For warmer weather I use a half an ounce. For colder temps like the fall I use a full ounce of fuel. You can cover to snuff out the flame but it takes some time. Best to just use the least amount of alcohol possible for your boil. 5 minutes or so to boil 2 cups in a titanium pot.
My favorite stove, and it has never let me down. I even used it to make my coffee when it was -11°F at a local winter hang a couple years back. Worked like a champ!
Love my cat food burner, I went really cheap and used paper towel 1/2 sheet folded instead of carbon felt or fiberglass. Works just fine for 20+ burns. Then replace it. I do not camp enough to justify the purchase of carbon felt. I am going to try the 4 small holes, I used only 1 big one on the last one I made. Thanks for the tip
And certainly not in Europe, glad to hear that you can just fake it, maybe glaswool can do the trick, Im going to try that. Hey man, thank's for the video.
My version was made with ceramic wool and titanium sheet for the pot stand. I actually switched to a new stove that's closer to the starlyte or kojin with the evernew cross stand 2 for a pot support. For solo pots the flame pattern is just better, the pot stand more stable and the stove more efficient. It's been awesome so far. Also switched to an IMUSA mug since I cook in my pot a good bit.
This is perfect for the afternoon after a hard but productive day at work. Well done Jason! You have provided another quality video. Thank you sir. : )
Great little stoves and so fun to make! Just made myself a new one using the green cat can. I like the idea of the 4 half holes and 4 air holes. Gonna try that on the next one as well as the cut down version you have done. Thanks for great videos!
Wow that is a lot of work. I make the Vienna sausage alcohol stove. There is no cutting at all. You only need the tomato paste can and one Vienna sausage can. Just cut out the bottom and the top of the Tomato paste can. Punch one or two holes in the bottom. I use old facecloths (100% cotton) I just cut a strip and wrap it around. I just made another today the worst part was rinsing the food out, Be careful if you set it down on the table if it is windy because it is so light mine blew away and I can't find it. :) But I love these things and I have a (Very expensive) Silver-fire and a Scout and this is better IMO... Thanks for showing another way of doing this. Nice video,
Sounds great! I just love these things. I don't think it's much work though, takes maybe 10 minutes and replaceable parts are always a plus. Mine takes a bit longer than it should because I make mine shorter for 3 season use.
Great vid. Like the idea of 4 small holes at the top instead of one bigger hole. I made one using an old aluminum spray can that was the right size. The tomato cans seem to end up rusting.
Glad I tuned in to this episode, I was thinking to take my alcohol stove on a hike to the Smokies in November. Maybe I just build a new one for the heck of it. Thanks Frozen!!
📢 I miss Mr. Hiram Cook too. It's unfortunate that there's no clear evidence of his current situation. 🤔 And it leads me to think the truth may not be the best news.🙄🙄 ➡➡ But hoping that if he's OK, we'd get an update from him❗
thk you and have a grate hike in life And yes I'm going to have to go into my local hardware shop and try to find some of that plumbers felt I already have the other two cans ready to go
If you don’t have a heavy duty hole punch, you can use a larger drill bit and some tin snips or a file to make the bigger holes. If you have to purchase the felt and hole punch, you’re spending $26 to make a stove. Sure you can use them to make more stoves, but how often do you need a new one? That’s fine if just like making your own stuff, but may not be cheaper than buying one made by someone else.
Make multiple stoves and give them away... I have built probably 10 to 15 stoves and majority of them I have given away to hunting buddies, camping pals... cause they all are amazed how simple it can be.... you don't need a high dollar JetBoil or whatever is out there
And if for some strange reason you need to cook longer than the capacity of your FF stove, you can just bring a 2nd one to move your pot to when your first one runs out of fuel.
You don't have to use carbon felt as a wick. Anything will work. I use paper towels a lot because they are cheap. You'll have to replace the wicking more often but it will work just fine. Cotton t-shirt or denim works well also, even toilet paper will do. Also a step drill will give you better results for your holes. Many hole punches won't work well and leave jagged edges. You don't have to cut the ring off the cat food can either, just pinch the little edge where the tab was sticks out with pliers or file it down. It should take you a 7 1/2"× 1 1/2" piece of wick material if you use a tomato paste can.
