home made cooker

[jack29g]

hi, can anyone give me any tips on making a sort of braizer/cooker/stove thing. What materials to use and how to put it together, any help would be great

[MartiniDave]

Not really home made, but Morrisons are doing cast-iron bucket type barbeques for £6.99 at the moment. I bought one at the weekend, it works fine with charcoal, but will need a few extra vent holes for use with wood.

Dave

[bothyman]

Don't know if it is what you are looking for, but I made one from the stainless steel drum that they have inside a washing machine.and put 4 long bolts at the bottom to stand it on.
It looks a bit like this one which is where I got the idea

>> http://www.off-road.com/camp/firepit/index.html

[Moonraker]

hi, can anyone give me any tips on making a sort of braizer/cooker/stove thing. What materials to use and how to put it together, any help would be great
Jack it would help if you could be more specific about sort of size/ weight you are thinking of, portability (ie is it for one person in rucksack or car etc), fuel type and cost.

For a really good source of ideas for home made stoves try this web site:

Wings THE HOME-MADE STOVE ARCHIVES (http://wings.interfree.it/html/main.html)

Hope this helps.

Simon

[rapidboy]

I posted thsi on British Blades a while ago.

HOBO STOVE

I used to make these when i was a kid (before i could afford a proper camp stove) and made this one last year to take to the summer music festival's.
1/2 an hours work at most and much safer than an open fire in a festival camp site.

Take any large metal can ,paint tin ,metal bucket or in this case a "Stella keg".
A metal bucket it heavier and will last longer than a Stella keg but the keg is better if your going to carry it .
I have carried one of these packed full of hard wood sticks slung under my pack on an overnight hike and it was fine for preparing an evening meal but a lot bulkier and heavier than a Trangia!

Punch a few small air holes around the base ,a larger hole for lighting it through and a couple at the top to take a couple of tent peg's as a pot holder ,job done.
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For burning sticks it's best to put the pot support at the top.
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If your using charcoal then put the pot holder lower down ,this also allow the sides to act as a wind shield.
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If you make one remember to have a trial burn before you cook on it as any paint will burn off the outside of the tin the first time you light it.

The Stella keg works fine but i really think i should try a Budweiser and then a John Smith's keg to see if that makes a difference ,solely for the purpose of research and development of coarse. :D

rb

[rapidboy]

This is an old post from on here.

Not really relevant with the army trangias being so cheap but when i was a kid a real trangia was way out of my price range and all i could afford was a couple of surplus mess tins.
It served me well for years before replacing it with several trangias.
It was made from pieces of scrap aluminium and an airgun pellet tin for a burner.

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The little piece of wire mesh was used with some saw dust to make it into a smoker.
Fresh smoked mackerel are pretty hard to beat for lunch when your out fishing.

I use greenheat in this one now and it works very well.

The Swedish Army kit is great value and makes home made stoves less viable but it is very rewarding using kit that you make yourself.

[jack29g]

It's not that important for it to be light as mostof the time i will be using it in the garden.

[Ahjno]

Made this post last month: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5392

Hope this helps ;)

[jack29g]

got any ideas on how to make the ones that were in that african market in the series called bushcraft? The same programme where ray got the griddle made?

[hootchi]

got any ideas on how to make the ones that were in that african market in the series called bushcraft? The same programme where ray got the griddle made?
Could you give us a description? Was it the dutch oven (looks like a biig frying pan) or something he didn't buy?

[innocent bystander]

Thats got to be the ones that look like the bottom third of a 25l oil drum, with legs and grill attached....

[jack29g]

yeah, those are the ones, i was thinking (odd behaviour) you could instead of using an oil drum use one of those big chocolate tins, you know the ones, christmas afternoon wouldn't be the same without them!

[rapidboy]

yeah, those are the ones, i was thinking (odd behaviour) you could instead of using an oil drum use one of those big chocolate tins, you know the ones, christmas afternoon wouldn't be the same without them!

It wont last very long ,you will burn the base out of it very quickly.
Try lining it to improve things and it might last a while.
I use oil drums and always mix a little concrete in the base so they last longer.

[innocent bystander]

The ideal would probably an iata class oil drum that would be used for exporting diesel or similarly dangerous liquids. These are seriously heavy duty, and i am sure they would last. They're the ones that way about 4 kg empty, as opposed to about 2.5kg empty for the lightweight ones.

Still, if you use the choccie tin, when it melts through, you have an excuse to buy more chocolate, i mean emergency rations.

[Greywolf]

Ive made the oil drum 'fire pit' and did find that filling the bottom with sand (when on the beach) or soil (elsewhere) helped keep it from burning its way through,also keeps it portable :D remember to put on ear defenders when cutting it to size, the noise can be deafening :eek:

Im in the process of making a 'washtub' one just gotta get it sorted out LOL
I first saw one of these on a beach in Cornwall, loads of heat, very toasty :D

Greywolf

[Greywolf]

I knew I had a link on my puter somewhere that might be of interest... took me a while but I eventually found it :D

Not exactly portable

Steward woodland community DIY guide, wood stoves (http://www.stewardwood.org/resources/woodstoves.pdf)

Its in PDF format, so you can print it off too :D

Greywolf

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

I posted thsi on British Blades a while ago.



The Stella keg works fine but i really think i should try a Budweiser and then a John Smith's keg to see if that makes a difference ,solely for the purpose of research and development of coarse. :D

rb

You're definately my fellow Canadian! :D