How to make an alcohol stove for 1 dollar!
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It took about 8 minutes for water to boil.
If you can't find a water bottle at the store here is a fairly cheap one:
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Cheap Hack Saw if you don't already own one:
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Better hack saw:
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Denatured Alcohol:
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I went to a thrift shop and found like 12 of these bottles for 10 cents a piece!
I have loved your stove! I used one on a 6 week expedition (with 8 days of light-weight backpacking) - it did not disappoint!
Sorry to all those people who don’t own tools... I think the $1 was just for the cost of the bottle itself.
Great video! Great step-by-step instruction! Great little stove (indestructible too)!
Thanks!
@BornToRunBarefoot I'm a woman but due to divorce my tools were stolen or in storage. I do have a dremel though.
@Becca Don't be put off by a guy not knowing how to do something. Teach him. Later he may know something and can teach you.
Of course, if he is just a tool dweeb he has to go. LOL!
The ones that get to me are the ones that say women don't know how to use power tools. Riiigghhttt! Mixers, Blenders, Washing Machines & Dryers, Vacuum Cleaners, Sewing Machines, Sergers, Dishwashers, and such, aren't power tools cause that's women's work. Right?
I just give them the 'innocent cold eye' and ask, oh so sweetly,
"So, do you know how to change the belt on a double beater Vacuum Cleaner?" "Can you take the center adjutator out of a washing machine to get the sheet out of the guts of the machine? or do you just call the repair guy? Be careful, that guy might be a gal." "Have you ever sliced meat on a slicer?" Some slicers are more complex than a Grizzly 3-Phase Extreme Series® Left-Tilt Table Saw" "Yes I know about 'Big Man Tools' and own some." "I don't have a toolbox, I have a Tool Closet!
AND
I sharpen my own knives! Yeah, I am one of those women!"
My name is Rebekah but folks call me Aunt B.
@Beccaso, it is not ok for an adult male to not know something but it is ok for an adult female to not know it? Seriously, the sexism and over all expectations are just silly. I suspect if I gave you a list of things I expect a woman to be competent in you would be all over me.
Becca j
is this safe to heat a cqr stuck in the winter or fumes may kill u
If you wrap some masking tape around the bottle and mark the tape instead of the bottle the tape will help stop the drill bit from dancing when you are trying to start the holes.
Also, if you fix the cutter tool so it's stationary (e.g., with plumber's tape and nails on the benchtop) and then work up a simple L-shaped stationary fence out of scrap wood for the bottle's side and bottom, you can the just turn the bottle slowly and steadily against the cutting blade and get a perfectly straight, uniform cut.
I just wanted to send a quick note of thanks. Using your video I made this stove in under 30 minutes, and was able to bring 8 oz of water to a rolling boil in under 6 minutes, including warm-up time. Great video. Know people are using your videos to produce projects.
I've been making a similar stove out of soda cans for years now and they work great! The thinner metal allows them to heat faster, but they take a little longer to build because I have to cut a strip to make the interior wall. I LOVE your water bottle idea from a durability standpoint and you could epoxy some fiberglass wicking around the outside allowing you to "prime" it with a few drops of alcohol and warm the stove much faster.
Go to walmart and buy "heet" in the yellow bottle only. sold on the car antifreeze isle. Its methol alcohol. No fumes, no smell, cooks hotter. 1.27 a bottle, far cleaner burning fuel for indoor cooking, cleanest fuel on earth known. NOT THE RED BOTTLE, thats something else but the mustard yellow bottle. everybody has switched to using "heet" (its a gasoline antifreeze) non explosive too, super nice video. love that stove
Thanks for the Wal-Mart share about the Heet in the yellow bottle. They are sealed and make for easy transport
I don't suppose you would know what the equivalent would be for us in the UK/Ireland?
I have been wanting to know what is the best fuel to use for had stoves.
@@David-lu4gq would regular blue methylated spirit be ok ?
Yellow Heet is literally Isopropyl Alcohol
Have you tried the freezer/oven method to fit the two pieces together? It takes a little longer, but it works amazingly well.
