April maker challenge 14 and 15- camping stove and micro-preamp
I'm just going to give up trying to do one a day and go for two every two days. It seems more believable for me. I have a small interest in camping, which I'd like to make into a larger interest in camping. One of my very favorite camp toys is the penny stove -an ultralight alcohol fueled stove made from two Heineken cans and a penny. Yes, they do have to be Heineken cans- the shape is important. I have two of these little fellas and they work GREAT. A few mL of denatured alcohol into the stove is enough to boil a quart of water long enough to cook noodles, or make rice, or whatever. There are three other things I'd like to make in relation to these, though- a heat concentrator, a nice stand, and a larger burner version. In reverse order: Heineken comes in 12 ounce cans or 24(?) ounce cans. I'd like to buy a couple of the big ones and make an uberstove. Just for kicks. My current stands are two bent-up coat hangers. They require fairly level ground and are kind...