Turn an Ammo Can into a Stove & Heater (no welding!)

[@oldcomrade_5825]

This is a perfect example of what the older projects would have been like! Awesome idea!!

[@TheRealVrajPatel]

I fully saw the thumbnail and thought it was an OG video I missed

[@crunchyfrog555]

I honestly thought about doing something like this, but wasn;t convinvced I could get it right. I'm British and camp a fair bit, so I wanted a fireburning stove like this. Seeing they were about £200 and upwards I couldn't justify it. But as ammo boxes are around £15-20 this is FAR more reasonable. Thank you for doing this.

[@Lionsdengamingofficial]

Fellow Brit

[@crunchyfrog555]

@@Lionsdengamingofficial Yup. Keeping warm at Glastonbury every year is what I'm always trying to get right. I've worked there for about 20 years now and the nights there can be freezing. It always gets to me.

[@gaelonhays1712]

I'm planning to do some camping/traveling, and this might be just what I need, especially with the firelogs.

[@Zach-sg5uu]

Yes they cost about the same in the US!!

[@jarekthefiredragon9362]

These are the random projects we love seeing from the TKOR!

[@Thanos88888]

For safety, it's important to get this whole setup burnt out outside before attempting to use it as a heater. The fumes given off by the burning paint and especially the galvanized steel exhaust pipe can be incredibly toxic. Of course, you want that exhaust pipe to also extend at least 12" from the tent (more to be safe).

[@TheKingofRandom]

Yes or strip or grind off the majority of the paint before hand

[@rossmcleod7983]

I was going to say the same. Burning off the gal and paint will create a toxic pox.

[@Zach-sg5uu]

@@TheKingofRandom I believe I’m just gonna burn it off!!

[@georqedubyakush6066]

I am 100% gonna make this for my shop, i love this design. Also its so cool to think that theres still some stuff leftover that Grant made. TKOR has had the craziest comeback and im so happy for it.

[@TheHumanSynthesisProject]

Its easy to see how this channel has grown to become so successful. You guys work hard to put on a quality production, with no BS. Encouraging to see young men getting involved with DIY projects that cant go wrong. I learned a lot, thanks for the upload.

[@damonlied9495]

Little projects like these remind me of Grant ❤

[@therealHaml0rd]

The pure joy of cackling when you hammer off a part you just hit with an angle grinder is 100% real

[@TheKingofRandom]

Right??

[@ambrosekillpack4841]

This is the kind of stuff that TKOR was founded upon.

[@spacecadet0]

RIP Grant. Maybe the torch wasn't extinguished with his loss after all.

[@nathanthomas8482]

I’m so happy these guys have been doing the videos they put the energy grant had in his content back into the channel! Thanks guys have a great one ❣️

[@Altezza1999]

I see these people are returning to tradition.

[@silverfawx2797]

A classic style DIY TKOR build video. Still wish it was more like Grant Thompson's or even Nate's earlier videos but still, these videos were one of the reasons why I subscribed and was one of the first 100,000 subscribers.

[@danielrobbins2668]

Thanks for the video, I'd never heard of fireplace gasket.

[@shimasfaris2917]

I’ve stopped watching this channel after Nate left but This is the type of thing grant would have made

[@christopherwestern9223]

Same

[@isaiahshaffer]

Definitely going to make one of these to throw in my truck for hunting outings! Loving your new content!

[@Meesopaste]

Proud of you dude, I'm subscribed to your other channel for a while now, I missed your content.

[@roberthicks4794]

Great job!!! I just purchased a small stove. Gonna build one of these soon. Thanks…

[@teamedgewise6276]

Love this ive made a few ammo can rocket stoves but i really dig this design for a wood burning stove for a small hunting cabin

[@user-zb2pt9qu2g]

THIS is what we want!

[@Edwardify]

sweet. I love these OG TKOR videos

[@KycenPetersen]

*BAM, BAM, BAM! “Yeah just be careful with the handle cuz we’re gonna reuse it.” lol

[@kobequino]

"Roughly Counter" needed for this one 😂

[@forgingluck]

Very cool!

[@Zach-sg5uu]

They have self drilling sheet metal screws one half inch number seven at Lowe’s for $6.88! So half the price and you don’t need a rivet gun!

[@david_9bees]

wow this is very cool!

[@Mclaren4521]

Old school love it!👍

[@corrpendragon]

Yessss fire good!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@vickigonya9432]

Awesome build guys!!!❤

[@neetscholar4149]

Don't get me wrong, the whole project is great and all. But the best part of the video IMO is the way he cracked that egg >.>

[@OurHeroXero]

0:29 I'm not saying you sound like Ron Swanson...but also, I'm not *NOT* saying it either

[@styxx0500]

He definitely looks like him as well 😂

[@theziggurat869]

AGREED! Reminds me of him in so many ways lol

[@cch201992]

Totally digging the new channel. Definitely giving off apocalypse survival vibes first cannon's and bow now a stove what's next mad Max mobile? Hydroponics? 😀

[@stepheneddington1667]

Great video guys, but I still get a little sad with Grant not being here anymore.

