I have tried many kinds of stuff for the wick; Jeans denim, blue "shop towels," cotton balls, old cotton T-shirts, and the carbon felt (from Home Depot, DIY/home improvement store. If it will wick the fuel, it will work. If it sticks out too far, you can trim it or push it in further, or it will burn down to where it (wants to be, if it burns away.) If you buy a big piece of anything, you can cut strips for making lanterns or stoves, or oil lamps or heaters. Save the rest!
Instead of wrapping the wool two times, you could cut a piece twice as tall and fold it over. Then wrap it around one time with the creased edge up. It would have a cleaner look that way and maybe not burn as easily since its a folded edge instead of a cut edge.
Hiram, another good video. I make my Fancy Feast stoves using corrugated cardboard instead of carbon felt. Works perfectly. Any cardboard that sticks up above the Fancy Feast can just burns off. The rest of the cardboard lower in the can never burns off. The only negative I have found to using cardboard is if the stove gets wet the cardboard will get loose and not wick very well. I think that any wicking material that does not melt will work.
Just as an experiment I made one fancy feast burner using paper towels as a wick. I've used it 5 times or so and it works fine. I snuff the flame when it is just about out so as to not burn up the paper towel.
Lots of carbon felt available on Ebay. I bought my carbon felt at Home Depot beside the copper piping. Its original purpose was to protect wood in your walls when soldering copper pipes.
The small Vienna sausage cans work as well as Fancy Feast cans and are the same diameter as the Fancy Feast cans, but are a bit taller, will hold more alcohol and will burn a bit longer.
I built one with used denim, was the lower leg portion...worked great...must extinguish the flame when you smell the wick burning after the alcohol runs dry...this way you could reuse the wick for a very long time...the trick as you know is to time boil times for your recipes and measure your fuel so you won’t run the wicking too dry, and extinguish the flame so you don’t ruin the wick....it’s easily smothered......thank for your vids
I bought carbon felt from HomeDepot under the name "Flame protector" by Oatey for around $14.00 ... size was 9" x 12"! Thanks Hiram for the info! --- Clark
I found "Silencer wool padding" for mopeds and motorcycles in a shop nearby. It can take 1100 degrees celsius, so it must be some ceramic material. Works well👍😊. (Biltema "Potte ull matte" )
I got carbon felt welding blanket from Amazon. Get the 1/8 inch thickness. A 12"x12"x 1/8" for just under $10.00. Should be enough for a bunch of stoves!
Hello Hiram, You had a viewer looking for carbon felt in Vancouver. Your Canadian viewer will find it at Home Depot. It is called a Fire Preventer, is 9 x 12 inches, made by Oatey. Home Depot sells it for 16.50 cdn . It will be in the plumbing section. It is a little pricey, but it is the only source I have found so far. Take care, and thanks for all the great videos, Ben from Nova Scotia
Really enjoy your videos, Hiram. So helpful! I bought some carbon felt fiber from an ebay seller in CA. Cheapest I've found. Folks can do a search for "Carbon felt use as windscreen for alcohol or other kinds of camping stove 5 x 20" Only $7.00 including free shipping. Also, some other good news - lweaver99 has the mojo pot stands available again on ebay. I just ordered one.
I made a similar stove today using a small Rio Mar tuna can and a tomato paste can cut in half. I just stuffed fiberglass insulation like the kind you would insulate an exterior wall in a house with. I stuffed enough in using a bamboo skewer that the inner can is held in place. I added a few ounces of alcohol and waited a min for wicking to occur and lit it up. It works great and everything is held together as one unit. Honestly it is so simple and cheap and works so well I don't see a need to use any other stove.
Carbon felt is available at Home Depot Look in the copper pipe soldering aisle We use it to protect combustibles when we solder plumbing It's also on homedepot.com
I found an 8x11" piece of carbon felt at Lowes where the solder and flux is. It has two grommets in it for hanging on joists to protect them while soldering. It was around $15. Hope this helps.
