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Waypoint, Can one just use the gallon can and modify all the other components to make a stove like three cans that fit into each other? You did that in another video about the Hobo Rocket Stove.
I do that because there is always something that's fell on my hat, the amount of times I have had a leaf or seed fall in my food or brew when tilting my head is unreal, I thought I was the only one that did this😂
Something you may not have considered, but perhaps you have is that this is a great thing to have stored away for those of us that get hurricanes. Weeks with no power to cook or boil water is brutal! Having this can and a nice backup of fuel in readiness would be awesome. Must have a backup of food and water as well.
I once worked at a homeless and poor ministry. Whatever lies ahead, whatever governments think they can do... I pray your vids keep getting out! A service you are doing! Me, I just play with the ideas for fun [thank GOD!]. Keep on Bro, keep on!
Forgot about this stove. . Made me think of additional uses for this. Just in case your lights went out, one could use this as an emergency stove to heat things with, at home. that have electric cook stoves, at home. Also, something for you to try, put a Coleman camping oven on top and see the max heat of that oven. Leave this in your cabinet as an emergency heater for cooking and now maybe baking with a Coleman oven on top. Maybe use a couple to heat up a closed-off room, with lights out.A survival use at home..James, I am 70 yrs old now, but survived 3 weeks at home with no electric services.
You're a very good teacher. I grew up in the city with a single mother and the men in my family didn't know how to do anything. I have to learn how to do this stuff by myself now and it really helps to have someone show step-by-step how to make stuff like this. I've always had a mental block about "men's stuff" and now I'm going to have to do it my self. 😂 Thanks 👍
Good for you. Training and preparing for any and all emergencies in your operating area is for everyone. This is not "a man's sport," all are welcome. Our four-year-old is fascinated with igniting, a different way every time, the BBQ pit where we do practice runs. Our eleven and fifteen-year-olds practice cooking, fire-making and even harvesting potable water from cut-off banana trees near our Philippine home. We use a variety of DIT stoves and a few factory-made items. No end to the adventure. With the internet, your learning curve will be shortened. Carry on.
I think making a little rectangle tray with a rim and handle that you can sit the fuel can on, then slide out the fuel canister out when done would be nice, maybe making it out of a metal spatula just trimming down the handle and folding up the corners on the flat part of the spatula to create a choke point so the fuel can doesn't slide off the back when you pull it out.
I do this with a smaller can like one size down. A little different but what I do is before you cut open a large can take your church key and put about six to eight holes around the top of the can. Then open the can on the same end.pour the food into a pan . You might spill a little but it is easy er to make the holes first. Now you have a can with holes on one end and the top removed turn it over and make 6 to 8 holes on the other end . If you want to you can use a nail to make holes on that end too the stoves is now done . Put your stereo on the ground or on a stump . Or a flat rock and the can open side down over the can .place pan over stove and enjoy. You don't need the square hole in the side and this stove is more portable because the can is smaller. I love your videos wish I knew how to make them to I'm 70 years old and have lived through many hard times . I have a lot of good tricks for all the hobos out there .I like that name better than homeless
you can use denatured alcohol be careful not to bend the insert where the wick is. Also be sure not to put the lid on until it is cool otherwise you will melt the rubber seal and the fuel will run out. I would suggest putting them in a plastic bag in case they do. It works with most stoves that use wood also for fuel. Great idea this stove, love the size never thought to make one like it!
I do pry the lids off my chafing cans and refill with hand sanitizer. The CVS by me has 12oz bottles of 70 percent alcohol hand sanitizer for 10 cents every couple weeks. Seems to be working very well. Great idea on the stove.
I have made something like that with a soupcan and a burner made of a tunefishcan. A small buddyburner that burns for about two hours. But I used the open side of the soupcan down, so I can use my leatherman to pick it up, turn around and put the flame out with the the top of the stove. Works well.
I really like the lid to grill idea although with so many cans having the pull top these days (even #10 cans) you may need to scrounge 2 cans.. I have refilled those canisters with a mix of hand sanitizer and 90% isopropyl with good results, you can also get a qt of gel fire starter for about $12 that lasts the better part of a season, its heavier but easier to carry than alcohol which is prone to leaking
I like it ! Not as portable as some, but low profile , no smoke , no really visible flame , it’s stable with no gimmicks to keep your pot from falling . Another winner ! If you wanted to take it another step , I’ll bet you can find an old oil filter wrench that will fit that fuel canister like a champ , might save some burned fingers tryin to get it in and out .
James, I can see that stove with various fuels, Sterno, heat tabs, even using an twigs. I'd use church key to put some holes at top between tabs for exhaust of wood fuel. Just thinking out loud.