[@noahjackson8174]

grant would have loved this. now i just need to find some friends with those tools.

[@ozarkmountaineer3581]

What kind of rivets are you using? Most are aluminum, and will melt easily. I would probably use bolts, nuts and lock washers.

[@TheKingofRandom]

I used aluminum and haven’t had an issue but you could easily use steel. Or bolts of course, it just takes longer than rivets

[@JonathanHolt1988]

This feels like the TKOR videos of old. I approve.

[@socketman]

This is a good project now, more like the stuff that got me into TKOR back in the day

[@natemcdonald8853]

You can also buy one with everything already built and stovepipe in cluded for about 120 bucks and up .

[@smittysbuilds]

i got stacks of ammo cans of all sizes, might have to try this.

[@awsaltaee4597]

What a nice project ❤❤

[@melissahoffman4687]

Drill air holes in the collar the pot stand sits on. The stove will breathe better and will smoke a lot less.

[@patrickmac5597]

This is what I've been missing from TKOR.

[@PosiCat]

I absolutely love the new content, new practical, and original projects. Very much like the stuff Grant would have made. However don't edit out so much during the building process, like the first time you drill and rivet, explain the process some people won' t know how that works. I see a lot of "we went from step C to G" cuts where a lot of the process isn't explained. This is a learning channel, not just "we built cool stuff" ... a little more explanation of the planning, and assembly process would be helpful.

[@TheKingofRandom]

There's a fine line between education and entertainment on youtube, if we edited solely to explain everything in excruciating detail very few people would watch the video. Better to touch lightly on the more obvious steps.

[@PosiCat]

@@TheKingofRandom I didn't mean excruciating detail, but things in the more recent videos seem to be video-cut soup, rather than a more logical flow of how the project moves forward. There are less warnings about the danger, less discussions about why to do something, and just more of just "this is what we did" with no plan on how or why.

[@jafinch78]

Thinking I have one of those larger caliber boxes around, not only for my SDR RDF kit used at one time, that was earmarked for making a double burn or possibly if I ever find a cost effective catalytic converter to hack into the chimney pipe. Seems there is enough room and I'm guessing if careful with prep and materials can handle the heat. Might need some refractory lining in the box or maybe fiber? Not certain since had not done yet. Definitely would help with burning the paint away for enclosed room use. Seems like soapstone or other material mass around, can also use as a thermal mass core insert for base use? Neat build!

[@burglecutt1447]

Back to some great content!

[@d_pete361]

I have a "bazinga" shirt I'll trade you for your ammo can stove lol

[@TheLegoAnimator863]

who needs a portable fire pit when you have this

[@TH-bj1pb]

2:08 you could also pinch your thumbs and index fingers together and make a diamond/square shape and blow through that. Works pretty well!

[@atomichabanero9101]

I didn't know that thank you.

[@lung0fish1]

I love it, BUT I would like to have seen a CO monitor in the tent, y'know, just in case...

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

Awesome 👍 What did you use to insulate the exhaust pipe where it exits the tent??

[@philipjacobs394]

If you are using a tent intended for use with a camping stove/heater, the exhaust hole is already made with thermally-protected material. Not doing so is asking for trouble.

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

@@philipjacobs394 Thank you for the important safety tip, but that doesn't answer the question.

[@TheKingofRandom]

We cut the fingers off of a welding glove and used it as a sleeve

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

@@TheKingofRandom thanks 👍

[@whatarewedoing0]

Don’t have a rivut gun or thing could maybe use just a nut and a bolt of the underside to tighten on

[@TheKingofRandom]

Definitely could, a rivet gun just makes it faster

[@tyrant1384]

​@@TheKingofRandomor weld it if ya want to get fancy

[@bigredwolf6]

Bolts would make it a pretty handy take down stove

[@Michursky]

so the king of random over the years became 5-minute craft, huh ?

[@stevenarseneault1972]

Cool. The grate may be the hardest part to find that fits perfectly. Wouldn't adding a damper in the chimeny provide even more heat faster? Just as a side note, whoever build one of those setups...please make the outlet pipe long enough outside to go beyond the canopy. Just saying. Smoke inhalation is a bummer.

[@GofuKyersen]

Grate would be better raised about a third of the way up the chamber. Four pegs, two each side, small bolts with nuts would do it, or two rods right through one side to the other. Threaded bar with nuts inside and out would work.

[@TheKingofRandom]

Why just for better airflow under it?

[@GofuKyersen]

@TheKingofRandom yes, air pulled in from bottom and up through the fire gives a better, cleaner burn

[@patricklong7518]

can you do a vid on different types of thermite???

