The following is my method of installing a baffle in a 6" can to make the cooking surface the hottest part of the stove, to give control for a slow steady burn and to eliminate the need for a spark arrestor.




baffle in shortest possible 6" can


Spacer is used to mark the added flexible edge that follows the inside of the can and spaces the baffle from under the cook surface.


vinegar bottle treatment to counter sink hole for strength when hot.


baffle bent ready to go in





tallest 6"can I have found. Front feed door cut out leaving tabs on top edge. Slits for door jamb are cut after tabs are bent in. Door jamb with slide door beside.


Smoke port cut out, tabs left on lower edge for baffle



Baffle pulled tight to the back and tabs bent around smoke port tabs





Ready to roll up tabs to make a channel for smoke connector latch pin (nail).
Rolled up tabs can be seen on short stove beside.

A baffle makes an ordinary can into a very efficient stove that will burn slow and steady using a gassifier method( burning from the top down). Replacement is cheap and easy and different sizes can be made to suit any weather.

If anyone wants to make one, the only way I know of to get the size right for the pattern is to fax it


Edited by chimpac (10/22/09 09:01 PM)