I've made rocket stoves of a freon tank well casing pipe a propane tank and I've
never made one out of the simplest and most basic components you're likely to
find sitting around your home and today I got to mental topic and I've cut the
end out of one of them I left the end on the other two family
size soup cans I've cut the end out of one of them left the end on the other -
Oh what these were the mandarin oranges and I've cut the ends out of both of
them and there's a disclaimer all these edges are sharp asked me how I know
be careful here the tools in the new year I'm gonna try to keep it simple I'm
gonna try to use tools that the average homeowner would have just just to repair
things around your house regular drill a pair of snips folks screwdriver a drill
bit slightly smaller then the half dozen or so screws I'm going to be using these
screws are up let's see where they number six half-inch number six
panheads and I'm probably going to use maybe less than a dozen I don't have a
real plan in my head we're gonna make this thing together so I'm gonna shut
this off and make some marks on my can and cans and show you what I'm gonna
cover okay firstly in the interest of glass nose I used my Dremel with a cut
- oh I did try my snips but they were really distorting the metal so it's
possible to do with snips put it's way easier to use a dremel hold on I'm gonna
zoom this out just a little bit I think what I did was cut four equal tabs I
measured the circumference of this divided it by eight and I used that
measurement to mark eight segments around here and I cut out every other
one I'm gonna save what I cut out because uh
I'm not sure I'm gonna make this this is just the plate by your kind of thing so
you're gonna be as surprised as I am at the end of this how this comes up okay
now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna cut the top rim of this off I'm gonna use my
Dremel and the reason I'm gonna do that is because I want this to fit over nice
and smooth that's the first thing I'm gonna do I'm gonna cut this off right
now when my with my drum drum a drum loop tool with a cutoff wheel I'm
telling you if you don't have one yeah I think about getting one these Dremel is
coming so happy for so many different projects all right I'll be right back
okay bring it speed on what I got done and so far I've got a hole cut in the
side of this the size of my horizontal cans and the ones I'm using for my
horizontal cans are the two smaller Mandarin or these cans my vertical pipe
that I'm going to be using for the vertical chamber I've got a hole cut in
that the size of the mandarin orange can and here's what I've done I'm sort of
angled it to fit in there and that tab right here that I left I'm just going to
screw there just to hold this together once this gets inside the can I'm pretty
sure it's going to hold you pretty good and the can that I'm going
to add to this I've measured the diameter circumference and divided it by
eight and it doesn't matter what the measurements are you can do your own
math because every can is going to be able to you know your cans that you
decide to use might not be the same as mine I don't want to give you
measurements that won't work on your can so what I did was just make eight
segments around here and cut every other tab out and this is what I'm left with
and I did that on the horizontal one I did that on the vertical chamber and I'm
going to do that oh I already did I'm ahead of myself here and I did it on
that same way this will go down over that get screwed together this will go
in here get screwed together and the vertical chamber will get screwed
together too I'm going to well I'll do that put that
pairing them together and then you show you what I got I just wanted to show you
that I cut all these little slits around the upper edge I don't know went down
about a 1/2 an inch and that's so this lip will fit inside the can that I'm
gonna slide over it without bending this or distorting it I've got this built and
screwed together and what I did was to use the screws and then when I got it
assembled take the screws out and cut them down to about a quarter of an inch
and reinsert them you could just cut them with a pair of snips or your dremel
tool and now I'm fixing a sümbül the biggest part of the stove here ok before
I show you because it's been a few it's a I went in gets the last teeth
anyway I got the sections assembled and screwed together and I've cut the screws
off all about a quarter inch long I've shaved at the top of one of them and
it's going to fit when this goes down inside of it it's going to fit over it
like that and don't have any vermiculite I've got to go get some vermiculite but
what I want to do now is put this in here and assemble it and then screw the
last piece on the end of it you can't you can't screw it together until after
you get it in here and it comes out that hole and then then I can screw this on
otherwise it'll be too long to get in there so that's what I'm going to do
next okay I don't have it held together yeah but I'm just willing to give it my
hand so you can have a look at it that's what I got so far I do not have the room
make you like to go inside of it yet but I'll get it tonight and I'm gonna cook
on this tomorrow I might cook some burgers or something I'll do a boiling
test and cook some burgers and this could have been done with snips that
would have taken me this this note took me probably 30 minutes to actually do
and I used about a dozen screws this dremel made it so much easier to do and
you can be more accurate with your cuts it just looks a little nicer the end
product but it could be done with a pair of snips I've seen it done other people
have done it if you want to screw it together there's just no substitute for
drill maybe a scratch awl or something like that a punch but uh but you know if
you don't have a drill you really need one and I suggest you get a dremel if
you're a person who repairs things around the house you probably got one
anyway yeah I'm gonna get some for Mickey light and put this all together
hit with some black spray paint and I'm gonna cook on I think I mean it got
a little ahead of myself here I just come back from Walmart and I bought this
stuff called metal patch and Phil comes in a tube actually I bought this at Ace
Hardware and it's high-temperature sealant and I
put it can you see the bead of sealant I put around there and that'll hold that
for Mick you light in there actually gonna dump some of that out put me back
it down a little bit I'll put the lid on I got I've gotta fill up with
vermiculite let me show you that this is Walmart - it's actually perlite which
you can use either vermiculite or perlite in these things I've got this
screwed on what about one two three four screws and now I just cut a bunch of
slits around the pipe that was sticking up above the top here
and I'm going to bend them all over flat all the way around I'm gonna paint it
and tomorrow I'm gonna cook on so I'll Bend these over hit it with some paint
and show you what it looks like okay that's the finished product that little
thing I added to the top was just left over bottom of the top cam there and I
just bent some legs and screwed it down to the top and that will give me a whole
but 5/8 of an inch of stand off from the top edge of the cam there that will
allow the flames to come around the pan and all that
all right tomorrow I'm gonna cook some burgers but I'm gonna put this up right
now that's pretty easy only took Oh
including the painting probably an hour I could have done it quicker if I had a
plan in my head but I just sort of put this together as as it came together so
uh if you have any questions uh I'd be happy to answer them and you should try
this it's pretty fun and it's pretty simple with just some really basic tools
and some really basic components two coffee cans two family size soup cans
and two mandarin orange cans all right thanks for watching