Used denim folded as many times as is necessary works well too....just blow out the flame when you smell the wick burning.....with care as not to let the denim burn, I think it would last a long time too
I have this same felt (95% wool) and though it worked, after a few uses it got more and more charred and was shrinking. I don't recommend it unless you're in a pinch. Finding the carbon felt is much easier if you ask for "flame protector" as you showed in your other video.
You should be able to find Carbon felt heat blanket material made by Oatey in the plumbing section of home supply stores like Home Depot and Lowe's (blanket with grommets about 12" wide), but other natural materials like cotton and wool have been used for centuries for wicking.
I purchased a 24" x 24" piece of carbon felt from eBay it was $12.39 with free shipping. It is listed as "Carbon Fiber Welding Blanket torch shield plumbing heat sink 6mm" it arrived in a few weeks.
thanks. the carbon felt is hard to get in Australia too. Apparently carbon felt is available via ebay from China but they don't tell us exactly what the material is made of. Which is a worry since they still make products with Asbestos.
Best Alcohol stove ever. None better. Hiram Cook got it right. Do not waist your time on others penny can stoves. So easy to make The heat out put is the best. Not finicky to light or cook. No plume time. It may not look , it beat hands down all the inner wall stoves. When you want heat and flame to cook, Fancy Feast is the store to have, Cost to Make under $2. If you have the cans, under $1. Use the yellow bottle gas treatment preservative. It is the best. Beats alcohol 97% No fumes or carbon build-up.
I cannot obtain carbon felt either. I have had success with yute twine, it took 4 metres of twine to wind all around the tin. To stop the end from moving while I wound it round the can, I put it into one of the holes in the bottom of the inner can to anchor it.
Thank u for the how to, I've see some of your stoves (fancy feast ) have a couple of pressure release holes n the top of the stove, my blows the bot up a little with just the one, so I should add another hole or 3 on the top ? R u using the 3 oz. cat food can ? I think I saw this on yours or someone's CYBERWELD on line is a source for the carbon felt, Tillman Welding Blanket Thermo felt 615 . Enjoy your video , give Max a scratch behind the ear me.
Mercury in the form of a nitrate (mercuric nitrate) used to be used in (wool) felt production. I have heard it is still used in China although I can't say I actually know what they use.
Rock wool cubes work? Available at any garden center. I've tried to burn them and they don't burn. They do pull water up from the bottom of plant trays and stay saturated. Seems it'd be easy to split some off by hand to fill that gap. Cost $12 for a flat of 50 cubes.
nice test thanks for making the video. On eBay i am using 75mm wide fibreglass tape, folded in half along the length with the fold up, is perfect height for the wick, its cheap and seems to work very well, you can buy just a meter or a whole roll :)
i use this sight and use ceramic door rope great to rap around the can and good as a normal wicks to just pick your pack size and the adhesive is brill i stick small lengths on penny stove to prime and after you can pick up hot stove the rope is cool to touch this is the best material for stoves try it web link www.glowing-embers.co.uk/stove-accessories-stove-fire-rope-and-adhesive-c-160_193?gclid=CKSEmLa8oNQCFSIL0wodhRwBEQ
Pro tip: cut your carbon felt too big in all dimensions, soak it with fuel and then light it. After it burns, it will be smaller. Then trim it to fit where you need it. The shrinkage wont be near as bad.
The wool could be soaked in sodium silicate. The clear part of the "engine crack sealant" is sodium silicate. I bet it would extend the life of any of the wicks.
Good review. I like the deep pockets. I have a pair of outdoor pants that I really like except every time I sit down I loose the contents of my pockets. How do they run size wise. Some pants I have to order a size up. Thanks for the review...
Can you cut the wool felt to below the rim of the Fancy Feast can? See if that would cause the wool to burn. My theory is that the can will keep the wool cool as the alcohol runs out.
If you have the time, I am curious how much of a difference is there in cooking time if the felt is below the rim or above the rim of the outer can? If it's above, I think the increased area would allow more oxygen and thus a hotter flame and if below then the restricted oxygen would produce a cooler longer lasting flame. What do you think?