Thanks Frozen, this may be the way in which I can shave some weight. I had mentioned I purchased a hammock set up and I just order a HG Incubator Custom 20* underquilt. Take Care
Just a tiny piece of Limburger cheese under that carbon felt, then drop off at your enemy's house with a note saying free stove from a friend. Add 1 oz alcohol and light. I like both the soda can one and the fancy feast one but for different applications. Depends if I want a slow cook (penny can) or a fast boil (fancy feast).
I realize it's well outside the scope of these videos but since you're talkin about DYI projects... I'd still like to see a video on how you built that table with the bottle caps! If it wasn't for all the nasty Bud Light ones I'd make an offer on one you have lol.
It's pretty easy, get a table you don't mind destroying. I got mine for $50 at IKEA. Get yourself some epoxy resin and place a thin layer (small sections at a time) place your caps. Allow time for them to glue themselves down with the epoxy. Get some duct work tape (not duct tape), tape needs to be rigid. Build a wall with tape on the outside of the table so the epoxy doesn't fall off. Dump the epoxy resin over the caps just enough to completely cover them, and blow torch the bubble. The best advice I can offer to you if you take on this project. is make sure you mix the epoxy very well, my first coat wasn't mixed very well and it was sticky. So I had to do another coat.
As far as bud light blaaaah, I hear ya on that one. I couldn't drink all the beer myself so I asked friends to start saving their caps. Most of my good beer have foil on the top of the cap.
I've been using an alcohol stove but have never made my own. What modifications would you do to make this 4 season? I know that you mentioned making the cat food can taller, would that be ut? Thank you for posting this video.
Annoying thing about the fancy feast is the inability to screw the cap back on and store your fuel, for that reason I prefer to buy from Amazon. The redcamp cost $17 Canadian.
Hi buddy, like it - for my personal preference I'd prefer to have the top covered with a hole to pour the fuel me - but that's just me.!! Do you always light the carbon felt when you use it? And how can I effectively remove all of the labels from the cans..??!
Love this. I made some using fiberglass and they work very quickly and efficiently. Better than my canister stove! Have you found the plumbers felt is a better material than the fiberglass? Does one perform better than the other? Thanks again!
Right on time,I have been wanting to try a alcohol stove.Planning a trip to Dolly Sods 2021.Can you recommend a good time of year to go?I am not a winter backpacker.Fall or maybe late spring. Thanks for the diy video Enjoy your channel.I know you are following Wild.He is doing a great job.
It negates the weight loss aspect of trimming the Fancy Feast can, but for the "3-season" I've seen some folks keep the trimmed-off top portion, flip it upside down, and then press it back onto/around the remaining bottom half. The original top lip of the Fancy Feast can now sits flush on the ground, level with the base of the bottom half. It makes the footprint a little bit wider (noticeably more stable) and gives a bit more dent protection to the base. Optional klutz insurance at the cost of a little weight?
@@FrozensAdventures The beauty of MYOG -- only limitations are usually what's in your rollaway, patience/sanity meter, and ability to resist heading straight to the bench when you wake up with a new (probably bad) idea. I'm working on the second, but not sure it'll stick. Have a good one
Does this 1/2 size cat can hold a full oz of alcohol or more for colder temps? I use a full size fancy feast, but if i dont use a full oz, it does soak up as well and doesnt work right.
About how many boils before you need to replace the carbon felt? PS I'm heading to the Allegheny National Forest next weekend. I keep hoping I'm just going to see you out on the trail in PA somewhere. I'm such a fan of your channel
Thanks Frozen, I am heading down for a two week section hike on the AT with a friend this weekend. Going from Roanoke to Waynesboro. I just celebrated my 19th anniversary of my thru-hike I complete in 2002. I am 62 now so the climbs might be a little slower. I just finished making the stove. WOW! it is so nice. I was stove-less for the last 1/2 of my thru-hike. This time I will be cooking my dinner and looking forward to it. I so enjoyed watching your thru-hike on TH-cam. Thank for sharing. I know it took a lot of time filming and editing so again thank you. Rookie "02
@@BingWatcher You can even add a tomato paste, chicken noodle soup, or chicken and rice in a mini bush's beans can. You don't have to worry about cutting the can. A Vienna sausage can is the same size as the mini bush's beans can. Hiram has a video of a Vienna can fancy feast stove. :)
Why in the heck did I watch that? I mean I've already researched and made my own. I'll tall ya why! Because I watch em all. haha
I find myself watching things I've done before but then always end up seeing some random thing that I can use to make it better.
@@FrozensAdventures So true! I do make mine a little different. I don't put the holes in the sides, but 2 V notches at the top and 4 on the bottom.
