From: http://mobilerik.com - Living Off The Grid In A DIY Truck Camper <br /><br />Since I first learned about backpackers making lightweight cooking stoves out of aluminum cans, I was hooked. And probably like other "stovies" the one that really caught my attention was the "Pepsi Can Stove." <br /><br />No doubt the appeal is that it's not only ridiculously cool to be able to fit together a couple of recycled cans that way, but because the end result is so compact, lightweight, and burns exactly like the burner on your home stovetop! <br /><br />While not one of the simplest alcohol stoves to assemble -- that honor will go to simpler open-flame stoves and the Can Food Can side-burner style -- it's also not one of the most complicated. <br /><br />In fact, this video could have been a lot shorter had I chosen the popular and dependable "crimping" method to fit the two halves together. But I was interested to try a few methods I'd seen in videos that allowed you to very elegantly fit the two sides together perfectly, one inside the other, without any glue/epoxy and avoiding the slightly tedious task of crimping one half neatly all the way around the sides so that it could fit into the other half. In the end, I eventually succeeded, but it took some experimenting with different methods to make it work. <br /><br />Conceptually, it's pretty easy to make and use a "Pop Can Stove." [...] <br /><br />For the full tutorial visit: http://mobilerik.com/1734/diy-pop-can-alcohol-backpacking-stove/ <br /><br />--- <br />Wanna see more DIY Camping Gear? After subscribing here, visit my site at http://mobilerik.com where you'll find more experiments headed towards a sustainable full-time camping lifestyle in a "fully outfitted" home made truck camper RV that never needs "hookups" or even a generator. <br /><br />-- <br />Other Keywords: Fancy Feast, Homemade, Ultralight, Outdoor, Methanol
