DIY Hobo Stove from IKEA 

Thanks for watching guys. UPDATE on the knife: Only a few days anymore and then it will be available again :)

2 tent pegs to rest the pot on would save you some metalwork and weight. Also they're removable for nesting other items rather than unbolting stuff to make room inside Great content as always Lilly!

so weird I have that exact product from ikea by my sink to hold dish brushes and sponges, and I have always thought it could be turned into a stove!

nice video n stove Lilly ..A little tip for your stove for the feet try 2 inch by 1/4 carrige bolt they have a round head n wont sink in wet or soft ground..

I appreciate your attention to safety and the simple functionality of your stove. You probably could clip it to your pack.

if you buy the duktig play cooking set with cooking pot, pastastrainer that nests in the ikea hobostove and there are a small fryingpan too. and even buy the duktig playset kitchenutensils,with beater, spatular, pastaladle, soupladle and tongs, perfect size and fully workable in camping and backpackingsituations, i even use the pastaladle and the beater when i cook at home together with the canteen cup, perfect when you only want to make singleportions of food.

That's a good one Lilly. I love making Ikea stoves. I like putting removable cross bars on the top. This way, I an use the stove to nest a small round cooking pot inside. Alternatively, I also found a round stainless steel steamer rack that fits the top nice and snug. There are many of these builds on RU-vid. Thank you for sharing yours with us.

A sign of true survivalist talent, Lilly...seeing a completely unrelated item or object and recognizing that "Hey, I can use this as a stove!"

4 bolts are good. But 3 are always “level”.

0:15 all you really needed was a regular dust mask, a pair of safety glasses and earplugs, that's it. Unless you did all of that ironically then in that case lol.

Love your idea. Only thing I'd done differently would be to use 3-4 inch screws on bottom so when you push it into the ground it's more sturdy.

Your illness has made u very strong I’ve watched you for a while now and your so independent And resilient Love your work keep it going ;)

Well that was a cool use of something from IKEA! Lilly I really love that basement work shop you have build for your self! Well stocked and organized with a lot of excellent equipment and safety gear! Sometimes it is evident and sometimes subtle but I wonder if you realize how much you promote safety in everything you do?? We are never to cool to be safe whether it is outdoor activities or playing in the basement workshops! Thanks again for a quick and awesome little project! Take care and be safe out there!

You have a 'super toll' workshop! And ridiculously tidy as well. Even my grandfather who was a professional metalworker with military style discipline didnt keep his workshop so squeaky clean... LOL your workbench looks like i would eat off it with more confidence then my own kitchen counter top :P Wouldnt worry about the non-folding of the stove. You can always put stuff inside it. a ziploc bag with fire starting materials or just regular gear. folding things are overrated imho, often it sacrifices sturdiness and durability, and i dont want a pot filled with hot water to suddenly tip over because the stove falls apart.. i use a wood gassifier (cheaper version of the solo stove) that does collapse a bit (but definately only when i want it to) and fits in a cooking pot, room inside for matches and kindling.

Survival Lilly - Nice job with the Ikea container - the idea of making two cut-outs for feeding twigs was an excellent modification. Thanks for publishing yet another very useful 'how to" video. Cheers.

Great design Lilly thank you xx You say it takes up a lot of room but I guess with clever packing you could fill the stove with items before putting it in your backpack.

Hi nice thinking and what a beautiful tidy workshop

That’s what my procrastination gets me -I have one sitting at home I was going to make the same video haha -nice work!

I love your videos Lily and you're right it doesn't fold up but you know well I do and I had imagined everybody else takes lots of things with them when they go hiking or camping or whatever and you can always stick flashlights or whatever else in there so it's not really a waste of space

OMG! you were definitely prepared for anything hazardous! Love it! :) Love your videos and all you teach us. Love how you are proving to the world you CAN DO IT! yeah! Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family.

Well done. I like it. =) If you use some pipe clamps as the feet, you can rotate them out for stability and back in when packing for somewhat greater portability. They are also less likely to puncture a stuff sack. Ikea also carries stainless steel canisters that can nest with the stove, though you have to look around for the best fit. Attach a picture hanger to the canister top as a hook for the lid and a bail style handle and you have a good homemade cookpot the stove will pack well with. I'd also suggest getting some metal to go underneath so ashes won't setdebris under the stove on fire, a paint can lid would probably do it and if you get the right size it will pack too. Pack all this into an appropriately sized stuff sack and you can put other things in the center. I would suggest a lighter and/or firesteel, steel wool and/or a scrubby and a cheap pot handle (like Coghlan's makes over here). You wouldn't need the bail handle with that but it's nice to have one for hanging over a fire. Personally I'd keep a little firestarter (just in case), a cutlery set and a cross stand for the top (you don't need that since you put one in permanently for your canteen cup but it would allow easier packing). If I had room I'd pack my seasonings and stuff as well.

