Hello BPL – newbie here :)
My question: I just made a Woodgas stove (used this great vid as our how-to) last night. It works great (my kids are thrilled at all the FIRE we’ve been producing) but I’m curious about the gas-wick aspect of the stove. No matter how narrow or short a can I use, it snuffs my fire right out (cue rolling clouds of smoke pouring off our apartment porch – must alarm the neighbors!). The stove works just fine without it, boils water like a charm. What’s the purpose of the gas-wick exactly? Is it worth continuing to fiddle with getting one to work?
Thanks for your thoughts. Glad to have found this place – fantastic information on so many projects, I kind of don’t know where to turn (says I, with a backpack, an aluminum can alcohol stove and a wood-gas stove in various stages of completion around the living room :D)
