How To Make A Stainless Hobo Stove Out Of A 3qt Pot

[@KetansaCreatesArt]

You made the hole making in SS look so easy 🙂 . Great item made.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I'm glad you brought that up. Stainless is difficult to drill because it's so hard. I have many years of experience drilling every thickness of SS possible. So many people have said that I should have been drilling slowly with a lube. I didn't bother to correct them. Drilling such thin SS benefits very little from low RPMs and lube. The thick stuff? you have to go slow and use a lube/coolant like Rapid Tap.

[@johnlynch7834]

I'm surprised you didn't have big burrs on the drilled holes

[@calvinmientke3539]

Three legs are always level.

[@Blackopsmechanic338]

Honey, have you seen my sauce pan your mother gave me for our wedding, I can’t find it?? 😂😂😂😂. Peace

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! I'll be cooking on it instead of in it.

[@hdrider2071]

And thats how you become a hobo 😆

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL!

[@richardpolley3945]

Hahahahahahahahahahahoh yeh!

[@JeffTucker-j1p]

LOL!

[@markpospichal571]

Good idea and quality craftsmanship as always. Kind of ironic that after all these years, the pot has become the stove!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I was going to play off that and make 2 videos about the build. 1st video to introduce you to the pot, the fabrication ideas I had, and the one last meal (cheese grits) cooked in it before it became a stove in the next video.

[@explorers1979]

I built my fire table after you made the tutorial on how to do it a few years back. Now I have another project to create... Thanks Fire Ninja! Have a great weekend.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks friend!

[@commonconservative7551]

easier fabricated from something with holes in it already

[@martialmason4112]

When your creative juices start flowing everybody benefits. Good set up. Thanks for the time you put into planning this.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

This one was fun and satisfying.

[@capman911]

I have almost a whole set of Stainless Steel Salad Master pots, pans, and accessories that my mother passed down. The pots and pans were bought for her by my dad before I was born and I am 68 now. I cherish the pots as they cook food as advertised. Three pots stacked on top of each other just cooking away. They beat the aluminum pots any day. Great video on a hobo stove. I also have a Rever pot or two around the kitchen.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

The thrift stores around here ALWAYS have Revere Ware cookware for just $3-4.

[@ForrestGreen-bi9nj]

That sentiment is what I intended when I commented “what a waste. ” The Revere Ware pot and lid I got when I moved out on my own was the nest non cast iton container in my kitchen for years. After purchasing 2 different sets of cookware, it still out performs any of it and is my favorite rice pot. Id never tear up quality stainless, hell I may give it to one of my kids if I can ever get them to move out!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I've been wanting to build a stainless steel hobo stove for years and have only recently been looking at pots from the Goodwill Store. This $3 Revere Ware pot was the deepest one I could find, 4 1/2". I think I can make it of the same design as my other Hobo Stoves. It will have a place to catch ashes, a perforated elevated floor, and side ventilation. Come see how it turned out, follow the LINKs below, and SUBSCRIBE. Thank You! Hobo Stove Builds Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3lZeJRY3SSyPsZBTEWCnHbp Hobo Stove Cooking, Alcohol Stove Cooking, Cooking, Food Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3m6pcNLxjjYHd1cCOqbctwJ

[@nz-nz]

Yes! It’s always my concern how long a stove would last for after putting in so much work.

[@ramblinonandon]

I've been looking at steaming pans. They already have the holes in the base and are usually of a lighter guage. The pan they sit on could be cut down as an ash catcher. Love the channel..........but............my OCD would kick in with you not having your vent holes line up vertically, and would really bug me as l sat by the fire. 🥴🥺😵

[@rickgoggins6517]

Really good idea David! I have a ton of old stainless pots. Great use of resources. I can even just leave it at my camp site and not have to worry about it corroding before I come back. The other great thing is, it won't be getting soot all over my backpack. I have been considering it for a while but your idea looks better than mine. Thank you sir!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I like dedicated pots and pans for the same reason. So I'll never have to scrub off all the soot every time.

[@millw1]

What a brilliant idea. I am going to make one. I have been practicing your teachings and lighting fires just to try different ways of doing it, and this Hobo Stove not only gives you a controlled place to have a fire, but it can be used for cooking too! Thanks Dave for all you do!

[@OutdoorLifeWithDavid]

He made a perfect stanless steel stove for camping and traveling and a lot of people would like to have one

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I agree! I'd love to see a fab shop use some 6" sch 10 stainless steel pipe and knock some out. They'd be well worth $200.