Nice build. This one is another multi-fuel design which is always a plus. Man, I miss that canned chili as an emergency food. We used to be able to purchase that and a few other brands here in the Philippines. We have not seen it since well before the pandemic. Thank you, James, for posting another useful video.
@@LN031 I fool around with a lot of designs like this. My thinking is what you see here was built to maximize the use of the heat from clean burning, low smoke signature fuels. There is really no place for the large amount of smoke from a wood fire to escape. You may find something more in line with your needs on the David West channel where he has built several different wood-fired hobo stoves. He has playlists you can watch on each subject he covers. Keep that home fire burning!
@@NewHampshireJack just checked it out & wow, thanks 🙏 While I got you here do you know of any pots I could use with one of those stoves (preferably to cook canned food)?
@@LN031 I took a very early retirement in The Republic of the Philippine Islands. I pinch my peso coins tightly so that when there is a "must have" imported item, we can afford the wicked import duties and VAT taxes. Much of our gear is mix & match from local DIY stores and online shopping here in SE Asia. We have found a few products at the Daiso of Japan shops in some of our malls. Occasionally, a few small camping items must get shipped to the Phils by mistake and we grab what we find. Unfortunately, Daiso does not stock the camping products in Philippine stores that they do in Japan. Many items we have purchased from my brother-in-law if he wins a lot at one of the local Japanese surplus auctions where he obtains stock for his reselling business. Very few American-made products are on the shelf here and when we find them, be prepared to pay! I would suggest you look for your stainless camping pots and pans online or at small shops selling imported goods from countries such as India. We have found some excellent, low-price cookware from India at a local DIY store. Sorry that I can not be more helpful. I think it will be difficult for you to find the same things we have here just as we have a hard time locating American made.
Made some Mulligan stew yesterday evening and let it sit in fridge 24 hrs then came back home from work and warmed some up and WOW it was amazing stew for a very cold hungry afternoon. Thanks for sharing awesome ideas . God bless.
A great idea, I think there are loads of minor alterations that folk will be able to carry out to customise that stove to their individual requirements. Well done James for bringing this design to everyone's attention.
Excellent video. I've used several varieties of hobo stoves over the years and this one looks like another winner. Good weekend project, I'll use it with my Trangia alcohol stove for longer lasting results, and cleaner burning. Thanx for sharing.
You can get a dollar pair of metal tongs and glue rubber shelf liner around each half to grip the inside can but it is still best to wait until it cools fully after you get it out and put the fire out.then put the cap on and you are all set.
Thanks James for this video. I've made hobo stoves from these large cans, but would burn wood in them. I had to add a lot more holes to get adequate oxygen intake and exhaust output and was able to cook many meals upon them. They would eventually burn out, but were easy enough to remake. Thanks for the info for I have not seen this one before.
Nice little stove . Had the wife pick up some cases of chaffing fuel a couple of years back . A couple of cases are 6 or 7 hour burn times . Thanks for sharing this
Thanks for another great video. I clicked on the link you provided and apparently I was already half way through the video. I must of found it and started it then got distracted with my 10 month old baby girl.
You can also take a tuna can put rolled up cardboard in it and put paraffin wax on cardboard in can it makes a great burner for the stove . I’ve made one in Girl Scouts a little different design for stove put it works great. You can even do little wood fires in the one i know how to make
Also my friend, I am a comedy writer that loves your channel. I have dropped several comments in an attempt to be humorous. Got to try out new material !
Oh WOW this is my third or fourth time through the video and I just caught the where Hobo Thomas found this idea...the Wagon Wheel Cafe I lived like 10 minutes from there in-between Show Low and Lakeside, another great reason I'm building this one myself.
For Canadians: there’s at least one Sobeys that stocks its shelves for restaurants. But unlike Costco, anyone can shop there. The one i know of is in Winnipeg’s North End. If there’s one, probably others in other cities.
Swap the fuel can for a regular gelled fuel can without the wick. Cut the top off the can with any can opener. Now you can fry chicken. I use the folding Original Sterno Stove with gelled fuel cans for my regular backup/power outage cook setup. I use a folded piece of aluminum foil placed over the can to regulate the flame if necessary.
