Uncle Milo Explains # 4 - Hobo Stove
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2012
- Uncle Milo Explains # 4 - How to make a Hobo Stove. A tried, tested, and perfected design that's simple to make, and works very well. How to make it, light it, keep it going, and put it out, both in good weather and rainy weather. [To use this in any location, see Uncle Milo Explains # 7 - No Trace Cooking Base or Uncle Milo Explains # 11 - Cookie Tin Hobo Stove Base.]
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Thank you for this you actually enabled me to feed my wife and my five-year-old daughter from camping it rained out we couldn't even get in our car and leave because it was so soaked I tried the car sunk we were stuck out there for nearly a week it was awful no internet reception or phone reception I couldn't get a hold of nobody and I'm a little bit of a survivalist geek and so is my wife and we remembered watching this and this enabled us to feed ourselves thank you so much for this you probably saved our lives with this video
I just had to do this with my grandson " thinks I' am crazy" always doing something crazy off the wall old things, just my way of teaching him old is sometimes better than new !!!! thanks, I love it.
Everybody should have an Uncle Milo. Why? Cause he knows what to do when the SHTF.
Memories, I am 54 and learned the cardboard, wax and other in boy scouts or cub scouts when very young and also kept a backpack version of the coffee can using a small mid sized can what now would be a large soup can. I never taught my kids so thank you and I will now.
Great hobo stove. Poem, Vagabond, by Robert Louis Stevens. He says, "Give to me the Life I love ... Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river -- There's the life for a man like me, There's the life for ever. ..." 🔥. My husband & I have gotten too old for this, but I cherish the memories. I still love watching those who can.
That is SO ROMANTIC. Thanks for sharing. 🌹 🌹 🌹 💐 ❤ 🍬
I love it. Watched the entire video. Learned a lot about a simple project. You did a great job and even years later it is working. Thank you for taking the time to do such a great job.
The wax and cardboard fuel is fantastic. I have done a hobo stove before but the wax cooking fuel was new to me. I’m really glad I watched to the end. Great video. Thanks.
Alex Taylor as Uncle Milo says this is an old boy scout trick i used to do in my school days. The Seventies were impoverished times for most working class people in the UK back then and you had to be resourceful and use whatever you could find. An old Holborn tobacco tin packed with strips of corrugated cardboard and soaked in molten candle wax recovered from burnt down stubs make great fuel tablets (with attached snuff lid!). You could get them burning easily by playing a petrol lighter on them. The alternative was expensive hexamine blocks which also left a nasty taint to the cooked food. He certainly knows a thing or two about air flow dynamics in stove building also. The only thing that could improve upon this design in my opinion is to use a hole cutting drill attachment of the appropriate diameter to make those can piercings and that would do away with the sharp tabs left behind and also the rim distortion on the top of the stove if you supported the can firmly with a waste wood offcut behind the hole cutting drill bit whilst drilling it. It is otherwise a golden build and a true hobo would do it the way Uncle Milo does because it works in the field with very limited resources and just the good quality simple tools he carries with him that are capable of a lifetimes trouble free working. I love his ethics.
Uncle Milo Thank you what a great concept! This is a great alternative to having a fire in torrential down pours and if we follow your safety tips no one gets hurts.
Awesome video! You cover all the (do and don''t) stuff involved in making a hobo stove, explain WHY, and demonstrate how it works. As an added bonus you review the tools you used. All in all, a fantastically clear, informative, and entertaining video. You are the Yoda of hobo stove construction. Thank you Jedi Master!
Probably the easiest and most practical camp / cooking fire idea I've ever seen. Excellent video, many thanks.
you really did a fantastic job walking us through the process step by step. thank you.
Hello Milo, great review my friend. Thank you very much for sharing. Take care out there, be safe and have fun. 🤗
Very nice video. Easy to follow, excellent presentation. This stove is easy and simple to build, which is what being outdoors is about, simple kit. Built one and first run was in wind and rain, no problem, boiling my kettle in no time. I used cotton balls with Vaseline for tinder, poking a little out one of the bottom air holes for a 'fuse'. Despite the cold, wind and rain it flashed up without trouble (gas and liquid fuel would struggle under these conditions). Smoke everywhere....lovely. Used a mixture of dry and wet wood, but it all burned. Beats the ears off my Chinese cheapo wood burner. This is a keeper for sure and will be going 'wood only' camping when the time permits. Sir, you are a beacon of light in this materialistic world, long may you spread your wisdom.
