Can't wait to build one. Built a solar oven with a box and saran wrap and foil years ago that cooks rice in about three hours.
Posted on 04/03/2010 6:19:20 PM PDT by mylife
Here's the link to the company... http://www.steripen.com/
I'm not a rep for these people, and I haven't used the product, but it looks like a good one for traveling as it's small and effective...and not that badly priced when you consider that you're avoiding being nasty sick.
Acetone burns really sooty and black. It prolly wont blow up in your face. I think it is pretty low in volatility.
I don’t recommend it though.
Really sooty and nasty stuff.
I will look them up.
Well, I’m certainly not going to sacrifice my Bourbon in this experiment.
Plain rubbing alcohol works fine
Can't wait to build one. Built a solar oven with a box and saran wrap and foil years ago that cooks rice in about three hours.
Yeah my Brother used to sell them solar ovens when he was in college.
Just use alcohol based fuel in this thing please.
OK?
Also, flatten out the dimple on the bottom of the can to add stability as well as added capacity .
Gotcha. Rubbing alcohol it is.
And for the baffle (I live at a lake, with good breezes), I will round up a #10 can of something, cutting out a space to work the flame.
Something ‘else’ (lol) to do with poking holes in beer cans.
#10?
Now youve got me stymied LoL
This lil thread did just what is was intended to do.
It got folks off the MSM Teet.
Good night gang.
Big can, big enough to stick your head in. You'd cut along the label for access to the flame, using
dikes.
I just score the can as in the third video.
Makes a clean cut. no ragged edges.
When my son’s and grandsons and various friends go bow and arrow deer hunting up north, they make bean bombs. You put a can of beans in the campfire and when it blows up, if anyone catches it before it hits the ground they get a reward....(plus a trip to the local burn center for their hands if they forget their gloves)
I think it's called that because you place a penny (or any coin) over the fill hole when you're ready to use it.
I made some a while back. Used one when our electric went out during a storm to heat water. Ir worked well.
“I remember a fire can that I made in Girl Scouts. Take a tuna can, coil cardboard inside very tightly, and pour wax in. Allow to harden.”
Exactly, thanks to the cats, I have plenty of cat food cans.
They work great, I always keep a few around.
Svea 123
Nothing like the jet engine roar of a 123 in the morning !
It sounds like ...... COFFEE !
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.