How to Make a Soda Can Stove - Old vs Improved Design
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This video has a comparison between two different soda can stove designs with build video of the improved version. I was looking for one to take on short day trip hikes and landed on a design by Tetkoba.
The version that is built in the video utilizes an inner wall with capillary action, it gets to operation temperature much quicker.
Also the fuel is methyl hydrate or denatured alcohol.
See how to build a stand for the stove here:
• Soda Can Stove Stand
Reference:
Original Model:
www.thesodacanstove.com/
tetkoba's Alcohol Stove Addict channel:
/ @tetkoba
Music:
Secrets of the Schoolyard by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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All fingers were harmed in the making of this stove
After I inadvertently sliced off most of my fingertips & drilled holes into the remaining ones, this stove was handy & efficient for cauterization. Mama always said, "What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger." This is why she always said that.
@ScallopHolden
4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@pamelagraeter5017
2 жыл бұрын
The men want to criticize and make him do to their way. The women just get in there and do it. 😄 Great comment.
@tzackaria7
2 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche said it first, but yo mama must have been well read.
The "music" brings back painful memories of being stuck on a level of Wolfenstein and not being able to find a way out. The beauty of a soda can stove is that it's free -- until you add tape. Cut the cans longer, slip one inside the other and you're back to free.
@desktorp
5 жыл бұрын
steal the tape from the hardware store and you're back to free
@quantanglement
5 жыл бұрын
Get caught and you can teach stove making to the cop (constable on patrol) that's watching your cell.
@desktorp
5 жыл бұрын
@@quantanglement +1 for teaching me that constable on patrol bit.. amazing I've never heard that before.
@quantanglement
5 жыл бұрын
To be honest i'm not sure if that is where cop comes from - just heard it from someone else. But, seems like it could be.
@MyElsa1965
5 жыл бұрын
@@quantanglement grrrrrrrrr hahaha bright idea
Just made one of these and felt the need to say thank you for putting together such a well edited and clearly narrated guide. All the best from the UK.
Nice clear video. Instead of holding the cut can with a cloth, you can use one of those neoprene soda/beer can cozies that fit over the can exactly. You can drill the holes before cut the ring off when the can is a little stiffer. You can use smaller energy-drink cans (8.4-ounce Red Bull, for instance, instead of standard 12-ounce soda can) or larger cans like 16-ounce Rockstar or 24-ounce malt liquor (Olde English 800, Colt 45, King Cobra) if you want a smaller or bigger stove. The larger cans have noticeably thicker aluminum walls, so they are little harder to cut but sturdier once assembled.
One small tip, when you're drilling the vent holes in the top don't have your finger on the inside of the can while youre drilling on the outside or you might wind up with a "vented" finger.
@tom_olofsson
2 жыл бұрын
With capillary action.
Very well done, instructional video from start to finish. I like the use of tape instead of ole JB Weld. Can't wait to build a few. THANKS.
You are a genius!! As if the first generation werent good enough, now you improved it! Thank you for taking the energy to share. Consider putting a disclaimer about the hazard in handling razor-sharp metal.
@74KU
Жыл бұрын
Does everything need a warning label though.. what about the one for KZread that tells you there are people like me here? lol.
Very nice. I counted about 10 - 12 seconds from starting to full stable burn. That will save loads of fuel that was wasted on the original design just trying to warm up. 👍👍👍👍
Made one of these after following your instructions, works a treat, thank you!
Always drill directly toward your finger
@KKMM-7200
5 жыл бұрын
Alright
@cynthiamoon372
5 жыл бұрын
Stop when you see red fluid.
@warrr_machine
4 жыл бұрын
I like drilling directly toward my finger 💉
@atthebrink74
4 жыл бұрын
Or your eye... Depends on the situation.
@FutureReverberations
4 жыл бұрын
@@cynthiamoon372 Dont be daft. Thats just the coolant to protect the drill bit!
I finished mine ! I'll test it after I get another blood transfusion from my fingers cuttings and loss of blood, now im convinced to bring my kitchen stove on my next camping trip.
3:42 That slight collapse of the can wall is why you should do all scoring first, then seperate the sections after all scoring is done.
