Late 70's for me - same thing, different name. I do remember that they stayed hot for ages afterwards though lol, so perhaps not the thing for a quick brew on a hike.
I completely forgot that part till i came back to the video. I mean i got a chainsaw and a sawzall, imma just have my friend hold the pieces while i cut it lol
When made those in Girl Scouts in 1969 when I was 8. Although we used the coffee can (with air holes punched in) as a stove. You could put several tuna cans in the stove and put the plastic lid on to keep them dry.
friskies Cat food tins are about the same size I think. next to them in the pet food section hanging in the grocery aisle you can buy a pair of plastic tops to fit the can.
@@Scriptorsilentum What I meant is the plastic lid on the coffee can (back when they were metal and had plastic lids to hold the coffee). You could put several tuna-sized cans in the coffee can stove and keep them in there with the coffee can lid.
@@dontbemean If you have an angle grinder then you can afford to buy an already made camping stove. Only people trying to make this DIY stove wouldn't have the means to make this. This video is pointless.
We made them in Scouts. I used a planters peanut can because it has a plastic lid. I carried one in the Army because it was an easy way to make a cup of coffee anyplace.
@@Deuce_and_a_half you could use a pair of tin snips and a piece of another old can or scrap tin. All the metal is for is to keep your cup from smothering the flame you don't need anything to fancy.
You could make a riser (and wind screen!) with another larger can. Use an old-fashioned can opener to remove extra material and make some breather holes in the side.
@@ChrisKChandlerthis is honestly a better way than the video because it protects against the wind, hides the light of the flame, and holds your cup above the flame all in one. It's also more sturdy and will do a good job of focusing the heat upwards if you don't make too many holes.
*Always use a lid when boiling water!* it can help save energy/fuel and makes it boil faster! 🧐🤔🤨🤷🏼 A pot and lid are probably the most important thing in a survival situation!!
THE most important thing? XD In a survival situation you’re likely gonna end up turning to wood for fuel, meaning a proper twig stove will be most relevant. Someone out there in the hiking community has tested the effectiveness of pot lids and found that they’re not worth the weight for tall skinny pots like this, and only so for pots that are wider than they’re taller. That said, an aluminum foil lid never hurt anyone
@@pedroclaro7822 _ive personally tried boiling water at various altitudes and various containers!_ *It makes a HUGE difference!* *_Its no less than 60% faster!!!!_* I majored in college to be a park ranger! (Amongst other things once id finished all their classes*) _And i took 'basic', 'intermediate' and 'advanced' "outdoor skills"!_ We went backpacking in the middle of winter in Yosemite** I lived in the woods(off grid*) for over 6months*
I remember my Dad teaching us this when he would take us on camping and fishing trips when I was really young. Looking back on it he taught us so much, and had a way about it that always made it fun. So the lessons stuck with me. He's gone now, but I think about him often as I teach mine so many of the things he taught me. RIP Dad you were a real one. I was lucky to have had you as my dad.
One thing... Do *NOT* pour off the "excess." Keep as much wax as will fit into your new "stove" (large fire starter, tent heater, etc.). The more wax you pour back out, the faster the burn and shorter the life of the "stove." I've made a *bunch* of these (sans this type top grid), can portion, only as additions to survival kits, car emergency kits, back packs, etc.. They're great for everything from starting a larger fire and putting it out for next time to cooking to warming a small tent as they give off a lot of heat/light and burn very hot yet last a *very* long time, especially if you just use them for short periods at a stretch. It just takes a little patience to strip down the cardboard and slowly fill the container with wax, letting the bubbles escape until it's filled solid. Trust me... I have them in car road kits, light survival packages, etc.. They're cheap & easy to make and take about as much room as a can of chewing tobacco (or... Tuna fish!) 😉 It's keeping as much wax in there as possible that's the secret. That burns as well but lasts *much* longer than just the wax soaked cardboard, that's key. You want as much fuel in there, as possible. The cardboard just helps an easier start and even burn across the surface while generating more heat than just trying to light the wax, itself, like a giant wick. They'll work with the little folding, Sterno style stoves (which pack flat) but last way longer or, just a piece of uncoated, stainless, wire mesh and a couple of rocks/sticks, etc. to hold the screen that can be easily kept in a light pack or even a pocket, you're glove box or wherever. The windscreen works great and can be flattened out for storage, as well. Just ruff up the top surface of the cardboard with a sharp edge to create a little wax-soaked "fuzz" on the exposed surface, maybe rub a little piece of cotton (ball, scraped lint from cotton socks/shirt, etc.) and drop some sparks on it. Presto. 😊 But, whatever you do and with no disrespect intended, do not pour off any of the wax. Soak in as much as is possible. It will work as well but, for a lot longer, promise. 😉
@@ronheydon117 You're welcome, it was meant with best Intentions as I've made dozens of these, tried several different methods and a full cup with the top "fluffed up" with a knife, etc. is the most efficient, though it does take more wax. But the extra life and even burn makes it worth it. 😀 I'm glad to see people trying/making this kind of stuff because it's so effective and all it costs is some used cardboard and tin and any kind of old candles you can find, it doesn't have to be Gulf paraffin as a necessity. I built my first one after emptying a tuna can and had an epiphany. 😆 I grabbed an old, wilting taper (thin candles you put in a candle stick on a dinner table), ripped a piece of cardboard off a box in the recycle bin and Presto. I knew that I must not have been the first to come up with the idea, it was too good. 😆 I tried several different combos and methods (types of wax, how much wax, how full, etc. just to satisfy my overactive, scientific mind (and I was bored out of my tree after an injury) and the full can (use a chicken can for a larger unit) with any candle wax you have was the trick. The paraffin does seem to be sliiiightly better but not so much that you *need* to go buy some. We're all here to share and help and improve each other and that was my only intent. Have a great one and keep it up!
