I finished mine ! I'll test it after I get another blood transfusion from my fingers cuttings and loss of blood, now im convinced to bring my kitchen stove on my next camping trip.

After I inadvertently sliced off most of my fingertips & drilled holes into the remaining ones, this stove was handy & efficient for cauterization. Mama always said, "What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger." This is why she always said that.

The "music" brings back painful memories of being stuck on a level of Wolfenstein and not being able to find a way out. The beauty of a soda can stove is that it's free -- until you add tape. Cut the cans longer, slip one inside the other and you're back to free.

Always drill directly toward your finger

All fingers were harmed in the making of this stove

Nice clear video. Instead of holding the cut can with a cloth, you can use one of those neoprene soda/beer can cozies that fit over the can exactly. You can drill the holes before cut the ring off when the can is a little stiffer. You can use smaller energy-drink cans (8.4-ounce Red Bull, for instance, instead of standard 12-ounce soda can) or larger cans like 16-ounce Rockstar or 24-ounce malt liquor (Olde English 800, Colt 45, King Cobra) if you want a smaller or bigger stove. The larger cans have noticeably thicker aluminum walls, so they are little harder to cut but sturdier once assembled.

Just made one of these and felt the need to say thank you for putting together such a well edited and clearly narrated guide. All the best from the UK.

One small tip, when you're drilling the vent holes in the top don't have your finger on the inside of the can while youre drilling on the outside or you might wind up with a "vented" finger.

Use 1/32 drill bit or if you prefer larger finger drains use 1/16 drill bit. Despite the 1980 Casio Synthesizer music and a laundry list of safety hazards, this is a great video on a very simple and useful product. Full disclosure, my dad drilled straight through his finger fixing a Christmas tree stand with these techniques... looked at me through the hole in his bone/nail. Love that man!

You are a genius!! As if the first generation werent good enough, now you improved it! Thank you for taking the energy to share. Consider putting a disclaimer about the hazard in handling razor-sharp metal.

Very nice. I counted about 10 - 12 seconds from starting to full stable burn. That will save loads of fuel that was wasted on the original design just trying to warm up. 👍👍👍👍

Very well done, instructional video from start to finish. I like the use of tape instead of ole JB Weld. Can't wait to build a few. THANKS.

So I just spent the last four hours watching stove videos. I decided I wanted to build a stove and I made this one. This one gets up and running within a few seconds. I watched a video where some guy made his version of the double wall can stove. Then he lit it and spent three minutes saying how awesome his stove was while he was waiting for it to warm up. This was a fun project. I've still got ten more cans of coke, I wonder what else I can make.

FOR SAFETY: Use second can for bottom (3/4 "). (No sharp edge hazard)

So many different designs. I did build a lot of versions around the time this video was made and my testing show the basis of the 3 part stove to be the most efficient. But the one I settled on was a very simple 3 piece design. Where the top pressed onto the bottom with a simple inner wall. No silver tape required.

3:42 That slight collapse of the can wall is why you should do all scoring first, then seperate the sections after all scoring is done.

Made one of these after following your instructions, works a treat, thank you!

one more thing...so glad there is someone teaching how to do these things, when TSHTF people need to know how to survive with what they can find. This is not just for campers. Good job

I want to describe a stove that I made after several years of R&D, for you. It was based upon your own design. I needed power and longevity of burn time for the outdoors. I needed to make Coffee, breakfast and hot water after that on one burn. Yet remain lite and compact to carry easily in my cook set. My stove is well over 45 min of burn time, usually about 54min burn time. I used a large sized , used Sterno canister for the base. I brazed in a smaller (you can JB weld this) a taller can upside down with the original top removed and fuel vanes added for flow down inside. The inside can ( heated pressurized fuel reservoir) is basically sealed once the pot or pan is placed on top. I packed the inbetween space with fiberglass insulation to the top level of the Sterno base can. The final part was to drill a 1/8th fill hole in the top of the braised center can bottom (which is now the top) to add fuel. This acts as the huge fuel tank , and low pressure heat expansion chamber. Of course the fiberglass is the flame ring just like your "Feest" stove and the principal is the same. However, the fuel volume is massive and there is an inherent preheat and charge with this design that acts more like a natural gas burner in efficiency and burn time. I have other alcohol stoves just like you. However, this is my go to must have HOG burner that out cooks all others for time and efficiency.