How much alcohol do you use to boil two cups of water and how long does it burn. Can you extinguish the fire by covering if you need to?
For warmer weather I use a half an ounce. For colder temps like the fall I use a full ounce of fuel. You can cover to snuff out the flame but it takes some time. Best to just use the least amount of alcohol possible for your boil. 5 minutes or so to boil 2 cups in a titanium pot.
@@FrozensAdventures I appreciate your help!
My favorite stove, and it has never let me down. I even used it to make my coffee when it was -11°F at a local winter hang a couple years back. Worked like a champ!
Love my cat food burner, I went really cheap and used paper towel 1/2 sheet folded instead of carbon felt or fiberglass. Works just fine for 20+ burns. Then replace it. I do not camp enough to justify the purchase of carbon felt. I am going to try the 4 small holes, I used only 1 big one on the last one I made. Thanks for the tip
I did the same thing as nobody sells carbon felt in small quantities to just use case for a weekend hiker
And certainly not in Europe, glad to hear that you can just fake it, maybe glaswool can do the trick, Im going to try that. Hey man, thank's for the video.
My version was made with ceramic wool and titanium sheet for the pot stand. I actually switched to a new stove that's closer to the starlyte or kojin with the evernew cross stand 2 for a pot support. For solo pots the flame pattern is just better, the pot stand more stable and the stove more efficient. It's been awesome so far. Also switched to an IMUSA mug since I cook in my pot a good bit.
Right on Frozen! Never tried an alcohol stove before but I think I will. That will shave a lot of weight off my pack.
This is perfect for the afternoon after a hard but productive day at work.
Well done Jason! You have provided another quality video.
Thank you sir. : )
Great little stoves and so fun to make! Just made myself a new one using the green cat can.
I like the idea of the 4 half holes and 4 air holes. Gonna try that on the next one as well as the cut down version you have done.
Thanks for great videos!
I use this stove frm (Hiram Cook) every week end
His contribution was AWESOME ! Appreciate U acknowledging the fact that its Mr. Cook's
Wow that is a lot of work. I make the Vienna sausage alcohol stove. There is no cutting at all. You only need the tomato paste can and one Vienna sausage can. Just cut out the bottom and the top of the Tomato paste can. Punch one or two holes in the bottom. I use old facecloths (100% cotton) I just cut a strip and wrap it around. I just made another today the worst part was rinsing the food out, Be careful if you set it down on the table if it is windy because it is so light mine blew away and I can't find it. :) But I love these things and I have a (Very expensive) Silver-fire and a Scout and this is better IMO... Thanks for showing another way of doing this. Nice video,
Sounds great! I just love these things. I don't think it's much work though, takes maybe 10 minutes and replaceable parts are always a plus. Mine takes a bit longer than it should because I make mine shorter for 3 season use.
Great vid. Like the idea of 4 small holes at the top instead of one bigger hole.
I made one using an old aluminum spray can that was the right size. The tomato cans seem to end up rusting.
Glad I tuned in to this episode, I was thinking to take my alcohol stove on a hike to the Smokies in November. Maybe I just build a new one for the heck of it. Thanks Frozen!!
Heck yea!
📢 I miss Mr. Hiram Cook too. It's unfortunate that there's no clear evidence of his current situation. 🤔 And it leads me to think the truth may not be the best news.🙄🙄
➡➡ But hoping that if he's OK, we'd get an update from him❗
Thank you for showing us the simple stove!
Thanks Frozen! I just finished my stove - love it!
Thanks for sharing your version.
I love it. I watched it, didn't need to, but I did. Now I'm pretty sure I'm taking the Fancee Feest out on my next trip! Hope things are well Jason!
thk you and have a grate hike in life
And yes I'm going to have to go into my local hardware shop and try to find some of that plumbers felt I already have the other two cans ready to go
Very Good! Nice workshop
Really great video. Plan to make one for my next trip. Thanks.
I've made one myself and it works great!
Ótimo vídeo Parabéns 👍👍🇧🇷 Parabéns
Thanks frozen, great video. My jet oil just crapped out on me. I’ll give this a go. Take care.
Take a look at the BRS titanium cannister stove on amazon.
Been meaning to make one! Used this video to do it! Thanks for all your info! Worked out perfect!
Glad it helped!
Perfect ,thank you
That looks like something even i can do! Nice, thanks! 😊
Great tutorial!!
