[Stoves] AW:Simple Tin Can Chimney (Lanny Henson)

[Boll, Martin Dr.]

Lanny,

Your coffie-can-chimney is an intelligent simple and stable low-tech
solution.

I would like to have such simple general construction technics for all
interested, to be simply available in a collection/dictionary to stimulate
fantasy for realizing construction-ideas. 

I normally don’t have such coffie-cans but I have another simple solution to
connect fruit-cans to make a chimney.
Make 4 right-angled cut-ins in the tin-tube, about 1 inch deep. 
- In equal distances (or in pairs equal distant)
Put the next can without bottom onto the prepared first can.
Make that a pair of opposite "flaps" is in- and the other pair is outside of
the second can-tube. Put the cans together up to the end of the cut-ins.

So you can continue. The cans are not so fast connected, but for testing it
fits.
-Think of, that the lids can be cut off in a different way by can-openers,
and that could affect better or worse fitting.
Mostly modern cans have stabilizing-"waves" round the tube, they help to
snap in.

By the way: The stoves on your website: Fine work, good ideas!

Greetings from Germany

Martin




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> From: "Lanny Henson" <lanny at roman.net>
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> Simple Tin Can Chimney
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> I developed a method to connect cans, buckets or drums end to end. This
> could be handy to make chimneys, burners, gas generators, grain silos or
> possibly charcoal units.
> This method is simple, requires no electricity, just hand tools.
> I hope this method will be useful to someone in stove development.
> 
> I connected two coffee cans to build this duct/chimney with grate, 6"/15cm
> diameter X 12.5"/32cm long.
> http://www.lanny.us/tcc.html
> 
> Mass production of stoves has its place but methods that an individual
> could
> use too build their own appliances would be useful. For methods to be
> practical they should require minimum skills, work off grid and use common
> materials.
> 
> Lanny Henson