How to make an Arizona penny can alcohol stove 

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that block of wood is more useful than most people i know

Texas needs to see this video right now tag the whole state

Nice work brother. During the Gulf War, we used to make these out of pop cans but we had to use regular fuel, from helicopters. We mixed sand in place of the insulation you have and this kept the fuel under control. Great heat and a great way to cook food and have a warm meal. We actually made a depression into the ground where we could add our penny can and added arteries to run fresh air to it... then we could place a canteen cup over the can and not smother the flame. This works well and I appreciate you sharing it with the channel viewers here. Take care.

That wooden block was the star of this process. Even when he said he was done, that block had comeback after comeback.

How cool dude, no stupid back ground music no garage full of fancy tools just simple instructions verbal and video good job thanks I'll look for more of your videos

My buddy and I were bored one night and having a few drinks. We decided to make a couple of these and see if we could make our dinner on them instead of using the grill lol. It's a fun little project. It worked a lot better than we expected. This was probably 8 years ago. I'm in Texas and just remembered these little things a couple weeks after the power outage lol.

Just found this, I know it’s years after you made it, but it’s the best tute I’ve seen on a can stove!! Thanks!

I'll be making me a bunch of these x 4 to separate a little and use together for a small but powerful cooking stove. Crisco Shortening is somewhat inexpensive and burns for hours and hours at a time! There are RU-vid videos to show you how to make a Crisco Candel. Just remember to always make them out of can materials, (not any glass jars like some RU-vid influencers tell you to do). That's because Crisco Shortening is not candle wax and does not burn the same. Crisco Shortening is an oil and gets extremely hot and might perhaps burst the glass, making it unsafe and dangerous. Don't risk glass just use can tins. I sure do like the way you made a custom fit top for it to extinguish the flame when done with. You get an A+ Sir for this one!!!

Why do I have a strong feeling that I NEED to learn this?

1 of these saved our asses when the ice storm hit. Not only did it cook food, it also kept the dogs warm.

This is a cool thing to have in your head just in case you need it.

Here in the Philippines when we change oil our motorcycle we used the old oil mix with denatured alcohol as a fuel for cooking.We also used improvised burner.

When the snow storm in texas hit me, my mother used this trick and we were able to cook again. Thank god because we did not get power for a whole week.

Cut a 3 pound coffee can to a ring, 1/4 inch wider than stove and place the stove in the center. Now a skillet can be placed on the coffee can for a nice holder and with a flame that good, you can sauté your Bass like a pro right there at the river.

Thank you this is great..and another one of the million reasons men make our world great.. they are the great inventors..ik ik women invent too.. but seriously these types of things are genious

I'm a city woman with a patriot soul. I am grateful for your precious info - it just may keep me alive. Many thanks and much love!

I learned how to turn sea water/dirty water into fresh water by boiling and collecting the steam and now I learned how to make my portable mini, high functioning stove. Thanks buddy. Comes handy during apocalypse or electrical grid outage. You are saving lives without knowing and people will remember your knowledge in times of need. God bless you brother.

Safety tip: Only use pennies from before 1982 as they are pure copper. After 1982, they were made of zinc with copper coating. Zinc melts at a lower temperature than copper, which can cause it to expand, rupturing the copper coating like a grenade and sending molten metal everywhere.

Its not boring when we're learning something that may help us out one day.

Finally an instructional video without the lame ass music. Thank you.

4 year old video and he's still liking comments. Respect ++++++++++

Thank you very much. These are the things that should be taught to every child in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Along with how to read a map, navigate by the stars, pitch tints, surviving the wilderness, shoot guns, and all the things we need to know about surviving if things go wrong.

This was the best I’ve seen and man was it crazy when he cut the lights and revealed how big the flame was

Legend says he can build an anti aircraft gun with that little wooden block

my dad had to make emergency stoves when he used to get lost in the mountains, he used cotton instead of glass insulation, works wonders when you have nothing else

When you cut the "damper", leave a long tag 90° to the butt of the can. Bend it double to make a nifty little handle 😊

Just a little tip I did. On your lid for putting out stove I left a half inch by three quarter flap so I had a handle on it.

Wow, I just learned how to make a penny can stove! Gotta say when u turned off the lights my reaction was like a kid after watching a magic trick. 😲 Thanks!

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I love the simplicity of your tools. I also love the modification of using a slightly larger and thicker can. Well done. Great share!

Awesome video, I built this as I watched and it worked perfectly. I found that the metal lid from a pickle jar makes a perfect priming dish. just "spill" a bit in the lid as you fill and then light the lid and the top.

Dude. This could quite possibly be the most useful thing I’ve ever watched/learned on RU-vid. Thank you!

My goal in life is to be as valuable to others as that piece of wood

Nice blue flames, efficient combustion. Living in TX with an unreliable electric grid, this will come in real handy when we inevitably lose power. Over the holidays, we’ll just have a crafting day with the kids, since these can be made, and then stored (unfueled so safer than Sterno cans) for use later. Even make extras to have on hand for neighbors, or to give as novel, but ultimately very useful, gifts to friends and family also reliant on the TX grid. Thank you!

