DIY Rocket Stove. Make a Powerful and Efficient Wood Burning Camp Stove from Recycled Beer Cans.
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- In this video I am back in the shed making the third and final stove in this mini series on DIY wood burning camp stoves.
This episode shows the building of a powerful twin walled rocket stove. Using recycled materials, I build the inner chamber, feed port and chimney, then insert it into the outer section, packing the void with fireproof vermiculite.
On testing, the stove out-performs all the other stoves I have built - it produces a hot, powerful fire thanks to the chimney effect built in to the design and uses very little fuel to boil water and cook. You can adjust the burn by rotating the stove so that the feed port faces the wind for higher temperature, or point it away from the wind for less power. Although bulkier than the other two stoves in the series, it is still lightweight and highly portable.
I am absolutely thrilled with this stove - it will certainly get plenty of use, and all made from items that would otherwise get thrown away - a winner in my book!
I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
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Simon suffering for his art again, poor lad having to drink all that beer just to entertain us 🤣
Nah he’s been hanging onto the Sapporo cans since he saw New Order play Pennies back in the day… 🤣
I have a stove in the making that doubles up as a charcoal kiln. It could also be used as a foundry by firing it with the charcoal it produces.
If he's after drinking support give me a shout 🍻
Enjoyed the video . Looks Stable and seems to work very well . I like the fact that it’s a realistic build with simple tools and not a fancy stove built with and in a £ 25000 workshop . 👍
Another brilliant homemade stove and great to see Maggie join you at the end for the bacon test too! 👏😊
Simple, bit of engineering, but works a treat! I will give this one a try!
Simon.... nice job. You always amaze me. Love to watch your DIY projects. Thanks for sharing. Ax
How simple it turns out
Superior build quality Simon. It looks like England may be a world leader in beer cans! Beer in stainless steel cans, what will they think of next?
A huge amount of beer research went into this project. I can appreciate that devotion!!
What a bloke in the woods! Adding a touch of class and skill once again to the outdoor TH-cam community. Will never tire of your videos. 👌
Thank you Jake!
Been waiting ages for somebody on the t’internet to generate a simple to follow conversion of mini beer keg into a rocket stove and you have delivered it superbly! Thank you Simon 🙏
Just got to find the time to turn my empty mini keg into an excellent rocket stove!
Excellent stuff, lovely stove, and always great to see a cameo from the beautiful Maggie.
I like the way the can keeps the branding (I guess due to the Vermiculite) rather look all grundy after the first use.. Great Vid..
Well done bud, that is by far and away the best one out of the three that you’ve made in the series to date! Certainly looks robust, albeit dry January clearly didn’t happen in your neck of the woods! Time now to get back out there and do a proper camp… 😀
Haha - definitely not 🍻
Yes, I feel a bit of woods time coming on 👍👍
@@simonablokeinthewoods !!!!AWESOME!!!!...will make one of these for my overnighters at the beach.
THANKS!!!!
Ben, a "gringo" in Yucatan, Mexico
Great stove! Only one problem for me: I don't drink!! Wlso not sure I can get that Adnams here in Canada. Don't suppose I could send you some cash to buy n drink those beers n send me the cans?? If not I'll have to try with paint cans or something like that!
Nice build, and good to see Maggie ! Consider adding a grate/woodrest in the bottom tube. Lets the air feed under the fire. The fire sets on top of the grate. You should get a cleaner burning and hotter flame. Thanks for the vid. P.s, Thats one serious can of beer !
Awesome project chap really good
hope you drank the contents before LOL , and great to see Maggie see she could sniff the bacon from 100 cm away HAHA
Best Regards Martin King.
I would consider puting a horizontal divider in bottom feed tube. Sticks on top, air on bottom
Fantastic video! May I ask why you made the trivet out of aluminum? I know it's lightweight, but I thought aluminum would not stand up to that kind of heat. Any advice is welcomed. Thank you!
Bloody Brilliant Idea - I never thought of using a mini keg as the body. Now I MUST drink that beer LOL.
Being from the USA, I am impressed with the quality of the bacon. I hardly ever see bacon so lean being offered up at the butchers counter or grocery stores. Not to take any thunder away from your stove project ;)
Thanks for the great stovebuild! It look marwellous! 😁👍
I think this video was just a feeble excuse to drink loads of beer first so you had the cans to make the stove.......😄
one mans trash eh!......fantastic to watch a true craftsman working.....not a hammer in sight🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very neat work, as always, Simon.