I found the exact same bottle in a local store here in Scotland for £1.49 - (just short of two US bucks) - used much the same technique as here; minus the dremel (small hacksaw sufficed); also push-pin and hammer instead of a drill-bit for the jet holes. Completed in just over 1 hour, it measures two and a half inches high.
I filled it with methylated spirit (uk) until it spilled through the jet holes.
It blazed for 19 minutes; and boiled half a litre of water - twice !!
This little gem is going into my bicycle pannier.
Cheers Nick.
Good use of the tools you had on hand. Glad to hear how well the stove came out. Cheers
Definitely one of the more elegant and sturdy alcohol stoves I've seen. Nice work!
yawn, haters go home - someone was good enough to share an idea
And a very good one. It could save their lives.
DAMN, out of all the videos in youtube about how to make a Stove, THIS ONE WORKS DAMN GOOD. THANK YOU SIR.
Thank you for this design. I used a FreeBreez bottle to make on of these and it is my favorite stove to use. My stove works great. Thanks again.
If you are in The USA & use Sea Foam for your car, keep the bottle to make one of these :)
Great looking and well made stove.
Hello Nick,
Many thanks for sharing. I have just made the stove exactly the way you did and it works pretty well. You rock man !
Very nice design and excellent video! Unlike most others your design is indestructible and doesn’t need a pot stand.
Try using a rotary pipe cutter. It leaves perfectly square cuts with a nice clean edge.
You guys amaze me, this is really neat, thanks Nick.
best, simplest stove I've seen - thanks. Going to make one.
get a pot with a wider bottom to absorb more of the heat from the flames ...
I've made a few different types myself. In my experience the amount and size of vent holes makes a *huge* difference in performance. If you drill too many or enlarge the holes too much it won't work at all (I believe it has to do with internal pressure). I have thought about making a friction-fit sliding collar that could adjust the vent hole size. I think that would be the best way to experiment with vent sizing personally.
pretty cool to have around the house during power outage... Well done !
This is seriously so awesome!!! I can't wait to try and make one!!!
Great tutorial on this. It simplifies the concept and I can cut one of those bottles with my miter saw in the workshop! BAM! Super fast to make one. I also have a good supply of denatured alcohol as I mix my own shellac for my furniture. Totally going to make one of these, maybe this weekend!
Cool. Looked at a bunch of other soda-can stoves and I like your option the best. Gonna build it tomorrow. Thanks for posting the video.
Checking back on this video in the '21 Texas freeze-off. Still dead-useful.
This is an awesome DIY stove, very cool! Ill have to give it a shot when I have get the stuff together. Awesome vid!
I usually do 4 holes, but 2 seemed to work just fine on this stove.
That is one of the best diy stoves I have seen. awesome job!
Brilliant, thank you for sharing.
I knew someone somewhere had made a stove with this bottle, I have one and I will do the same. good video
Great presentation and thanks for sharing. I made one , used tape to stop drill from running and it works very well.
Nice! I've got one like that I made out of a Miller Lite bottle and have used it several times. It's quick, easy and works great!
Cool project man... Thanks for sharing.
I like how neat it looks. Much better looking than ones made with soda cans.
I should go to sleep now ....... How do I keep finding videos like this?!?
nice mate, you got me motivated enough to make my own. did one exactly the same way but without the dremel, i used a hacksaw but it came out just the same.
@Sean Maggi You can buy denatured alcohol at Home Depot, Walmart, or most any hardware store. Look in the paint section, it is usually used to clean glass, or as a paint thinner.
Great video. Like to add this: The blue part of the flame is hottest. As such, it would better if the holes are higher, i.e. nearer to the pot so the blue flame touches the bottom of the pot. Also, when drilling, angle the drill bit at 45 degree instead of 90 degree. This is to direct the flame upward instead of sideway.
Just made one out of a stainless steel water bottle. Very easy to make and worked better than expected. Thanks for the video!
Glad it worked for you!
Thank you this is one of the best videos I have seen thank you
@stymye Actually it is not a .075" drill bit. It is a .75mm drill bit.