Your a man’s man.. use what’s close to u.. instead of drill bits or hammer… didn’t have a lot of money when my mom passed when I was a child and my pops assembled a bunk bed together using a pair of vice grips for a hammer and a glass of water for a leveler lol love it bro

Thanks man this helped me when we lost power for 2 weeks after hurricane sally

Shout out to Arizona, years later and STILL 99 cents!

It's Dec 2023 and I still use this video every so often

Maryland here. I'm doing this now lol. This is awesome. I'm going to make 5 0r 6 of these and put them in front of my HVAC air intake and just run the fan only from thermostat to see if it warms up my apartment any

By far best instructional video about this project compared to the others

I love that that being a loner/ introvert with the ability to talk to yourself is so lucrative these days! Thumbs up

Him: This doesn't have to be crazy precise or anything like that. Also Him: Does it crazy precisely

Quando serve una cucina improvvisata,questa è la scelta migliore. Grazie tante per condividere.🙏

Brillant ! This is a very useful skill you've taught us ! One never knows when you might need this kind of item. A hot brew is always conforting, and it can save someone's life too !

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"I'm using Arizona Tea cans." Fast forward to 10:11 "Looks like this had some tea inside or something." Can't put anything past this guy!

I was taught this in first year of boy scouts and it stuck with me even since. Only used it once while camping but you never know when something like this could really be helpful!

Your instruction style is 10/10. I might just make one of these. I'll make sure I use the right coin for it too - greetings from the UK

I got fired from work and I'm hella bored I quit smoking weed because I want to get a better job so I'm going to make this today to kill some time 😎

Simple, but ingenious. Thanks for sharing this. You just might have potentially saved families from hunger and cold winters as well as campers. God bless you a million folds.

Очень простая и практичная схема ! Замечательно, что при горении, все языки огня кроме одного, - голубого цвета . Почти , идеальное сгорание топлива и выделяемых, пирролизных газов. Автору за идею - большой лайк !!! 🤝

The better job i have seen in all RU-vid 👍👍👍

over 9 thousand comments for a little stove, we really are amazed with anything to do with fire.

Does anyone remember when beer cans were made so strong, it was a feat of strength to squash an empty one with one hand? I remember my uncle used to squash Tennant's lager and McEwan's Export cans with one hand back the early 70's and act like he was the Hulk! You could never cut those cans with a pair of scissors! Nowadays a baby could squash one!

This is lovely. Thanks for mentioning the insulation is optional. That's relaxing

As you said, the process of production is extremely fund. I'm going to make one and let my sons to make a penny can alcohol stove with me. Thanks again for showing us everything I need to know. You're very nice man. God bless you and your family.

With the times we're in, this is a some serious little cooking item. Great work

It was stunning to see just how much flame there was after the lights were turned out at 17:11.

7 years later and still hearting comments. What a chad.

Thank you for not rambling through the whole video. Straight to the point left no room for error 🎉

Damn they should start teaching this in California schools.

This man has taught me more in 20 minutes than school can in a year

Filling the (stove can) with the fiberglass also helps regulate the fuel vaporizing, so it has an even flow, and doesn't flare up out of the fill holes. FILL the can with fiberglass insulation, but not too tightly.

It's a very smart and beautiful design. Thanks a lot to share.

JJ2000 I have been a Military Survival Instructor for more than 50 years and this is the most awesome thing I have EVER seen!!!

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Thanks for doing the whole build in real time

OMG. i just realized the holes on the sides are lower than the top. recessing the flame so you can place a tiny pot or mini pan on top to cook. This is very useful knowledge. Thankyou

I'm a woman this seems like something my Dad would teach me. He died when I was 18. But he tried to teach me lots of odd things. He didn't want me reliant on a man.

Back in the 80's when i was a kid my dad showed me how to make a little stove using a tuna can, some cardboard, and some paraffin wax. oh and a coffee can. Take the lid off the can, give tuna to a cat, cut cardboard strip the width of the cans height, then roll tightly into a hockey puck shape, and stuff in can. Then melt wax into the cardboard. Then put a coffee can over the top of it with a series of holes around the bottom (open end) edge. The coffee can makes for a frying pan or you can omit that if you already got one of those handy.

Dude, you are so awesome! Something this easy to assemble will be essential for people in bad times. You might think its not necessarily important but it so is. Most of these things people without means can get from a dollar store and actually survive with it. The most expensive thing is the $3 fiberglass....I'm still floored by the simplicity. Thank you so much ❤

Finely!!! A real diy that you can actually do with things around you. Not having to have 100'$ to 1000'$ of $ worth equipment!!! Thank! You got another follower in me and my ole' lady! Been trieing to teach her things like this. Everyone needs to be self sustainable! Thank you bro!

