Hobo stove and meths burner

From Hobo stove and meths burner

This is a copy of the stove that Eb "Nimblewill Nomad" made and used on his epic backpacking trip from Key West, Florida to Cape Gaspe, Canada; 4400 miles, 10 months. During this trip Eb did not carry any fuel. Instead he used this simple metal stove and burned leaves, bark, wood, twigs and other natural fuel to cook his meals. The only mods that I've made is I bent a wire rod to form a grill that sits on the top of the stove, this then lets me stand small pots and canned food on the cooker. The other main thing that I found was my meths burner from my old bulky Trangia set fits in the cooker and sits the correct distance away from the pots so that the flame can lick up real good. The use of the meths burner is ideal when you don't want to start a fire or when you're in an area where fires are not allowed. I would like to say a huge thanks to "Eb" for putting the design on the internet. I've used it for over four years now and have not looked back at my heavy Coleman Petrol cookers and the costly Gas ones.

For a full set of pictures of the stove in action and the templates for making the stove, click on the link below.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stuthehiker/HoboStoveAndMethsBurner