OK, I FINALLY got back to the Hobo Stove, got a pair of tin snips from work and cut the opening. Well a friend of mine gave me his old coffee maker, he replaced his with a new one, and I am not one to turn down "free". I started the fire with my magnesium fire starter, cedar bark, old man's beard and some shavings from a 2x4. It took me a few tries but as you can see I got it lit up. I fed it some cedar pieces at first to get it going hot then switched over to pieces of shavings and split wood from a 2x4 i had laying over by the wood pile. Used my SOG tomahawk just for that purpose. Its a great tool to shave and split 2x4's or small pieces of wood for the stove.
I let it burn hot to remove any lining in or on the can as well as start to burn the paper off. Then it was coffee time!
You can see how well and hot it burns,, alot better than I thought it would.
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| COFFEE TIME!! |
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you can see the 2x4 I used for fuel, I used less than half that piece to make my coffee, you can also see my magnesium bar just off behind it. It took about 10 minutes to finish the cup, and it was really damned good! Had a slight smoky cedar overtone with hints of pine and old man's beard. I am now compelled to make ramen noodles tomorrow, and use a small cast iron skillet and cook a hamburger on it this weekend. Got the boys on board so we will have some fun with this... SO over all for its size I would call this a great success abd awesome little tool!!! You could use this to pasteurize water, cook a meal , keep a small amount of heat to warm you and roast marshmallows!!! and hot dogs on a stick!!
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| ONE DAMNED GOOD CUP OF COFFEE!!! |
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The final product,, one cup of really good coffee. I had a bug fly into he, he became a protein snack. I can not wait to do this with a #10 can and look foward to buidling a rocket stove as well...
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