The Fancee Feast stove made by Zelph uses fiberglass cloth. You can find this at any Walmart or automotive store in Canada. This material will not burn up. Make a couple wraps around the tomato paste can and your good to go. www.amazon.com/3M-499-Fiberglass-Cloth/dp/B000BQSKQY
Always use the BACK of your hand to test something, to see if it's hot. If you burn the back of your finger, tyo can still keep working. I learned that from an old blacksmith.
A couple of things to consider is the Fancee Feest stove from Zelph is close to the cost of a 12x12 square of welding blanket carbon felt. As a bonus the Zelph inner can is a bit wider than the tomato paste can. It fun to DIY but if the goal is to get the best stove then Zelph's wins.
+Bobby Harper Another benefit of Zelph's stove is that the inner can in stainless steel, so it will last a lot longer. I just wish Zelph made the inner can a little bit taller so it would burn a bit hotter and speed up boil times.
For the cost of a Zelph stove you can make 10 Fancy Feest stoves. I've already given away a few. And since it's DIY, the dimensions are really up to you. As far as the Zelph stove lasting longer, I can always find more tomato cans:) Now if you watch his video on the Zelph stove, it performs poorly against the DIY stove. No thank you.
This is helpful for me on the east coast of Canada as carbon felt (welder's blanket) is all but impossible to find. I do have a question about the Fancy Feast stove. What impact, if any does the stand-off distance between the wick and the bottom of the pot have on efficiency?
+Mark Young (Shunpyke) Typically a shorter stand-off distance will result in better fuel efficiency. The stove will take longer to boil, but it will also run longer on the same amount of fuel.
+Mark Young (Shunpyke) Hey Mark, they sell the carbon felt at Home Depot. I'm in south-east NB, and saw it at the store in Moncton. link: www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.flame-protector---9-inch-x-12-inch.1000420496.html
all the heat blankets I've seen around here in ohio are fiberglass, and personally I don't trust this box enough to order stuff on it! plus carbon felt is expensive if your only making one or two stoves you don't need that much, what I've found works half way decent is to use fiberglass with steel wool on the top you don't have as much meltin!!!
Just curious.. Could I cut up a pair of old wool socks to use? They are thicker than the wool felt and I assume I could pack it down a little if needed.. Hopefully this is not a silly question *smiles*
Let's answer all these ??? What did Trangia use for their ORIGINAL burners? These were issued items to the Swedish military and the standard for 50 + years.TYVMYHAGDN.
On Ebay I searched for Natural 100% 1/4" thick wool felt and found "Off White 100% Wool Felt 6" wide x 24" long x 1/4" Thick Hard F-1 From Duro-Felt." Says its used for Wicking, Gaskets, Seals, Washers and O-rings. Not sure how something can be used as a seal and a wicking system. Its not cheap. $18.95 including shipping.Something else that might work is wool skeins that are tamped down into the gap.
Great video Hiram, does the wool felt stink when it starts to char? For some reason I imagine it smelling like burning hair. This stove is such a simple design and once you understand how it works then it's easy to think of different things you could use in a pinch. I imagine even paper towel or toilet paper could be used in an emergency though it probably wouldn't last for many burns. If you needed a stove to get boil water or heat chili for a couple of days of a power outage it would probably get you by. I wouldn't be surprised if sand would work if you loosely filled the outer can before carefully putting the inner one. Am I thinking about a different stove or did you first make one of these using fiberglass muffle wrap you bought from a auto parts store? Another thing I can't remember right now is if you ever tested cheap 70 or 91% rubbing alcohol in this stove?
find an old electric clothes dryer and take the drum out of it and youll see three inches by 6 feet of free fireproof wool, its used to seal the drum from the door on the dryer. :) check local appliance store
PROBLEM: I believe it is the black carbon felt that is causing a black smokey layer on my cooking container/pot. Is there a source/type of carbon felt that will NOT create this smokey layer?
I have tried many kinds of stuff for the wick; Jeans denim, blue "shop towels," cotton balls, old cotton T-shirts, and the carbon felt (from Home Depot, DIY/home improvement store. If it will wick the fuel, it will work. If it sticks out too far, you can trim it or push it in further, or it will burn down to where it (wants to be, if it burns away.)
