Kinda like a rocket stove

I tried it a couple times. It works fairly well for a little while until your logs become unstable due to lack of mass on the internal section. I would use that method, but not if others are available.
 
It's like a Swedish Candle. I use 'em a lot! My favorite is a hollow section of dogwood or walnut.
When they have a hollow limb opening in the side, it works really well!

Here's a Swedish Candle.

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My camping stove is a ammo can..
holds my coffee cup and pot.
and in the eve I fill it full o embers
I wake up to embers with out the need to start a fire all over
 
Ive seen things like this being sold in stores, where its an asterisks shape cut out of center (just punching a chain saw straight down to make a few pie slices but still leaving the edges in tact)
 
HMP said:
Ive seen things like this being sold in stores, where its an asterisks shape cut out of center (just punching a chain saw straight down to make a few pie slices but still leaving the edges in tact)
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I see them at Walmart and Home Depot. There are folks paying $15-20 each for a cut up stump.
 
RedneckFur said:
I see them at Walmart and Home Depot. There are folks paying $15-20 each for a cut up stump.
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Whoa whoa whoa...its a cut up stump with a bit of tinder in it lol
 
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With a load of slab wood you could make a large number of these type stoves.

Some slab wood, a coat hanger and you are good to go!

Now I know what I am giving out for gifts this December 25th!
 
HMP said:
Ive seen things like this being sold in stores, where its an asterisks shape cut out of center (just punching a chain saw straight down to make a few pie slices but still leaving the edges in tact)
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It's a Swiss Candle. You can make these with a chainsaw cutting down the length of a log, but leaving the base intact. It's the air flow through the cuts that make it work. A closed sided log could work if it's bored through and air can enter the base.
 
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An arborist buddy of ours started making those for our annual fishing trip in the spring. We used it to cook up some stuff in a Dutch oven. Once it got sketchy or burning too big we pitched it in the fire.
They are a tad dangerous to make and take some time. He quit making them after a couple years and called them bs.

Haven't been around one since. It think I saw then in Ace Hardware for around $30 no too long ago.
 
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