
The two cans that will eventually become my alcohol stove.

Tool used to quickly cut the root beer cans for my alcohol stove.

The three primary pieces to my alcohol stove. The top and bottom parts with the inner wall that helps hold it together.

A completed pressurized stove that burns denatured alcohol and weighs approximately ONE OUNCE! It has an inner wall, is approximately 35 mm tall and holds a little under two ounces of alcohol. I used jb weld to attach the bolt and nut, the fiberglass wick and the top and bottom pieces of the can. I finished it off with some paint that can handle temps up to 1200.

A homemade pressurized alcohol stove boiling two cups of water.

My homemade alcohol soda can stove weighs less than one ounce. My MSR Whisperlite weighs nearly a pound(16 ounces).

This is what I burn in my homemade alcohol stove.