Thanks for the kind words. I clean my own pots & pans after camping, so I find that the soot that gets all over the pots has to be cleaned off occasionally. Copper scrubbies work best ... (have to watch out that I don't use steel wool on stainless steel, ruins the stainless steel) ... Also another trick is that I use whistling tea pots to boil water. They're cheap to pick up in a thrift store or buy in supermarket. When the water is boiling, they whistle cheerfully and let me know they're done. Modern "Made in China" whistling teapots work fine, and I have found some older teapots that were made in USA (such as RevereWare).
Built my first one in 1955 when in the Cub Scouts. We used the tuna can candle and cooked on the top of the can. They do a wonderful job. I used mine when fishing.
All i have to say is this is the best video on how to make a good hobo stove
thanks uncle milo very simple easy to understand instructions.
Have used it and love it. Works so well and is so simple to use.
WOW this was great, thank you so much. great for camping !!!!!!
Very informative. I'm a Hobo Stove freak it seems. Been making them for some time now, always good for me to pick up a few tips here and there to keep learning.
Lots of good pointers and thanks for sharing your knowledge
Awesome, I'm gonna make one of each! Thanks a bunch! 💕😊✌️🙏🏻
Thank you Uncle Milo!! I plan on trying this type of stove. ( got a great laugh when you demonstrated the cheap china made can opener) Thank you!
Nailed it the best one I have seen 💯💯💯👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Great video, simple to do I'm going to make one after watching this.
Saved this video, with simple tools, clear methods, very enjoying
Thanks for posting. Now I plan to make my own hobo stove as well as some tuna can wax burners.
Love it. Simple, effective, cheap, light to carry.
I love this!!!! I want to make several and use them as shades for my table lamps. Simply stunning!!
Yes, the #10 can in its unburnt and pristine state is a thing of beauty. I have taken some, pierced them in patterns, then used fire starters to make them shine in the dark. Unfortunatetly the fire ruins the clean silvery look. Using them as lamp shades sounds like a great idea - and a great idea for a CZcams video, if you ever get the urge to post it!
Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Thank you! I bought a couple can openers for the drawer which instantly stopped working. I said "They only have one purpose; I shouldn't be able to bend steel with my bare hands! " my brother laughed & said it was because I couldn't operate a can opener! Haha!" He likes to give me grief for being left handed. But I knew it was an inferior product & no one in my family believes me! Grandma had the same can opener for 30 years (at least!) The new stuff is all form but no function!
Thanks a lot Uncle Milo. We appreciate your input from Panama, Central America. Good and practical ideas make a difference on this world!
Loved your demo! Got to try it!
great idea on the stove, very much like your ideas and 'secret sauce".... thanks!
Very good presentation Milo. Thank you for putting this out there. I will mention that anyone using a hobo stove should let it burn thoroughly until ALL the paint and tin stop smoking all around the can. You don't want those vapors to contaminate your food.
"DON'T BUY CHINESE JUNK!"
Words of wisdom
It isn't really the Chinese who are the problem. It's just that currently the American companies are having their cheapest goods produced in China. And quality control is non-existent.
Great ! I've made similar stove. Pine cones work great, and yes small pieces of wood and twigs. I collect lots while it is dry and then can cook in the rain. As you said, the stove is portable so you can cook under a tarp if you have to. I set water to boil immediately, so to make pasta, rice or other boiled food. dump ashes after each use. I've tried rocks in the bottom for stability to help holes not get blocked with ash.
Now that's a new trick on me - rocks in the bottom! Great suggestion, and I will try it out sometime soon! I've solved the blocked-holes problem a different way with my Better Burner Design, which adds more and larger holes on the side.
Great video! I've done the small version for camping but never a large one like this, glad to have learned about it so easily and look forward to using one.
When I was first experimenting with using tin cans for cooking, the smaller sizes didn't sustain a fire well when left alone for a while. It was only when Daniel and I used a # 10 can that we got the wood to burn almost all the way down to ash, leaving almost no coals. That's why I use a # 10 can. Larger cans will work just as well.
@Milo Tsukroff...Terrific stove. Not only is it terrific you put the instructions on about a 6th grade level. Very easy to understand. Not many people here on CZcams does that. I have seen this video about 6 times because I like the stove that much. Thanks.
