For four years now, rocket stoves have beenour biggest attractionhere at sustainablog: my list of plans for making thesesuper efficient wood stoveshas topped our list of popular posts pretty much from its publication. As such, I try to keep an eye out for similar topics, even with our shift to a focus on waste. So, I’m scratching my head on why I haven’t gotten to hobo stoves sooner.
What’s a hobo stove? The name gives you a good idea: a portable cooking stove made from cast-off materials. Some rocket stoves even fall into the category – those made from tin cans, for instance – but while the rocket stove concept focuses on efficient use of wood fuel, the idea behind a hobo stove is reuse of materials and easy portability. While wood is often the fuel used, it doesn’t have to be: several of the designs I’ve come across revolves around other fuel sources.
露营需要炉灶吗?如果你的回收箱里有一个咖啡罐,甚至是一个铝饮料罐,你就有了基本的东西。你也可以在家里放一个,当那些停电的时候,或者如果你只是想尝试一些不同的东西。
Use a hobo stove? Did you make it yourself? Tell us about the plan you used…
The DIY Hobo Stove: Nine Plans
The Super Basic Model
As the name implies, hobo stoves can be made on the go… and, as such, basic models require very little in terms of materials or tools. Thisdesign from Instructablesis about as simple as it gets: if you’ve got a can and something to cut pieces out of it, you’re in business.
Another Very Basic Model
Pain Chaud’s video walk you through another fairly basic model. He does use power tools, but I don’t think you’d need them:
The Slightly Higher Tech Version
As you might expect,Mother Earth Newshas a hobo stove plan, and it’s just a bit fancier than the first one. You need some thick wire for this one… like a coat hanger.
The Hobo Stove with Pot Rack
Want some flexibility with the size pot you’re going to use?PracticalSurvivor.com’s hobo stove planincorporates coat hanger wire as a pot rack.
The Plan with Options
Wikihow有制作(和使用)一个流浪汉炉子的详细说明,包括几个选项。想想你可能想如何使用你的炉子,然后建造。
The Soda Can Stove
This plan fromeHow’s Jonathan Fonguses a soda can, and burns denatured alcohol for fuel. Very handy and portable, but a little more intensive in terms of making.
The Two Can Wood Gasifier
Treehuger’sSami Groverfound this plan atPermaculture Magazine:
The Hobo Stove with Tuna Can Burner
This plan from the DIY Networkis a lot like our other basic models, but includes a “burner” in a tuna can. Don’t want to hunt for wood? Some cardboard and candle wax can also work…
The IKEA Hack Hobo Stove
I almost didn’t include this because it involves the temptation to buy materials rather than reuse, but if you’ve got an old IKEA cutlery stand around (or, ok, if you want to go buy one), you caneasily make this hobo stovefrom our friends at Knowledge Weighs Nothing.
Photo credit: Screen capture from “How to…make a Hobo stove! HD” video
Franken Standsays
Ok so what tools do you use if your train hopping and don’t have a Dremel tool..I have a knife and a multi-tool