If you buy a big piece of anything, you can cut strips for making lanterns or stoves, or oil lamps or heaters.
Save the rest!
Instead of wrapping the wool two times, you could cut a piece twice as tall and fold it over. Then wrap it around one time with the creased edge up. It would have a cleaner look that way and maybe not burn as easily since its a folded edge instead of a cut edge.
Hiram, another good video. I make my Fancy Feast stoves using corrugated cardboard instead of carbon felt. Works perfectly. Any cardboard that sticks up above the Fancy Feast can just burns off. The rest of the cardboard lower in the can never burns off. The only negative I have found to using cardboard is if the stove gets wet the cardboard will get loose and not wick very well. I think that any wicking material that does not melt will work.
Just as an experiment I made one fancy feast burner using paper towels as a wick. I've used it 5 times or so and it works fine. I snuff the flame when it is just about out so as to not burn up the paper towel.
Lots of carbon felt available on Ebay. I bought my carbon felt at Home Depot beside the copper piping. Its original purpose was to protect wood in your walls when soldering copper pipes.
The small Vienna sausage cans work as well as Fancy Feast cans and are the same diameter as the Fancy Feast cans, but are a bit taller, will hold more alcohol and will burn a bit longer.
Thank you for going the extra mile to help folks with problems/questions.
I built one with used denim, was the lower leg portion...worked great...must extinguish the flame when you smell the wick burning after the alcohol runs dry...this way you could reuse the wick for a very long time...the trick as you know is to time boil times for your recipes and measure your fuel so you won’t run the wicking too dry, and extinguish the flame so you don’t ruin the wick....it’s easily smothered......thank for your vids
I used some cotton webbing taken from an old canvas bag and it works as well as any lamp wick would.
I bought carbon felt from HomeDepot under the name "Flame protector" by Oatey for around $14.00 ... size was 9" x 12"! Thanks Hiram for the info! --- Clark
I have one that's pretty worn out. Looks like a great way to give it a new purpose!
I found "Silencer wool padding" for mopeds and motorcycles in a shop nearby. It can take 1100 degrees celsius, so it must be some ceramic material. Works well👍😊. (Biltema "Potte ull matte" )
I got carbon felt welding blanket from Amazon. Get the 1/8 inch thickness. A 12"x12"x 1/8" for just under $10.00. Should be enough for a bunch of stoves!
Hello Hiram,
You had a viewer looking for carbon felt in Vancouver. Your Canadian viewer will find it at Home Depot. It is called a Fire Preventer, is 9 x 12 inches, made by Oatey. Home Depot sells it for 16.50 cdn . It will be in the plumbing section. It is a little pricey, but it is the only source I have found so far.
Take care, and thanks for all the great videos,
Ben from Nova Scotia
Really enjoy your videos, Hiram. So helpful! I bought some carbon felt fiber from an ebay seller in CA. Cheapest I've found. Folks can do a search for "Carbon felt use as windscreen for alcohol or other kinds of camping stove 5 x 20" Only $7.00 including free shipping. Also, some other good news - lweaver99 has the mojo pot stands available again on ebay. I just ordered one.
I made a similar stove today using a small Rio Mar tuna can and a tomato paste can cut in half. I just stuffed fiberglass insulation like the kind you would insulate an exterior wall in a house with. I stuffed enough in using a bamboo skewer that the inner can is held in place. I added a few ounces of alcohol and waited a min for wicking to occur and lit it up. It works great and everything is held together as one unit. Honestly it is so simple and cheap and works so well I don't see a need to use any other stove.
I found some ceramic wool fireplace insulation on Amazon for cheap, I'm considering getting that.
Carbon felt is available at Home Depot
Look in the copper pipe soldering aisle
We use it to protect combustibles when we solder plumbing
It's also on homedepot.com
I found an 8x11" piece of carbon felt at Lowes where the solder and flux is. It has two grommets in it for hanging on joists to protect them while soldering. It was around $15. Hope this helps.