[@maehay4065]

What a great idea using stainless steel pot for your Hobo stove. It looks so professionally made!✅👍

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks MAE!

[@alexanderlapp5048]

Only if it wasn't his wife's favorite sauce pan, then it would be a terrible idea. 😆, I have found similar pans at Thrift stores for cheap, so this could be an inexpensive project to make a good little camp stove.

[@CrackerFL]

Now I know what to do with my old stainless steel lids! As always, You are awesome!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks again!

[@galenmullenax4039]

Thanks again Dave!! Awesome stove will last a long time! Love your precision on your builds!! Also please wear safety glasses when we drill !! Bless you Sir !!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

No, sorry.

[@joesinakandid528]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl I agree. Now if there were specific danger then evaluate, reconsider and change if it seems appropriate. Just remember "Safety Third!" because if Safety were first then no work, with even the slightest risk, would ever be started. - Joe -

[@Bob-gn8ph]

I was thinking the same thing.. I'm an old man and I live like a hermit in the mountains in the middle of nowhere 🏕it is 24 Mi of dirt road just to get to the highway and then another 80 mi to the nearest hospital.. last winter I got something in my right eye and was in misery for 2 days.. I finally got it out by keeping my eye submerged in a pot of water while blinking😢😊...John 3,16 ❤

[@nelliehamblin6339]

Love it when a plan comes together. Great invention.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

It took a lot to make it happen; so, that's what I was thinking too.

[@127cmore]

What a fantastic idea 💡 👏. My wife will be wondering where one of her pans has gone ?🤣

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You made her a one of a kind spaghetti strainer. Yeah yeah that's it!

[@127cmore]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Lovely idea 💡 😊 ❤️

[@johncaster8037]

Great demo & innovative design. Thank you for sharing David!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks John.

[@Sheila0000]

Wow that's a really nice hobo stove it looks better than the bought one

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you Sheila!

[@HLSimon]

Dave, A pleasure watching you work smart even in New York City! If "things" get bad, I may just go to a second hand store find an old farberware 3 quart pot and follow your lead.Then take to the road with my beautiful hobo stove and perhaps 2 pairs of clean socks! Again a pleasure watching a practical man work smart. Wishes for the Safe travels of you and yours too! Harv from NYC. (Your neighbor up North)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You're still not far from great forests, lakes, rivers, and camping. I was raised in Conn and have family in your upstate.

[@harveylsimon6208]

That's right! Some places in the Adirondacks so beautiful they made me cry at first sight. My place, back when, in Chenango County a pretty place too.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I remember it well.

[@mikkiv9698]

I love the new stove!! Thank you for sharing your ideas, I get a lot of inspiration from your channel. ;)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Mikki!

[@ronaldrose7593]

Great video my friend, thank you for sharing it. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 😊

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Likewise, friend.

[@robertking6865]

Don't throw those old pots away!! Make a stove !!.......I enjoy your channel and am a brother in faith! May the LORD continue to bless and keep you and yours.....

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

God bless you brother Robert!

[@shastaham7630]

You are the only other person I know who uses the masking tape and tape measure to evenly space the holes. OCD? I think not. Just good planning. Great video. Thanks.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

That has to be the most precision made and classiest hobo stove in Hobodom.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I think so... Thank you!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl In order to top yourself, the next one will need to be CNC made.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL!

[@kandi8640]

I like that you are precise and that you use practical solutions to make the job easier.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks friend.

[@GeorgiaDogScrapper]

Just came across your video and that was so awesome. I have an old stainless steel pot that I can do this to for sure. I am going to look back at all your videos and see what other great ideas that you have done. Stay safe and keep up the hacks.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Please check out the playlists to help navigate the 1000 videos.

[@janet1744]

The outcome better be worth the time I spent watching this.

[@starlingblack814]

Thanks David for the video; a great use for an old pot!

[@stevemacdaddy9909]

Great idea and executed nicely. That will make a hobo happy. You should donate your creations to people living under bridges or homeless camps

[@Mr40tt]

Well that was a lot of fun! And the comments discussion made good sense! So now I will be visiting the 2nd had store to buy me a stove (POT).