Just buy tuna in sunflower oil and once you eat the tuna, just stuff the cardboard in. The sunflower oil will work as the wax. Also if you slightly squeeze the can the lid from the same can can be made into the cross at the top.
@ninefingers7975 no it wouldn't. There was nothing left in his can versus the sun flower oil sitting with fish in it for months to years. Completely different.
@@Icetea-2000Hey Mr Tough Shit, I do plan on trying this concept out. I found the wax. I just asked cuz I have a neighbor from hell who everytime she smells something 'off' coming from my yard she reports it to the City Nuisance Dept. She reported me for weeds and it was an area that I had planted herbs! .She recently moved- what a relief!!! Before she left I found out from a neighbor she turned in 5 households for what was to her 'nuisance issues'. That's how she said Goodbye to us. So I was just hesitant to give this idea a try. I didn't need yet a another notice perpetrated from this 'Karen' Demon next door....
Hope the war can end soon....If Trump had won again in 2020 there'd be no war right now there. All the idiots who voted for Biden ended up unknowingly helping to get a bunch of people killed.
what are really nice are those frito bean cans, because they come with a resealable plastic lid. let the wax harden up again and no mess. Also those bean tins are just slightly wider but significantly deeper, you get a ton of cooks out of it.
@@escapetherace1943try a pettet/BB tin, it has a metal lid to snuff out fire & it will screw on once cool, slip into ziplock bag & add extra fuel/tea lights/crayons/old birthday candles to zip lock bag too. You can refuel while fire is lit by placing chunk of wax on to fire.. takes practice & trial & error to figure out but easy to do. ( crayon wax will clog cardboard if you keep adding it with out normal wax in the mix.) A almond tin is also good, keep the aluminum seal for snuffing & once cool place plastic lid over tin. Any tin with approximate diameter of tuna can will burn at *approximately* the same rate. One tea light candle that burns for a hour with one tiny wick will only last *approximately* 15 minutes in hobo stove. A small pellet tin will hold 3 tea lights & burn for about 45 minutes. But you can add a chunk of wax every 15 minutes to keep fire going indefinitely, don’t over fill cuz fire will not be as big …you gotta phuck around to find out the happy medium! Best FREE starter car kit imo- A coffee can with lid & a hobo stove. You now have one way to cook/boil water… next up -the coffee can , should hold 3 alternative ways to make a fire & purify water! Add another empty plastic bottle that will fit into coffee can( I like big plastic vitamin jar) pack it with more gear & use it to hold clean water in survival. coffee can should hold dirty water till boiled-then transfer to clean container 🫙… A Coffee can is a stove in itself , just RU-vid coffee can stove or hobo stove for hundreds of modifications! ✌️🤟🤙
You should use a real tin can. The aluminum cans could cause a fire! I used my Reveal Cat Food cans to make a bunch of these to keep in my emergency food and essentials prepping.
@@karenandcatz2915 real "tin" isn't and hasn't been used for cans now for a long time. When it is used, it is pretty rare. Almost all cans are aluminum now or an aluminum alloy of varying gauge. Regardless a hobo stove doesn't remotely become hot enough to melt aluminum, even if you made it from a soda can it would be fine. Aluminum melts at 1200 degrees and while actual regular fires can exceed that, it is in their centermost point, and a can is too small for it to ever be near that. Most likely 600 degrees and 800 at the extreme highest.