Used denim folded as many times as is necessary works well too....just blow out the flame when you smell the wick burning.....with care as not to let the denim burn, I think it would last a long time too
I have this same felt (95% wool) and though it worked, after a few uses it got more and more charred and was shrinking. I don't recommend it unless you're in a pinch.
Finding the carbon felt is much easier if you ask for "flame protector" as you showed in your other video.
Thanks. Clear precise info. Greetings from across the pond; i'll try that.
This is a very helpful hiram!!!
You should be able to find Carbon felt heat blanket material made by Oatey in the plumbing section of home supply stores like Home Depot and Lowe's (blanket with grommets about 12" wide), but other natural materials like cotton and wool have been used for centuries for wicking.
Kerosene lamp wick works just fine. I live about 1100 km NE of your questioner, and have the same issue re: finding carbon felt.
I purchased a 24" x 24" piece of carbon felt from eBay it was $12.39 with free shipping. It is listed as "Carbon Fiber Welding Blanket torch shield plumbing heat sink 6mm" it arrived in a few weeks.
You can also use fiberglass cloth, real cloth, paper towel, and other similar stuff.
You can use kerosene heater wick.
They sell the replacements everywhere.
Thanks hiram
thanks. the carbon felt is hard to get in Australia too.
Apparently carbon felt is available via ebay from China
but they don't tell us exactly what the material is made of.
Which is a worry since they still make products with Asbestos.
Best Alcohol stove ever. None better. Hiram Cook got it right. Do not waist your time on others penny can stoves.
So easy to make
The heat out put is the best.
Not finicky to light or cook. No plume time.
It may not look , it beat hands down all the inner wall stoves.
When you want heat and flame to cook, Fancy Feast is the store to have,
Cost to Make under $2. If you have the cans, under $1.
Use the yellow bottle gas treatment preservative. It is the best. Beats alcohol 97% No fumes or carbon build-up.
Lowes online sells carbon fiber 10x12 panels in the plumbing section to protect walls when sodering. That's what I use.
thanks Sin.
I cannot obtain carbon felt either. I have had success with yute twine, it took 4 metres of twine to wind all around the tin. To stop the end from moving while I wound it round the can, I put it into one of the holes in the bottom of the inner can to anchor it.
If I hadd carbon fiber I would use it in the meantime I use paper towel it works just fine.🤠
Folded over cotton denim from a old pair of jeans works well also.
I can use a fiber glass from the tape for the dry wall aplied on the edges
Hiram:
You make the best videos. I enjoy watching all of them.
Bill
Thefeltstore.com has outlets in Canada, and sells sheets of carbon felt
Thank u for the how to, I've see some of your stoves (fancy feast ) have a couple of pressure release holes n the top of the stove, my blows the bot up a little with just the one, so I should add another hole or 3 on the top ? R u using the 3 oz. cat food can ? I think I saw this on yours or someone's CYBERWELD on line is a source for the carbon felt, Tillman Welding Blanket Thermo felt 615 . Enjoy your video , give Max a scratch behind the ear me.
Mercury in the form of a nitrate (mercuric nitrate) used to be used in (wool) felt production. I have heard it is still used in China although I can't say I actually know what they use.
im a sideshow performer fire eating breathing fleshing... we use kevlar for our torches have you tried that?
You can get carbon felt from Ebay also. I just ordered some.
Have you ever used paint thinner as fuel? It is available at Walmart and fairly cheap.
great little stove
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I don't know if the Home Hardware chain has stores in Western Canada, but they sell carbon felt in their Ontario stores.
Rock wool cubes work? Available at any garden center. I've tried to burn them and they don't burn. They do pull water up from the bottom of plant trays and stay saturated. Seems it'd be easy to split some off by hand to fill that gap. Cost $12 for a flat of 50 cubes.