6th grade, huh? I've been working with 6th-to-8th grade boys for about 10 years now. Guess it shows.
Milo Tsukroff well it shows and that is a good thing sir i just sub becuse i was able to follow along very easy and to the point HH hunting/camping
Great video. I want to make a hobo stove as an emergency backup! Thanks!
Great Info Lad, this is going to come in handy for camping trips! Saying Hello from Kilkenny Ireland! Also subscribed!
hey folks,,I was shown how to build these when I was a pup,,63 years ago,,the hobo,s I knew used big cans,, lard cans were the best,, they turned the can over and cooked on the bottom of the can,,,they poked a good sized hole in the corner for exhaust and cut a v shaped hole in the lower side for fuel,,then set it upsidedown on the ground,,, they worked great,,
Great stuff Uncle Milo, from Down-Under in Australia..
I'm learning new ideas from all of you guys who are experimenting to bring a better product to the market (SURVIVAL). CHEERS, Milo.
On the flip side, I've seen some awesome bushcraft videos from Down Under! Cheers, mate!
Great video. Very informative.
Thank you. My Dad and couple of his buddies actually traveled the country when he was a teenager. He taught me a lot of survival skills. The hobo stove was one of his favorites. We would have one set up to burn charcoal during our hunting trips, no smoke. I like your corrugated cardboard and candle wax method I'm definitely going to do that. I have one for you. If you have and air tight cat wood burning stove guess what will burn hot and no it will not damage the stove. Corrugated card board fill the fire box up pack it in there leave about and inch for air to flow at the top but fill it side to side front to back. Light it off when it gets going enough to close the door start trimming the air down it will burn for 1/2 to 3/4 of and hour. My wife worked in a retail store and boxes were free and plentiful. Sometimes you just run short of wood. Our stove is a model 99 buck stove with a large glass door. So you can monitor how well it's burning. The cardboard would glow and the wood gases would dance around just like a good wood fire. It won't burn long but in a good heavy stove the heat will last a couple hours. If you live in the north that can really make a difference. We've had fire wood lined up to be delivered and the guy never showed up. And wood bought and delivered and it was wet or not seasoned properly. So some times you need to improvise. And Just like the Chinese can opene, avoid Chinese cardboard it is real fine grained like it has been recycled many times over and there are other impurities, it's very grey in color won't burn well and has a bad odor plus it produces odd colors of gases if you can get it to burn hot enough all. Good old American made cardboard nothing but the best will do.
Thanks for sharing. I have often wondered how to get back the energy in cardboard, since it's intermediate between paper (light) and wood (dense). You appear to have figured out how to make cardboard work as a reliable heat source.
Thank you Uncle hobo for your Milo stove
Thank you Uncle Milo for the video and instructions. This has solved a problem for me. I made one of your stoves, but in a smaller size, but big enough to load with small diameter twigs and sticks. When firing, larger lumps of wood may be added, as the stove gets really hot so these can burn quite easily. The pot I like to use is made by Vango, contains 900 ml of liquid and a cup which fits as a lid. It is very light being hard anodized aluminum. Thing is, the stove works really well and fits nicely into the pot. This gives me the lightest stove / pot combination that I have ever seen. The pot or cup fits nicely on top of the stove and packs small. Weight and size problem solved. Brilliant and also cost nothing to make, so win / win situation. Thank you Uncle Milo.
What you have made, by using a slightly smaller size, is what I call the "Rocket Hobo Stove". I have made several of these. The smaller size makes them more portable. The performance characteristics differ slightly from the larger #10 can. Because of the smaller size, they tend to use up fuel a bit more quickly, and they go out more quickly. Other than that, they perform quite well. I'm glad it's working out for you!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Excellent video please keep them coming.
Great video, I really like your stove, I have made them in the past, but nothing as good as that one. Fantastic job !
You are cool Milo! Thanks.
Hello from Great Britain!
I'd also like to point out British Steel is also tempered and designed to last. Same again, old is best. Great stove, thanks for sharing!
Brother Maleus Praetor but did you get yourself an American can opener? 😂
That's right. Well-tempered steel is the key. I have some German-made can openers, and they too work fine.
