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Apologies for the poor quality.https://youtu.be/LtDIV7Qqv5Q Please ignore my futile attempt at boiling water! https://youtu.be/O18EQhb-iDY

Forgot to mention I "stocked up" before I left work yesterday! ☺

Yeah safety first! I hope the jerry can lasts a while too! Anyone know the easiest way to upload videos to here? Tried it through the tapatalk app on my phone but it keeps crashing!

Update! Seeing as it was another grey, wet day in Scotland. I thought no time like the present to play with fire haha. So as said previously I had a go a widening the flue; Which left me this; I smoothed it off, fitted my flue and fired it up! What a difference! Once a fire was...

Understandable mate. Thanks for letting me know though as I actually didn't know about zinc fumes ☺

Yeah the sapporo tins always look good! Ah I think something like that is more for boiling water. The design I'm thinking of is more to trap heat from escaping up the flue and transferring it into the room;

Looks great! Sapporo cans for the flue? I'm not really sure if it's for a frontier stove? I found this diagram; A design similar to that! Although I do have to get the stove running efficiently before I even start thinking about making one! Haha

Awesome! Looks great! Funny you mention this, as I've toyed with the idea of making a 2L oil can into a stack robber / heat exchanger!

Well that's good to know. When I replace the tins I'll just get a good fire going and let it burn off! Well I seen the wee magnetic icon on the coffee tins, so I knew they weren't aluminium. Just curious as to what type of steel they are made from? Never knew some would be steel plated with tin...

Wow ged cheers for all that information! It's going to help out a lot! Yeah stainless steel pipe is really the ideal solution for a flue. I suppose I'd need to weigh up the pros and cons to insulated or non isulated flue! Mrcharly, zinc fumes didn't cross my mind. Would they burn off after the...

Good work! Looks cracking!

Go for it. I'm on this forum to get as much help as I can to over come several problems with the functionality of the stove. If you follow my thread, it may help you in the future to avoid the same problems if you go ahead with your build ☺. Not found many sites through Google search...

Yeah the tin cans are about 3 inches! Once I cut into the jerry can at the spout, to widen it, I can rectify the first sharp bend with a straight flue section! As for the tin cans not lasting long, it won't really be much of a problem as they are readily to hand / easily replaced. Although...

I think I'll sort out the size/restriction in the flue exit, and increase the flue length first to see how that helps things? Or do your recon tin cans are too narrow in the first place? I'll then move on to the air intakes afterwards.

Thanks for the replies. I have a stainless steel grate to elevate the fire above the air intakes, which I'll add more of. As for the flue, I'll remove the jerry can spout and make the exit the same diameter as the tin cans to see if that helps? Also the flue is a work in progress as I am...