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Homemade Aluminum Can Burners
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.
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.
Method 2: The PBR Burner
This version has a covered top, creating a bit more protection around your fuel.
Want to know more? Check out these related articles on our site:
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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 ).
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.
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.
Larry
March 27, 2014 at 11:29 AM
FYI, in option 1 those are rivets not nails
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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