What do you think the heat from the flame does to the steel?If you cool the can with water you will ruin your temper...lol
Ty for the Share love the video it help when i going to make one
We used to make them in my old scout troop. The church had a source of candles for us to use. We would usually start out of tin can cooking series and all the new scouts had to make and use one. We figured that the scouts would destroy their first mess kits. Making the cookware also slowed the scouts down a bit while they worked with their hands. They also made a complete patrol cook kit with 4 gallon cherry tins. I modified the #10 fry pan design and was able to make the fry pan with attached handle, a spork, a knife, a flipper and a plate. I ended up with the top rolled edge and some scraps. The rolled edge was used with a soup can as part of the handle.
You are correct with the 30-40 minute burn time on the "buddy burner" We retained the tuna fish can lid to snuff out the flame. On our 10 mile hike, we would stash the buddy burner along the trail and pick it up on the way back home since we did not want to wait for the wax to cool down.
if you stick some holes about 2 inches down from the top, it will ignite the wood gas and it will look like blue jets inside the can. Its more efficient. Give it a go, Uncle Milo.
Milo, you rule! Thanks.
Our leader taught us how to make hobo stoves when I was a Brownie (young Girl Scout). We built a little fire, turned it upside down, and grilled cheese sandwiches on the bottom. When we went on a picnic, the leaders used Sterno canisters. I watch all these rocket stove videos and think, don't make it so complicated (and heavy).
I learned the wax invyhe catffood can in the cub scouts, first grade. We called them road flares back then. It was part of the car survival kit. We also taped a dime to the box so we could make a call at a payphone. That's how old I am:)
Excellent! Thanks!...Floridafan..:)
Awesome wax can, we did that when I was in sixth grade. We went to the Colorado mountains in the snow as a field trip!
Using a hobo stove in the snow is AWESOME!! The snow reflects the heat and really helps to make you warm.
Loved your video !!
Thank you Uncle Milo
FANTASTIC! 🔥
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Love u bro i love the fact you make it known that 🇺🇸 needs to bring back home our homemade tools!!! China tools are 🗑
great great video . thank you very much
Thank you for exposing the problem of cheap Chinese products. You’re telling people what I tell them, and what I do myself: buy products at an antique store, thrift shop, or a flea market.
Absolutely agree. It's a thrill to find something made right in New York where I live.
When I was in the boy scouts we used "rolled up" cardboard and poured melted wax into a can the size on most canned goods. The cardboard lasted a long time versus a tuna type can and it sits closer to the top your stove! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tip! Something I have to try out.... :)
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
Thanks as I have a # 10 can in my kitchen.. and was looking for a way to make a stove out of it .
A close friend of mine many years ago was a Hobo for awhile and rode the rails, and he told of certain meeting places Hobo's would meet and put together different veggies and meat they collected and make a Hobo stew.
Yes, smaller cans can be used as pots.
thanks for sharing
This is really cool I'm glad i came across your video. I only wish i could have seen you load it up
I was trying to save time on the video. Other people have complained on how long it is.
Made one of those on a fifth grade trip and then Cub scouts they work good and you can ventilate it however you want to
Nice video, especially plug for re-use of "Made in the USA". I would add on more touch...Before you bend the top V-holes completely over and in on themselves add a loop of Bailing wire around the rim and capture it with the fold over. Gives rigidity for pots or when you reverse it in the rain. I'd also add some reverse holes in the top for better air flow when reversed.
After fabricating your tomato can stove, burn the can before regular use. The can is coated with tin and you don't want to make yourself sick from zinc poisoning. Do the burn in a well ventilated area like your driveway (don't watch it and walk well away). Once the can is good and black, it is safe and good to use. Do this with all burn cans, big or small. I showed this to some natives over seas and they were amazed. Great video.
Some stores sell blank unused 1 gallon paint cans. You have a lid to smother the flame and handle ready made. You can use another burnt can as a stand. Don't forget to burn both before use.
I made an outdoor wood burner out of a old washer tube best thing I've ever burn in been using it for about three years and surprisingly close to zero rust on it as well and never took the time to cover it up or anything and a standard Grill crib fits perfectly on top of it as well if I want to cook on it as well
Absolutely brilliant! I know it will work well, because any size of "burn barrel" larger than a #10 can will work great. Even a 55-gallon drum with a few holes at the bottom will work fine. The #10 can is absolutely the smallest that will sustain a fire and also burn down completely. Any smaller size will burn, but when left to smolder to ash, tends to go out and leave charcoal & unburned sticks. BTW, I have noticed that burners such as my Hobo Stove design, when left outside, rust surprisingly slowly. Your case confirms it.
nice one uncle milo..glad to see your putting safety first with the hi viz vest
No safety glasses though ... I sure hope OSHA doesn't fine me.
