Originally Posted By jasonklass
Originally Posted By bmwrider
I am having fun trying to build an alky stove two so far.

I'm thinking of trying a soda can stove inside a larger can as a wind screen.
I plan to simply use a larger can to place the stove inside of the same as some of the wind screens I see out there only smaller I'm not sure how small I can go with this, I have an almond can which would leave about a half an inch gap.



1 should I make vent holes?
2 how tall should the wind screen be?
3 does anyone even think it will work? LOL
4 how much space should I have between the two cans?



I don't think 1/2" will be enough of a gap for the output of a soda can stove and it will choke. Can I ask why you want to use an almond can instead of something like aluminum flashing or tooling foil for a windscreen?


My penny stove/GSI kettle setup's windscreen has a gap of 1/2" and works amazingly well. I can boil 2 cups in 4 minutes on 17ml of fuel. YMMV, but the way I've got the thing setup currently seems to be as close to perfect for the given components as it's going to get, which coincidentally means it's somewhat close to being not enough ventilation, and smothering the stove.

I've found that the best way of optimizing an alcohol stove setup is tinkering, trial and error.
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