If the stuff it too thin, like a paper towel, put a few together, or fold it until you get the right thickness; about 5mm for the cat can stove.
nice test thanks for making the video. On eBay i am using 75mm wide fibreglass tape, folded in half along the length with the fold up, is perfect height for the wick, its cheap and seems to work very well, you can buy just a meter or a whole roll :)
i use this sight and use ceramic door rope great to rap around the can and good as a normal wicks to just pick your pack size and the adhesive is brill i stick small lengths on penny stove to prime and after you can pick up hot stove the rope is cool to touch this is the best material for stoves try it
web link www.glowing-embers.co.uk/stove-accessories-stove-fire-rope-and-adhesive-c-160_193?gclid=CKSEmLa8oNQCFSIL0wodhRwBEQ
Pro tip: cut your carbon felt too big in all dimensions, soak it with fuel and then light it. After it burns, it will be smaller. Then trim it to fit where you need it. The shrinkage wont be near as bad.
Burn it by itself, not assembled into a stove.
that is great.can't wait to make one.
How about cotton balls? You could stuff them into the gap between the cans.
for the moment moment what is the best stove you know? industrial and diy
Try dryer lint, push down with screwdriver no cost for lint.
The wool could be soaked in sodium silicate. The clear part of the "engine crack sealant" is sodium silicate. I bet it would extend the life of any of the wicks.
Excellent informative video.
Have a good Thanksgiving Mr. Hiram atb stay safe and warm!
Mark in Texas
Good review. I like the deep pockets. I have a pair of outdoor pants that I really like except every time I sit down I loose the contents of my pockets. How do they run size wise. Some pants I have to order a size up. Thanks for the review...
Hi, thank you.
I ve a request...can you make video on an eater?
I got my carbon felt in the plumbing section.
Can you cut the wool felt to below the rim of the Fancy Feast can? See if that would cause the wool to burn. My theory is that the can will keep the wool cool as the alcohol runs out.
Just found this video.
Question....will a green scrubby pad work in there as well ???
great video and comments very helpful
Ok, now I'm sold with this type of stove!
If you have the time, I am curious how much of a difference is there in cooking time if the felt is below the rim or above the rim of the outer can? If it's above, I think the increased area would allow more oxygen and thus a hotter flame and if below then the restricted oxygen would produce a cooler longer lasting flame. What do you think?
Cool video! Just found your channel, I am going to build one of these. Subscribed to your channel! Thanks for the video!
Upholsterer`s cotton webbing works well for me. Right size and right price, i.e. pennies.
How long would ceramic papar wick of 2 turns of 3 mm thick last?.
The Fancee Feast stove made by Zelph uses fiberglass cloth. You can find this at any Walmart or automotive store in Canada. This material will not burn up. Make a couple wraps around the tomato paste can and your good to go.
www.amazon.com/3M-499-Fiberglass-Cloth/dp/B000BQSKQY
Always use the BACK of your hand to test something, to see if it's hot. If you burn the back of your finger, tyo can still keep working. I learned that from an old blacksmith.
I use terry cloth cotton old towel. I also tried a cotton sock. Why buy when you can use free. old cotton pieces.....
A couple of things to consider is the Fancee Feest stove from Zelph is close to the cost of a 12x12 square of welding blanket carbon felt. As a bonus the Zelph inner can is a bit wider than the tomato paste can. It fun to DIY but if the goal is to get the best stove then Zelph's wins.
+Bobby Harper Another benefit of Zelph's stove is that the inner can in stainless steel, so it will last a lot longer. I just wish Zelph made the inner can a little bit taller so it would burn a bit hotter and speed up boil times.
For the cost of a Zelph stove you can make 10 Fancy Feest stoves. I've already given away a few. And since it's DIY, the dimensions are really up to you. As far as the Zelph stove lasting longer, I can always find more tomato cans:)
Now if you watch his video on the Zelph stove, it performs poorly against the DIY stove. No thank you.
after what time does this felt burn out? [Po jakim czasie ten filc się wypali ?]
I'm curious, did you detect any burning hair smell from the wool?
fiberglass rope gasket for wood stoves works great and is cheaper as well....big box home improvement places.
This is helpful for me on the east coast of Canada as carbon felt (welder's blanket) is all but impossible to find. I do have a question about the Fancy Feast stove. What impact, if any does the stand-off distance between the wick and the bottom of the pot have on efficiency?
+Mark Young (Shunpyke) Typically a shorter stand-off distance will result in better fuel efficiency. The stove will take longer to boil, but it will also run longer on the same amount of fuel.