This is the coolest thing on the planet. Never pictured this when drinking all those Arizona Teas

Thank you for the great video! You did a great job and your efforts to teach us old folks some new tricks is very much appreciated. I am a disabled VET and served in the US Navy Submarine Service for over 30 years. Cannot walk now very much but, I can use my hands. My grandkids love to camp and backpack, so I am always looking for ideas to help support their hobby. Your RU-vid video was a great idea for me to further assist the grandkids. I was not able to find any Arizona Tea Cans in any of my local stores, I live in a small farm town in Western Michigan, but I was able to find 25 oz cans of the Australian beer FOSTERS. I believe the diameter is slightly bigger than the Arizona Cans. Anyway I tried the FOSTERS 25 oz cans and It worked great. In addition I got to have a little beer, so I really enjoyed myself while making something useful for the kids. One plus for using FOSTER cans, is that I got a longer burn time for one load of fuel (HEET). The FOSTER can held about 4oz of fuel. I got approximately 30 minutes during one test run. My general rule is that the burn time is equal to about 15minutes for every 2 oz of fuel. Respectfully, George Keefe

Ah yes, almost 1 am and once again the algorithm provides ❤

Apparently by my you-tube viewing habits I'm training to be a classic Hobo.

A project I completed with only my Leatherman tool . Right along with the video. Now I got a sweet little stove. 🔥

This alcohol/spirit stove is very practical in conflict zones where concealment is of vital importance. It doesn't give out smoke, gives out very little light which is negligible especially when cooking/heating food at night and gives out more concentrated heat than conventional cooking using wood, it can easily be packed in an army rucksack bag, an 800ml thinner grade denatured Ethanol will give you weeks of heating and cooking in an outpost. Enjoyed the whole video especially the detailed explanations and making . . . Greetings from India.

I'm going to make one (or more) of these with my grandson, who loves anything about camping.

When the lights went out, my eyes widened and I said wow. I felt like a little girl lol

Holy shit, this man is making a stove from a can while flexing silver bars stacked in the background.

It has taken me several years of prepping, metalwork and camping to realise just how great your video is. This penny stove rivals trangias and you can make it with two beer cans. Great job fella

Greetings from Russia! Not a bad job! I made one for myself. Thanks for the video.

And to everyone saying to edit his video. It's his video. Either dont watch or fast forward yourself. Some of us enjoyed it for its authentic content exactly as it was .. this man took his precious time to show us ..if you dont have time to watch then dont. Why can't we just applaud him for doing something cool and leave the negative for the shitty political videos or some other garbage celebrity video. .. rock on brother do your thing!

I just keep thinking about how my mom would have killed me if I cut cans like that with her "good scissors." 😂👍 But this was a cool video. I wish I'd have had this knowledge in boy scouts. Woulda been fun on campouts. ✌

What you made is just as good if not better than the store bought ones. Cheap, easily homemade, efficient, easily store and available. I think this is as good as you can get when it comes to survival and emergency use. When people use stove like this, they just need to remember to have a good stand to support the pan or pot and to have a protective surrounding to shield the heat in and wind out. The heating process will be much more efficient and pleasant.

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I vaguely remember working on a similar project in high school, but with no cuts, fewer holes, and the can oriented on it's side. Actually, it was probably after school now that I think about it.

This could actually save your life one day. Invaluable information under the terms “better safe with it and not use it then sorry without it and need it”

Thoroughly enjoyed this, great presentation. Best I've seen so far.

Intro didn’t have to go that hard. Glad it did.

nice dude, 10/10.

If you use a razor blade to score it as you did with the pin originally, you won't need the scissors. Good video, thanks

I love this sharing of life saving and life sustaining tips. If we are going to survive as a nation it will be by helping each other, sharing ideas and using the barter system. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see where our country is headed. Unless it turns around with the next election our county is going to fall to Socialism and possibly Communism sometime thereafter. Or we will have an EMP before or sometime after the next presidential election. Either way I believe we are going to need theses tips and to stand United! I pray that I am wrong on both options! God please bless America!

I love watching random tutorials at 3am :D

Man that’s beautiful. I don’t even need a penny can stove, just looks like a fun project to do. 😲

Thank you i live in the getto and those little stoces saved my bacon so many times i woukd have froze thank you so much ive passed it along to alot of my homeless friend and nebiors to i dont no a out them but my homeless friends used it thank you so much your amazing thank you your are hero and you have a good one hun thanks again your new friend amanda liebegott

Oh man fiberglass makes many itchy childhood memories come back.

I'm a coin nerd, so I have to say.. "Actually sir", the three US Mints in 1982 Philly, Denver, and San francisco made 7 different variations. The start of 82' the mints used up left over brass penny blanks then the new clad zinc some large date some small date. you can tell by dropping them like old silver coins the ping will be different. and I just noticed the video is 5 years old...Doh