I wanted to see how small I could make a wood gassifier stove. I found a half pint (8oz) paint can for the outer and a shaving gel can for the inner. The inner can has holes in the bottom as well as holes close to the top edge. The outer can doesn't have holes yet but it was on my fireplace grate so it could breath from the bottom. It took me forever but I was finally able to get it to light. I'm going to keep playing around to see if I can get to to be more reliable. The bottom of the inner can has many nail holes in it now but I think steel mesh will be better. If I wrap the outer can with insulation it may help as well.
In the picture it was going along nicely for 5 minutes with flames coming out the holes. It slowly died before all the twigs were consumed.