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I looked for a month. I sort of wanted dimensions like the can hobo stove a 6" diameter, with about a 5" or 6" deep burn chamber. If anything came close it was aluminum, or Teflon coated, or the bottom corners were too rounded. When I found this pot, I realized that I was just going to have to make a 7" diameter and only 4 1/2" deep pot work. When I realized that I didn't have to use up any of the burn chamber depth for the elevated floor or the ashes pan underneath, I knew that this was probably going to work.

[@Mr40tt]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Thank You! Life is good.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks to Jesus!

[@joesinakandid528]

David - something for the future (maybe): 3 legs never wobble but are less stable. Stove bolts with the heads down are wonderfully rounded feet without a side grinder needed. - Joe -

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I'll never use 3 legs on this top heavy stove.

[@bronzegod8037]

Love my Revere wear pots and pans. I am crying watching you cut/drill on this one.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You can buy all you want at the Goodwill store every day of the week.

[@billfaubion6295]

I've been waiting for years to see you make a stove with a handle & now you say you're going to remove it. well I guess I'll just accept you the way you are --- keep up the good work!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yes, definitely, but I hope everyone will modify the stove to fit their needs.

[@MichaelR58]

David , very cool build , good looking stove , thanks for sharing ,God bless !

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks friend!

[@4x4pirates]

I'm going to do the same. It's a great idea. I will also make the pot lid knob into a removable one that i can unscrew to empty ashes

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Let me know how it turns out.

[@ancientsouloutdoors4088]

Another good video my friend! I really like the idea of using the pot, especially since it provides you another Ash catch as well as a handle which is Handy for moving it while it's burning. Very creative!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

The handle is coming off. It's in the way and I don't like the look. Also I'll be drilling a few more holes in the bottom.

[@TerryC69]

David, you are the Willy Wonka of fire making and you are sharing all your secrets with us. Thank You!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you!

[@topafkar]

Nice video. Good sharing 👍

[@lamh5265]

I had to look at the old sytem. Looks good.

[@justusupnorth8262]

Great build,I recently helped my Grandson build one like your original from a no.10 can. He really enjoyed the project and cooked a can of soup. Good times.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I like that style better than this pot stove. TY!

[@peterquintana3477]

Great tutorial for survival living /up cycling.

[@johnconservative469]

I'm surprised you didn't wear safety glasses while drilling he holes!

[@GretaWargh]

Great idea and great executed! 👍

[@cjinbama]

David, you never cease to amaze me on your knowledge. Love your videos.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I like working with my hands.

[@arvinheleraentertainment4601]

Very nice hack! This is really good to recycle unused equipment in our house.

[@airborneinfantrynstuff489]

Simple and effective, I like it. Looks like me and the boys have a upcoming project👍🏻🇺🇸

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Drilling the stainless by handheld drill a bit troublesome. Let me know how it turns out.

[@airborneinfantrynstuff489]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl…Will do brother, take care👍🏻🇺🇸

[@jasonjohnson6344]

I found an old, blue ceramic coated spaghetti draining pot. At least I think they’re ceramic. The old speckled white dots on blue. It’s a lot bigger than what you are using here and I bought it after seeing all you guys making hobo stoves and those IKEA stoves. I’ve made them now but wanted a bigger one for a small fire box sorta stove. I need to get on with it. It’s nice that it’s already perforated with a zillion holes. I can use some for my pilot holes for the bigger holes. I want to make a feed door in the side of it maybe but haven’t gotten around to the finished plans yet. I ended up finding one in SS too but I know how hard it is to drill. I’ll do a trial build on the speckled one and see how it goes. Yours is pretty nice. 👏👍 I just remembered, I think these old pots are enameled maybe. 🤷‍♂️

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I wonder what that blue ceramic is going to do to a drill bit?

[@jasonjohnson6344]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl yep, I’m expecting it may chip around any holes I’m counting on it to be easier than my learning experience with drilling SS with home tools. 😆

[@Zaggrippas]

Great! Exactly what I was thinking of 😃👍🏻 Greetings from Sweden 👋

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Greetings friend!

[@mlangfordoutdoor]

David that is a neat idea well done sir

[@johndalessandro6433]

Dont know how i missed this, but o like it!

[@teamfrenkenstein4143]

Amazing thank you so much for sharing, I’m going to build one for when I go camping 👏👏👏👏

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You’re going to love it.

