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 here's what I got two metal cans 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 two
Oh what these were the mandarin oranges and I've cut the ends out of both of
them and here's a disclaimer all these edges are sharp ask me how I know
be careful here are the tools in the video 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 Phillips screwdriver hey 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 going to shut
this off and make some marks on my can and cans and show you what I'm gonna
cover okay first let me in the interest of glass nose I used my dremel with a
cut-off tool 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 well 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 play it by ear 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 going to cut the top rim of this off I'm gonna
use my Dremel and the reason I'm going to 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 and my with my drum drum a dremel tool with a cut-off wheel I'm
telling if you don't have one yeah I think about getting one these drums come
in so handy for so many different projects all right I'll be right back
okay bring it to speed on what I got 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 orange cans
my vertical pipe that I'm going to be using for the Berkeley chamber I've got
a hole cutting 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 gonna hold together 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 a little 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 cam 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 do that put that pairing 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 assemble 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 assemble the
biggest part of the stove here okay I can't remember gonna show you because
it's been a few minutes and say I wouldn't even got some 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 saved at the top of one of them and it's gonna
fit when this goes down inside of it it's gonna fit over it like that and
don't have any vermiculite I've gotta go get some vermiculite but what I want to
do now is put this in here assemble it and then screw the last piece on the end
of it we 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 yep I'm just going 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 uh I'll get it tonight
and I'm gonna cook on this tomorrow 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 snow 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
it drill may be 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 I'm gonna get some vermiculite and put this all together
hit it with some black spray-paint and tomorrow I'm gonna cook on I think I may
it got a little ahead of myself here I just come back from Walmart and I bought
this stuff called metal patch and fill it 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 will hold that for
Mick you light in there actually gonna dump some of that out put me back it out
a little bit I'll put the lid on I got I've got filled up with vermiculite let
me show you that this is Walmart - it's actually perlite which you can use
either for Micky light or perlite in these things I've got this screw
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
it so I'll Bend these over hit it with some paint and show you what it looks
like okay that's the finished product a little thing I added to the top was just
the leftover 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
hand and all that alright 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 alright thanks for watching okay I got the
little red fired up I'm gonna do a boil test here in a second let me get my cell
phone out so I can check the time where's my phone you see where I put my
phone
can't see the dead gun I got step-over shades I can see the
face of this phone that's 11:59 exactly here we go
that's two quarts of water
11:59 I'll keep you posted
all right it is 1206 I have no idea why this is boiling faster than any stove
I've had no idea how it's different but there we go 1206 and it's boiling
although it's not two quarts of water it's like a quart and a half and here's
another thing I don't have a heat shield around this and it still boiled that
fast I'm impressed and now this is going to my friend in California as soon as I
cook my burgers I'm going to take this off and cook me up for burgers and let
this cool down and it'll be a few days where I can box it up but I'll get it to
you my friend in California I'll be right back with the burgers I only got
three burgers in the pan but as soon as they shrink down I'm gonna put the
fourth one in there man that's cooking fast let's keep an eye on that well I
don't guess I'll bore you with the whole cooking process but you can hear them
sizzling I'm gonna go ahead and put this video up take a nap and go to work
thanks for watching okay I lied one more quick shot of the nearly cooked juicy
and delicious burgers and my dog perilously close frizzy frizzy
I will you want a kir arm and to you try to take my burger
no I want you're my good boy if you are you're my good boy
okay now I really mean it see you I've got to go to work