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I was staring at an empty AXE deodorant container and wondering what to do with it. Will it be a mug? No, I don’t like drinking from boiling hot aluminum cups. What else can it be? a stove. My apologies to all of my readers who have seen too many articles on stove making. It’s probably a mix of my fire-loving, DIY doing and recycle-mindedness that motivates me. Oh… and you can throw in a bit of money saving as well.
I don’t recommend you go out and by something just to make a stove, but we all have habits and customs and at the end of the week/month we have empty aluminum and metal cans that we can recycle. If you use AXE deodorant this could be for you. The graduated diameter of the can makes it perfect for a double walled stove.
What you’ll need:
- Hack-saw or other metal cutting blade,
- permanent marker for marking cut and drill lines,
- 3 books to use to mark lines around the diameter,
- Drill and small drill bit (better of smaller than 1/8th”)
- pliers
- sand paper or file to smooth out cuts and drill holes.
Steps:
- Discharge all remaining propellant from the can.
- Remove the top seal with pliers.
- Mark a line, all around the diameter at 6.5 cm form the bottom.
- Using the hack-saw, saw 90% through the surface of the can, rotating the can as you go.
- Finish cutting through the can with hack saw
- Once you get half way through the can, it should be possible to “open” the can by applying pressure to the seam.
- About 1 cm from the top of the bottom half, draw another line around the diameter.
- Spaced about 1.5 cm apart, draw marks along the line made in step 6.
- Drill through the outer can at the marked spots along the line.
- Clean up the cuts and drill marks using a file or sand paper.
- Invert the top half of the can and place it inside the bottom half.
- On a flat surface, press the two cans together until they slide into each otherand a seal is formed.
- Lock and load!