So I just spent the last four hours watching stove videos. I decided I wanted to build a stove and I made this one. This one gets up and running within a few seconds. I watched a video where some guy made his version of the double wall can stove. Then he lit it and spent three minutes saying how awesome his stove was while he was waiting for it to warm up. This was a fun project. I've still got ten more cans of coke, I wonder what else I can make.
FOR SAFETY: Use second can for bottom (3/4 "). (No sharp edge hazard)
I just made one of these, first one I made off another video and it won't light, this one worked great, I already put it with my emergency coffee maker, in case the power gos out. Going to make some more of these for cooking to. Thanks man!
Use 1/32 drill bit or if you prefer larger finger drains use 1/16 drill bit. Despite the 1980 Casio Synthesizer music and a laundry list of safety hazards, this is a great video on a very simple and useful product. Full disclosure, my dad drilled straight through his finger fixing a Christmas tree stand with these techniques... looked at me through the hole in his bone/nail. Love that man!
@watermelonlalala
4 ай бұрын
Does it have a use besides a hobo dinner? Say, in a power outage, is it ok for a heater or a lamp?
one more thing...so glad there is someone teaching how to do these things, when TSHTF people need to know how to survive with what they can find. This is not just for campers. Good job
@katielyb
2 жыл бұрын
What are TSHTF people? I know how to survive in the wild but I'm not familiar with that acronym.
I also made that design...but if you fill half full on it....it will take a half a minute before flames goes out ....its fine I love that new improved design. Keep up the good work! God bless
So many different designs. I did build a lot of versions around the time this video was made and my testing show the basis of the 3 part stove to be the most efficient. But the one I settled on was a very simple 3 piece design. Where the top pressed onto the bottom with a simple inner wall. No silver tape required.
Great vid! To get all thre creases out of the metal tape and get a perfect seal use the backing paper from the tape to rub the tape down. Gently obviously! Works perfect. Duct fitters trick 😉
@troyrichardson8787
2 жыл бұрын
Ahh. Nice
That video game music is almost as cool as the stove and the stove is very cool. Props!
Great video, got here from Kenneth Kramm's video. He made, and uses this stove all the time, and it's great. I'm going to make this, and I appreciate your effort.
Thank you utube .and the man who share this great idea
Feels like I'm rollin through the hood, making a camp stove. ;-)
@cfoster6804
4 жыл бұрын
🤣
Awesome. With fire lighting illegal in Britain, I've been looking for alternatives to a big, dumb butane cooker for my travelling kit. This seems a sensible primary for making a brew or a quick bacon butty. Perfect for my needs👍
@shatterpointgames
2 жыл бұрын
You're living in a dystopia
@user-fj8cn1kr8z
5 ай бұрын
@@shatterpointgamesThe Minneapolis police beat a homeless man who was lighting small fires in a parking garage to keep warm. We're all living in a dystopia ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thank you for your contributions to soda can stove R & D 😎👍
At 8:55 or so I just knew when the drill bit went through the can the next thing we would see is a fountain of blood, lol. Cool video man!
using a tall and a short can ie energy drink can and cola you get a size difference so one can will slide inside the other so you don't need the foil and it is stronger.
@floranteadsuara7673
2 жыл бұрын
💯 % agree!
Awesome , I like the whole deal where it burns nicer and more efficient, medal tape has some goo glue type stuff , idk if I’d cook over it until atleast burning off that glue but really is cool 😎
Could I use beer cans, different music, & maybe not drill into my fingers?😜.. still cool tho👍
I want to describe a stove that I made after several years of R&D, for you. It was based upon your own design. I needed power and longevity of burn time for the outdoors. I needed to make Coffee, breakfast and hot water after that on one burn. Yet remain lite and compact to carry easily in my cook set. My stove is well over 45 min of burn time, usually about 54min burn time. I used a large sized , used Sterno canister for the base. I brazed in a smaller (you can JB weld this) a taller can upside down with the original top removed and fuel vanes added for flow down inside. The inside can ( heated pressurized fuel reservoir) is basically sealed once the pot or pan is placed on top. I packed the inbetween space with fiberglass insulation to the top level of the Sterno base can. The final part was to drill a 1/8th fill hole in the top of the braised center can bottom (which is now the top) to add fuel. This acts as the huge fuel tank , and low pressure heat expansion chamber. Of course the fiberglass is the flame ring just like your "Feest" stove and the principal is the same. However, the fuel volume is massive and there is an inherent preheat and charge with this design that acts more like a natural gas burner in efficiency and burn time. I have other alcohol stoves just like you. However, this is my go to must have HOG burner that out cooks all others for time and efficiency.