[@patricklong7518]

also i loved the project, keep it up👍

[@joebatta8779]

Stainless steel rivets? I’d imagine aluminum wouldn’t last long

[@Zach-sg5uu]

They have the sheet metal for $10.48 at Lowe’s.😂

[@Vizard.szczypson]

I remember when this account was making like "how to make gummy legos"

[@lexxic4k]

Miss the old tkor... but some idea might be doing some videos with the outdoors boys might be very beneficial

[@TH-bj1pb]

This stove is riveting

[@arjunkapur2610]

the tkor downfall phase

[@Tuxlion]

Normally I wouldn't comment as it increases engagement but I need to say it. This channel is beyond a shell of what it used to be. Here we have an easy idea that people have already thought of. I don't deny that Grant wouldn't have done this, but he would've put more effort into it to make it interesting and more usuable. How so? Well if this was on it's own he'd compile it with a few other things like hacks or other related items. If he was adding to it then he would've tried a few ideas like making it into a camping foundry or add slots to roast s'mores with his s'more roaster or even create a compilation of these things to show a myriad of uses. Here it's just about the stove and how to build it, never adding more to it, clearly trying to bring a dead channel back to life with no creativity behind it.

[@TheKingofRandom]

Adding more to this stove would've made it a gimmick not a well functioning tool. There's really not much you could add to this to make it more useful without also making it incredibly difficult to construct. For instance, it would be awesome if the legs could fold up to make it compact for transport. I tried a few ideas, but the complexity of construction was getting too much for the average joe to replicate. And it would've required my welder, which not many people have.

[@Zach-sg5uu]

@@TheKingofRandom They should invest in an inexpensive welder. Because welding cost less than all of those rivets or self tapping screws. Although to self tapping screws are the way to go as far as it being inexpensive! If you don’t want to buy or invest in a welder.

[@thesciencefurry]

I think it's pretty much the content Grant would've made. I mean the metal melting foundry isn't much more complicated either. I can see that they genuenly making content that's more alinged with what it once was.

[@Tuxlion]

@@thesciencefurry I think grant would've made this as well, I've seen it before by other youtubers and thought it was interesting. But grant always added more to it, the metal foundry for example could easily be disguised and swap out charcoal for a propane torch. He was quick and detailed with assembly but descriptive in it's uses and other possible combinations.

[@whatarewedoing0]

Wonder if starting new channel with a name signaling to those in the know but just what it is to new people might work better, I’d still sub haha but ask other KZbinrs I think sometimes channels just get old and can never gain footing again but def could be wrong

[@danevertt3210]

Who are these guys??

[@jacobrose7780]

Grant, the guy who started this channel, died in 2019 from a paragliding accident. I just found out today

[@stephenbenner4353]

I’m concerned that your typical aluminum pop rivets might not do well with the heat.

[@TheKingofRandom]

So far haven’t had an issue, I think you’d have to build a crazy fire inside to get the temps high enough. Could always use steel rivets

[@GirthMore]

That latch is likely going to get hot

[@TheKingofRandom]

Very hot

[@sgtyed3943]

4:57 : Arthur Morgan be like...

[@dogwalker666]

Yeah because ammo cans are so easy to obtain!

[@Krycanelo7]

They actually are.

[@neetscholar4149]

Depends where you live.

[@TheKingofRandom]

They are lol. You can get them for under $20 at Harbor Freight or Amazon. And you can find them at military surplus stores

[@dogwalker666]

@@TheKingofRandom Harbour Freight don't export, And military surplus stores haven't been a thing since the 1960's

[@neetscholar4149]

@@TheKingofRandom In the U.S. maybe. But elsewhere, like here in Canada, it's a whole other can of worms I assure you. Buying new, it's 95% plastic, most stores don't even have any metal ammo boxes in stock. Tried to look online for one, the closest I can find is 1h away from where I live. And then, most of them are 50-60$. There is ONE model in the price range you described, but their site claim they have only 3 left in stock. Meaning, there's a good chance they are actually sold out and their inventory isn't up to date. I CAN order online, but then I need to consider a 5-10$ markup. I guess it's cheaper than the gas to go there, though. If I try to order online from a U.S. store, I don't want to think what my government will do. And please don't get me started on our military supplies stores. >.< My point being, like I said, depends where you live. Love the project idea, though.

[@Salty_Squared]

So, I still have been waiting to see if anyone can make hot water heater using a magnifying glass

[@68cutty]

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Is that the kid from A.i.? With the curly hair?

[@StreamClipsKaiCenat]

Audio quality is way to echo

[@TheKingofRandom]

Yeah we need to soundproof the studio walls more

[@MaxMakesMarket]

Ammo can stove?

[@AlvinB-q7g]

In which vid did calie say to coment when it's 2025 I forgot 😅

[@tobiasmills9647]

Bro is just casually running his thumb along loose weave fibreglass. Please handle fireplace gasket with gloves.

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

nickel sulawesi island sir

[@cool-springtrap]

FIRST

[@david_9bees]

No one cares little timmy

[@cool-springtrap]

1

[@stephenwalters4798]

By the time you've bought all that crap you can BUY a stove. There are cheaper ways to make a stove. Pathetic.

[@Lionsdengamingofficial]

It may not be that good but chill out dude

[@Lionsdengamingofficial]

And it isn’t that bad either

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

About 50 bucks worth of materials there or less...please link to a solid steel portable camp stove of this rugged quality for less than 50 bucks, ty in advance.

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

Also, why are you watching a DIY make it yourself Channel when you respond with.... you can buy one. Maybe you should be watching an "unboxing" Channel instead?

[@TheKingofRandom]

There are no cheaper ways to build a stove that does everything this one does