How to Make an Alcohol Stove Windscreen

Creating a windscreen for your alcohol stove will allow you to better use the stove in windy conditions. By utilizing some very basic materials, a simple windscreen can easily be constructed. This will allow you to more easily cook a hot meal when out on the trail hiking or out camping in windy conditions. The ability to cook a hot meal in windy conditions will certainly improve morale for everyone involved in the hike or camping trip.

• 1

  Remove the tops and bottoms from the soda cans by cutting them off with the metal snips.

• 2

  Cut down one side of each of the soda cans.

• 3

  Flatten the soda cans on your working surface by using the wood block to rub over them until they lie flat.

• 4

  Join the two small, flat metal sheets together by using the epoxy putty along one side of each sheet to create a large flat metal sheet. Then use the pliers to crimp the edges of the large metal sheet. This is to create a dull edge all the way around in order to prevent someone from getting cut by the windscreen.

• 5

  Bend the large metal sheet into a circular shape to create the windscreen that will fit around your alcohol stove.