@@monopolizedopaminewhy is it that some people think DIY means "absolutely no tools required"? I mean, if you prefer a hack saw that's fine, but anyone doing any amount of metal work is going to need an angle grinder at some point. You can buy one for $20 or less. It's hardly an industrial plasma cutter CNC...
When I started going camping in Boy Scouts my Mom showed me how to make a great stove set up. Got a big tuna fish can. One of those 3 cans in one size. Put 4 pieces of 1/4 inch rope into the card board. 1 in the center.The other 3 go near the outside edge in a trip angle. Now you have the amount of heat you need. Get a #10 coffee can. Using a piercing type can opener make a few (4 or 5) holes on the tube section just below the sealed end. I used a log the size of the open end to make a few air intake holes. Starting 1/2 inch from the open rim space the holes about 1/2 inch apart going til you get past the height of the can. I think I put 6 rows in mine. Light the stove. Using cooking oil you can fry eggs,burgers,etc...on the top of the can. I eventually made a grate from a piece of expanded metal. Just used a vise to bend a rectangle to the size I needed. I f it's raining,snowing,etc ... These are really handy. My Scout Master was an ex Marine DI at Parris Island. Big smile when I told him my Mom told me how to make this. These became parts of our "possible" bags.
I wish utube was more informative years ago when I seeing a girl that loved camping and hiking. We were always going to Walmart looking for little stoves and stuff. Who'd have thought. 👍👍
We had kerosene lamps, rain barrels, outhouses. We always had food, often from nature and Momma's garden, and shelter. You're handsome and well spoken. Keep enjoying life.When you are old, -- ah, the memories, the memories...
I don't think they understand what you meant about " rain barrels" or how important they were, just another task that younger one's are going to have to learn soon in the future, wether they want to or not...
I made these in the 60's with cub scouts. Works great... creates some soot, but if you rub the outside bottom of your cooking pot with soap begore using the stove, the soot literslly rinses off.
I mean, exactly. That's why you do it before you go. Awesome for backpacking or just lightweight hammock camping. When I dont need a fire for warmth a 5 second fire for food is amazing. I usually make about 6 at a time.
@@roofcake8951it also says “cheap,” and if you’re looking up ways to DIY a camping stove, odds are you may not be able to afford construction/home improvement equipment like electric saws🙋🏾♀️ Not everyone knows someone with power tools to lend, either🙋🏾♀️ On the other hand, TEMU has the whole shebang for just $10; Amazon, $12.50🤷🏾♀️
Thank you. I I've been contemplating this idea of how to do that. Because I live in a tent at the moment. Here in Canada its the middle of winter rn propane is better used to keep you warm rather than cooking with so what I do is I. buy those heat in a can or emergency fuel cells. But I really like this idea so thank you. 👍
I make torches the same way. I just roll the cardboard till its the size of a soda can and soak it the same way. Cheaper wax works best in the winter Citronella wax goes out a bit easier but repels bugs
Wow you figure it out. I thought i was supposed to bring the 300 lbs machine, a generator and an electric stove on the camping trip and make it at the camping ground. 😂
@@jz4057 yea, I saw a lot of hate on the video with people trying to call it out for exactly that. So I made this comment in hopes that people understand you're not supposed to try and make them once you're out there but before hand instead.
@@governedmoth1749 Or just.. y'know buy a portable camping stove.. or bunsen burner or something Unless you already got the angle grinder it'll be far cheaper to just buy portable stove that can be re-used for a lifetime.
isopropyl alcohol will burn yellow and Denatured Alcohol is grain alcohol (additives to prevent drinking) and will burn a little hotter with a blue flame.
But the most important part of why you'd want to use that is because you have a valid reason to eat Fritos bean dip before you make it 🤤 "Babe, I know I'm on a diet, but if we go camping and don't have any of these, it might be hard to start a fire!!!"
Yeah the method in the video is crap lol. "All you need is a tuna can, $100 in power tools, a source of electricity, some straight thick metal.." You can do the same thing by barely opening the can just enough to get the tuna and juice out Then stuff cotton in and press the lid back down and poke holes in it.. Then you can use some rocks that are taller than the can to surround the can with, and place your pot on top of the rocks. This guy is telling us "this is a survival skill.. but only if you are in your own backyard with working electricity, power tools, and other materials" lol This is the most useless video I've ever seen.
@@jonslg240 uh, I'm pretty sure no one ever suggested that these would be made anywhere other than home. This is a PREPARATION video, not a survival video.