Awesome 👍 💯
Hi mate . An old twin tub washing machines spin basket is spot on if for backyard , patio . Thank you for the vid
Yep, bigger is better!
nice job, learn a lot
Great Stuff, I just made one per your instructions,Thanks
I like how you told us how
That's pretty cool
Superb vid! Been using these for years an there great! Wonder if i can get one of those can openers in the UK?
You are the greatest thank you
It's basically a "Rocket stove". Pretty cool , thanks .
Similar to a rocket stove, but wow, some of those you need real rocketry tools to make. This is simple. Look for my "Better Burner Design" when I make the video, because with just a few changes, I really improved the cooking performance.
Great stove.
Great tips
that is smart thanks that will come in handy when camping.you dont have too build a fire with the hobo stove too cook easy too cook with.now i dont have too put meat onto aluminum foil and throw it on the fire but it is good that way
Nice. Camping equipment is so expensive. Cheap or free is the bomb
That's the whole idea of my channel!
Liking this video!
Excellent survival tactics costing nothing god bless them Hobos
They were smart men who liked to travel and remain independent. Some hobos were very well thought of. Those men who didn't want to work were 'tramps' and those who wouldn't even travel were 'bums'. 'Hobos' were the highest and best of the transients of the 19th and 20th century.
Awesome Thank you.
Cool stove. I have two different size penny stoves that work excellent. One burns 20 to 30 minutes, the other for more than 45. No messing with wood just pack a little denatured alcohol for several burns.
Actually, you bring up a very good point. When camping, it's always important to prepare for rain. Hobo stoves don't burn wet wood well. Most of the heat of the fire gets used drying out the wood. So I always pack an alcohol stove as well. I tried the penny stove and it nearly burned my house down. That specific design is dangerous. There is a slightly different design that not only works better, as it's self-priming, it also uses just 1 soda can to make. I got it from, where else, CZcams. The last time I went camping, I was able to use my hobo stove for cooking, but I had the alcohol stove ready if I needed it.
This is awesome I can't wait to get stranded in the wilderness with my coffee can....
By the way this is no joke
I can't wait to try this out someday !!!!!!!!!!! 🙋🏼💗
You don't have to wait. Many people enjoy making one of these and cooking in their own back yard. I've heard it said, and it seems to be true: "Food cooked outside just tastes better."
Great video, I used to be a hobo riding freight trains and saw these cans in the hobo jungles, but never knew how to use them until now, that you showed me
Brilliant.
oddly mine is really close to your design ,after seeing your can opener tip i added a few to mine .
major difference is i cut slits in the bottom of mine and used an old grill i cut to fit the can as well a 2x2 window .
give it a try se what ya think
+rusty golden, I've finally tried one with a "window" in the side and the design works very well. It's actually closer to the "classic" hobo style. Putting a grill on top is excellent. This video is focused on what a handy adult or enterprising teenager can do, without being very complicated. Designs like yours are great but they do require more work. Sometimes I've made and distributed 35 or more hobo stoves at one time, so my design needed to be simple.
simple hooks on the trypod on a ring on the legs.
Cool Stuff.
Thank you Uncle Milo! I am definitely going to make one of those Hobo Stoves! I'm a new subbie for you too! I hope you have a recipe for that rain candle? ♥ dig ♥
The rain candle is an old Boy Scout recipe: Take one can, tuna can or cat food can. Cut corrugated cardboard into strips MAKING SURE that the "holes" go "up-and-down" to let wax up. The strips should be the height of the can. Then, wrap that cardboard into the can. Fill it right up. Doesn't have to be tight, but, don't leave a lot of free space. You can always coil more cardboard in there if necessary. Finally, heat wax (carefully! double-boiler works best), pour in, and let cool. The wax will shrink considerably when it cools.
I'll have to post a video to explain further.
Thanks for the excellent tips. Must say I agree, my husband is so bloody fed up with Chinese manufactured products failing we avoid them like the plague if we can. We find old American or European built can openers, tools at Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity thrift stores and flea markets, even some of the antique stores will have old quality tools built to last a life time.
Peace be with you.
Dawn and Dave
It's specifically can openers made in China that have the problem. Other Chinese-made products can be quite good, if the American importer is on the ball and insists on it. I recently found some German-made can openers and they also work great.