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[Gunplumber]

http://jwbasecamp.co...rCat/index.html

[Amishway Homesteaders]

Great Site!
Thanks.
It covers just about everything in making and using them.

In mine, most of the time I use good old 'rubbing alcohol' (cheap) but you have to watch it as the flame is hard to see. Sometime you don't know if it is lite or not?

I keep a block of wood handy to cover mine with to put it out when done- You CAN"T 'blow' out the flame like a candle or oil lamp!

AND wait until it cools down before picking it up .................................. trust me I KNOW!

[arby]

Thanks, nice web page for this subject!

[Crazy4Canning]

Currently my husband is playing with 2 types of lightweight alcohol stoves - the SuperCat (made from cat food cans) http://jwbasecamp.co...icles/SuperCat/ and one made from pop cans http://www.jureystudio.com/pennystove/

He has used heet for both and likes the SuperCat best because it's more durable.

He uses the small white bottles from the 5 hr energy or bottled vitamin drinks and labels it "HEET for stoves". There's enough for 1 stove burn to heat up something or boil water.

[vinelady]

If you have access to second hand marine stores check there for larger versions of alcohol stoves.

My everyday stove is a two burner alcohol stove.

[Crazy4Canning]

Just bought my husband one of these because his pop cans are mostly one-shot deals.

It's the Vargo Decagon Titanium alcohol stove. You can use HEET or other alcohols. I've seen people in combat boots kick these around and then use them to boil water for coffee. They're amazing and virtually weightless, not to mention indestructible. ;0)

Here's the link to Amazon. We got a coupon at a local outdoor store (REI) that was cheaper than buying online, and cheaper than shipping!

http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/B001G61KLU

[windmorn]

DS made a Fancy Feast cat food can one after we attended a presentation by Andrew Skurka presentation. Andrew hike 4700 miles around Alaska and they Yukon. He said he only used one stove. Here's the link. http://andrewskurka....-alcohol-stove/

[Crazy4Canning]

My husband tried the SuperCat stove as well (the cat food tin) and the Vargas was based on it. He's a gadget guy and wanted something that would not bend, no matter what.

[Philbe]

We recently purchased some alcohol "cannisters" for 25 cents each, so we're looking for ways to use them.  Also bought some cans of sterno for 50 cents a can.  Never know when things like that would come in handy?

[Ambergris]

This thread gives me the creeps.  An old friend who has renovated and converted these for thirty years or more made one stupid mistake.  One is all it takes.

[Philbe]

Like you Ambergis...not fond of playing with fire....or fireworks.  We like the sterno cans because we can set them under a chaffing-type dish and it will heat and keep heated, whatever is in the pan.  The alcohol cannisters resemble candles in that the tops are sealed, you can't refill them etc.  Again, restaurant quality.