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Who would have thought that a simple little alcohol stove, made from the bottom of a can of pop would be so effective. I wonder who invented it? Whoever, i''ve made good use of the stove over the last few weeks.

Trying quite urgently to work out the best method of windshield manufacture too. Foil works great, but isn''t durable enough. Going to try a hacked down curry take away carton, possibly wrapped in foil to make the vent at the front a little more flexible. The foil is pliable too, so it makes a better fit, but not so good as to stop air circulating.

Next step is to find out how much meths i need to boil each kettle up. I reckon i''ve been overfilling the stove, and now the windshield is reasonably effective (if not durable) i find i can boil a kettle and a half on a filling (40-50ml?). So, i''m going to get scientific on this as a next step.

Watch the Videos to see the stove boil water and to see whow long it takes to get going (but with a crap wind shield).