home made hobo stove

[lavrentyuk]

It seemed such a good idea I made two !

Tested the first last weekend and managed a good rolling boil of water and two small chicken legs with the embers afterwards.

The only mod so far is to place the bolts in the base of the burner head uppermost, with the bottom allowing me to put a large washer on each about 1/2 " up from the base, so as to stick it more firmly into the earth whilst the washer stops it going further in. May help stability.

I may get out again this weekend and try some more.

Great idea.

Richard
(Lampeter)

 

[Prophecy]

It is a really powerful boil isn't it?

I was using my crusader cup today with some hexitabs and it seemed to take f-o-r-e-v-e-r...!

 

[retrohiker]

Does anyone know if the IKEA drainer will fit a 12cm Zebra billy??? It looks like it may, but it would be a tight fit.

 

[Landy_Dom]

Does anyone know if the IKEA drainer will fit a 12cm Zebra billy??? It looks like it may, but it would be a tight fit.

The IKEA cutlery drainer measures 113mm internal (115mm if you cut off the rolled lip)

hope this helps?

Dom.

 

[CRAZY FROG]

following some threads on here i thought i would have a go at making my own. i got a s/s utensils holder from woolworths and a s/s coffee jar with a lid.i replaced the metal handle for a wooden one on the billy can for the heat. for the stove i drilled out 4 holes in the base and placed in long bolts for the legs. the top i cut in 4 nicks to fit the bars that fit in side for storeage when not in use. the whole thing sits in side each other and it weighs 2.2lbs in total packed a way.i timed a pint of water from cold to a full boil in 6 mins.i did not put a handle on the the billy can so that it fits in the stove for storage and a thick pair of gloves (stored in the billy can) are fine to lift it off when it is hot.

thanks for looking.carl.

I've made one simelar to this but with 3 supports on top for the potts which makes easier to stoke the fire.
It work well and produces a lot of heat you can boil 500ml of water in about 5 min. with this

Crazy Frog