Been watching your channel for years now. I admire your courage in tough times. Just wanted to say hi and keep going. God bless.

That's the way I made mine! So you can feed it from both sides and keep the hot coals in the center. And yes, you can't fold them but fill it with items and you use all of the space. In my opinion they are stronger than most of the take down type stoves and there's no set up. I'd call the minimum amount of space in the pack a great trade off.

Hallo Lilly, du kannst auch ein altes Sägeblatt als Topfkreuz nehmen. Das hat den Vorteil, das Du es einfach anstecken kannst und dann platzsparend in den Stöbern stecken kannst.. Gruß von der Nordsee

I love your craft skills Lilly! That was a great way to re-use a common object for camping.

I built a similar stove last year from a nearly identical basket I bought at Walmart, although it's a bit taller than yours. I used bolts through the bottom to lift it off the ground for even more ventilation, and added a wire screen stand-off inside, and a bail. I carry it in my pack with my Stanley 24 oz Camp Cook Set (minus the plastic mugs) stacked in an Ozark Trail 18 oz SS Cup, all neatly inside the stove. I also pack the Stanley with condiments, individual coffee packets, a piece of sponge/scrubber, a plastic straw full of dishwashing detergent, and a couple of paper towels. I also managed to squeeze a titanium spork in between the stove and the pot.

Wow Lilly, you’re very talented! Thanks for sharing!

boaahhh, ich kann nicht mehr. Als du deine Schutzgeräte angezogen hast, dachte ich, du willst zum Mond fliegen. Und dann der angsteinflößende Dremel, klasse, das war der Lacher des Tages. You made my day ;-)))))))

Great video Lilly . I made something like this for myself and use it when ever I go camping in Northern Ontario.

Really inspiring, it really made me get started shooting videos about bush crafting.thanks lily for your geart efforts and for your inspiring videos.

Hi Lilly! Nice project! Simple to make and yet practical. Thank you for sharing. Cheers, Peter

A well thought out project that works as desired while using easily available material. Good job!

This was awesome, id love to see more videos of you crafting things and testing them out.

... more mechanically inclined than many guys (males) I know.

Very clever! And yes, super affordable too. Your workshop is terrific- makes a nice addition to the channel.

Brilliant Lilly! Your work area is top notch!

Great video, Lilly. I hit my notification bell for you and a few others. Some use the cheap metal tent stakes through the holes to act as a grill to hold their food or Billy pot. I like your idea, too.

Die Musik passt richtig dazu und manche Geräte, die du benutzt passen in den Musiktakt. 👍😉

Nice job Lilly . I love those stoves got a couple myself. Take care and keep enjoying the great out-of-doors.

People creating things, i can watch this for hours. I found a round thing you normaly use on the stove at home to be able to use really small pots, it fits perfectly on the ikea cutlery holder. ;)) Cooles video Lilly. :))

These stoves are good, I have had one for a long time now. Thanks and take care.

Love your idea of dual holes to put in long sticks. You can use thumb screws spades, wing nuts, washers, lock washers and one hole conduit clamps on bottom to make rotating legs that make it more stable with a wider base. Slap some high temp grill paint on the clamps.

Lilly: IKEA Directions Unclear. Ended up cooking with this utensil holder.

You could have folded some of the cutout inward to make rests and used some drawer handles to make feets. Also don't cook anything for the first use as toxic fumes might be produced while the finish degrades.

Hi Lilly, another great idea. Use a couple of tent pegs instead of the rods and it makes it easily height adjustable. Means you could put an alcohol burner in the bottom as well.

Omg you are such a Tom boy! Great stuff! Bloody IKEA are gonna love you!!!!

Excellent work!! Your videos are getting better and better👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Another great video from you Lilly. Next time you come to British Columbia Canada, let me know. We are out hiking and bush crafting all the time

Thanks for the video. That looked like a fun project. Great idea!

Sehr, sehr gut Lilly!

Really like this style of video. Great work!

Awesome idea and workshop skills Lilly I'm impressed.

You know, for all the crap that certain other channels and some people talk about this girl, she's got some of the best and simplest of ideas. That little stove functions extremely well. Impressive.

Ah, more tool videos, Lilly! Nice workbench there. Nice job ob the Ikea stove!

Not clear of the advantage of two sided cutouts. A (rocket) chimney effect would be better with only one cutout.

Looks really good to me; easy to make, cheap and perfect for a single person. The only downside that i see it's what you said, that as doesn't fold... will take many space on a backpack and outside the backpack... will shine and will make noise; i see it perfect for have on a fixed place or several in a fixed place shared by more people. Have a great week!

Love your workshop! What a great idea!