@romainejayne1811
Жыл бұрын
I wish you would make a short video for us to show your model, too. Sounds powerful!
@poutchiepuffin4266
Жыл бұрын
@@romainejayne1811 it's easy to make it. My stove design is also around 50 min of burn time. I just need 1 tuna can. I put the carbon felt first (or u can use toilet paper or jeans) to the bottom as the first layer. Then I give steel wool above as the second layer. Cover it on top with the iron mesh. I don't need JB weld or tape adhesive for my stove. I just need mini pot stand to boil or to cook. If I cook the rice, I put my simmer ring on top, to reduce the flame.
@romainejayne1811
Жыл бұрын
@@poutchiepuffin4266 I already bought my mesh but haven't made my stove yet. I leaned off using the carbon felt. Steel wool and jeans mat'l. lol Except my mesh is soft stainless steel and probably won't last long.
Awesome video! Great detail and easily replicable by watcher!! Great Job!!
Finally! a use for diet Pepsi.
@cloroxsplash-lessbleach1468
7 жыл бұрын
haha
@RevGunn-jq3cq
6 жыл бұрын
I thought all diet sodas were for target practice
@mcgillicuddy4008
6 жыл бұрын
hahahaha that's the best use I have heard for diet sodas!
@waltertaggart2020
6 жыл бұрын
Iacomus Lycanthropus Fd
@hdender6513
6 жыл бұрын
Diet Coke is VERY unhealthy more unhealthy than regular coke so DONT drink it
the yellow flames are proof that the fuel isn't burning efficiently. I like the penny stove it seems to be one of the best. my grands and I made the card board and wax and cardboard and oil they seemed to be very close to the same in cooking time we did a little experiment on that one with 2 different fuels and made hot chocolate. still cool experiments and all will boil water and cook something to eat. great job thanks for sharing.
@Sokol10
2 жыл бұрын
Probable the capillarity effect of the groove's in the inner can are too much,* sucking more fuel than is possible mix with air. * Maybe if make less groove's help.
Really well made I’m impressed I must try this thanks
I might try this just because it's cool. What do you think, would it be any easier to cut the can if it was filled with water and allowed to freeze first. Then you'd have something to push against and maybe cut through the aluminum completely. I think I might give it a try.
@AndrewWorkshop
8 жыл бұрын
+Left of Everywhere That may work too by freezing but if you don't want to go to the trouble with the blocks of wood, you can use dollar store scissors and just a utility knife, a few of my prototypes were made that way and they came out great. The cans cut super easy.
@mathewwebb522
5 жыл бұрын
Very good idea
great video but as a Mother, I had butterflies in my stomach watching this PRAYING you wouldn't get cut! lol! Good job Andrew
I love the 70s style spy music! I can almost see Ilya kuryaken or Simon Templar at work here...
A seal between the top of the inner wall and the stove top, maybe? As I understand things, this would stop the pressure in the vapour chamber leaking to the stove centre/fill hole. A bit of your metal tape would do it.
Listening to this video makes me feel like I'm exploring a haunted house and zapping monsters with a level 1 blaster.
It's a great idea, but may not work as well in cold temperatures. that was my experience with the penny soda can stove. The open center may make the difference though. Definitely worth testing!
@desireebuffeydb80
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Wall my cousin made one for his deer blind and put it in a terra-cotta pot! And he is in Michigan! It heats up the pot and produces more heat. He said it actually roasted him out last night!
That’s a good demonstration of cutting a soda bottle that’s Excellent.
Great stove build thanks
the razor blade hangs out pretty far allowing it to flex, giving you some unclean cuts, putting them a bit further back on the board might help you with that.
