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    Andy Anderson
    BPL Member

    @ianders

    Locale: Southeast

    I'm thinking about getting a wood burning stove to play around with. What area my options for inexpensive stoves? Are there any good MYOG designs out there?

    #1953916
    brent driggers
    BPL Member

    @cadyak

    Locale: southwest georgia

    Hey Andy,
    I make several different stainless single walled stoves that nest inside many popular backpacking pots. I have owned and made many double walled stoves but I prefer single for the lightness and the capability for larger fire boxes.
    My woodstoves all will easily boil their prospective pots with a single load of wood when lit from the top. Both Esbit and alcohol work very well with this type of stove body.
    Using stainless mugs can be a MYOG project for you but step bits are pretty expensive and dont last long.

    A double walled paint can woodstove is a nice MYOG project that doesnt require nearly as much work and they work great. typically the finished product will be 4 to 5 oz
    http://www.instructables.com/id/Woodgas-Can-Stove/

    the stove shown below is one of my stoves sized to nest in the SP600. weight as shown is 2.85 oz. I also make them to fit in the MSR TITAN KETTLE, the TOAKS 550ml pot form Litetrail, and several others in different sizes and shapes.

    Stainless is extremely hard to work with but will last a lifetime. I have many stoves that have had several hundred fires in them with no corrosion, rust, etc.

    sp1

    sp2

    sp3

    #1953925
    michael levi
    Member

    @m-l

    Locale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles

    You can always get an esbit stove, or build one, and throw little twigs in the flame area to add extra heat if you get low on esbit.

    #1953926
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    Andy, what kind of pot do you want to use? I make a single-wall wood stove from titanium or stainless steel to fit Foster's beer can pots or similar.wood stovewood stove 2

    #1953934
    brent driggers
    BPL Member

    @cadyak

    Locale: southwest georgia

    David, that looks cool and superlight. Is that bottom picture showing the wood burning setup? Got any videos of how it behaves loaded with wood and a pot on top?
    the firebox looks plenty big.

    #1953942
    Kevin Babione
    BPL Member

    @kbabione

    Locale: Pennsylvania

    Andy,

    I was in the same boat in that I wanted to try a wood burner without dropping a lot of money. I found the Antig Outdoors Woodlore Stove to be the answer. It's $24.99 and fits perfectly (in its stuff sack) inside my 1L Evernew Ti Pasta Pot.

    For a cheap wood stove to try I don't think it can be beat.

    #1953950
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    Brent,

    Yes, the bottom photo shows the wood burning set up.

    Weight for Ti is 22.1 g cone + 8 g base sheet + 8.2 g stakes = 38.3 g (1.37 oz)

    Weight for SS is 24.6 g + 8.3 g base sheet + 9.7 g stakes = 42.6 g (1.52 oz)

    No videos, but here are a couple of photos of it in action.

    Davidwoodwood 2

    #1953962
    josh wagner
    Member

    @stainlesssteel

    this was super simple to make. only required a dremel tool and a soup can…diy wood stove

    it can even cook spam!spam!wood stove profilewood stove top view

    i'd suggest diy just to be sure you want to go through the trouble of building a little fire in the evening and in the am if you want coffee.

    #1953980
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    002

    Four Dog Stove Bushcooker LT 1

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    Multi use fuel with alcohol, esbit tabs and wood. This titanium stove comes in at 2.2oz.

    #1954934
    Hikin’ Jim
    BPL Member

    @hikin_jim

    Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

    Jay,

    I've head of the FourDog before, but I've not seen one in person. It's a double wall stove, yes?

    And what is that object off to the left? Is it a detachable bottom? And you can put alcohol or ESBIT in it?

    HJ
    Adventures In Stoving

    #1954962
    Greg Pehrson
    BPL Member

    @gregpehrson

    Locale: playa del caballo blanco
    #1955016
    Eric Blumensaadt
    BPL Member

    @danepacker

    Locale: Mojave Desert

    I own a Trail Designs Sidewinder ti stove with the Inferno woodburning inner kit.

    One could not do any better than to copy that design with some hardware screening and sheet ti from Titanium Goat.

    The Caldera Cones get their great efficiency from the tight fit of pot-to-stove.
    I don't know of any other stoves that are as fuel efficient.

    Yes, the Bush Buddy may BURN fuel a bit more efficiently but they lose much of that heat to the atmosphere due to the gap between pot and stove. Also the BB stoves must be constantly fed fuel due to their small opening for wood. Not so withthe Tri Ti and Sidewinder stoves.

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