Milo Stove: chicken tin and mesh stand

August 17, 2023 — BarryK

I thought maybe call this "Barry's Milo Stove", but just "Milo Stove" is enough; named after the Milo tin.

This is post #3 of the Milo alcohol stove project. Previous post:

https://bkhome.org/news/202308/milo-tin-for-alcohol-stove-project.html

The stove will be built on the same principle as the Packafeather stove, with burner inside, covered with a tin that has a hole in the top for the flames to come out. Here is the Packafeather XL stove:

I looked through the shelves at Coles for a suitable tin to go over the Speedster burner, and found this:

This is Podravka Chicken Spread, made in Croatia. Outer diameter at the widest is 75mm and height is 32mm, which is a bit smaller than I was looking for; however, the next size up was fish tins, that are a bit too big. It's OK, the chicken tin will work.

After removing the ring-pull lid (and cleaning it out), there is a ridge all around the inside, where the ring-pull lid was attached:

The Milo Stove will have air flowing in from underneath, and due to the rather small diameter, needed to get rid of that ridge. A small grinding wheel worked. The electric drill was clamped onto the bench, and it was easy to grind the ridge down:

...still to be done, a 25mm hole in the top of the chicken-tin.

I also constructed a mesh stand, on which the pot will sit. Bought this from Bunnings:

https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-1-1mm-25-x-12-5-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203642

The idea is that when everything is packed into the stove, the TOAKS pot will be inserted inside the Milo tin, and the mesh stand can be either inside or outside the pot.

Cut out a piece of mesh, 25 segments, each segment is 12.7mm:

Here it is wrapped into a circle. Circumference is 318mm, diameter 101mm, height 56mm. There are hooks to hold it together:

...the stand looks OK, but not necessarily the final design. Also, will be considering the alternative method, of a round grill mounted on the sides of the Milo tin, as shown in post #1 of this stove project.

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