Great vid! To get all thre creases out of the metal tape and get a perfect seal use the backing paper from the tape to rub the tape down. Gently obviously! Works perfect. Duct fitters trick 😉

Great video, got here from Kenneth Kramm's video. He made, and uses this stove all the time, and it's great. I'm going to make this, and I appreciate your effort.

At 8:55 or so I just knew when the drill bit went through the can the next thing we would see is a fountain of blood, lol. Cool video man!

That video game music is almost as cool as the stove and the stove is very cool. Props!

Awesome. With fire lighting illegal in Britain, I've been looking for alternatives to a big, dumb butane cooker for my travelling kit. This seems a sensible primary for making a brew or a quick bacon butty. Perfect for my needs👍

Could I use beer cans, different music, & maybe not drill into my fingers?😜.. still cool tho👍

Awesome video! Great detail and easily replicable by watcher!! Great Job!!

I also made that design...but if you fill half full on it....it will take a half a minute before flames goes out ....its fine I love that new improved design. Keep up the good work! God bless

I just made one of these, first one I made off another video and it won't light, this one worked great, I already put it with my emergency coffee maker, in case the power gos out. Going to make some more of these for cooking to. Thanks man!

Feels like I'm rollin through the hood, making a camp stove. ;-)

using a tall and a short can ie energy drink can and cola you get a size difference so one can will slide inside the other so you don't need the foil and it is stronger.

Thank you utube .and the man who share this great idea

the yellow flames are proof that the fuel isn't burning efficiently. I like the penny stove it seems to be one of the best. my grands and I made the card board and wax and cardboard and oil they seemed to be very close to the same in cooking time we did a little experiment on that one with 2 different fuels and made hot chocolate. still cool experiments and all will boil water and cook something to eat. great job thanks for sharing.

Awesome , I like the whole deal where it burns nicer and more efficient, medal tape has some goo glue type stuff , idk if I’d cook over it until atleast burning off that glue but really is cool 😎

Finally! a use for diet Pepsi.

Thank you for your contributions to soda can stove R & D 😎👍

Really well made I’m impressed I must try this thanks

great video but as a Mother, I had butterflies in my stomach watching this PRAYING you wouldn't get cut! lol! Good job Andrew

the razor blade hangs out pretty far allowing it to flex, giving you some unclean cuts, putting them a bit further back on the board might help you with that.

I love the 70s style spy music! I can almost see Ilya kuryaken or Simon Templar at work here...

Instructions - A+ Music - F-

do you have to have the pan above it setting on a rack?

This stove is so cool that I am going to watch it again and again

Very nice beautiful stove

Wonderful! Just the kind of Whole Earth Catalog army video I needed for the post-festive meal craftarama.

Nice video! I was going on an overnight hiking trip with the college in 2005 and wanted something to cook my evening meal on. I would up buying one much like the first design from Tinny at Minibull Design. For my $5 he included a video on how to make them. I tested it, liked it, and set to work making some more. Wound up selling one to a classmate... for $5. Stove worked great and all I had to buy was the metal flue tape. I'll try your design for my next one. :)

can it work with other types of fuel like naphtha

Finally found a good reason to buy more canned sodas... Thanks! XD

Excellent video! Doing this weekend...much thanks!

A little commentary along the way is much more informative talking about the steps, anything else like music I would rather turn on my Stereo.

Great design, great video, dreadful music

I really liked watching the flame at the end, it was like the flame was dancing to the music.

Thank you for this. I just hope I can do it right! I really think this is very cool and convenient! For hard times! Thanks!

I might try this just because it's cool. What do you think, would it be any easier to cut the can if it was filled with water and allowed to freeze first. Then you'd have something to push against and maybe cut through the aluminum completely. I think I might give it a try.

You should put amounts and burn times. Also what fuels burn best and longest.

nice vid--do the holes you drill need to be lined up with the crimps you made with the file?

have you tried sealing the middle hole using the soda bottom inorder to build more pressure on your burner flames and lower the center unfocused flames output? if so how did it go?

How to add more fuel without dying or letting it flame out?