My cousin (1960s & 70s boy scout) & I (1970s to present day Girl Scout) learned to make them is starting with that #10 can upside down, so that the open end is on the ground. No need to do all those extra steps you took. Also you don't need to put those holes in there, because doing that means you can't use the top of it as a griddle. Also, traditionally, they are used with a"buddy burner", not chaffing dish fuel. So once that chafing dish fuel runs empty, forget about trying to pry it open and refill it. Open it like a cat food can, and fill it with spiraled strips of corrugated cardboard, cutting them so that the strips are uneven, then fill it with melted wax usually from discarded candle stubs. Some folks will throw a few matches in some of the holes of the corrugated cardboard. Any of the cardboard sticking out of the wax is going to act as a wick. Having wicking surfaces all over the can, allows for a more even burn, so a better distribution. Having that uneven inner flame, along with all those holes you put in there doesn't allow the heat to build-up. Then if you want to, you can put a bail on the bottom of the can (the open end) using a metal coat hanger, so that when you're ready to move on, the hook will it'll fit nicely on the end of your stick, as well as giving you additional storage. The alternative is to put your carrying stick through the door and out the open end, but then you lose some of your storage. Cost of the entire project:. $0.00 😊 Hobos were the last of the true cowboys and pioneers of this country; and long before anyone started talking about a pending zombie apocalypse, these guys were urban survivalists. Creating shelter, finding food and cooking it, moving across this unbelievably large country, and even developing their own language of hieroglyphics to leave messages or give warnings to those arriving after they moved on, all while maintaining a code between them. Pretty amazing really. I can't speak with any certainty about Boy Scouts, but Girl Scouts still make them this way. Also my aunt used to take the tall half size cans that tomato juice & V-8 come in, and instead of using the church key to open them on top, she would open them from the top rim, one hole on either side, that eventually became a bale handle, cut a window as you did, about midway. Then poor in wax, then add a wick, making a candle lantern. She used to make that for my cousin's Boy Scout troop.
❤ that's a super awesome one yet because you could use it with regular wood or whatever but with the chafing fuel thingy it's probably almost impossible to burn anything play heating it up nice and hot is obviously no problem❤
My grandad was born in 1903 in North Carolina. When he was 15 or 16 he left home to hobo. He returned when he was 21 met my grandma and they became migrant pickers.
Made a version of this 50+ years ago, never knew that it was called a "hobo" stove. It was a real neat way to heat up some soup in a can, just don't try to use condensed soup w/out water, it was a little lumpy 😂
I've taken the cardboard tube out of a roll of toilet paper, Put it in a metal coffee can, pulled it out some in the middle to kinda fill the hole, then dump a bottle of 91% rubbing alcohol, or denatured alcohol on it and use that for a stove. I had a small grill rack that I put on top of the can to create air space between the pan and the can. That would last really long time. When the toilet paper starts to get too black on top, that means it's getting dry and needs more alcohol.
I would suggest getting a small sketch book and getting artistic with some personal drawings and give your self notes to the drawings you understand .. that is what I do .. a good sketch pad is the rite in rain note books .. I’ve been making little drawings for myself for quite sometime now . We never know when we’ll loose the ability to refer back to info as it’s given out
That hat tip before eating 👍 "Sure as I ain't got much but Lord I'm thankful for that which I do have..." You might like what I'm doing for a cookstation using a bicycle pannier system 😀
When i made these, we made a burner out of a tuna fish can with rolled up cardboard and parfein wax also we turned upside down just cut ahole for the burner and vent holes, made a spatula out of the piece you cut out for the burner
Awesome stove. Wish could go to your school it sounds informative and fun. I was in scout youth and our scout master taught us basic stove so it's cool watching you make the improvise equipment. I made your altiod stove and burner used it few times hikes for warm drink and with can over it as kinda heater, hand warming station working outside.
Quite ironic that you post this today. My better half works at a facility with a commercial kitchen. I just had her bring home 10 of these cans the other day. I am however using the cut out top as a raised floor/wood grate. Of course alternatively a piece of expanded metal/hardware cloth/cage wire works as well. All just about using what ya have available. I do like that design as well though. A sterno, solid fuel, or with a bit of modification a Trangia could all be used. Maybe a few bolts below the hotplate to keep it's elevation and a 6" iron skillet would work. The one thing I really like about that design though is the fact it keeps the soot off. One note, Sam's sells 24 packs of chafing fuel for a reasonable price.
I do love making hobo stoves for wood or charcoal. If I'm using fuel I'll just grab my old Coleman 502 since gas can be purchased anywhere and it's smaller than this kit.
I've got me the number 10 can and I was going to make one of those that you use wood with, so I suppose you could use the alcohol stove also. I just haven't gotten around to making it yet or maybe I should say I haven't taken the time. It seems my grandson has kind of grown up a bit and headed towards the teen years and kind of lost interest in this type of crafting but I haven't I guess I'll always be interested in this type of crafting. Anyway this is a very good tutorial video on making this stove. I thought it was very cool. I'll still show him maybe he'll be interested you never know right now with their age. Thanks again James for this video and may God bless. PS I just went back and checked out his video and I'll be dad gum if he was using sticks in it, how about that. Thanks again James
Some of the chafing dish heaters can be picked up with the Trangia pan handle. Unfortunately not all of them it is dependent on the brand. Our local diner uses it for theirs, mandatory for safety reasons. Some others use something that looks like bend medical tongs. You and most of the viewers can probably build that last version cheaper than the shop carried ones.
