And now for some fun and simple holiday projects field tested by your crew at Woodshed Kings. They\u2019re all clever and made of inexpensive and\/or free recycled components. People like them because they\u2019re useful, different, don\u2019t take up a lot of room, and because you cared enough to make them. Links to good tutorials are included. Remember once you\u2019ve made it the first time things go much faster.<\/p>\n
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Beer Can Alcohol Stove <\/strong><\/p>\n Here is such a guy tutorial. It\u2019s put up by an English hiker who introduces us to Armen, a gypsy-looking fellow with a long ponytail and lots of knotted bracelets and talismans. In a few minutes Armen, with a pocket knife and a beer can, makes a working alcohol stove that can boil tea water in less time than it takes him to make the stove. You watch, riveted, thinking Armen is going to slice his finger off. He doesn\u2019t, so you think, \u201cHmmmm. I could do that.\u201d And you can.<\/p>\n Two things to note: You can use a rotary can opener to take off the top of the can. It doesn\u2019t have the cachet of a knife but it\u2019s faster and easier. The other thing is that they mean it when they say you need the over 90 percent alcohol. The usual 70 percent isopropyl alcohol doesn\u2019t want to burn.<\/p>\n See: The Original Beer Can Stove Video. 7.58 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n