Girl scouts we called this a buddy burner, we all had to make them, but we used a larger can with an air window over the top as a cooking surface. We kept the rubber can top to put all our stuff in, burner, lighter, matches and soap to coat the inside to clean out the soot, fit nicely in one package
@@ChaoticIntervention what part don't you understand? We made the burner part like he did, minus the stupid cross thing, we used a larger can (think metal coffee can) that a 2*2 square was removed from the open end on the side as an oxygen window (keep the plastic top) smear some liquid soap all over inside the big can, it makes an easy job of cleaning the soot off with water when you're done cooking, when you lite your burner you turn the big can upside down over your burner (flat bottom side up) you can then use a pan on it, or a small pot, cover it with some foil and cook right on the surface for one burger or eggs ect. When you're done cooking take the flat surface of your big can upside down and place it right on the burner to snuff it out. Take your large can wash it out, real easy if you have soaped it. Then once your burner is cool enough to handle, everything fits in the bigger can, your lighter/matches, small bottle of soap, burner, tin foil squares we used to put on toilet paper rolls in a Ziploc bag, extra square of wax, your fork, knife and spoon put the lid back on and it's altogether. Hope this explains it😊
@@67Pepper I got a wireless, rechargeable Dremel kit for about $150 at overpriced Ace Hardware last year, used it for all kinds of things from recreating this project for storm prepping (power can go out for days) to wall repairs at work to attempting to make chess pieces for funsies. Not a bad investment at all to have on hand, especially if there's a crafter/ cosplayer/ diyer in the family that needs to sand something... with the circular rotating blades smh. Not everyone can have a circular saw in the gargage, but this? Same thing but tiny and portable, like Little Cricket. 👍
@@67Pepperjust use a hand file or something. I’m sure you can figure it out. also isn’t really something you make while out and about lmao. Could also use any number of alternatives that don’t require power tools. It’s literally just metal supporting a cup on a tuna can lmao. Again I’m sure you can figure it out. mfs act helpless about the most trivial things conceivable
This is an old boy scout thing. We also took an old metal coffee can turned upside down with a few holes drilled in the sides for air flow. The bottom of the can has a natural indentation that will hold some cooking oil and we used to make fried potatoes and ham on it...ahhhh the simple good Ole days
The same method can be used to make an emergency candle. By simply adding a wick in the center, and not pouring out any wax, you can have a candle that can burn for up to 120 hours (that's 5 days straight).
@@timeflow3305this video shows a supper common homemade camping stove that literally people's only complaint about is how he made the support for his cook pot
It doesn't matter how many times people demonstrate this method of camping stove, it never ceases to entertain and satisfy me. Thank you for your time. 🙏😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
In my country tuna cans are filled with olive oil or sunflower oil so you can just open a hole with a knife on the tuna can and put a piece of paper, let it soak with the oil and light the paper. You have a nice candle and if you need more power just open more holes and put more paper.
THAT was a more useful tip for me! I was gonna ask how much was the circular saw 🤣. This is hardly an "on the go" emergency stove (to be fair, he never said it was).
Cool I remember these from 1968.. Boy Scouts.. Yeah, Keep the excess wax in it. Lasts longer. Also, While you have the melted wax available... Roll up (to the size you want) some paper towels. Then dip them (soaked) into the wax. These make fabulous, cheap fire starters. After the wax cools off completely, you can cut the finished product to the length you want to use. I usually make mine twice as thick as a good cigar. Carry them in your various kits.. Survival Camping Car Edc etc.
Great idea for outdoors. Everything about the can with rolled cardboard and the melted wax is handy. Thank you. I'll keep this in mind. However, I'll substitute the base with 3 or 4 rocks. I've cooked this way at my Girl Scout adventures.
I agree with you on the rocks. If you look around hard enough you can find some elongated thin rocks that can crisscross on top of the can. OR place a series of rocks thicker than the can width, around the perimeter of the tuna can to prop up your pan or pot.
Made these in scouts, called them buddy burners, and we used big ol’ number ten cans with a big hole in the side as a stovetop, cooked hotdogs and burgers on ‘em worked great
if you don't want to spend a cent. just find three rocks, keep them as a triangle on the ground, put dry leaves and branches and light. congratulations you have a cheap stove now.
We didn't add the fancy grill made from knives. We just used a kind of can opener that makes triangular cuts to cut a lot of holes in the big can along the top and bottom. Put the cooking pot on the big can over the tuna can in the girl scouts in the 1960's.
