Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Double Pipe Aluminum Beverage Can Wood Gas Stove

The Double Pipe Wood Gas Stove is made from two aluminum beverage cans and burns wood pellets. Weight of the stove is 25g. This video shows baking flat bread on a tortilla plate. The burn in this video lasted 24 minutes with just two handful of wood pellets. (about 68g or one third of the can). The same will boil 4 cups of water ( 1 litre). Instruction video on how to make this stove: Sept 17, 2010 version - www.youtube.com Advantages of this stove are: - very easy to light from the top using accelerant or half a sheet of newspaper - wind resistant in light wind - less smoke than some of my other stoves - produces charcoal / biochar - lightweight (25 g, including the two pipes) - burns hot and long on a single load of fuel due to the high heat content of wood - long burn time - additional units can be used simultaneously to increase heat output - produces no fly ember or ash - reusable numerous times (but can becomes weaker with each use) - free if you pick them up from around parking lot or bushes (and reduce litter at the same time) - can be repositioned or moved while hot (or even while it is burning) by using the pipes as handle bars. This make it easy to replace or refill stove for long cooking recipes. - has no value How does the Double Pipe Wood Gas Stove work: - raise the temperature of the top pellets to a smoking temperature. You can do this with just 1/3 sheet of newspaper or some toothpicks. Accelerant will make it easier, faster and reduce smoke. - 4 holes at ...

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