Tin Can Rocket Stoves
Wed, Jun 07
|Portland Adult Education, Room B
Learn to make wood-burning rocket stoves using recycled tin cans! These are compact, lightweight and truly excellent for camping.
Time & Location
Jun 07, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Portland Adult Education, Room B, 14 Locust St, Portland, ME 04101, USA
About the event
A rocket stove employs simple principal concepts to create an efficient wood-burning apparatus. Fuel is burned inside a combustion chamber containing an insulated vertical chimney. Rocket stove designs are most often used for portable stoves for cooking but the design is also used to make mass heaters for heating buildings.
Learn to make a tin can rocket stove! Using recycled materials to make something useful is resourceful. Excellent for camping; not too bulky or heavy - they will fit well into a backpack! We'll use 5 cans and some tin snips to create a lasting product that competes against and may even outstrip your industrial camp stoves!
Space in this class is limited. Preregistration, along with a paid deposit, is required to reserve a spot in the class. Deposits may be fully refunded in the event of a cancellation a week or more before the class, if the space is…