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Waypoint, Can one just use the gallon can and modify all the other components to make a stove like three cans that fit into each other? You did that in another video about the Hobo Rocket Stove.
Always creating something out of nothing. You're the best mate.
Thanks!
I love that he always salts it with dandruff before eating. Very authentic.
I'm not sure what you are talking about.
@@WayPointSurvival I believe that the comment is in regards to your doffing of your hat while offering a prayer!
😂😂😂
I do that because there is always something that's fell on my hat, the amount of times I have had a leaf or seed fall in my food or brew when tilting my head is unreal, I thought I was the only one that did this😂
Just a tongue-in-cheek ribbing... No worries! 😉
Something you may not have considered, but perhaps you have is that this is a great thing to have stored away for those of us that get hurricanes. Weeks with no power to cook or boil water is brutal! Having this can and a nice backup of fuel in readiness would be awesome. Must have a backup of food and water as well.
Indeed!
I once worked at a homeless and poor ministry. Whatever lies ahead, whatever governments think they can do... I pray your vids keep getting out! A service you are doing! Me, I just play with the ideas for fun [thank GOD!]. Keep on Bro, keep on!
Thanks, will do!
Forgot about this stove. . Made me think of additional uses for this. Just in case your lights went out, one could use this as an emergency stove to heat things with, at home. that have electric cook stoves, at home. Also, something for you to try, put a Coleman camping oven on top and see the max heat of that oven. Leave this in your cabinet as an emergency heater for cooking and now maybe baking with a Coleman oven on top. Maybe use a couple to heat up a closed-off room, with lights out.A survival use at home..James, I am 70 yrs old now, but survived 3 weeks at home with no electric services.
You're a very good teacher. I grew up in the city with a single mother and the men in my family didn't know how to do anything. I have to learn how to do this stuff by myself now and it really helps to have someone show step-by-step how to make stuff like this. I've always had a mental block about "men's stuff" and now I'm going to have to do it my self. 😂
Thanks 👍
Good for you. Training and preparing for any and all emergencies in your operating area is for everyone. This is not "a man's sport," all are welcome. Our four-year-old is fascinated with igniting, a different way every time, the BBQ pit where we do practice runs. Our eleven and fifteen-year-olds practice cooking, fire-making and even harvesting potable water from cut-off banana trees near our Philippine home. We use a variety of DIT stoves and a few factory-made items. No end to the adventure. With the internet, your learning curve will be shortened. Carry on.
Thanks so much and I'm glad that you are enjoying the channel and finding it helpful!
I think making a little rectangle tray with a rim and handle that you can sit the fuel can on, then slide out the fuel canister out when done would be nice, maybe making it out of a metal spatula just trimming down the handle and folding up the corners on the flat part of the spatula to create a choke point so the fuel can doesn't slide off the back when you pull it out.
I do this with a smaller can like one size down. A little different but what I do is before you cut open a large can take your church key and put about six to eight holes around the top of the can. Then open the can on the same end.pour the food into a pan . You might spill a little but it is easy er to make the holes first. Now you have a can with holes on one end and the top removed turn it over and make 6 to 8 holes on the other end . If you want to you can use a nail to make holes on that end too the stoves is now done . Put your stereo on the ground or on a stump . Or a flat rock and the can open side down over the can .place pan over stove and enjoy. You don't need the square hole in the side and this stove is more portable because the can is smaller. I love your videos wish I knew how to make them to I'm 70 years old and have lived through many hard times . I have a lot of good tricks for all the hobos out there .I like that name better than homeless
Excellent idea! I would love to hear more of your ideas!
a very interesting design, i like that the lid is integrated because this part is otherwise rarely used
Indeed.
you can use denatured alcohol be careful not to bend the insert where the wick is. Also be sure not to put the lid on until it is cool otherwise you will melt the rubber seal and the fuel will run out. I would suggest putting them in a plastic bag in case they do. It works with most stoves that use wood also for fuel. Great idea this stove, love the size never thought to make one like it!
Indeed, my friend! I was quite excited to find out about this design as well!
This stove looks far more stable than others I've seen.
Yes, it's a really great design!
I love that cookpot!
Thanks!
