@oxxnarrdflame8865 yeah, that's going to happen.

Thanks, c.g.curtis! If you're going to make one, be sure to check out the update video.

Thanks, jeffrey!

Thanks, Jack! I'm glad you found it easy to follow.

Lol.

Thanks! I did the 1/4" hole first just to locate where to cut the slider at the miter saw. I wanted the cut right in the center of the hole. The 3/8" hole was the final size.

I don't have any special lifting mechanism. I just lift it up. It helps to have the jig clamped down to the saw horses.

It could very well have been because of the cheap carbon felt from Harbor Freight.

Thanks!

Hey corbenj, thanks for the feedback! I think I've seen those same billion videos.

Thanks for letting me know, Jason! Glad I could be of help.

Thank you.

I agree with you, Terry. I do have the follow-up video to this one, but I didn't test boil times or cold temp use. I think those deserve another video and more experiments. Thanks for the ideas!

You're welcome!

I don't recall the comment you're referring to but this is the only type of stove I use. I may have been saying that I don't use carbon felt anymore. I don't do fancy feast stoves because they don't appeal to my aesthetic sense and I don't have a cat.

Hey Jedi, I would put carbon felt around the inside perimeter of the stove before I assembled the pieces together. To be clear, I don't use it myself anymore. I don't think there is enough benefit to be had that outweighs the additional difficulty of using it. I did see your comment on the other video. I haven't experimented with carbon felt for a few years now. You have good questions. It sounds like you may want to pick up where I left off. Thanks!

@@timcanthejigman7932 Ok, what do you suggest is a better stove. What are you using now and a link please!

It depends on which size can you want to use. I have videos on my channel where I make stoves from juice cans, mini cans, 12 oz cans and Fosters beer cans. They're all the same style, which is the only one I now make for my own use.

Be sure to watch the video I made right after this one.

Awesome! Glad to hear it.

Hm, it's been five years and I'm trying to remember the sequence. Pay close attention to how it comes out. It was tricky to get it back.

@@timcanthejigman7932 i understand. I was so focused on getting them apart I just overlooked it. Dang!

Thanks, Andy! I used 1x2 poplar.

Thanks, Kevin!

For more air.

All the dimensions are given in the video.

I was wondering the same thing. I rewatched the video twice to get this information, so allow me to help, based on the input from the craftsman that made it, I will paraphrase: about 24” by 30”; miter saw set to 30*; miter saw set to 15*; 29” legs. I tried 3 times to locate any diagram or cut list that was on some empty bag or a dirty napkin but assumed the video cut off before that. Of course I am being sarcastic but I always figured if you have a skill, and Tim certainly does, you should be willing to share the knowledge and help someone out. In this case, and I understand this a flexible size build, at least with the cut dimensions, stock sizes of the table and the leg jig. Sorry to put it out there, I never do, but in this case Tim’s answer did not answer the depth of the question asked by someone clearly interested. His other videos that have watched offer clear explanations with dimensions and measurements, this one, not so much. Must have been an off day.

You are under some misapprehension about how this style of alcohol stove works.

Hm, I don't find them to be incorrect. What are you seeing?

@@timcanthejigman7932 The trim pieces and maybe one other thing. Swapped around letters for both cut chart and assembly diagram.

@@timcanthejigman7932 Found my notes. First letter is what they had. Second letter after space is my correction. Plywood F L Top AA Sides B Divider DD Top/Bottom HH II Doors Hardboard E Back CCCC Skin Slats KKKKKK FFFFFF Tray Bottoms Hardwood MMMMMMMMMMMM GGGGGGGGGGGG Tray Front/Back LLLLLLLLLLLL HHHHHHHHHHHH Tray Sides GI K Thin. J J Not as thin

Hi kadurim. The central flame is very inefficient and uncontrolled. Thanks!

Thank you for the clarification. Unfortuantely I can't get the peripheral flames to start. Maybe the problem is with the inner sleeve. Will try to build another stove.

By thhe way, why is the inner sleeve necessary?

Thank you very much for tyhe great presenatation and subsequent clarification. Hope to build a working stove.

Hey man, you're welcome. The inner sleeve provides a chamber where the alcohol heats up, turns to gas and mixes with oxygen when it's forced out the combustion holes as flames. It should be a pretty bullet proof design if done the way I show.

My pleasure.

Hey cocacolafiesta, I make them to take backpacking but I have used them at home when we've lost power. I'm glad you found it useful!

Sorry John, no.

You're welcome! I hope you can make use of it.

Thanks!

Lol

I was scrolling through my feed several years ago and one of those videos popped up. I thought, "Hm, that would be useful to take backpacking." I never was happy with the rough result and figured I could make a bettter one with some jigs in my shop. I thought that if I was going to make one, I was going to make the best one I could make. A lot of trial and error later, here we are. Thanks for the comments!

Of course.

My thoughts exactly. If their efficiency is equivalent fuel/time (and I imagine they are or close as) then which is 'best' depends on the requirement. If one is just boiling water then speed is an advantage, if you are cooking then likely the slower stove will give more control. The general advantage of carbon is as a wicking material to avoid spillages. With a sealed container keeping unused fuel for later, within the material too, again avoiding spillages.

Thanks, Jahmahrah! I've always lit this one from the top front and it seemed to draw just great and light right up. I appreciate the tip!

Simple is always better.