Just a little piece of advice. When you use the cut-off wheels on aluminum, they tend to load up with the soft aluminum. Next time try the little saw blades that they have for Dremel tools, and you'll have a much smoother cut and less de-burring to do. Nice stove idea.
Nice vid. You obviously spent some time thinking this out and sharing with others. Screw
the people that can only flame others and not think for themselves. Keep it up.
Thanks for the share lad, greetings from Ireland/UK.
My question is. How long does the 2 ounces of fuel last?
I liter last for 4 to 5 hrs using industrial one
Yeah, that’s the reason I came to read the comments, in the hopes someone could tell how long (in a row) can that stove fully loaded withstand the flame?
10 minutes max per oz depends on wind could last 5 minutes
Add cotton pads will double your time but smaller flame
Thanks for the lession Nick. I made one and it came out very nice. I found that the cap fits in the top of th stove. I put the beiner back on it and clip it to my pack. Thanks again.
@nord47 I'm not sure about the hole size. I previously made a stove out of a similar bottle and I used larger holes. That stove takes a little bit longer to heat up.
I love this, thanks so much, and so easy, I will be making me one
Nice stove. Thanks for the video. I made one like this using a beer can/bottle. Works great. Thanks again.
great video. Thanks! By the way have you figured how much burn time you get per oz?
Great build! I especially like how sturdy it must be.
I've made a few different types but I like the idea of using these bottles much better. I bet yours took a little longer to ignite the side vents because the thicker walls of the bottle take longer to warm up and build pressure inside the stove vs a soda can model, plus the way this version fits together the vent holes have to be a little farther from the primary flame. (None of which are negatives in my opinion.)
Keep up the ideas man love that stuff
I have a file. Sandpaper makes a more even surface, which make a better seal on your pot when cooking.
No time to boil left like you said? Was the time slow for this design? Cl
This is a neat stove I'm going to attempt one of these
i just did this with a hacksaw. it took a while but i had nothing else to do. i havnt tested it yet but it looks pretty good!
I have been wanting to try this with the bottles I have at home. Extra ones that are not being used.
That sounds even better. How'd it turn out?
If that's a spice rack in the background, it's _gorgeous_ !
This video is great I just found that same water bottle yesterday at a goodwill store for a buck eighteen , I love it cause it’s heavy weight, I’m so glad you don’t have to roll the top edge , here’s a question, can I make it taller to hold more fuel ? 🤔
If you measure the bottle circumference first then cut a piece of masking tape that length, you can use a ruler to mark the port holes precisely then stick the tape on the bottle and drill the ports, afterwards peel off the tape and there is no marker to clean up. You should also cut a couple more notches in the bottle top before you invert it and move the port holes closer to where the two halves of the bottle intersect, this will speed up bloom time and overall performance.
Very cool man I'm going to use this idea while camping
How long will it flame and do you think I could make it work for a table too firepit
I made one of these stoves today just as described. What a great little stove, works great. It boiled 2 cups of water in 3min 15sec. using methanol and using Heet the water boiled in 3min. 30sec. @ 1200ft. Thanks for the easy & informative instructions.
Great build. How long the the fire good for
Great DIY project, thanks.
great video Nick! great stuff
Excellent vid. I now see where I went wrong with my own design. Thank you.
Nice stove design. I think this method is less troublesome than the "rolled edge" method and works just as good! You mentioned using alcohol to remove permanent marker. What I have found is that acetone cleans off marker on ANYTHING (well, almost). You can buy it in the can or use brake cleaner spray can. Doesn't smell quite as good but man does it work! When I say it works on almost anything, the only exceptions have been leather because it soaks in, otherwise good.
love the schlurping sound in the background - thirsty dog!
This is a great learning tool so thank you
THIS is the best stove EVER! I made mine out of stainless steel! ( man! That burned up some drill bits! But I love it!) I picked up some aluminum bottles at my local thrift store and will make gifts… thanks for this😁
Nicely done! I think it would have boiled water even faster if the pan was a bigger diameter so the flames didn't shoot up the sides. Thanks for sharing this great video.