These were called Buddy Burners in the Scouts. If you have a metal coffee can as well you can modify it to be a griddle cooktop that goes over the burner. It's the perfect size for an egg and a slice of summer sausage for breakfast.
link you mean a link of sausage a fully formed uncooked sausage isnt a slice of anything... its a link from a chain of sausages.... did you maybe mean ham? you def slice ham
@@zer0harts Maintenant, dis quoi? It's a summer sausage! It's brown, about a foot long, comes in a paper casing, tastes like meat flavored grease? Surely you know it!
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@@walterbrunswick then why do you live in the decaying west that full of anglosaxes and nazi supporters? Go live in blooming Russia, I even know a couple of especially attractive cities, such as Shebekino and Belhorod lmao
about the wind screen, if you cut the can into 2 half-circles, and position them slightly offset, you can create a vortex that will make the fire twirl.
Getting the wax is the big question. Save your dollar store pillar candles, when you burn them, in a ziplock bag. You can use the scraps to do this, or you can "feed" a jar candle with them
@@xMrBlack if you have a few tea lights, you might not need this setup. Walmart sells packages of 100, or they did, and I've got three or four 100-packs. Given inflation I wouldn't be surprised if they only sell 50-packs now. You'd be surprised how compact they are compared to expectation
@@xMrBlack the biggest pack of tealights that the dollar store usually sells is a 4-pack. Also, nowadays Dollar Tree is $1.25 for everything, so the tea lights are now 30 cents instead of 25
I have made these for fifty years! They burn super clean and last a lot longer than people would think! I keep a couple in 1 gallon tin buckets at home for emergency light and heat. Paraffin can be hard to find at times but you can normally find in the canning section of most stores. I don't bother with the cooking grid there is always something you can find handy for that. You can pretty much do the same with any flammable liquid by filling the can with sand dirt or anything neon flammable and saturating it with said liquid. It won't burn clean and will have odors unless you are using Alcohol, or acetone. I keep a gallon can of denatured alcohol around for emergencies also. Paraffin and alcohol are the safest since they have a very low CO2 content!
People in the comments seem to be having a lot of trouble -You're not supposed to do this while camping. This is a project to make at home. -You don't need a workshop filled with tools; an angle grinder can be bought for $50. -You DON'T EVEN NEED AN ANGLE GRINDER. You could do this with A HAND SAW. And lastly, sometimes people just make things because they want to! Yes, a camp stove may be cheaper. Yes, buying one is easier. But some people just make stuff for fun! Why are you all being such fucking weirdos?!
um maybe because when people show things that are supposed to be the CHEAP route they should actually be CHEAP. 😂 if i still have to spend all that money on all the items to make the damn stove i might as well just pay for the damn stove 😂😂
Two reasons: N°1: this is the internet, furthermore, the COMMENTS SECTION for some random, innocuous video more hobby oriented than actual survival or bushcraft content, OF COURSE we're f#(k|π₲ weirdos. You see, normal people will watch and go on, they have lives and mental health. Those commenting? Freaks, creeps, weirdos, spectrum, radicals, geeks and so on, all of us. Hardly any normies arguing on some meaningless thread. N°2: going berserk over meaningless things is fun. I love the video, i think it's a great, easy idea, if anything, i would puncture some wholes around the tin can, above wax level, to favour airflow. But this is THE INTERNET, home of trolls and experts on all. And you too are here, arguing with strangers, and they may no even be real 🤷🏽♂️
Interesting take on a hobo stove. I prefer to make them out of taller cans, and then use a can opener to poke air holes at the very top. Then you can set your pot or pan right on top of the stove without making those extra pieces.
I would of used a coffee can and do the exact same thing except cut down the coffee can down to the right highth and put holes/slits, or just remove a piece to allow oxygen in. While holding it's shape. I'd hook the cat can to the inside bottom of the coffee can. The rings would be cut to fit snug and possibly go through the coffee can and bent so they won't catch or injure when carried. This will allow one to have a nice little stove that has a lid.
A Buddy Burner! In my inexperienced youth I once extinguished one of these with a mug of water... DO NOT RECOMMEND. It was like the pyrotechnics at a Metallica concert 😱🔥
This is the way we survive in the trenches here in Ukraine. It's too dangerous to use potbelly stoves, that's why we use these trench candles to avoid freezing to death.
"DIY cheap camp stove" that you can only use once made using expensive power tools and a different camp stove. Bro would *save* money just buying a new camp stove. They're cheap as fuck. Lmfao
It’s only cheap if you have the equipment to make it in the first place, which not everyone has. So this only is effective to save money for a niche population
