I liked how you made this kind of "rocket stove" and plan to build a couple of them. I think a bail handle would also be useful for carrying it around. There is a bit of homeless folk in my area and I've wondered if a rocket stove would be useful for some folks needs.

If you add holes to the bottom of the stove, and to the top of the stove, you'll have secondary combustion like a wood gasifier stove rocket stove hybrid, so there is barely any smoke. :)

Watching soup can vid and annoucing when a train came through reminded me of Fort Madison Iowa. They claim per "Capita" they have the highest train movement in the USA at an average of 1 every 15 minutes.

I suggest using 1/4 inch bolts for the pot holder. The thread holds much better & bolthead is better on the pots I think.

I just finished a similar rocket stove. I used strong wire mesh across the top to hold the pot and fire proof caulk to seal in the perlite after bending tabs over on the center can. We'll see how it holds up. Thanks for your ideas for my next build.

Nicely done Tom 👍🔥

Congratulations on securing your toes in style. Tom, you are amazing; even your tin can stove is a high technology device. Now you have got me wondering if I should nest a Rocket King mini inside the larger Rocket King with the addition of perlite between them. Lots of leaves coming down in NE Ohio with accompanying branches and twigs. Time to fire up the chiminea for cool autumn weather and restful evenings. Wishing you and your family a blessed week, gentle seasonally appropriate weather and time with family and friends. Keep your toes covered! Peace brother

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Liked your build. One potential fix for your sinking nails could be to simply cut some tubing to put between the nail head and the cement (like a washer, only much thicker) which should keep your nails at your desired height. Cheers.

The tray looked like it held up so that you could cook your eggs. Here is an idea that you could try; but, it might be more work than you want to do for something so small. If you want, you could use two pieces of the steel can and arrange the so that the ridges are at right angles to one another. The cut them into strips so that they could be woven together like a basket weave. It would be two layers that look like one layer. The basket weave would just make it pretty.

This is great! Now you've got to grab your hobo stove and go jump on that train haha!

You can even put an alcohol burner inside where you feed the stove with sticks. Another option to cook with. :)

nice!

Use those nails with the double head thingie that they use to tie level lines off. The little secondary head bellow the actual head would stop the nail from sinking, keep them all the same depth, and just be all around better.

Good job, a bit higher pot stands like you say and it would be perfect.

Great video! Insulating the vertical cylinder also improves the draft. 3 trains? Is that a record?

From my experience those melt quickly, built one out of coffee cans, worked well until I insulted it. Them it melted. I used ash to insulate it

Looks familiar

By putting the cement in the bottom of the can doesn't that block the air flow under your pull out tray? Pretty cool build non the less.

Maybe turn the nail upside down.

Thank you. Love rocket stoves. Would like to make a cob oven to bake bread and pizza. Also using found fuels. God Bless and stay safe.

Turn the nails with the head down.

Increased efficiency ? Why ? It's a Rocket Stove ! It is for boiling water or frying an egg and doing using a handful of twigs. That is pretty damn efficient, not that it really matters much, the design is more about convenience than efficiency. You really don't want to draw more heat from one of these or you'll burn your food. You are not trying to smelt metals with one of these. There is a tool for every job the trick is to recognize its limitations.