Make Your Own Ammo Can Stove

A duplicate of a previous video but with 3 1/2 minutes of the initial safety warnings stripped out.
And a tarp teepee to use it in: • How to Make a Hot Tent...

[@richardherrington2852]

Your video on building this stove is the very best I have seen anywhere. I will not only build the stove exactly as you did but I will also build an ammo can barbecue grill to carry inside my truck camper and when I go canoe camping. U.S. Army, Ret. TX

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Thanks Richard! You might want to check out the Testing the Ammo Can Stove at 20 Degrees video if you haven't already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnOwpINpZ619bJI I made a couple of changes to the stove, using aluminum angle for the legs and adding steel angle along the inside to stop the sides from warping. Thanks for commenting, I like the idea of the ammo can bbq!

[@richardherrington2852]

@@timcanthejigman7932 Thanks. I will check out that video and see what changes you made. An ammo can barbecue grill l will be perfect for me because it will easily store inside my truck/camper or I can take it in the canoe when canoe/tent camping. Since I go camping by myself, I just don't need a larger barbecue grill.

[@AMC-eq3jr]

Been trying to get motivated for the past several years for this project watching other Tubers, and nothing pushed my enthusiasm but you took me by the hands, stood besides me, explained the pertinent details, and the tools needed, not just a MIG welder. I will definitely get started in the near future. Thanks you for sharing.

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Thanks again, Cape Fear. I'm glad to hear that you're motivated to start your own. I was in the same boat for a couple of years. I wanted to make one, but I wasn't satisfied with what I was seeing onKZbin. I knew I could do better and wanted to share with others. Let me know how it turns out.

[@agnosjr]

That is so awesome! That awesomeness don’t even begin to cover it. What a great idea! Thank you for sharing it, your workmanship is of the charts. Best regards.

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Thank you, A Jr! I'll be looking for you to make one on your channel!

[@agnosjr]

I wish to see that too. I don't think the proxxon would be able to drill that. LOL. Thank you for sharing you make it look easy and I know it took years of experience to do that.

[@MorTTime]

well made video, clear and great quality

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Thank you, MorTTime!

[@truthteller1951]

Should have built a jig to hold the jig.

[@ricksorber8343]

That’s pretty nice. Do you get much ash buildup? Can you scrape it out while it’s burning or do you dump it after it goes out?

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Hi Rick, I wait until it's cooled down and then turn it upside down to dump it. The amount of ash is going to depend on what you're burning.

[@azclaimjumper]

What is the stove's temperature output? How many times did you have to wake up to add wood to keep the stove putting out heat all night?

[@timcanthejigman7932]

The stove can get up to 700ish degrees but I like to keep it around 400-450 for cooking. With the damper and vents choked down it can last a few hours if you use good hardwood chunks. I like osage orange.

[@strugu4534]

Why did you remove the inner lid? 2 piece construction will avoid top lid from warping.

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I did it that way for several reasons. The formed shape of the inner lid would have interfered with fitting the start collar (for the flue) to the lid. I knew I wanted the stove baffle bolted to the lid rather than to the can and it would have interfered with that and it gave me the material to make that baffle. The top lid warping isn't an issue. Even heating mine to cherry red, the latch still pulls it down and seals tightly. I've heard suggestions to weld steel plate to the bottom and to the top but at some point you have to ask yourself, "Why bother with the ammo can at all? I'll just weld steel plates together." I don't foresee any more changes to what I showed in the test video. Bolting the steel angle to the sides fixed the only problem with warping and had the side benefit of closing off the gap around the edges of the baffle. Good question, Strugu!

[@QF2653]

Those legs being straight down make it look pretty unstable. I would be afraid it would topple over. I would think a fire brick bottom would be good.

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I actually push the legs down into the ground about an inch. I've never had a problem with it tipping over. The only reason I don't use something ceramic in the bottom is because of weight.

[@NavigatedChaos]

Where do you get the paper templets you show?

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I just sketched the layout on graph paper that I bought at Woodcraft. They don't sell it anymore but you can buy it anywhere that sells office supplies. Or you can download it by searching google for "printable graph paper". Each square is 1/4 inch so you can replicate my layout.

[@CC-CODER]

Could you flip it upside down? Does the lid have a larger Cook surface than the bottom of the can?

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I've seen videos of ammo can stoves built upside down. The lid is a bit larger than the bottom and it's flat. The bottom has an indent in it. Also, the way I made the legs, it wouldn't have worked with the can upside down.

[@CC-CODER]

Thanks for the information and video. Great job on the editing too.

[@northwind9505]

Tim, I read your comment where you said something along the lines that you never made a fancy feast stove because it was too simple or something like that. Well i'm asking a lot but could you put together a very small coffee peculator? A light weight backpack version. I saw one made from a beer can Heineken . I would like see your version. Thanks. And you can sure build something out of nothing. Nice stove!

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Hm, intriguing. One problem is that I don't drink coffee. Let me apply some brain cells to it and see if I can come up with anything. There are a few projects in the queue ahead of it, though. And thanks!

[@northwind9505]

Thank you.

[@leavenotrace8890]

How are you? That is a 5/8 gasket size? Thanks!!!

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I'm doing awesome, thanks for asking. To which gasket are you referring?

[@leavenotrace8890]

@@timcanthejigman7932 The rope gasket which you also add cement glue to make it more permanent! Happy Christmas Eve Buddy LOL

[@timcanthejigman7932]

I went down to the workshop to double check, it's 3/8. I get a kit at Menards. Have a good one!

[@leavenotrace8890]

@@timcanthejigman7932 Thank you Boss have a great day with love ones and friends!

[@leavenotrace8890]

Hi Buddy hope you had a wonderful holidays... I just want to let you know I bought the rope and it was a perfect fit. I don't have a Manards Store here in NH, so I went to Home Depot and they only have One (1) left. I lock out good! Thanks Buddy...

[@fallenking5813]

why you mean by saying the ductwork galvanizes pipes its inappropriate for the job ??

[@timcanthejigman7932]

Galvanized duct isn't designed for high temps like this, not least because the galvanizing burns off emitting toxic fumes. Once the galvanizing is gone, the flue almost immediately oxidizes. I should be using stainless steel. You can see in one of my recent videos using it out in the woods, the stove has a 2 foot long piece of duct for the chimney but I'd already burned off the galvanizing and painted it with high temp paint.

[@fallenking5813]

@@timcanthejigman7932 so if i use galvanize and burn it and paint it it Will do the job for a tent stove or i should go with stainless pipe

[@timcanthejigman7932]

If you can get stainless steel, that's the way to go.

[@fallenking5813]

@@timcanthejigman7932 yeah for sur but its more expensive

[@timcanthejigman7932]

That's why I'm still using duct that I've burned the galvanizing off of and painted in high temp paint.