[Kartographer]

Build your own Ammo Can Rocket Stove

The Ammo Can I used was for 20mm rounds.



Remove the rubber seal from the cans lid.
Then using the 6” black stove pipe that I had brought as a template I drew a circle about a 1 1/2 from the bottom of the can. I placed a piece of broken tile to mark the distance from the bottom. (I then later used the broken piece as a spacer and pipe support on the inside of the can)

I then drilled hole large enough to fit a metal cutting jigsaw blade on the inside edge of the circle and used my hand held jigsaw to cut out the circle in the front of the can.

I then repeated this procedure and cut the same size circle 6” from the back edge of the cans lid.

I then measured the distance from the can front to where the 6” black stove pipe elbow to the front of the can and the top of the lid and cut the pieces about a inch longer. Place the spacer/support (Note the piece of tile I used as a spacer/support allows you to make sure when you add the insulation the it completely surrounds the firebox. It is the insulation which makes the Rocket Stove efficient.)and assemble the pipe and then mark the pipe off to fit snuggly with tin snips.



I picked up two 8 quart bags of Perlite (http://www.perlite.net/)from the garden center and filled the can. Tamping the can a couple times to make sure all the space was full.

I found the silver ‘face plates) duct connectors in the duck works section of the Home Depot. And used them to connect the pipe. They also helped seal the area around the cut to make sure no Perlite leaks out.

I used some scrap threaded rod pieces to make a grill over the top hole. You may want to look around for a used grill from a old junk gas stove.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

You can read about my test run of this stove here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2914240/posts

Here’s another good easy project for Freepers. I got the filters and the spigots on EBay.

*Home Made Berkey Water Filter*

http://www.alpharubicon.com/kids/homemadeberkeydaire.htm

Please consider this our weekly Preppers’ Thread to post progress, good buys, DIY projects, questions, ...

[Kartographer]

Ping!!

[G Larry]

What is Perlite and it’s purpose in this application?

What is the function of the hole in the side and the grate sitting there?

What is the fuel and how do you light it?

[loungitude]

Note that if galvanized pipe is used, it will give off very toxic gas when heated sufficiently.

[onona]

Great stuff Karty ! Thank you SO much !!

[JoeProBono]

Swiss Man Installs Wood Burning Stove In A Car

Maybe unusually cold winter led Pascal Prokop, a 38-year-old Swiss man, to install a wood burning stove in his 1990 Volvo 240 station wagon.

[BenLurkin]

What exactly is this contraption used for?

[Southack]

Sand is less toxic and gives better insulation than perlite.

Generally cheaper, too.

Don’t cook or breathe over galvanized pipes, either.

Ammo cans can also have lead content that isn’t fit for cooking. Simple discarded tin cans from food items like corn are cheaper and safer to use for building rocket stoves.

If you are welding a rocket stove for cooking, then you must use food safe welds.

[Covenantor]

Nice clean project.

A few years back I tried a proof of concept model using coffee cans and a yard sale metal bread box. Found some junked computer cases and used the case fan grills for my stove. You can find 200mm (6”) or large ones. Heck of a lot easier install with just 4 sheet metal screws and fewer snag points when moving it.

After having written that, might use one of the heavier steel computer cases for the stove body on the next project.

Found that a pop-rivet tool to be quick and handy for sheet metal work.

Used to be that the recycling center had a computer stack that one could scrounge in. Now that scrounge is a no-no. Some young fellas offered five bucks for case or office size printer. They got chased off. I here I thought that “re-cycling” actually meant that.

[Kartographer]

Are the pictures showing up? Can you see the pictures I posted? Are the links working? From some of the post I am being to think now of it is working.

[Lee'sGhost]

Step 1: Remove all ammo from can.

:-) Just saying.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for the thread.

My preps this week are focused on the local food specials. We had good deals on Canned vegetables, beans, tomatoes-so I bought one or two cases of each all good till sometime in 2015.

Also had good deal on sugar, so I got 24 more lbs.Got some aspirin, olive oil, coffe filters, and hot cocoa - all were on sale.

After that the focus was on bringing in the walnuts, butternuts, and hickory nuts, and persimmons to process for future use. Have a bunch of roasted peanuts that I grew just ready to snack on too. Also found out that the Native American Indians used to boil the hickory nuts to make the oil come to the top, and then skimmed it off for oil.

Just wanted to say I found the info on thermos cooking really great. I had even forgotten you could do this, and had never tried it for much other than instact rice or oatmeal etc.

So I experimented with a macaroni dish that I used to make kinda like the hamburger helper with a dash of chili flavor. It really did cook the macaroni. So fast, and such a quick clean up.

Now I’ll be hunting up all our old thermos jugs too-just to have them handy when the electric goes out-it will greatly expand the choices.

[45semi]

Many Thanks!

But....one question!
The picture of the bottom opening shows what looks like a grill or screen inside of the pipe.
How far inside does it extend? And is it filling the entire diameter of the pipe?
If it does, I'm guessing it keeps stuff from being sucked up all the way?

Again, Thanks!
I have some ammo cans and I'm looking forward to making myself a stove, and making several as gifts to preppers I know!