Halcon Stove

I made one of these. Smile

Still working out the kinks, though. Embarassed

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Ah the old Halcon stove, thats oldschool.

I think my tutorial for it is still up on th eother forum. Though i cant check

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I tryed to make one of those, it just had a big @$$ flame shouting out the middle Confused

eric

	turd wrote:
	I tryed to make one of those, it just had a big @$$ flame shouting out the middle eric

Yeah, I had that same problem. Mad

BUT, you can set it in a small pan/saucer and overflow it then light the whole thing on fire. Boils water quite nicely. Cool

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

It takes time to get it right, its all about the small slots in the middle

Dont worry you'll get it.

Also its really bad in a windy area.

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Here's a crappy pic:

eric

	TrooperMax wrote:
	Also its really bad in a windy area.

Yeah, I figured that out real quick. Embarassed

It won't blow out, but it is very sensitive to the slightest breeze. Mad

I doesn't boil water as well when the wind blows. Sad

Hey Turd,
I shot a video of mine, but I don't think my computer would ever upload it to something like youtube. Mad

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	Hey Turd, I shot a video of mine, but I don't think my computer would ever upload it to something like youtube.

To bad, but thanks anyway Very Happy

eric

Hmm that picture is a little too blurry for me to see any mistakes.

from what I can see the small holes are a little to small though.

Here is what I made mine with, on your Swiss arm knife there is a big knife and a small knife. Take out the small knife, press it so that it goes through (the tip) and then slightly turn it left then right (so it makes it semi-circular).

That should do it Smile

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

im awesome at making them. i made one aty an archery compition in toronto last year using only my pocket kinfe lol.

I can't get it to work Confused

What ever

eric

I tested mine in my bathroom.

If I have time i'll bulding another and film how I make it work, if I have time.

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Cool

eric

I think I've figured out the problem. I don't have a solution, but I know what the problem is. Confused

When I put my pot on top it keeps the alcohol from flowing through the slots. When it burns the alcohol, it pulls more through the slots, but then I think it pulls a vacuum on it and can't get anymore fuel. It burns good and then slowly dies out but it's not out of fuel. Confused

Any suggestions? Confused

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Maybe the stove cools down, then it looses pressure and goes out Confused

eric

	turd wrote:
	Maybe the stove cools down, then it looses pressure and goes out eric

I don't follow. Please explain. Confused

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Maybe when you put the pot on it, the pot sucks the heat out of the stove, cooling it down and the small flames aren't enough to keep the stove hot enough to pressurize it Confused

eric

Ohh...I see. But I don't think that is it. Confused

Hmmm....

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Well...I was right. Very Happy

After a couple hours of testing, I finally got it right. Very Happy

You see, I didn't cut the top out of the can. I have plenty of air coming in from the bottom, and I light it with a small pool of alcohol in a saucer. The opening where you drink out of is open and I have three coke tabs along the rim of the top of the stove. I fill the stove through the opening or the bottom piece by itself and then put on the top. I set my pot on the top and the coke tabs allow some air to the inside. It doesn't light in that gap, though. I light the pool of fuel and it gets the vents going and then the pool runs out. The vents kept going until the stove ran out of fuel. It boiled my water, too. Cool

You don't know how happy I am that this worked. I spent many evenings splitting hairs on how to make it work.

Very Happy

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Very cool! I may have to give these another try one day. I know the last time I tried it I had a portion of my backyard on fire and didn't even know it! Shocked

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