+Mark Young (Shunpyke) Hey Mark, they sell the carbon felt at Home Depot. I'm in south-east NB, and saw it at the store in Moncton.
link: www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.flame-protector---9-inch-x-12-inch.1000420496.html
+Chad “Outdoor Dreamer” Wilson . Thank you... didn't see it when I last looked. Will be picking it up today
all the heat blankets I've seen around here in ohio are fiberglass, and personally I don't trust this box enough to order stuff on it! plus carbon felt is expensive if your only making one or two stoves you don't need that much, what I've found works half way decent is to use fiberglass with steel wool on the top you don't have as much meltin!!!
Do you think char cloth home made, could be used. It is a type of carbon fibre, a few thicknesses of that might work.
I'm sure it would work, however it's on the fragile side so might be difficult to work with.
Yes like you said mine melted because i let it burn till runout
Rock wool (aka, Roxul) would work. Completely fireproof.
Yes it does. Works great as a wall filler for pressure wall stoves too.
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have you tried steel wool?
Hiram...do you tomato cans have the plastic lining in them. If so, do you burn it out prior to initial use?
plumbers/welders mats?
Just curious.. Could I cut up a pair of old wool socks to use? They are thicker than the wool felt and I assume I could pack it down a little if needed.. Hopefully this is not a silly question *smiles*
Only use the right sock.
Or you can go wrong.
@@usernamemykel Then you will have one sock left
@@Dude-Smellmyhelmet
Yes, the one that is "left". ; )
Let's answer all these ??? What did Trangia use for their ORIGINAL burners? These were issued items to the Swedish military and the standard for 50 + years.TYVMYHAGDN.
I wonder if you could use a 7/8" flat wick for oil lamps?
should have watched video first.🤐
Can you use cotton balls?
On Ebay I searched for Natural 100% 1/4" thick wool felt and found "Off White 100% Wool Felt 6" wide x 24" long x 1/4" Thick Hard F-1 From Duro-Felt." Says its used for Wicking, Gaskets, Seals, Washers and O-rings. Not sure how something can be used as a seal and a wicking system. Its not cheap. $18.95 including shipping.Something else that might work is wool skeins that are tamped down into the gap.
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Great video Hiram, does the wool felt stink when it starts to char? For some reason I imagine it smelling like burning hair.
This stove is such a simple design and once you understand how it works then it's easy to think of different things you could use in a pinch. I imagine even paper towel or toilet paper could be used in an emergency though it probably wouldn't last for many burns. If you needed a stove to get boil water or heat chili for a couple of days of a power outage it would probably get you by.
I wouldn't be surprised if sand would work if you loosely filled the outer can before carefully putting the inner one.
Am I thinking about a different stove or did you first make one of these using fiberglass muffle wrap you bought from a auto parts store?
Another thing I can't remember right now is if you ever tested cheap 70 or 91% rubbing alcohol in this stove?
Don't use the pink insulation, the yellow doesn't melt.
find an old electric clothes dryer and take the drum out of it and youll see three inches by 6 feet of free fireproof wool, its used to seal the drum from the door on the dryer. :) check local appliance store
Where can i source carbon source
thanks help out so much
Have you ever tried aluminum foil wound around in layers as a wick? It might be an easy to obtain, long lasting, solution. Thanks for your videos!
Will work like the "grooves" in LittleBitWork, Tetkobas... capillarity stoves.
I tried wool felt and it melted when i let my stove go till burnout… so i will only use carbon felt
PROBLEM: I believe it is the black carbon felt that is causing a black smokey layer on my cooking container/pot. Is there a source/type of carbon felt that will NOT create this smokey layer?
It's probably the fuel not the felt.
Search ebay for "Firber glass Cloth tape". I got some very cheap , workes ok.
I have a question, not can related. Did you produce your own sound track too?? How is that going unmentioned!! haha good job
I just bought carbon felt on EBay, cheap.
what about steel wool?
Look up "Miles Stair wicks" on google. He's THE source for all sorts of lamp & heater & stove wicks...