I was fully expecting the pot support to melt. Shows how much I know. ;o)
All the best.
You nailed this for sure, watching it every part just fitted together so well, the construction was perfect, I hope to see this in use again , it's a cracker, nice one. Seriously though, I really liked it, with electricity going up this is a great of grid cooking solution, loved it.
Kelly pot supports have changed now totally different
And of course, the best part of this stove is doing all the "research" beforehand ("research" = emptying the original contents of the keg/cans 😉) Just be sure to wait a day or so before operating any power tools. Well done Simon. Really solid construction. The addition of the vermiculite is great idea as well, both from an efficiency and structural point of view. Thanks Simon. All the best from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
I heard that ash works good too!
Very nice, very interesting. I love seeing different DIY/improvised rocket stoves. Though building one out of a tree stump/log is probably my favourite
This is definitely my favorite one you've made too, Simon. Cheers!
Very resourceful! I saw someone post on the BushcraftUk subreddit asking about steel cans, so clearly you've inspired more than just me with this series
Love it! A top job Simon. I well remember Sapporo beer arriving in the UK in the late '80s (it was the 'in thing' in London rock clubs at the time) and always thought there must be something useful to be done with the empties. I think that given a larger sheet of material you could have gotten the pot stand to extend downwards and transfer some weight onto the stove top for extra stability when using larger pots. I'd be tempted to pop-rivet the two halves of the Adnams keg together, to prevent any accidental spillage of the vermiculite in transit. Best build yet for sure!
Absolutely cracking little stove. Looks a treat too, hat off to you Simon you never fail to please lol.
The hat NEVER come off.
Nice build, would be tempted, but I have my Solo Stoves Campfire, that is about the same size... it is a lot better than the make do rocket stoves I did with bricks and blocks, the technology is good to know how to do... maybe I should look for some of the stainless beer cans...but I get too many cool containers Like little brown jugs I can boil water in... in my solar cookers...
What Fun! Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Just curious if making small notches in the pot holder to fit over the chimney would hold the pot holder more firmly
it would ,,,,, i made a similar pot stand from an old steel saw blade and did just that- notches for stability 🙂👍
Thank you Michael! I’m sure it would, although it’s fairly stable as it is 👍👍
Always love these make it kind of videos, I learn something I can use even if its not directly related to the project at hand. Thanks and best wishes to you and yours in these crazy times. Thanks for being a breath of fresh air in and among it all.
Brilliant build Simon, definitely my favourite of the 3 homemade stoves. Looked relatively easy to make. And it worked an absolute treat. As always thanks for sharing and until next time take care.
Thank for great video and great workmanship gone into the rocket stove cheers Simon for awesome video 👍
Great video tutorial, Simon. It goes unsaid to not partake in the beverages just before attempting this project.
Did you find there to be an intense hot spot in the center or did the flames heat fairly even?
For a joiner your a bloody good tinkerer Simon 😅😉 just one thing I think using stainless might have been a better choice for your pot stands and perhaps rivet the two halves together and you could put a handle on the side using the same rivets ?? Just a thought 😉👍 happy cooking !
Good idea to add a handle! The aluminium pot support should be fine - my Kelly kettle one has lasted ages in similar temperatures, no melting or distortion yet 👍🔥😁
Absolutely awesome! I love how you repurpose items that would normally go into recycling or into the garbage. Well done, Simon!
Rather snazzy idea 👍🔥
Maggie approved !!!
Would that heat a tent maybe?
I hope you're using hearing protection while using those tools...I SAID I HOPE YOU'RE USING HEARING PROTECTION WHILE USING THOSE TOOLS!
Another great video. Thanks
As you said, it may have started as rubbish, now it is anything but rubbish.😉 One of the best I know of. 🤨Shame it's the last in the series, hope there might be others from time to time.🤔 Really nice job Simon.🙂 Be well.😊
Great project. If I had a drink that keg and three cans of beer before I built it I couldn’t even find my tool shop lol. All joking aside, another great job I love rocket stove they work very well.
wow, puttin out some vids , Thanks simon. Because of you l bought a honey stove, striker, wax rope. l bought a uberlen stove too. Please tell or link where to get the white tinder cards, one uk web page is a joke/nothing will go thru.
Well, glad it didn't go down the drain. Your a trooper for drinking all that 😄. Top job mate on the rocket stove. I'm sure it will stand the test of time mate. Thanks pal 👍
Fantastic stove Simon, will definitely have to have a go at making one, thanks for accepting my challenge in making these. A great series.
