Post by Kathy on Mar 16, 2006 2:18:58 GMT -5
Heat
Buddy Burner from YW camp manual 1978
A buddy burner can be used for emergency fuel at camp, on the trail, or at home if your stove fails to work.
Do not use it in a closed room because the smoke is black; you may, however, use it on the dirt at camp, in a driveway, on a cement patio floor, or inside a fireplace.
Buddy burners used with tin can stoves are most easily managed by young women working in pairs.
You don't need a wick when making a rolled cardboard burner...the cardboard works as the wick.
Materials Needed For Buddy Burner
1. Shallow, empty tin can (such as a tuna fish can) with one end cut out.
2. Strip of corrugated cardboard, a little narrower than the depth of the can.
3. Paraffin wax
4. Lid from a kettle
5. Pan of water
Instructions For Buddy Burner
1. Roll the cardboard into a coil that fits loosely in the can
2. Melt the paraffin wax in a tin can (or a small pan) set in a pan of water or double boiler, using low heat. Melt only small amounts of paraffin at a time because it gives off a vapor which might start burning. Have a lid from a kettle on hand to smother any fire.
3. Fill the can containing the cardboard almost to the top with the melted paraffin wax and let it harden.
4. You can also use sawdust instead of cardboard. Fill the can with sawdust and then pour in melted paraffin wax.
5. Make a damper for the burner from aluminum foil (a round piece of several thicknesses) or from the burner can lid. Add a wire handle to the damper.
Materials Needed For Tin Can Stove
1. A large, empty tin can (no. 10) with one end cut out
2. A pair of tin snips
3. Gloves
4. A hammer
5. An ice pick, awl, or large nail
Instructions For Tin Can Stove
1. Use the open end of the can for the bottom of the stove
2. Wearing the gloves, use tin snips to cut two lengthwise slits 3 inches apart and about 3 inches long from the open end. Bend this piece of tin back into the inside of the can, hammering it down to make a square opening.
3. Using an ice pick, awl, or large nail, punch two or three holes at the top of the can opposite the opening. These air holes serve as a chimney.
How To Use
1. Find a level area on dirt or cement for the stove. Cook directly on top of the can.
2. Light the top of the buddy burner with a match, or make a small fire of twigs.
3. Place the tin can stove over the buddy burner. (Never cook directly over a buddy burner because the smoke is black and sooty.) The stove will get very hot, so do not touch it.
4. The first time you use the stove, wipe the finish off the tin can after it has heated. Hold the stove with a pot holder or gloves and rub it with a paper towel or cloth.
5. To put the fire out, turn the stove upside down on top of the buddy burner to smother the flames. Then use gloves or a stick to lift it off. The paraffin will be a hot liquid, so wait until it cools before you pick up the buddy burner. ~Donya
Here are instructions I saved from the list on the sawdust candles.
I used a #10 can, careful not to let the wax burn.
Use saw dust :wax ratio 1:1.
Press into soup cans around wick (you can get them from the old candles or buy new at a craft store or craft section at walmart.
They will burn differently than regular candles giving you a full burn over the surface of the candle...makes excellent cooking heat.
ONLY MELT THE WAX IN THE #10 CAN....
Then Add the sawdust, mix and pack into smaller cans with wicks
Buddy Burner from YW camp manual 1978
A buddy burner can be used for emergency fuel at camp, on the trail, or at home if your stove fails to work.
Do not use it in a closed room because the smoke is black; you may, however, use it on the dirt at camp, in a driveway, on a cement patio floor, or inside a fireplace.
Buddy burners used with tin can stoves are most easily managed by young women working in pairs.
You don't need a wick when making a rolled cardboard burner...the cardboard works as the wick.
Materials Needed For Buddy Burner
1. Shallow, empty tin can (such as a tuna fish can) with one end cut out.
2. Strip of corrugated cardboard, a little narrower than the depth of the can.
3. Paraffin wax
4. Lid from a kettle
5. Pan of water
Instructions For Buddy Burner
1. Roll the cardboard into a coil that fits loosely in the can
2. Melt the paraffin wax in a tin can (or a small pan) set in a pan of water or double boiler, using low heat. Melt only small amounts of paraffin at a time because it gives off a vapor which might start burning. Have a lid from a kettle on hand to smother any fire.
3. Fill the can containing the cardboard almost to the top with the melted paraffin wax and let it harden.
4. You can also use sawdust instead of cardboard. Fill the can with sawdust and then pour in melted paraffin wax.
5. Make a damper for the burner from aluminum foil (a round piece of several thicknesses) or from the burner can lid. Add a wire handle to the damper.
Materials Needed For Tin Can Stove
1. A large, empty tin can (no. 10) with one end cut out
2. A pair of tin snips
3. Gloves
4. A hammer
5. An ice pick, awl, or large nail
Instructions For Tin Can Stove
1. Use the open end of the can for the bottom of the stove
2. Wearing the gloves, use tin snips to cut two lengthwise slits 3 inches apart and about 3 inches long from the open end. Bend this piece of tin back into the inside of the can, hammering it down to make a square opening.
3. Using an ice pick, awl, or large nail, punch two or three holes at the top of the can opposite the opening. These air holes serve as a chimney.
How To Use
1. Find a level area on dirt or cement for the stove. Cook directly on top of the can.
2. Light the top of the buddy burner with a match, or make a small fire of twigs.
3. Place the tin can stove over the buddy burner. (Never cook directly over a buddy burner because the smoke is black and sooty.) The stove will get very hot, so do not touch it.
4. The first time you use the stove, wipe the finish off the tin can after it has heated. Hold the stove with a pot holder or gloves and rub it with a paper towel or cloth.
5. To put the fire out, turn the stove upside down on top of the buddy burner to smother the flames. Then use gloves or a stick to lift it off. The paraffin will be a hot liquid, so wait until it cools before you pick up the buddy burner. ~Donya
Here are instructions I saved from the list on the sawdust candles.
I used a #10 can, careful not to let the wax burn.
Use saw dust :wax ratio 1:1.
Press into soup cans around wick (you can get them from the old candles or buy new at a craft store or craft section at walmart.
They will burn differently than regular candles giving you a full burn over the surface of the candle...makes excellent cooking heat.
ONLY MELT THE WAX IN THE #10 CAN....
Then Add the sawdust, mix and pack into smaller cans with wicks