@darrellbeets7758
5 жыл бұрын
yep and while at it use a 2nd screw to keep it in place instead of ur thumb ;p
@OldNavajoTricks
4 жыл бұрын
Two screws in the nicks allow you to swap out the blade easily as well, loosen, replace, retighten.
@harveychapman3843
4 жыл бұрын
Use a heavy book and sandwich the blade between the pages at the correct height(s): no boards, no screws.
@cfoster6804
4 жыл бұрын
@@harveychapman3843 Best advice!
@andrewmartin1616
3 жыл бұрын
@@harveychapman3843 amazing advice.
can it work with other types of fuel like naphtha
Beautiful!!
So brilliant! I love it
I’ve also encountered this problem where the flame wasn’t coming out of the original one and turns out If you just make the holes bigger it works
Neat, still prefer putting steel wool in the walls to help wick.
Great design
I like the beat same with the flame 🔥
do you have to have the pan above it setting on a rack?
Nice video! I was going on an overnight hiking trip with the college in 2005 and wanted something to cook my evening meal on. I would up buying one much like the first design from Tinny at Minibull Design. For my $5 he included a video on how to make them. I tested it, liked it, and set to work making some more. Wound up selling one to a classmate... for $5. Stove worked great and all I had to buy was the metal flue tape. I'll try your design for my next one. :)
@mastersergeant8672
2 жыл бұрын
What are other fuels you can use?
Nice! Thank you.
have you tried sealing the middle hole using the soda bottom inorder to build more pressure on your burner flames and lower the center unfocused flames output? if so how did it go?
The music sounds like its from an early 2000s low budget educational pc game.
How to add more fuel without dying or letting it flame out?
if the issue is only the preheating of the stove, adding the very common fiberglass wick to the outside is awesome for that. Speeds up blossoming of the stove. I preheat all alcohol stoves, and it's undoubtedly the way to go. You can also use a can lid or just a bit of foil honestly, to hold fuel under the burner and preheat it.
Beautiful. 👌
This stove is so cool that I am going to watch it again and again
Doesn't the fuel eventually affect the glue on the tape?
@_Tang0_
6 жыл бұрын
Capi Berra metal tape is rated for high temps.
@nightw4tchman
6 жыл бұрын
I made one using aluminium tape rated for 160 degrees Celsius. I got some initial leakage from the glue on the first burn but after that it was fine.
@boosted74m2
6 жыл бұрын
Get UL Listed hvac foil tape for best results
@nightw4tchman
6 жыл бұрын
Two weeks later (and many burns as well) no problems, this thing will light with even a small spark from a ferro rod. Although one lesson learnt was if you plan to use this stove make sure your pan is as dry as possible, if it isn't completely hold it over the flame for a few minutes then wipe away water that appears on the bottom, your efficiency will be severely effected if you don't.
@Cream_CurdlR
6 жыл бұрын
he didnt say heat and high temps he said the fuel.
Great video, thanks!
Fill the can with sand and then cut with the razor scribe. Makes for easier, cleaner, faster, safer cuts especially if you are making a dozen or so at a time.
Do you set the pot directly on the stove or do you need something to put the pot on?
@bereantrb
6 жыл бұрын
AJ Saveliev You set the pot directly on the stove. Otherwise the large flame coming out of the center consumes too much fuel. The outer jets will continue to burn.
@kobayashimaru5242
5 жыл бұрын
No you do not set the pot directly on the stove. I have used this set up for years for backpacking. Initially I used 3 tent stakes to hold the pot over the stove, sometimes not the sturdiest. I also tried just finding appropriate sized rocks, not always easy or possibly. More recently I fashioned a pot holder out of a bit of stove-pipe coupling. Works good
@ryanotte6737
5 жыл бұрын
Setting a small backpacking pot directly on top seems to be too close in my experience. I bought a small pot and stand combo by Esbit that can burn solid fuel tabs and is just the right size to fit one of these DIY alcohol can stoves. CS585HA model number. The can stove fits in the package for storage quite nicely and the stand has pretty good wind protection for the flame as well. Great for single person very light weight and small volume stove. Sterno stove bases are pretty commonly available at department stores, etc. If concerned about covering the center, could cut out a bottom section of another can to fit over it while burning.