Absolutely brilliant, really liking that a lot
Definitely a good idea for a project for me
Well done Simon, what an ingenious way of re-cycling your old empty Beer kegs/cans. I bet Adnan brewery would be chuffed to see this and not turning up in our towns and countryside as litter ?
I just love watching your DIY video's, makes feel absolutely Useless.
Dave B. Thailand.
That was great young man!! Even I could do it, you explained it so well.
Nice to see Maggie!! Give her a hug from me please.
Thank you Simon for sharing your work with us. When are you and Andy going out??
Stay safe and Take Care 👍 🌹 👍
That is mint
Well done. I always enjoy you projects.
As you look for new ideas, think about doing a show on electronic navigation. “Simon does Tech in the woods”. Garmin has several UK based instructional videos, however they need your help to bring the subject to the bushcraft community. Effective use of electronic navigation in conjunction with maps, compass and the old, “tried and true methods”, could save someone’s life one day.
Thanks
Good job, keep up the good work.
Hi Simon, Im not sure if you have covered this in past videos, but I was wondering what your head torch is, I have a 15 yr old going to do his Duke of Edinburgh gold and we have to gather up a few bits and pieces for it. I'd appreciate if you could let me know about the torch.
Great videos by the way, my two boys (15 & 13) are now keeping me going about watching a lot of your videos. Thanks
Kelly Kettle next? Your rocket stove has me thinking once again about making a windshield for my not-so-efficient-or-stable Ti DX.
So Nice to See You and Maggie Sharing another Wonderful Video for us! Thank You for showing us how to recycle something into something Useful
Excellent video Simon. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. After this I had a look online for double walled rocket stoves and noticed that some had extra bits to hold longer lengths of wood. Thought to myself that another beer can left whole at one side to clamp over the opening, but cut past the halfway point all the way to the other end of the can would be a handy wee extra!? If that sloppy explanation makes sense!? 🤣🤷🏻♂️
Anyway, thanks again! 👏🏻
That’s a great weekend project....Saturday drink the keg contents then Sunday construct the stove. Nice one ! Cheers .
I'm still not sure if Maggie was 'on the job' or NOT! She did show up for 'payday!' You mentioned that the stove burned hot: was that why you didn't cook the bacon to your usual crispiness?
GOOD, to see your video thanks for sharing. Maggie looks like she doing well.YES my dog love bacon too, he's a cocker poo he is my buddy.
Hey Sapporo!! So good to see this can utilized, great avenue for resourcing and recycling into creation. I don't know how I missed this one, good on ya bloke Simon. edit, the Sapporo can makes a great alcohol stove given some engenuity.
Nyles
I have two questions. How does the aluminium pot-holder fare with all that heat blazing up around it?
Secondly, which country produces that beer in steel cans?
I presume you will use this on your canoe trips, as having to feed it wood on a car camping trip would seem rather involved for cooking a full meal on.
Quite an ingenious design and a good excuse for a few beers. Did you tell your Missus that you had to suffer for your art? 😄
I would like to know how it holds up under frequent use, as I imagine aluminium and steel have different rates of expansion. Where the two metals meet, is where I would envisage any problems occurring .
Interesting video, thanks for uploading.
You and Andy always put out videos on Wednesdays at the same time. Do you both go to the same internet cafe to upload? I'm intrigued. Must be a close-knit camping community you got there. Or some peculiar coincidence, but highly unlikely. No, rather, I'm thinking you clink two pints of Guinness together, give each other a wink, and then click upload at the same moment.
Wonderfully done mate. I have a number of those mini kegs that have just been waiting for a cracking good project!
Totally cool mate. No I can justify buying a keg. Thanks, Simon. Really excellent video work too. Must take a lot of work to get it so professional.
Really enjoyed that one Simon. I’m rushing out today for a keg of pale ale and 3 cans of Sapporo! Once sober, I’ll be giving it a go! Thanks for sharing mate 👍
Good job ! But Sapporo cans are the master pieces of your rocket stove and unfortunately it's impossible to find them in France...
Excellent video Simon 👍👍. What was the reason for not pop-rivetting , the two halfs of the party can back together 🤔 ? Or are you going to use foil tape, to hold them together ? You could also use rockwool as a insulation , for it's fire retarded property.
You missed a trick there Simon. If you could knock those Adnams rocket stoves out perhaps the Adnams pubs would buy them for their barbecue area, or even sell them to their customers. Barbecues & beer, what's not to like ?
SIMON, another GREAT video!!! Nice to see MAGGIE again too...