I do pry the lids off my chafing cans and refill with hand sanitizer. The CVS by me has 12oz bottles of 70 percent alcohol hand sanitizer for 10 cents every couple weeks. Seems to be working very well. Great idea on the stove.
Excellent idea and thanks for watching!
Great idea. I never actually thought about that. Thanx
Denatured alcohol or 91% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol would probably work too.
Hmm, I do not know alcohol content but just came from Menards they have FREE on the sanitizer, sign says "no limit take all you want"
Whoa. This is the simplest stove I've seen you do. I might actually be able to do this one hahaha 😉😎👍
Thanks! It really is a great design! I was really excited to learn about it.
I have made something like that with a soupcan and a burner made of a tunefishcan. A small buddyburner that burns for about two hours. But I used the open side of the soupcan down, so I can use my leatherman to pick it up, turn around and put the flame out with the the top of the stove. Works well.
Good idea!
I really like the lid to grill idea although with so many cans having the pull top these days (even #10 cans) you may need to scrounge 2 cans.. I have refilled those canisters with a mix of hand sanitizer and 90% isopropyl with good results, you can also get a qt of gel fire starter for about $12 that lasts the better part of a season, its heavier but easier to carry than alcohol which is prone to leaking
Excellent, thanks for watching!
I like it ! Not as portable as some, but low profile , no smoke , no really visible flame , it’s stable with no gimmicks to keep your pot from falling . Another winner !
If you wanted to take it another step , I’ll bet you can find an old oil filter wrench that will fit that fuel canister like a champ , might save some burned fingers tryin to get it in and out .
Thanks for watching and for the idea!
That's a great idea
James, I can see that stove with various fuels, Sterno, heat tabs, even using an twigs. I'd use church key to put some holes at top between tabs for exhaust of wood fuel. Just thinking out loud.
Yes indeed!
Haa, I could read how loud you were thinking.
Fun little project. Hobo stoves are always fun make with kids as well.
Indeed. Thanks for watching, my friend!
I really like the stove top that you did with the lid
Thanks!
Very awesome design. Well done 👍
Thanks!
Nice build. This one is another multi-fuel design which is always a plus. Man, I miss that canned chili as an emergency food. We used to be able to purchase that and a few other brands here in the Philippines. We have not seen it since well before the pandemic. Thank you, James, for posting another useful video.
Thanks for watching and hopefully you'll be able to get the chili again soon.
Can you use a fire for fuel instead?
@@LN031 I fool around with a lot of designs like this. My thinking is what you see here was built to maximize the use of the heat from clean burning, low smoke signature fuels. There is really no place for the large amount of smoke from a wood fire to escape. You may find something more in line with your needs on the David West channel where he has built several different wood-fired hobo stoves. He has playlists you can watch on each subject he covers. Keep that home fire burning!
@@NewHampshireJack just checked it out & wow, thanks 🙏
While I got you here do you know of any pots I could use with one of those stoves (preferably to cook canned food)?
@@LN031 I took a very early retirement in The Republic of the Philippine Islands. I pinch my peso coins tightly so that when there is a "must have" imported item, we can afford the wicked import duties and VAT taxes. Much of our gear is mix & match from local DIY stores and online shopping here in SE Asia. We have found a few products at the Daiso of Japan shops in some of our malls. Occasionally, a few small camping items must get shipped to the Phils by mistake and we grab what we find. Unfortunately, Daiso does not stock the camping products in Philippine stores that they do in Japan. Many items we have purchased from my brother-in-law if he wins a lot at one of the local Japanese surplus auctions where he obtains stock for his reselling business. Very few American-made products are on the shelf here and when we find them, be prepared to pay! I would suggest you look for your stainless camping pots and pans online or at small shops selling imported goods from countries such as India. We have found some excellent, low-price cookware from India at a local DIY store. Sorry that I can not be more helpful. I think it will be difficult for you to find the same things we have here just as we have a hard time locating American made.
That's pretty smart! Using the lid makes it heat evenly. I bet it didn't scorch, and chili loves to scorch.
It works pretty well!
Amen. Always appreciate your moment to pray before your meal. Cool idea for the stove. Thank you for sharing. God bless you and your family.
You're welcome. God bless you too!
ToPe Mesmo Parabéns gostei muito mais no Brasil não tem Está Ferramenta Que você usou Aí não kkk
Thanks!
i love hobo thomas, he is my fav youtuber
Great! He has some unique content. Hopefully the shout out will help him.
Made some Mulligan stew yesterday evening and let it sit in fridge 24 hrs then came back home from work and warmed some up and WOW it was amazing stew for a very cold hungry afternoon. Thanks for sharing awesome ideas . God bless.
You're welcome and God bless you too!