@zdub8438
5 жыл бұрын
You can do either. I like to set the pot right on top with Penny cans. The double wall ones I use a pot stand.
Instructions - A+ Music - F-
@clpevyNil
4 жыл бұрын
cmon musik is kewl
@scottdunn2178
4 жыл бұрын
@@clpevyNil F*cking Gen Z hipster EDM noise. (Not a boomer)
@ryansinclaire8463
4 жыл бұрын
Very ratchet and clank
@nikrbawker
4 жыл бұрын
beeeeowoooow deeeo beoow beeewoweo dun dun nanan da duh dun nu uh.
@ellenorbjornsdottir1166
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottdunn2178 it's D grade not F grade wtf
The capillary modification should result in better cold weather performance. I'm tempted to 3D print a corrugator to make 1/4" pitch folds in can sidewall aluminum to use as a capillary inner wall in a pop can stove made from two can bottoms pressed together (no metal tape).
Boy!!!am I in love!!!
The concept is ok but You know you can avoid using aluminum tape by letting the top side longer so that they come together one inside the other, keep trying. 👍
@escapetherace1943
2 жыл бұрын
doesn't work, it's too tight and messes up the middle layer (i tried this)
@fulldnbboy
2 жыл бұрын
@@escapetherace1943 Well you need to try again cause i just slided top side inside bottom side and mine works perfectly. Btw, its my first soda can alcohol stove. Newbie luck prehaps? :D
@escapetherace1943
2 жыл бұрын
@@fulldnbboy it burns out fuel way too fast anyway and most the heat's wasted. The tuna can stove designs work a lot better
You should put amounts and burn times. Also what fuels burn best and longest.
@pokekk
4 жыл бұрын
more burnable holes more amount burnt.unless he could make vaporized fuel like normal gas tanks
@garymckinley6974
4 жыл бұрын
Denatured alcohol
@asamusicdude
4 жыл бұрын
@@garymckinley6974 illegal in California
@robertschmidt9296
4 жыл бұрын
@@asamusicdude I didn't know that, no wonder I don't see it anymore.
@atthebrink74
4 жыл бұрын
@@garymckinley6974 your freaking kidding!
Finally found a good reason to buy more canned sodas... Thanks! XD
Thank you for this. I just hope I can do it right! I really think this is very cool and convenient! For hard times! Thanks!
@lookforward8994
4 жыл бұрын
Oh thanks didnt know they had factory made kind. I'm kind of new at this. Thanks for the tip where would I buy one of those at for 3 dollars? 😁❤
@lookforward8994
4 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Hopkins 😊
@lookforward8994
4 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Hopkins ok thanks!I've been looking on there. What is the name of it ? So I can type it in and find it?
When your dish towel isn’t working and you need to grab a sharp piece of thin metal, feel free to wear gloves. Drilling toward your finger is not only foolish, but is also another great opportunity to wear gloves.
@haakonrem
3 жыл бұрын
Using gloves while opperating power tools is an even worse idea.. just Google- glove caught in (and then insert whatever power tool) and watch the carnage...
A little commentary along the way is much more informative talking about the steps, anything else like music I would rather turn on my Stereo.
Really like it..l presume it has a limit on the weight of the pot or frying pan..?
Excellent video! Doing this weekend...much thanks!
@MatoNupai
7 жыл бұрын
If you make and use one of these i hope you stay 5 miles from me. When that aluminum tape fails and it will yoybwill have a fire ball Then a forest fire to deal with. I use alcohol stoves 2-4 times a day, and NOT ONE AND OF THEM IS TAPED TOGETHER. THIS US AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STOVE!!!!!!!
@Anthonypython
7 жыл бұрын
high-temp silicone probably
The 1/32 holes allow for a slower more controllable flame.
Just wondering how long it burns. Is it re-useable...or just one time and then dispose? Do you need to put it on fire resistant surface?
