Fancee Feast Stove

[Madriverrob]

@Bopdude swears by his and I was lucky enough to be be gifted one by @chiseller on treklite ( top bloke) . It got me thinking and I thought I’d try and make few … 3 done so far , one gifted to my son in law , they are addictive ……

 

[1 shot willie]

What are they like on fuel Rob?

 

[Madriverrob]

What are they like on fuel Rob?

Need to complete some burn tests , they boil fast but have not used a measured amount of fuel and water , I will do some boil tests when I get chance .

 

[Bopdude]

Nice jobs mate, @1 shot willie typically in mine it takes about 30ml of bio ethanol to boil around 700ml of water, very roughly and dependant on a lot of factors etc

 

[Madriverrob]

It’s becoming an obsession

 

[Bopdude]

What are you using as the wick's?

 

[Madriverrob]

What are you using as the wick's?

A plumbers pad of eBay (£5 )

 

[Ystranc]

Fire rope from a wood burner also works well, after seeing the first one I thought I'd give it a blast using a tuna tin for the base and a bean can for the upper....it works alright but a little experimentation may yield a slightly more fuel efficient combination of cans. I fed mine with meths and it seemed a little thirsty.

 

[Madriverrob]

There is an art to the fuel consumption apparently …. Hence the use of a cat food tin and a tomato purée tin with a 1inch height on the tomato tin …. I still haven’t done any timed burn tests on the ones I’ve made …. Hiram cook on YouTube was the fancee feast guru and if it’s good enough for @Bopdude its good enough for me

 

[Ystranc]

How have you been cutting the cans down? I used a hacksaw to cut it and a file to clean up the sharp edges...the height of the bean can above the tuna can would be about an inch (by pure chance) the fire rope that I used as a wick was unbraided so that it could be twisted tighter or looser to fit the gap.

 

[Madriverrob]

How have you been cutting the cans down? I used a hacksaw to cut it and a file to clean up the sharp edges...the height of the bean can above the tuna can would be about an inch (by pure chance) the fire rope that I used as a wick was unbraided so that it could be twisted tighter or looser to fit the gap.

I use a dremmel …. Different heights give a different spread of flame that would suit bigger pots … I saw one on YouTube where the guy used a paper towel as the wick worked fine but clearly didn’t have the durability of plumbers mat or fire rope .