AND, this one is better than ANY of the store bought stoves I've seen or played with, as far as stability goes....
That is the best design I have seen yet. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
A great idea, I think there are loads of minor alterations that folk will be able to carry out to customise that stove to their individual requirements. Well done James for bringing this design to everyone's attention.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video. I've used several varieties of hobo stoves over the years and this one looks like another winner. Good weekend project, I'll use it with my Trangia alcohol stove for longer lasting results, and cleaner burning. Thanx for sharing.
Sounds good, thanks for watching!
You can get a dollar pair of metal tongs and glue rubber shelf liner around each half to grip the inside can but it is still best to wait until it cools fully after you get it out and put the fire out.then put the cap on and you are all set.
Yes, however, if you grip the fuel at the base of the can it's not very warm anyway.
Thanks James for this video. I've made hobo stoves from these large cans, but would burn wood in them. I had to add a lot more holes to get adequate oxygen intake and exhaust output and was able to cook many meals upon them. They would eventually burn out, but were easy enough to remake. Thanks for the info for I have not seen this one before.
Thanks for watching!
As soon as I can find the correct can. I will try this. Going to save this video and view again, Excellent.
Great, glad you liked it!
Nice little stove . Had the wife pick up some cases of chaffing fuel a couple of years back . A couple of cases are 6 or 7 hour burn times . Thanks for sharing this
Excellent!
Thanks for another great video. I clicked on the link you provided and apparently I was already half way through the video. I must of found it and started it then got distracted with my 10 month old baby girl.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
I'm sure you can make improvements to this cooker, like bails, windscreens, hot fuel handle, just sayin. Thx for the vid James
I'm sure there's a lot of things that could be done to this design if you wished!
Hello James. I like the way how to hold lid. Thanks a lot for this interesting video! Greetings from Switzerland
Thanks so much, my friend! Have a great day and I hope all is well with you and your family!
Hello from the thumb of Michigan that's a good idea I'll have to.make myself one God bless you James God bless your family as well stay safe
Excellent. Thanks so much for watching!
You can add an alcohol burner to this stove. With that feeding hole that makes taking the snuffer/simmer ring a whole lot easier!
Indeed!
Those little Ozark Boy Scout style set with a pan and that little cook pot are really awesome I got one for my son he loves it
Absolutely!
@@WayPointSurvival especially for I think I got it for $9.98 or something like 10 bucks so probably like 12 now but still!
You can also take a tuna can put rolled up cardboard in it and put paraffin wax on cardboard in can it makes a great burner for the stove . I’ve made one in Girl Scouts a little different design for stove put it works great. You can even do little wood fires in the one i know how to make
Yes, those are known as a buddy burner.
Also my friend, I am a comedy writer that loves your channel. I have dropped several comments in an attempt to be humorous. Got to try out new material !
Thanks! I, too, like a good laugh!
Oh WOW this is my third or fourth time through the video and I just caught the where Hobo Thomas found this idea...the Wagon Wheel Cafe I lived like 10 minutes from there in-between Show Low and Lakeside, another great reason I'm building this one myself.
Very cool!
For Canadians: there’s at least one Sobeys that stocks its shelves for restaurants. But unlike Costco, anyone can shop there. The one i know of is in Winnipeg’s North End. If there’s one, probably others in other cities.
Excellent point!
Swap the fuel can for a regular gelled fuel can without the wick. Cut the top off the can with any can opener. Now you can fry chicken. I use the folding Original Sterno Stove with gelled fuel cans for my regular backup/power outage cook setup. I use a folded piece of aluminum foil placed over the can to regulate the flame if necessary.
Good idea!
My cousin (1960s & 70s boy scout) & I (1970s to present day Girl Scout) learned to make them is starting with that #10 can upside down, so that the open end is on the ground. No need to do all those extra steps you took. Also you don't need to put those holes in there, because doing that means you can't use the top of it as a griddle.
Also, traditionally, they are used with a"buddy burner", not chaffing dish fuel. So once that chafing dish fuel runs empty, forget about trying to pry it open and refill it. Open it like a cat food can, and fill it with spiraled strips of corrugated cardboard, cutting them so that the strips are uneven, then fill it with melted wax usually from discarded candle stubs. Some folks will throw a few matches in some of the holes of the corrugated cardboard. Any of the cardboard sticking out of the wax is going to act as a wick.
Having wicking surfaces all over the can, allows for a more even burn, so a better distribution. Having that uneven inner flame, along with all those holes you put in there doesn't allow the heat to build-up.
Then if you want to, you can put a bail on the bottom of the can (the open end) using a metal coat hanger, so that when you're ready to move on, the hook will it'll fit nicely on the end of your stick, as well as giving you additional storage.