If you don’t have a heavy duty hole punch, you can use a larger drill bit and some tin snips or a file to make the bigger holes. If you have to purchase the felt and hole punch, you’re spending $26 to make a stove. Sure you can use them to make more stoves, but how often do you need a new one?
That’s fine if just like making your own stuff, but may not be cheaper than buying one made by someone else.
So true. I watched Survival Lilly use a $3,000 home workshop to make a "$3" Ikea hobo stove. But to each his own way.
Well said. I enjoy the stove enough to make multiples thus lowering the price each time I make one.
I used a paper hole punch and it worked just fine lol
Make multiple stoves and give them away... I have built probably 10 to 15 stoves and majority of them I have given away to hunting buddies, camping pals... cause they all are amazed how simple it can be.... you don't need a high dollar JetBoil or whatever is out there
And if for some strange reason you need to cook longer than the capacity of your FF stove, you can just bring a 2nd one to move your pot to when your first one runs out of fuel.
You don't have to use carbon felt as a wick. Anything will work. I use paper towels a lot because they are cheap. You'll have to replace the wicking more often but it will work just fine. Cotton t-shirt or denim works well also, even toilet paper will do. Also a step drill will give you better results for your holes. Many hole punches won't work well and leave jagged edges. You don't have to cut the ring off the cat food can either, just pinch the little edge where the tab was sticks out with pliers or file it down. It should take you a 7 1/2"× 1 1/2" piece of wick material if you use a tomato paste can.
I'm going to try the paper towel thing!
Solid
Agradeço o vídeo! 👍✌
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I miss Miram Cook.
Thanks Frozen, this may be the way in which I can shave some weight. I had mentioned I purchased a hammock set up and I just order a HG Incubator Custom 20* underquilt. Take Care
Just a tiny piece of Limburger cheese under that carbon felt, then drop off at your enemy's house with a note saying free stove from a friend. Add 1 oz alcohol and light.
I like both the soda can one and the fancy feast one but for different applications.
Depends if I want a slow cook (penny can) or a fast boil (fancy feast).
Lol
@@FrozensAdventures Well at least is isn't a burning bag of doggy-doo....
Lasts longer too.
I realize it's well outside the scope of these videos but since you're talkin about DYI projects... I'd still like to see a video on how you built that table with the bottle caps! If it wasn't for all the nasty Bud Light ones I'd make an offer on one you have lol.
It's pretty easy, get a table you don't mind destroying. I got mine for $50 at IKEA. Get yourself some epoxy resin and place a thin layer (small sections at a time) place your caps. Allow time for them to glue themselves down with the epoxy. Get some duct work tape (not duct tape), tape needs to be rigid. Build a wall with tape on the outside of the table so the epoxy doesn't fall off. Dump the epoxy resin over the caps just enough to completely cover them, and blow torch the bubble.
The best advice I can offer to you if you take on this project. is make sure you mix the epoxy very well, my first coat wasn't mixed very well and it was sticky. So I had to do another coat.
As far as bud light blaaaah, I hear ya on that one. I couldn't drink all the beer myself so I asked friends to start saving their caps. Most of my good beer have foil on the top of the cap.
I've been using an alcohol stove but have never made my own. What modifications would you do to make this 4 season? I know that you mentioned making the cat food can taller, would that be ut? Thank you for posting this video.
Annoying thing about the fancy feast is the inability to screw the cap back on and store your fuel, for that reason I prefer to buy from Amazon. The redcamp cost $17 Canadian.
Can just use less fuel in the stove.
Hi buddy, like it - for my personal preference I'd prefer to have the top covered with a hole to pour the fuel me - but that's just me.!! Do you always light the carbon felt when you use it? And how can I effectively remove all of the labels from the cans..??!
The labels will burn off after 2 uses or so. Yes always light the felt
I freeze the can, then dry peel the label off.
Also I moved my hole down to just above the lip of the outer can so it burns better.
Buying hunts products in PA is sacrilege by what I hear. Jk cool video
Heinz is King of PA
@@BingWatcher Heinz is King period!
Love this. I made some using fiberglass and they work very quickly and efficiently. Better than my canister stove! Have you found the plumbers felt is a better material than the fiberglass? Does one perform better than the other? Thanks again!
I haven't tried the fiber glass stuff. I think I made this after watching Hiram Cook test the 2.