I could not find an aluminium water bottle so I had to use a stainless one. Quite a bit harder to cut and drill but well worth the effort. I found that 3/8 hole spacing with 5/64 holes. Thanks for your video. My family and I have enjoyed this.
Great Video, for sure going to to this, but I have to ask, why only the 2 holes, seem's like 4 would of been more efficient?
I realy believe you made my day for the alcohol fuel stove you made. Keep it going.
GREAT IDEA ! ! ! I''m getting stuff together for my whole Scout troop to make. I made two for myself, they work great ! ! ! If cut just right you have a wind screen also, thats the way I made mine.
Vince
Well, regardless of all the other comments, i think the stove is a great design, and i would imagine that it is quite durable. Keep up the good work, man.
Very well built
Nice build!
Heard some whimpering about tool prices...take a look at Harbor Freight - Rotary Tools...$10 and you won't regret owning it. Or maybe a triangular file...where there's a will there's a way.
Harbor Freight tools......when you need the cheapest Chinese crap that has one guarantee......” guaranteed to break on the way home or in the cheap plastic bag that the clerk put it in”. Get some real American made tools that cost the same and you can use them dozens if not hundreds of times. Not just once. Better to go to a garage sale and find better quality tools then go to Harbor freight
Harbor Freight is merchandise from Communist China, Comrade....
A bit of fiberglass wick string wrapped around the base would make a good primer to soak and lite to help with the warm up.
@verymuchright You can't. Did you watch the video? I used a drill bit.
This is so cool, I never knew this at all! How long will 2 ounces of denatured alcohol burn? And, one more question, please,
is it safe indoors?
Add a little glass fibre insulation (from your loft space?) between inner and outer case when pressing together, it helps wicking of the fuel for a better gas out.
Great idea Nick, I was wondering in some videos for making these stoves people pack fiberglass in to hold the alcohol do you think that might extend burn time if you packed around the edges before putting the two parts together? or possibly would it clog the jet holes? Also if you were to cover the large hole from the top with some aluminum and made a smaller fill hole would that also help burn time? I am thinking to max the fuel efficiency for extended trips. Thanks
These are the exact questions I wanted to ask. 9yrs later, what do you think? Is it worth packing fibreglass in? Also, I have seen some people block up the main middle hole with a coin. Again, is this better? Thanks in advance 😊
Agreed. It's hard to find a good alcohol stove. So how do you put the flame out?
Just got a few of those bottles and made a stove in 10 minutes. You can use the middle piece of aluminum as a windscreen and they all fit in a pot with the fuel bottle too.
Great DIY vid, Nick. I'm going to give it a try, been wanting to learn how to make them for a while now. I also just watched IntenseAngler's DIY vid using aluminum beer bottles, also a very good video...Thank you!
The flame holes you drilled all around, do they go all the way through both layers (top and bottom of water bottle)? Or is there a gap between the two parts (the curve on the top part of water bottle) and the holes go only through the outer layer? Thanks for the post. Fun making stuff that works.
Good job Nick keep up the good work, i have used this style and it works very well :-)
Thanks Nick. I like the design as it is a lot less fussy that some I have seen. Think I will have a go at this one. :-)
I have used cat can stoves and penny stoves in the past and I've noticed something. Their is a minimal amount of alcohol required to get the fuel going based on the volume of the stove. So the bigger the stove the more fuel. Have you tried using less that 2 oz in this stove and if so how did it go?
good job nick illhave to try this i make them out of soda cans but lookin for something more durable thanks for the idea
Seriously, tin snips work pretty good for cutting any can.
Nice stove, thanks.
How long will the 2oz alcohol fuel last??
How long will this burn for 1 sitting not adding any alcohol to it once lit?
May look at this for my winter camping tent.
Thanks!
just wondering.. ive heard things like these could explode. Please tell me if it is a small chance or a large one before i should use it.
I would think that you could use the screw in plug to seal the unused fuel in the bottle once the unit is cooled?