Love the two windows on each side for larger sticks. Why not use two metal stakes to hold your cup (the cheapest ones at Walmart)? I straighten them out and cut off the excess on the pointy side Then I bend a 90 degreee angle on one side and about a 30 degree angle on the other and then can just slide them in anywhere and adjust them and put them at whatever height I want. I usually bring two additional ones that I can use to poke the fire and/or install an extra set so I have a shelf for my alcohol stove and ones to support my cup. This makes a nice wind screen for that stove setup (and I am carrying stakes if I need them in a pinch). You may be able to bend them in such a way as to hang them on your stove somehow. Also, they may be a little heavier, but finding a set of (4) round legs seems versatile, like furniture knobs or something similiar, but your legs work pretty well. If you are going to keep the threaded bolts for your stand, you might want to consider wingnut bolts so you can remove them easily to stow a nesting cup or other things inside, but I really prefer the lighter and more adjustable tent stakes. As you mention you want to stow them and will not be transporting them, so the bolts make a nice and sturdy platform as in your video. Additionally, Ikea makes a taller utensil holder, and I think the one you selected, the shorter one, is more versatile and packable and would be a better choice than the taller one I have. And, as another option for a pot stand, you can go to Lowes and get a 5" Oatey Shower drain and it is the perfect size to sit on top of the larger IKea (and maybe the shorter if they are the exact same diameter). It is also perfect for my larger-sized Lixada Gasifier stove that is about 5" in diameter. That shower drain is stainless and has four little tabs you can manipulate after you pull the protective covering off the one side. They are slightly bent in. If you straighten them out it a is perfect fit, and then just carefully tap down the r.ecessed area where the thing screws on (without bending or deforming the grate)! That can then be used to put your pot on, OR as a type of small grill to cook sausage, etc., but it does add weight. I actually like the fact that this Ikea stove isn't foldable because then I don't have to assemble it when I want to use it. I would like to rig some kind of legs on the bottom that rotate maybe with wingnuts and go under the stove for storage, but that make it a bit more sturdy similar to the ones that Sensible Prepper made in his video. Also, I want to play around with cutting and modifying the larger Ikea model by "notching": out the top with my Dremel. Anyway, thanks for the video. I never thought of two windows. It really allows for a very intense fire inside.

If you're going to use that in on a really dry day, I'd bring along a cake pan to put underneath it, something with 2inch/5cm-ish sides and at least 2inch/5cm all around, to catch and contain any coals that drop through those holes.

Nice job Lilly. I have made myself one of these some time ago. A Stanley cook-pot fits in it nicely. And, with two tent pegs as pot-supports, you can adjust the hight of the pot above the fire. (wood or Trangia burner). I like this kind of video! Blessings from the Netherlands.

That's SO Cool!! I'm getting one next time I'm at Ikea!

Awesome!!! Great idea.... I have to make one now. Thanks for sharing your idea!

Real cool. Thank you Lilly.

I love your shop! Nice build as well. GJ Lilly

Nice idea, next time I'm at Ikea I will pick one up, or two. Can I pass on a couple tips? It might be better, safer, to hold those small pieces with a pair of vice grips. The pieces would be "locked", less likely to shoot out. And, next time, thread the nuts on the rods before you cut them. The nuts will repair any issues with the threads after you cut them and sand them. Something my father passed on to me.

Very nice stove! I am also very impressed with your workshop.

You have an amazing vitality for life! I love watching your videos... thank you!

Interesting vertical portal method. I still use the smaller and lower portal - while attempting to close up the higher holes so that you get the rocket stove venturi air flow for greater fire/heat and greater utility of the fire fuel. Someone needs to get a Chinese custom model made that doesn't have the bottom holes and the middle to upper holes. That way the only holes and portal would be along the bottom, and the closed-hole chimney sides would be the best of all options. Method-1 is not making the portal and only stuffing with vertical sticks (or wood pellets and making a firehole chimney for a one-burn method, ... or putting in a small swedish torch limb (with proper tinder for a very long lasting fire). Method-2 is the Hibachi style of feeding the fire through the portal with twigs and sticks into the side for continuous burn.

Genius!! Love it!

oh and when you want to sand threaded rod, thread a nut halfway and put the 2 in a drill chuck, then using the drill in reverse to your sander you can get a very nice finish also when taking off the nut you will re-tap the threads :)

Great video/ idea. I'm making one and using long ( approximately 6") bolts as legs, to push into the ground with wing nuts on bottom. I'll pack them loose for storage and tighten when ready to light. Placed triangular aluminum tent pegs across top to hold container.

Please make more of these!! Thank, you! :)

Nice workspace!