Right on time,I have been wanting to try a alcohol stove.Planning a trip to Dolly Sods 2021.Can you recommend a good time of year to go?I am not a winter backpacker.Fall or maybe late spring.
Thanks for the diy video
Enjoy your channel.I know you are following Wild.He is doing a great job.
It negates the weight loss aspect of trimming the Fancy Feast can, but for the "3-season" I've seen some folks keep the trimmed-off top portion, flip it upside down, and then press it back onto/around the remaining bottom half. The original top lip of the Fancy Feast can now sits flush on the ground, level with the base of the bottom half.
It makes the footprint a little bit wider (noticeably more stable) and gives a bit more dent protection to the base. Optional klutz insurance at the cost of a little weight?
Whatever works!
@@FrozensAdventures The beauty of MYOG -- only limitations are usually what's in your rollaway, patience/sanity meter, and ability to resist heading straight to the bench when you wake up with a new (probably bad) idea. I'm working on the second, but not sure it'll stick. Have a good one
Does this 1/2 size cat can hold a full oz of alcohol or more for colder temps? I use a full size fancy feast, but if i dont use a full oz, it does soak up as well and doesnt work right.
It holds 1.5oz for colder temps use the full can. I have a 3 season stove and a winter full can.
Great stove!! How many burns will I get with 1 strip of carbon felt?
A lot!
Instead of using a Fancy Feast can, you can use a Vienna Sausage can and won't have to cut the tomato paste can and will be about an inch.
Oh nice! Ty
About how many boils before you need to replace the carbon felt? PS I'm heading to the Allegheny National Forest next weekend. I keep hoping I'm just going to see you out on the trail in PA somewhere. I'm such a fan of your channel
Over 200 easily. Mine was still working too but it wasn't burning as long.
@@FrozensAdventures That's awesome, thanks!
I love my stove, but I always have a problem getting 1oz to burn. As it wants to go out. I always have to use 1.5oz for a full boil.
But I don’t have air holes, or back pressure issues.
What exactly do you use to burn it? Like what kind of Alcohol?
Denatured or Heet
Minibulldesign . Tinny or John. Been watching him since about 05 or 06.
Hey Frozen, Does it matter is the Carbon Felt is 1/8 or 1/4 thick.?
Thanks, Rookie
I believe it is 1/8. I can't see it being 1/4
Thanks Frozen, I am heading down for a two week section hike on the AT with a friend this weekend. Going from Roanoke to Waynesboro. I just celebrated my 19th anniversary of my thru-hike I complete in 2002. I am 62 now so the climbs might be a little slower. I just finished making the stove. WOW! it is so nice. I was stove-less for the last 1/2 of my thru-hike. This time I will be cooking my dinner and looking forward to it. I so enjoyed watching your thru-hike on TH-cam. Thank for
sharing. I know it took a lot of time filming and editing so again thank you. Rookie "02
Could you please provide the diameters of the cans?
What’s a good windscreen to use for an alcohol burner?
Aluminum foil folded in half. Personally I use a toaks titanium wind screen from 4 years ago and it holds up. I cut it down to size.
Outdoor Adventures Thanks frozen!
Is this version more efficient then just the fancy feast alcohol stove?
The super cat stove? The one with the holes? Yes by about a minute
Yes that's the one sorry I wasn't more specific. Thanks
All good I knew what you meant. Enjoy!
how long it can be burnning?
About 5 minutes.
Idk why people make these when you can buy them for a few dollars on Amazon.
The same reason people make their own meals that they could buy at a restaurant…😂! It’s that pioneer spirit…👍!
Have a great day!
How much alcohol per boil roughly?
Watch Hiram Cooks vids on utube. Close to 1 once though, Need a wind screen !!
65F and up I use a half an ounce.
A soup can works just as well as the tomato paste can. :)
Isn't a soup can a much larger diameter than the paste can?🤔
How does that make it fit? Thanks!
@@BingWatcher I meant a chicken noodle soup can, or even chicken and rice size.
@@BingWatcher You can even add a tomato paste, chicken noodle soup, or chicken and rice in a mini bush's beans can. You don't have to worry about cutting the can. A Vienna sausage can is the same size as the mini bush's beans can. Hiram has a video of a Vienna can fancy feast stove. :)
@@BingWatcher You can even make a simmer ring for the fancy feast. Just simply use a can slightly higher than the wick.
Use a file to cut a few grooves in the edge of the can....why buy an expensive tool???????
oh i didn't buy the Dremel it was given to me.