkering with the flame...
Yes. Denatured alcohol.
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Very cool design. Thanks for the pics.
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Use denatured alcohol..
I just built one of these http://urbansurvivalsite.com/files/Base_Camp_Trail_Stove.pdf still tinkering with the flame...
I used a design I found online- super cat I think? ( http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html ) Anyway, here are some pictures... cat food can, smaller pop top cat food can, bottom cut from another small cat food can, and some pop rivets. I used a regular paper hole punch for the holes.
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The Foster's can (like I needed an excuse to buy one) made a good water container. I was most interested in finding out how long/how much fuel it would take to boil 8 oz. water for a dehydrated meal. Overall, the little stove did well.
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There was a breeze blowing to the left, so I played around with a wind screen made from aluminum valley roll- can't find any pics of it assembled, but it is the piece of sheet metal in the background... windscreen V 1.0 was the wood blocks- careful, those burn. The sheet metal shield did lower the time to boil the water, but it's one more piece of stove to keep up with.
I tried a couple different fuels- 91% Isoproply alcohol, HEET in the red bottle (it is methanol- careful with that stuff), and I have a little bottle of Golden Grain, but I haven't tried it yet (in the stove that is)... I have some time and temperature readings for each fuel- I'll have to try and find the envelope it's written on. I remember it took about two tablespoons of Isoproply alcohol to boil 8 oz. of water. I also remember that the stove was more efficient burning one tablespoon completely, then refilling with the second tablespoon and relighting. I had boiling water in just under 10 minutes IIRC.
you know that will burn better "like a gas stove" if you light it and let the alcohol come to a boil first..I think they call it
priming.