Here are step by step instructions on how to make the DIY fancy feast alcohol stove I currently use. Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe :) Here is a test I did during the winter... • Fancy Feast Alcohol St...
THANK YOU so much for showing the safe procedure of extinguishing, pouring off the fuel and burning the excess. That was extremely helpful and something a lot of the other tutorials overlook!
I took my recyclables to the bins today. Good luck! I scored 6 Fancy Feast cans and 3 stadium bottles. Tonight I'm going on an espresso drinking, stove building marathon. By tomorrow, I'll have a variety of stoves, and lots of them. Thanks for all the great information ! ! !
The standard cat food can stove is made with a cat food can, a tomato paste can, and some wicking. The best wick is made from carbon felt (from a plumbing store/department.) The proportions (in height and so the wick fills the gap) are more important than the brand of the can.The fill inside the inner can isn't part of the standard design, but doesn't seem to hurt.
Very nice stove. I made a similiar one but used some carbon fibre cloth I picked up at Home depot. They work well and don't cost a fortune to make.......Take care, Bluefin.
Cool, can you make this spill proof by adding in more of that liner inside on the bottom? In the field last thing you need is an accidentally topple over when its lit.
Great video! I'm planning on making one of these for my AT hike. How many "cooks" does the fiberglass wick last for? Will it get me through the entire hike?
Thank you for sharing this. I've been on unsuccessful hunt for carbon felt but I did have fibreglass mesh. I just made one like yours and it seems to work great. Next step: field testing. Thank so much! Subbed!!
Great video my friend. Only just discovered your channel. Love your calm and precise approach to your teachings. Can't wait to see more. Will have to try and make this type myself now lol. Thanks for your dedication. Take care. Atb EMBA
I just watched another video on this stove and they paid $15 for it online, not including shipping costs, that's crazy when you built the same stove for practically nothing, just a few bucks, have you ever tried to make and use a Simmer Ring with it. Good Video
Same exact stove as this, but he sells his for just under $20, this one is practically nothing, and use a tomato paste can for 50cents or a vienna sausage can if you want a bigger one and it's cheaper than the beer bottles for those that don't drink.
I'm a knitter and have 'felted' several items in the past (pot holders, oven mitts, etc.)...my idea is to felt strips using 100% pure wool. If cotton works, surely wool would, too. Your thoughts?
tok tokwan last fall I changed out the fiberglass for carbon felt, but the fiberglass was still working fine and was the original that I was using before I posted this video. 😎
I just made one today based on your concept, using a slim pepsi can in a fancy feast can with fibre cloth. It performed extremely well and was very efficient with 30ml of alcohol.. managed a hot burn that boiled about 250ml of water under 6 minutes with some fuel to go.. Thank you for the video.
Alcohol stoves don't "blow out" easily. You can smother them but I have seen bad burns by people thinking their stocks are out when they are not. But if you have a way to smother it and a way to raise the wick for the little it does burn I imagine cotton would work fine.
There is a company that sells an extremely large piece of carbon felt, that welders use as a drop sheet to weld on, it's only $22 free shipping, if you purchase $25 worth of stuff, they several $3-$5 items, like saftery glasses, gloves and other things, it's worth it, because at places like lowes, you can pay up to $15 or so for a tiny piece of carbon felt. but again, you can use paper towels as long as the fuel doesnt run oout and catch the towel on fire, so watch that and a towel lasts for many uses, then again, let it burn up, 1 Role of Bounty is like $1.50 or so.
Have found that using a tin, only slightly larger, in diameter effectively smothers an alcohol stove. Thanks for the clear and informative video ... Cheers.@@highlandhorde4276
If you would send me a URL, or other contact for the company that sells large sheets of carbon felt, it would be greatly appreciated, many thanks for the advice ... Cheers.@@Rspenesmit
In my tests with my own, a Fiberglass wick lasts up to 15 mins or so, depending on weather conditions, carbon felt, about 8-9 mins, but felt boils faster, and with simmer rings, they can last up to 1 hour on 1 ounce of fuel.
fogeshan the mesh is more of a fabric...where insulation is just strands kinda stuck together (just guessing here). One of the previous comments talked about concerns about fibers...j wouldn’t worry too much with the mesh (still not cooking directly over the flame) but I would be more concerned attempting to use insulation. I actually replaced the fiberglass with carbon felt in my stove. It actually seems to work a little better and with the black fabric you can see a little bit of a glow even when using the stove on sunny days.
Highland Horde You could post this updated design info in the description or as a pinned comment at the top so anyone looking at this video now would see it and buy the best material for the job. Thanks for the video!
I have worked with fiberglass extensively. It loses small glass fibers that are on a health hazard similar to asbestos, They can make you itch like crazy. They can give you COPD. I once had to throw away a fine down sleeping bag because It got fiberglass in it. Loose fiberglass in your pack could become a major problem. I suggest you cut off all the extra fabric, as a minimum. Keep the stove in a closed container. Professional fiberglass workers ALWAYS use gloves to work with glass fiber fabric. It is bad for your skin, and terrible for your lungs.
+tom jackson How much fiberglass got on your sleeping bag that you had to throw it away? I recently cut a sheet of fiberglass to make a stove jack and got some on my hands and sweater, even though it was very little I fear I may have gotten it on my sleeping bag since I use it at home too.
***** I picked it off and I rolled it off with a sticky lint roller, but in sunlight, I could see about 2 square feet of sparkling glass fiber on the bag.