[@bsfisher]

AWESOME LIL STOVE GREAT JOB

[@johnbush2798]

Great job...gonna go to a thrift shop and find a pot to make one of these!!! Very innovative.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I looked for a month. I sort of wanted dimensions like the can hobo stove a 6" diameter, with about a 5" or 6" deep burn chamber. If anything came close it was aluminum, or Teflon coated, or the bottom corners were too rounded. When I found this pot, I realized that I was just going to have to make a 7" diameter and only 4 1/2" deep pot work. When I realized that I didn't have to use up any of the burn chamber depth for the elevated floor or the ashes pan underneath, I knew that this was probably going to work.

[@johnbush2798]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl David, you did a superb job in converting the stainless Revereware pot into a hobo stove. You have a very methodical method of getting things just perfect when you construct your stoves, striker tools, bow drills, sets of fire roll boards, or whatever. It's fun and informative watching you work. I am a life-long Cub and Boy Scout Adult Leader and I wish your channel had been around years ago so I could have introduced my many young scouts (who are now in their 30s and 40s with kids of own of scout age) to your amazing "lifes" skills. One of my favorite variations on a "Hobo Stove" was to simply use a store bought charcoal chimney from Walmart or Home Depot. I have cooked many campout meals on charcoal chimneys using a 10" round BBQ grill grate or a small Dutch Oven on top of the chimney. Bacon and eggs cook great using a chimney and the inverted (slightly concaved) top of a well seasoned D.O. lid laid on top of the chimney as the heat source. I now share your videos with my 4 grown kids and my 9 grandkids. Super fun outdoor skills! I have used and taught kids how to alternately start fires with flint & steel, ferrell rods, friction drills, steel wood and 9 volt batteries, and magnifying glasses...all using "dryer lint" as a great spark catcher in their tender bundles...but I never knew about cottonball and ash friction fire rolls, shining a soda can bottom as a sun reflector or some of your other fire starting methods. Just goes to show that old dogs CAN learn new tricks. Thank you for sharing your unique skills my friend. May God bless.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you! A lot of people have recommended the charcoal chimney.

[@davidboyce4663]

I love the video, David, but we are still using our Revereware! Not sure the Mrs. would approve. LOL.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! TY!

[@candaceaustin4258]

My Mom's Revereware was awesome.

[@jasondundom1390]

Should turn the handle towards the wind so it will be less likely to melt off..

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

OHHHHH! That scene got edited out. At the end of the video when I walked off, I was standing at a distance looking back at the stove and saw the flames licking the handle. I went back in front of the camera and said, Here's a mistake. These side vent holes should be close to the handle not opposing it. Every time I turn those side vent holes towards the wind the flames are going to engulf the handle. The handle is coming off anyways. It's in the way and I don't like the look. I'll also be drilling a few more holes in the bottom.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

@fuk' Biden Good idea!!! Make it to sit on the lip where the lid sat. The stove is not a fire hazard though. I encourage people to customize my projects to fit their needs.

[@rzambory2938]

Good idea 👍

[@samwilliams1142]

Hobo stoves don't usually have handles.

[@johnnivek9653]

@@samwilliams1142 that's one thing I wouldn't take off a paint can stove. Those style of handles are a really useful attachment point for your backpack.

[@shelby6066]

That is the best hobo stove!! I am motivated to make one!❤

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You can do it!

[@chiphill4856]

Nice layout skills!

[@savage22bolt32]

Recently picked up some nice stainless cookware at Goodwill when I was dropping off my Carhartt jacket & shirts.

[@johnthomas-vy3th]

Primitive fire lighting techniques at their best, Dave sneakily yet cute using a gas lighter to start this fire off lol, 1 of your best videos yet sir, please keep up the good work 👍

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! I use all of my EDCs.

[@SACTURNER]

Wow that was awesome reusing what you have, love it!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks friend!

[@jeffersonthomason-ry5di]

That is a great idea . I am gonna try that .

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Please do!

[@sleazy1drache]

Cool upgrade!

[@chrisfleming6713]

Thanks mate it's going to be part of my camping stuff🇦🇺😏👍

[@clintonroushff7068]

Good project Take care David

[@scottandersen420]

Looks like I’m headed to goodwill to find a pot!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I've founds lots of Revereware over the years there , yard sales, and flea markets.

[@irfanashraf1238]

Perfectionist Hobo

[@klaelrivera7950]

Very nice idea.

[@donnanichols6838]

Very cool!!! Good way to upcycle pots into something useful.!!! Thanks for the inspiration 🍃🤗🍃

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Donna!

[@moles100e]

Great little stove Dave

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

It's the hottest burning stove I've ever made. Too fast burning for dry wood, but amazing at the way it can make wet/dampish wood burn.