@MatoNupai
7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely reusable. I test stoves by using them time after time. I have three ultimate stoves i put through the wringer. Original ultimate stove made from 2 Ocean Spray juice cans 500 burns Made from 2 monster cans has 390 burns Made from 2 Hansen energy drink cans with 350 burns
@matteolordez130
6 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear dick cut on coke can
@mcgillicuddy4008
6 жыл бұрын
ooo a dick cut sounds horrible
@mcgillicuddy4008
6 жыл бұрын
so funny! lol lol hahahaheeheehee
@moniquejeffery4516
5 жыл бұрын
@@mcgillicuddy4008 Men smh hahahaha
At least we can still enjoy hot food during the economic crash
@anonyeetmas2180
4 жыл бұрын
BUY THE DIP
Very nice beautiful stove
Would a push-pin work for the holes instead of a drill?
@leoangere5310
5 жыл бұрын
I've done it that way successfully. For smaller holes I used a short needle that I'd imbedded into a wood handle
@kobayashimaru5242
5 жыл бұрын
I've done it both ways. little effect on efficiency of the stove, drill is way easier
@zdub8438
5 жыл бұрын
Pushpins are great for uniformity just make sure they go in straight. Sucks when everything is perfect and then one little flame shoots out slightly too far or at a different angle than the rest.
@theunknownandunsolved6963
5 жыл бұрын
I used a drywalling screw worked great.
If you wanted this as an emergency backpack light/stove, how would you store the alcohol ?
@Astro80s
4 жыл бұрын
Trangia stove stores liquid
@lbarnhill5493
4 жыл бұрын
That's already provided for in the 5th of JD he's got or should have with him.
@CORYJOHNM
4 жыл бұрын
The alcohol comes in plastic bottles right from the store. Just make sure you save the cap. ;)
@Sokol10
2 жыл бұрын
@@Astro80s Store alcohol inside Trangia B25 burner can correde and produce cracks in the stove walls.
@fulldnbboy
2 жыл бұрын
@@Sokol10 If you store on the shelf, then yes. If you are on the hike and have some leftover alcohol inside the stove after cooking, its not a problem to store it insid the trangia burner till your next meal time 3 hours later. Leave it on a shelf with alcohol, will obviously corrode it over time so burn last fuel off. Alcohol is cheap anyway.
sick jam
The one on the right doesn't have complete combustion hense the orange flame but it does start more quickly.
I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I get a strong blue flame in the center and my pinholes around the edge never ignite.
@docification94
7 жыл бұрын
jmaskdc sounds like the alcohol vapour isn't able to make it up to the pin holes. maybe try crushing the inner piece a bit more?
@dabbayoo
7 жыл бұрын
jmaskdc yeah me too, im trying to cook a pork roast im gonna cut thin before it goes bad too, hopefully Ill figure it out in a few minutes.
Forget about rhe background music..... Focus on the procedure... i love soda can survival stove... I've use it on my camping party and for an emergency Cooking ...👍
Wonderful! Just the kind of Whole Earth Catalog army video I needed for the post-festive meal craftarama.
The flames look like they're dancing. Great video. Next step is how to create controllers to turn up/ down the flame. I would of loved to see you put out the flame safely.
@ehill5638
5 жыл бұрын
The only way that would work is to have the alcohol pressurized, running past a control valve or else use a wick.
Nice&informative video! But Dude, this music freaks me out... :D
great video, it looks easier and more efficient that others, the music sounds like from a porno.
nice vid--do the holes you drill need to be lined up with the crimps you made with the file?
You. Absolute. Madman.
Great design, great video, dreadful music
@devvrath123
6 жыл бұрын
Delightful Douschebaggery Yes I agree
@Arandolor
5 жыл бұрын
Must agree
@jorgekalkman2772
5 жыл бұрын
Utterly agree....tht music was vexing to the core 😫😫😫
@jckdnls9292
4 жыл бұрын
Still not as ugly as your thumbnail.. Lol
@OldNavajoTricks
4 жыл бұрын
The music is awesome.
🤔Don’t know why he just didn’t extend the top to go over the bottom which would have taken the metal tape out of the equation but to each his own
Bad ass craftsman skills🦅😬
Watching this high made the music beat speak to my soul.
RIP Headphone user - Nice intro...
@totallyfrozen
4 жыл бұрын
Mathew Woolhouse 🤣
Good Lord. This sounds like The Spice Channel from the 1980s. 😉
Awesome!
Very great video! Thanks!