anyone know of a easy tuna can stove pat ern?

“anyone know of an easy one?”

“It's called a Pepsi can stove.”

“1. take the top of 1 small tuna can
2. remove tuna
3. add some vermiculite to can
4. cut some fiberglass window screen to go over the top of the can - this is to keep the vermiculite in the can
5. secure window screen with metal tape
6. take it outside toss in about an ounce of denatured alcohol - light it and watch it burn
7. report back as to how well it worked”

“btm half shoe polish can
wad of steel wool
wire pot support
add 1/2 oz alky
light- cook
smother w/lid”

“Check out this site its called wings homemade stove archives they have instructions for several stoves.

Http://wings.interfree.it/”

“on the last post i made a typo on the url for wings try this one

Http://wings.interfree.it
that should do it MONGO”

“It's called a Dúnadan stove.”

“How witty.
*snicker*”

“I'm taking the improved cat can stove out on its innaugural hike this weekend. If it works out, it's going to be my regular stove.”

“I was just having a chuckle reminiscing on "Burns Hurt - Pepsi Can Stove Follies" from the [at-l] of years past.

Gotta love the old war stories ---”

“google for the "cat stove" or "super cat stove". that is an old tuna can design that is very simply, works pretty well and is fun to build. the first instruction is "feed the cat"... they made it from a cat food can. funny.”

“Where is Tunacan?”

“arizona i think”

“Huh, did they run him out of Kansas on a rail?”

“Be sure to eradicate all traces of catfood. I'd be tempted to bleach the living #&%!$ out of it.

Ya don't wanna be attracting any Large Kitties out there ----”

“Fire kinda kills the cat food smell, t*lty.”

“I'll try to find the link for the one that I want to build---I saw it a few years ago.....it has built in pot supports and seemed simple enough to make. I think the link even has action video!”

“the cat stoves rock rosey you will have no probs with it. Super simple + super reliable + boil 2 cups ~4mins. Need a good wind screen like any alchy stove.

Use aluminium though - a lot of tuna cans are steel.
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“

THE CAT FOOD CAN ALCOHOL STOVE

(A Lightweight version of the Tuna Can Stove)

Roy L. "TrailDad" Robinson

The original tuna can stove hiked with me along the Pacific Crest Trail last year (1999) for over 1500 miles, from Donner Pass near Lake Tahoe to Manning Park, British Columbia. It served me well for almost three months, heating water for soup, cooking dinners and warming the occasional morning cocoa without any problems or failures.

This new, lightweight version of my stove was introduced at ADZPCTKOP2, (i.e., the Second Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off Party,) at Lake Morena. It wasn't the prettiest or the lightest stove there but it did boil one cup of water the fastest in 2 minutes, 24 seconds. Like the original tuna can alcohol stove, it will bring two cups of water to a boil in about 5 minutes, has no moving parts and will fit inside your cook pot. Unlike the original, the new cat food can stove weighs just 1.6 ounces including the stand and windscreen. To save space, let's just call it the Cat Stove........more......

http://royrobinson.homestead.com/Cat_Stove.html
last edited: 8/27/09 1:26:23 PM”

“I believe I built the supercat? Basically, a 3oz can of cat food with two rings of holes punched with a hole punch close to the top. The pot goes directly on top of the can (eliminiates need for pot support), which in turn, forces the flames out the side. I've tried it a couple of times at home and I can get about a 6-7 min burn time w/ 1.5-2 ozs. of denat. alch. and boiling at 5 mins w/ 4 cups of water. This is at sea level, so we'll see how it does at 8K feet this weekend. But jeeze, a .25 oz, the sucker is light, light, liiiiiiight....”

“I'll be damned if I can find the site for the one I liked but I'll keep looking. I did find some recipes for "poor man's tuna casserole." WTF? Just how f'n poor are we talking in order to have a poor man's version of it????”

“Did you look here?

http://zenstoves.net/”

“Yeah, but I didn't see it there.

The one I'm thinking of had three very small threaded rods through the top that were bent at 90 degrees an inch or so away from the top which made the pot supports.”

“That one has to be welded, nc.”

“And here?

http://wings.interfree.it/”

“Hmmm.....not that I recall. I think the rods were held in place with nuts.”

“Rosey, are you just trying to get rid of me by making me keep looking, lol?”

“Damn, foiled again!”

“Aha!”

“I came up with a design years ago using three Aluminum Screw Posts ( http://www.binderpro.com/OtherBindingSupplies.html ) as standoffs on the top edges of a cat can stove to hold the pots about an inch away from the top of the stove.
last edited: 8/27/09 2:11:53 PM”

“yeah rosey the 2 rings of 1/4" holes is a supercat - post back how it works out. I've had good luck with it as long as I could keep the wind off it. I'll be out for 8 nights starting tomorrow and I'm still trying to decide between the supercat and a canister stove.”

“So I used it this weekend at about 8,500'. High winds, at times, 20-25 mph. I think it cut down on stove efficiency. A couple of the boils were 4+ cups and it took more than one round of fuel to get the water to a constant rolling boil. No problem with two cups. Yes, you get a serious forge effect with the high winds and can lose all or your hair or start a major forest fire if not being careful, even with a full wrap around windscreen. I want to try it again but also plan on building a version with a 6oz can to see how it works. Really love the weight and the integrated pot stand design.”

“Silly rosey. Very few homemade alcohol stoves are designed to boil more than two cups of water at a time.
last edited: 8/31/09 1:33:07 PM”

“This one did it at sea level, but I am guessing that altitude and the windy conditions prevented a repeat performance.

I boil a liter+ with my trangia all the time.

It has to do with the size of the fuel reservoir.”

“A trangia isn't a homemade alcohol stove rosey.”