DIY Alcohol Stove

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DIY Alcohol Stove

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Found this site which details how various types of stoves work.

http://zenstoves.net/How.htm

And this one details how to make a cheap one from two cans.

http://velohobo.com/2011/11/20/free-ult ... hol-stove/
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Ive just been reading through alot of this and i havent seen methalated spitits once. do they just call it something else in the US or
would you not use meths?
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munchh wrote:Ive just been reading through alot of this and i havent seen methalated spitits once. do they just call it something else in the US or
would you not use meths?

I use Meths in mine, and you are correct, it is called something else. :)
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munchh wrote:Ive just been reading through alot of this and i havent seen methalated spitits once. do they just call it something else in the US or
would you not use meths?

they call it Denatured alcohol , we call alcohol sburning stoves methylated spirit burners :D
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I've got two pepsi max cans sitting here, was going to have a go, but looked in the cupboard and its white spirit i have no meths, bugger.
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