[@shawnkiesel5349]

I really enjoyed watching you make that stove I'm going to make one this weekend.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Let me know how it goes. From the comments I've received, I'm going to look for, at the Flea Market tomorrow, a wire grill top that I can modify and set down on the ledge where the lid went. I may for the first time with one of my stoves try some charcoal bbq cooking in it.

[@claudinebernadettejimdar1681]

So impressive!

[@BBQDad463]

Thank you for this video. It would appear that you have made a great stove!

[@hangswithraccoons]

Pretty cool man. I just found your channel! I've made the old school. Can style before a bunch of times! I love hobo stoves! I subscribed! ✌️

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Ty. See my hobo stove builds playlist.

[@dagrimes1965]

I’m a new subscriber,glad I found your channel

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Welcome aboard!

[@amyannalyst9732]

Guaranteed for life, I’ve replace one, they are awesome pans really

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I didn't know that. I found this... Corelle Brands LLC will replace, or exchange for product of equal value (at Corelle Brands's option) any REVERE stainless steel cookware/roaster item which is defective in material or workmanship for 25 years from date of purchase when used under normal household conditions.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I kept looking around and found that Corelle no longer honors Revere Ware's warrantees. See this page... www.reverewareparts.com/no-more-revere-ware-warranty-replacement/

[@CatchLastCast]

Great video. Checking now to see how you store & shred your kindling and fat wood. I love to cook outdoors on wood!!!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Garage

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Looks very good 😊Thanks and take care 😊

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you 😊

[@TinekaJasonPalmer]

3 legs are often more stable than 4 on potential uneven ground. Good work

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Not for top heavy applications.

[@chipsiperlisiperli3794]

Great "Adventure", Thank You for this

[@tuktuk_adventures]

Nice.this is beautiful

[@PaleoGreenByrd]

Very inventive. Nice video

[@PhilipWright-pw3192]

wonderful idea

[@LesMoore]

My pots like that had a layer of aluminum between the copper and stainless steel. My wife would leave the pots on the electric burner until all the aluminum flowed out on the stove. Good Luck with that. :)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! No aluminum.

[@huaxingtong9180]

Great job man, cheers

[@cjinbama]

very level and solid

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yes, really really strong and solid. It's going to last.

[@Gumby1978]

Great job

[@thankmelater1254]

Mr West! Please consider putting all your videos on other platforms such as Rumble. No way to lose, especially as there are almost no such subject channels on those sites and people who move there often pick up more quickly than starting up now on Ytube as unknowns. I've decided I can no longer support KZbin, and I hate the thought of losing my interests and lessons. It's hard to do, but I have to. Thank you so much for what you do and why you do it.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I've considered it, but just starting an account with them was aggravating and full of glitches. I don't think they have it together yet.

[@barrydeacon3551]

New to your channel 👍Nice project and build. Can’t neat SS pot!!!! Should last a long time😉 B Deacon Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

[@ThomasGrillo]

If you had a larger diameter pot to go around the outside, and only put holes along the top of the inner pot, you'd have had a wood-gas stove. But, still, this is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I didn’t like the gasified I built 10 years ago. I had to keep adding small amounts of fuel to keep it gasifying. If I let it burn too low, it would stop gasifying and take for ever to get it started back again.

[@ThomasGrillo]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Ah, so that's the drawback to wood-gas stoves. OK.

[@phornthip1991]

I bought a foldable stainless steel stove for 20€ new. I tested it several times, with good results. Now it standing for about 9 month outside to test it. An still looking good.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Cool!

[@duwomaiishgabrielle9498]

What a great idea!

[@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd]

❤ IT! Thank You! Great tutorial!

[@christopherhall406]

Great video brother

[@tradmanmike3360]

Great video! New sub. from the 641... Always thumbs up!!!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks for the sub!

[@MrTim3990]

Nice! Need to make me one. One suggestion. (3) legs would make stable on uneven ground.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Top heavy.

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Nice build

[@peterappleton5213]

Outstanding work,David, thanks.

[@bobball3645]

Great idear! Mama is not going to be very happy you puttin all them holes in her good pot! Ha ha.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

lol!

[@docgalt2801]

Excellent prepping alternative. Thanks for sharing Sir! Liked and subscribed!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Dave!

[@alicarroll8236]

What a awesome video I was just thinking about doing the same thing. thank you for sharing stay safe and God Bless