The alternative is to put your carrying stick through the door and out the open end, but then you lose some of your storage.
Cost of the entire project:. $0.00 😊
Hobos were the last of the true cowboys and pioneers of this country; and long before anyone started talking about a pending zombie apocalypse, these guys were urban survivalists.
Creating shelter, finding food and cooking it, moving across this unbelievably large country, and even developing their own language of hieroglyphics to leave messages or give warnings to those arriving after they moved on, all while maintaining a code between them. Pretty amazing really.
I can't speak with any certainty about Boy Scouts, but Girl Scouts still make them this way. Also my aunt used to take the tall half size cans that tomato juice & V-8 come in, and instead of using the church key to open them on top, she would open them from the top rim, one hole on either side, that eventually became a bale handle, cut a window as you did, about midway. Then poor in wax, then add a wick, making a candle lantern. She used to make that for my cousin's Boy Scout troop.
Yes, I have a video on that type of hobo stove as well. Thanks for watching.
Flip your grill lid. That way the flanges from the nail punch provide and air gap between the pot and the grill. Results in more even heat.
Good tip!
Just finished mine! The pack is going to love this one. Using a cardboard and wax tin burner in this one. Great video.
❤ that's a super awesome one yet because you could use it with regular wood or whatever but with the chafing fuel thingy it's probably almost impossible to burn anything play heating it up nice and hot is obviously no problem❤
True!
My grandad was born in 1903 in North Carolina. When he was 15 or 16 he left home to hobo. He returned when he was 21 met my grandma and they became migrant pickers.
I can see him sitting around and breaking bread with others on a stove just like that!
Great story! Those old timers were amazing people!
@@WayPointSurvival yeppers! He was awesome! I’ve still got his antique frog 🐸 gigger!
Best Hobo Stove I've seen. Always good stuff. Thanx
Thanks. I agree.
Made a version of this 50+ years ago, never knew that it was called a "hobo" stove. It was a real neat way to heat up some soup in a can, just don't try to use condensed soup w/out water, it was a little lumpy 😂
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Awesome...cannot wait to find a #10 can.
Thank you
I've taken the cardboard tube out of a roll of toilet paper, Put it in a metal coffee can, pulled it out some in the middle to kinda fill the hole, then dump a bottle of 91% rubbing alcohol, or denatured alcohol on it and use that for a stove. I had a small grill rack that I put on top of the can to create air space between the pan and the can. That would last really long time. When the toilet paper starts to get too black on top, that means it's getting dry and needs more alcohol.
Yes, that's another design which works well.
Pretty slick design.
Thanks!
I absolutely love how I’m watching a video on how to make a hobo stove in 2024!! 😅 😁 🙌
Thanks so much for watching! I have quite a few videos along the same line.
Wish there was a book with all these projects. My luck won't be internet when I need it LOL
Great idea as usual. All your projects are good.
Thanks so much!
I would suggest getting a small sketch book and getting artistic with some personal drawings and give your self notes to the drawings you understand .. that is what I do .. a good sketch pad is the rite in rain note books .. I’ve been making little drawings for myself for quite sometime now . We never know when we’ll loose the ability to refer back to info as it’s given out
Thank You, Again. James Bender. This is one of my favorite videos. Super simple. Hope to one day shake your hand Sir.
You're most welcome!
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I love watching this stuff!!!
COLLECTIVE ideas... in a crisis 😉
Thanks!
That hat tip before eating 👍
"Sure as I ain't got much but Lord I'm thankful for that which I do have..."
You might like what I'm doing for a cookstation using a bicycle pannier system 😀
Sounds interesting!
When i made these, we made a burner out of a tuna fish can with rolled up cardboard and parfein wax also we turned upside down just cut ahole for the burner and vent holes, made a spatula out of the piece you cut out for the burner
Awesome! I like this design. I have done a few stove similar to these over the years. But, I never saw this design before
Yes, I was also quite enthused when I saw the way this was put together!
Before the lighter tub we use to melt down a block of Paraffin pour into a large tuna can insert coiled strip of cardboard let harden then light.
Yes. That's known as a buddy burner.
Nice vid! Might as a project do the outdoor school - tuna can, cardboard, candle wax burner for fun.
Great video. Love seeing the #10 cans
Thanks!
I have already started to make my own little stove like that
Excellent!
Yeah I like it ...good job its good to be out doors cooking with that stove doesn't cost much
Right on!
This is a very useful design. Saved me money on a camping stove😁you don't know you have some Chinese fans don't you?
Thanks so much and I really appreciate you watching!
