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Tag: metalworking

Machining, welding, brazing, bending, folding, spindling and mutilating metal.

Turn! Turn! Turn! (and Face!)

No, this post has nothing to do with a song by the Byrds. Nor anything to do with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (the source of the lyrics for the song). Last week I promised a brief demonstration of what a metal cutting lathe does. So here we go!

A Project To Make You All Steamed Up!

Some of you asked what I make in my shop. So today we’re going to look at the first steam engine I made. I found a free set of plans online, and the metal was stuff I had around. I think it turned out pretty well!

Where the Magic Happens: A Tour of My Underground Laboratory

Sure, some uncharitable people might call it my basement shop. Some particularly pedantic types might even note that I have a split-level house, so the basement isn’t even really underground. But screw them. I do experiments, so it’s a laboratory. And it’s probably as close as I’ll ever get to a supervillain’s lair. Let’s have a look!

Things Were Going Great Until It All Caught Fire

In some recent posts I’ve detailed the process to build an alcohol stove from old beer cans, along with a pot support, windscreen, snuffer and fuel bottle. The only thing left to do, really, is try it out…

The Last of the Alcohol Stove Accessories: Windscreen and Fuel Bottle

In this post and this post we made an alcohol burner to use as a backpacking stove. We’ve also made a snuffer and a pot support. But before we can call this stove project done enough to play with, we need to make a windscreen, and find a fuel bottle. I promise after this we’ll get to set it on fire!

Let’s make a pot support for an alcohol stove

In this post and this post I detailed making an alcohol burning backpacking stove from a couple empty drink cans. In the last post we added a snuffer. Today, it’s a pot support. Let’s get to work!

Let’s Make a Snuffer for Our Alcohol Stove!

In this post and this post I detailed making an alcohol burning backpacking stove from a couple empty drink cans. But in order to cook with it we’ll need a few accessories. Today we’re going to make the snuffer, which we can use to put the stove out when we’re done cooking. Let’s get to work!

Let’s Make an Alcohol Stove – Part 2

In last week’s post, we started to make an alcohol stove, and got as far as finishing the bowl and burner ring. Today we’re going to make the inner wall, put everything together and seal it up.

Let’s Make an Alcohol Stove

In a previous post, I talked about what I like about alcohol stoves. One of the things that I mentioned is that you can make your own, out of items found easily at hand. So today I’m going to show you how to make your own alcohol stove out of a couple aluminum beverage cans.

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