If you can make a pot stand that it above the hobbit stove it will work better with less smoke a simple cross made from 1 inch aluminum bar stock works great. The canteen cup sitting down inside the stove cuts off to much air flow .but I like the two feed holes instead of one that looks like it works great and it the first time I've seen someone make it like that.i like your videos keep up the good work

Worked out so well sticks in ground so it's stable plus the pot won't slide off because it's guarded by the edge pretty cool. Oh and btw your a cutie !

great idea Lilly - i made two exact sets of these two years ago but i bought the stainless steel spoon holders at the dollar store - they literally cost me $1.50 cents each

Please consider replacing the all-threaded rod with carriage bolts as their head won't sink in the dirt as much. Very nice project!

You can make it foldable. Just cut it in the right places and add hinges. Then the bolts you used to put the army mug on those bolts can be used to keep the fire box togehther

Hi Lilly! You could have made it easier on yourself by using bolts for the feet, without having to cut the threaded rod. Three feet would be stable(think of the milkmaid's stool.) Also, you could have use bolts to the inside, like small fingers, to hold your cup. In any case, I LOVE the idea, and I'm going to make one to tuck away at MY hideaway! THANKS Lily...you're AWESOME!

Thread a nut onto the ready-rod BEFORE you cut off a piece. When you take the nut off it will recut the thread on the rod where your hacksaw messed them up.

Great to see someone on youtube using safety equipment when making things. You can make a cooking pot out of a can that fit inside the stove.

Lilly, great job love this video.

That's a great idea although I'm thinking it's a little to heavily engineered to truely qualify as a hobo stove. With some minor changes to your pot rack, in order for them be more easily removed, you could easily store other items inside of it and it might be able to "disappear" in your backpack. Also for a stealthier version I would add a scrap metal disc inside to close the holes in the bottom to keep ash and coals from fall through, which might also give you more control over your burn by reducing the air flow from the bottom. I love you workshop area, it's just right for the projects you do. Plus you keep it waaaay neater than most men I know, including myself. If I want any clear bench space I usually have to move aside three or four other 1/2 finished projects first. Lol Keep up the great work! Happy Holidays .

Im going to make one of those. Great idea

Hi Lilly! You're my preferred Jack of all trade!What ever you do it is always instructive and entertaining.I like you very much To be honnest. Many tanks from🇨🇦.

Really cool build! Way to go Lilly!

I didn't realise it was yourself until you spoke. This is an easy idea to follow. Thanks.

Wow thats an oldie project brought back from the dust...

Well done Lilly! 👍😁

Genial !! 👌👏👏🔩🔧

Tip for threaded rod. Only commenting cause you said that you might create more of these. Most thread rod have fragile threads, because they are a soft material. Putting them in the vice as you were is going to cause some of them ti be crushed. If you have some 1 inch (2.54 cm) by 2 inch (5.08 cm) piece of wood, cut 4 pieces as long as the the jaws are long. Nail 2 pieces together to form an L shaped device. Each L shape would then sit over your vice jaws to act as a clamping jaw against the threaded rod. This will not affect the cutting, but would prevent the thread from being damage. If you had a small V in the wood for the rod to sit in that would be beneficial. The other thing that might help is if you thread on 6 nuts so they won't interfere with the vice, and 1 piece on the other side. There would be one piece on the leg that you are cutting off. Once you have cut the piece don't clean it up. Leave the bur to act as a stopper so it won't back off the thread. The other end should be good so there is was no cutting on it (maybe). Before you start cutting your second leg (grind) the edges to clear any burrs. Turn 1 of the nuts down so that it comes off the threaded rod. This will clear any remaining burs on the edge you just cleaned. Make sure there is a nut on the piece you are cutting. Cut off the leg leaving the bur to act as a stopper. Repeat until you have all the legs you need.

Awesome! I will build one too thx for the video!

Heh Lilly... I just love your workshop.. getting lots more tools. Awesome!

Ha ha ha Love it! I did this years ago and later also found an off brand steel pot that nests with it at the local china mart.

i made one of these about 18 months ago, (i added a grill to the top of mine so i can stand smaller cups/bottles/pots on it) its great when you want a discrete low profile fire,

Very creative! Looks like something Swedwoods would make. Great job!!🖒

It may take up a lot of space, but there's all sorts of space inside it! You could put a large assortment of tinder and fire starting materials inside the stove, and stuff a couple of spare bandanas in the open spaces. Have you tried carrying a small container of dryer lint with you? It's great tinder as is, and if you mix some petroleum jelly into it, it will burn for a *very* long time! Also, if you reverse the bolts before you pack the stove, it will take up less space. Cheers!! 🔥💜🔥

Ive been meaning to do this for a while now but forgot all about it. I like the idea of not needing to think about fuels since in theory its already there when you get to where you are going.

love the DYI vids! Miss the Post Apocalyptic Garage guys!! Well done Lilly

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