Awesome stove. Wish could go to your school it sounds informative and fun. I was in scout youth and our scout master taught us basic stove so it's cool watching you make the improvise equipment. I made your altiod stove and burner used it few times hikes for warm drink and with can over it as kinda heater, hand warming station working outside.
Excellent. We'd love to see you in a class!
Another great find! I'd be curious to see a whole hobo kitchen with all these different designs put to use at the same time to make a feast...
That would be an interesting idea for sure!
Hahaha, Do you think we can get Martha Stewart.
Or maybe Paula Dean. Yeah, Maybe not. She might offend somebody.
Makes a good heater as well.
Indeed.
Sweet little stove.
Thanks!
Love it! That's a handy looking stove appears to hold heat really well and cook pretty quickly. That's such a cute pan as well.
Thanks so much! You can get the pan in the cook kit at Walmart for $8. It's made by Ozark trail.
I have those same Ford Pliers! 🙂
Excellent. They are good pliers.
Spectacular job Brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and GOD-BLESS hello from Detroit Michigan
Thanks!
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your information and I have made a hobo stove my friend
Excellent!
Yes my friend except I will be using wood in my hobo stove my friend
Quite ironic that you post this today. My better half works at a facility with a commercial kitchen. I just had her bring home 10 of these cans the other day. I am however using the cut out top as a raised floor/wood grate. Of course alternatively a piece of expanded metal/hardware cloth/cage wire works as well. All just about using what ya have available. I do like that design as well though. A sterno, solid fuel, or with a bit of modification a Trangia could all be used. Maybe a few bolts below the hotplate to keep it's elevation and a 6" iron skillet would work. The one thing I really like about that design though is the fact it keeps the soot off. One note, Sam's sells 24 packs of chafing fuel for a reasonable price.
Good ideas and thanks for watching!
I saw this video a few weeks ago on his channel and thought it was a good idea.
Excellent!
This one is one of my favorites!!
Thank you!
Very nice Hobo Stove! Impressed.
Thanks!
@@WayPointSurvival I love rocket stoves of all kinds. Thank you
Kool beans, using home-made oil burner or even wood😁👍👏💋💎💎💎💎
Yes.
Building one, thank you
Excellent!
I'll happily give his channel a look
Excellent!
Well I am addicted to his videos so good luck.
I just found this awesome video, thanks for sharing it with us. ❤
You are so welcome!
Good video James , thanks for sharing , God bless brother !
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
Thank you for this design. I will make one.
Excellent!
Somply love this idea. Thanks.
Thanks so much!
Great looking stove….
Thanks!
Excellent promotion, thankyou⚖️🙏
Thanks for watching!
I do love making hobo stoves for wood or charcoal. If I'm using fuel I'll just grab my old Coleman 502 since gas can be purchased anywhere and it's smaller than this kit.
Yes, there are definitely other methods out there but I think it's important to have as many skills in your back pocket as possible.
@@WayPointSurvival good call
I've got me the number 10 can and I was going to make one of those that you use wood with, so I suppose you could use the alcohol stove also. I just haven't gotten around to making it yet or maybe I should say I haven't taken the time. It seems my grandson has kind of grown up a bit and headed towards the teen years and kind of lost interest in this type of crafting but I haven't I guess I'll always be interested in this type of crafting. Anyway this is a very good tutorial video on making this stove. I thought it was very cool. I'll still show him maybe he'll be interested you never know right now with their age. Thanks again James for this video and may God bless. PS I just went back and checked out his video and I'll be dad gum if he was using sticks in it, how about that. Thanks again James
Thanks for watching, my friend! Yes, you can use multiple fuels in this stove. God bless you too!
Love this design and can't wait to play around with it.
Great, glad you liked it!
Great Sterno stove that should also work with twigs and other fuels.👍 Seeing you handle the lid, I wondered if you had used a side cut can opener.
Yes. I used the safety can opener on the lid.
You could fill it back up with Coleman camp kerosene. Rubbing alcohol might work alright. White lightning would be wonderful, but may cost too much.
Good video, and my favorite canned chili!
🇺🇸🙋♀️ Nice job! I guess you could dangle that off the side of your backpack for the next time?
Yes you can!
So simple and effective 👍
Indeed.
Some of the chafing dish heaters can be picked up with the Trangia pan handle. Unfortunately not all of them it is dependent on the brand. Our local diner uses it for theirs, mandatory for safety reasons. Some others use something that looks like bend medical tongs. You and most of the viewers can probably build that last version cheaper than the shop carried ones.
Actually, if you grab it at the bottom, it's not really that hot.
Excellent. I need to take a class from you.
That would be great! You can find out more information at www.waypointsurvival.com