It's a great idea, but may not work as well in cold temperatures. that was my experience with the penny soda can stove. The open center may make the difference though. Definitely worth testing!

That’s a good demonstration of cutting a soda bottle that’s Excellent.

Great stove build thanks

Neat, still prefer putting steel wool in the walls to help wick.

You might like to check out a new design I've posted with internal and external flame jets. It works best with ethanol, doesn't need priming, so heats from the moment it's lit, doesn't need a pot stand and allows easy retrieval of unburnt fuel for later use. It also works well with charcoal kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esmFfsR51L-phYk.html

I like the beat same with the flame 🔥

So brilliant! I love it

I’ve also encountered this problem where the flame wasn’t coming out of the original one and turns out If you just make the holes bigger it works

Listening to this video makes me feel like I'm exploring a haunted house and zapping monsters with a level 1 blaster.

I actually have a decent tip here! A can opener will take off the top of a soda can with no sharp edges. You can fit a smaller hydroponic basket in the top doing that as well. Also, gloves are helpful you loon (but thanks for the solid instructional vid)

Not having seen the previous build, what's 'the breakthrough that makes the newer design burn so much better?

Doesn't the fuel eventually affect the glue on the tape?

Do you set the pot directly on the stove or do you need something to put the pot on?

Everyone commenting on getting cut on the aluminum edges probably haven't handled cut aluminum much. It's is a slicing hazard only if you are sliding your hand across the cut surface. Pressure straight down will not likely result in a cut even if you are pounding your hand down on it. I know, I demonstrated this to some naysayers by repeatedly slamming my hand on a cut can edge and showing no penetration. AnywAY! Great Video, Nice to show every step. I don't miss the lack of instruction, your actions showed everything and there were no words to confuse the issue. I could show this to any friend who speaks another language and they could follow this easily. The music was epically intense for the video, LOL. I felt like I was in a drama. Anyway, I"ve made a few cans before seeing this. I see this has more steps, and I can see why. I will try it. I like the way it looks and how it works.

I going to try this. I wanna start cooking whitefish out in my backyard this summer.

The concept is ok but You know you can avoid using aluminum tape by letting the top side longer so that they come together one inside the other, keep trying. 👍

When your dish towel isn’t working and you need to grab a sharp piece of thin metal, feel free to wear gloves. Drilling toward your finger is not only foolish, but is also another great opportunity to wear gloves.

At least we can still enjoy hot food during the economic crash

Thx! is there any can brand who is better, or all do good?

The music sounds like its from an early 2000s low budget educational pc game.

Just wondering how long it burns. Is it re-useable...or just one time and then dispose? Do you need to put it on fire resistant surface?

So you totally depend on the tape for a seal? How does the adhesive stand up to the heat cycles?

All this sheet metal cutting and bending using bare hands and no cuts in your fingers, wow.

Would a push-pin work for the holes instead of a drill?

If you wanted this as an emergency backpack light/stove, how would you store the alcohol ?

If we are trying to cut cost did you add in the cost of the tools you used. Where do you find scissors that cut through metal and that blade you used to cut through the cola can?

Great design

13:26 The flames are dancing in rhythm to the music.

great video, it looks easier and more efficient that others, the music sounds like from a porno.

Fill the can with sand and then cut with the razor scribe. Makes for easier, cleaner, faster, safer cuts especially if you are making a dozen or so at a time.

A seal between the top of the inner wall and the stove top, maybe? As I understand things, this would stop the pressure in the vapour chamber leaking to the stove centre/fill hole. A bit of your metal tape would do it.

Forget about rhe background music..... Focus on the procedure... i love soda can survival stove... I've use it on my camping party and for an emergency Cooking ...👍

Nice&informative video! But Dude, this music freaks me out... :D

Right on. Doesn’t the adhesive on the tape fail due to the heat?

Watching this high made the music beat speak to my soul.

The 1/32 holes allow for a slower more controllable flame.

Good Lord. This sounds like The Spice Channel from the 1980s. 😉

Nice! Thank you.

Very nice Alcohol Stove. Enjoyed your video.

I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I get a strong blue flame in the center and my pinholes around the edge never ignite.

RIP Headphone user - Nice intro...

How does this compare to the Fancy Feast Stove with wick?

Is there something like this on Amazon, maybe in titanium or thicker aluminum?