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Homemade Aluminum Can Burners

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10 years ago

March 26, 2014

Survival gear can be expensive, heavy, and prone to breaking down.

Having some gear around is a great idea, but relying on it too much can be a mistake, especially when it comes to filling an essential need like food preparation.

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1 DIY Aluminum Can Burners

2 Method 1: The Homemade Outdoor Luxe

3 Method 2: The PBR Burner

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DIY Aluminum Can Burners

Though you might have stoves and burners around for this purpose, this is a low cost project for creating an alternate source of heat for cooking food and sanitizing water.

These can burners, also known as hobo stoves, give you a quick, cheap, and easy flame to cook with.

Having this knowledge under your belt could be your ticket to staying fed in a pinch or just help out as a cheap way to create a mobile burner for many other reasons.

Here are two methods for creating a cheap and easy alcohol fueled burner out of aluminum cans.

Method 1: The Homemade Outdoor Luxe

This burner is a simple, open topped assembly.

aluminum can burners

Method 2: The PBR Burner

This version has a covered top, creating a bit more protection around your fuel.

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11 Comments

al uhrich

March 26, 2014 at 6:51 PM

Interesting article, but hard to read and hard to see photos and illustrations ( almost 70 yr old eyes ).

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- Larry
  
  March 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM
  
  If you click on the pictures you can see them bigger, if they are still
  small click one more time to get them big.
  
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- Great Grey
  
  March 28, 2014 at 5:18 AM
  
  If you click on the illustrations they will open a new page and click on the illustration again it will make a larger view that is easier to read.
  
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Larry

March 27, 2014 at 11:29 AM

FYI, in option 1 those are rivets not nails

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Edward Johnson

March 28, 2014 at 12:24 PM

thanks, the homemade can burner plans was just what I’ve been looking for..I saw a lot of ways to make them, but this is the best and easy to make. I am a backpacker and weight is what we try to cut down on..

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Bob Wilson

September 5, 2014 at 12:38 AM

Pretty crafty stuff…and I thought I was a Boy Scout…damn!
Guess I’ll have to make a couple of these!!

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