Loved this one fella! Best stove yet! I do like a good make it video! My mate keeps eying up those type of beer kegs to try make one, though I'm sure the contents have something to do with it. 😅🍺 .. ps, I'm jealous of your workshop!
Brilliant stove Simon ~ look forward to seeing you use it on a trip. Nearly 150k subs now....hope you reach 200k before years end ~ cheers.
Brand new holes saws by the way. 😉 👍✌🥃 I'm thinking that a rocket stove will heat up enough to melt light aluminum. how thick is the al-u...
Great vid Simon : simpel , clear and interresting!
Third like was mine and wel meant!
Thumps up !
Hello. My name is Simon, and I'm a stove-a-holic. 😋🙂👍🔥 That is very cool, Simon. Cheers. 🙂👍
Well, if that's not a decent excuse to go out and buy more beer, I don 't know what is! Brilliant job Simon, well made and works a treat. Passed the bacon test with flying colors...
That's my favourite one yet. Now I have an excuse to buy an Adnams mini-keg. What a martyr I am. Loved the vid.
The inside of metal cans are coated with zinc, this is to prevent aluminium poisoning. How many times is it feasible to use your burning can before you start releasing toxic aluminium fumes? Smackheads are aware of this and burn off their foil before smoking brown.
I like this idea. I've gone out and bought two cans of the beer, wow stainless cans! who knew? I;m into the first can now, not really minded whether the project goes past emptying the cans. Oh bother, I will need a third can. What a hardship!
Brilliant idea. So lovely to see Maggie again
Your statement at the end was a bit Harsh about Adnams Beer being a load of old rubbish. I am with you there, Never liked their Ales to date. 😀
We used to use Vermiculite as packaging for any items or parts that were ever so slightly radioactive when I was in the Army at Wattisham Airfield. Never came across it before I was posted there. I had been wondering about the mini beer keg as a stove since your series started, wasn't expecting you to build a Rocket Stove, was thinking more along the same type of build at the other two stoves.
I personally don't have the skills, I take cack handedness to a new art form, but, I would have been wondering if there is something like a VERY heat resistant epoxy product to seal all the joints as a sort of belt and braces approach
Party 7 cans take me back. Me and our kid hard at it. So sick the day after. Double Diamond and Skol. Next level home stoves, great work Simon. It's Maggs, we miss Maggs bless her.
Nice job. Amazing what can be done with materials that would normally end up in the trash ....
That's all well and good..... unfortunately, here in America I have never seen small kegs like that and our disposable beer cans are made of very thin aluminum,not stainless steel.
Simon, would you be able to make a list of the size of the holes and maybe a drawing showing measurements for the pot holder? I’m sure we’d all greatly appreciate it!
Nice one Simon ... looks epic! Out of interest, what is the weight of the finished article, as it looks a chunky bit of kit. Great stuff, thanks!
HI Mags!!!! and of course you too Simon😁 love the stove but don't know where I can get any empty cans unless you want to send me a couple of your extra ones Simon🤣😂🤣
Great vid, smart engineering, great re-use of scrap. Lovely to see a bit of Maggie too. Thanks as always.
We "can" see the old chippy skills at work
again Simon (one former chippy to another) works a treat too, and a good draft on the tube looks like creating a good amount of heat very inovative..👍
I’m starting to realise all your films are just camouflage for your drinking habit.
I like the looks of that Stove would be a little awkward Backpacking, but it could be doable. I`m guessing where you cut it in half it looked to fit tight enough to hold together on nit`s own so no Screws needed. Enjoyed it Simon
I was just thinking. If you could be bothered it might be useful to rivet some type of wood covered handle onto either side ( like you see on some small portable barbeques).
Vermiculite is still legal in uk, wow.
With all the contamînated problème we had in Canada, its not even legal to use it. If you already have some, it has to be tested and remove if its contaminated.
nice build. i'm thinking that rocket stove temperatures may very well melt the aluminium pot stand, no?
You can ever add a trangia burner inside, then your rocket stove will make the best windscreen. This plan "B" can be used if sticks are too moist to be burned from rain, snow, sleet, and ice.
Cracking job Simon. I think it got the seal of approval from Maggie as well ;-)
very nice! great design. might put the feeder a bit angel down, say 30 degrees, to let the wood slide down easier as it burn. a bit bulky for the pack, gave me a very good idea for a light design i work on for some time now. cheers, and well dune!
Great idea, made to your usual high standards!. Thanks for sharing. 🖖👍👊😊