bushcraft survival skills A life saving hot drink in the wild, DIY mini oil burner stove UK m37

Hi and welcome to @ianbarlowuk

Lets have a hot drink
in the wild with minimal kit
(using my DIY home made mini oil burner stove kit)

A hot drink can make a huge difference in a survival situation and could save your life!
It obviously puts heat into your body but its also a morale booster - when you absolutely need it
having a living flame on the go is giving heat and light (if you need this in the dark, failing outside light or in a cave)
having a flame also JUST inexplicably helps with your well-being in what may be a very stressful situation
I think its in our core DNA from primitive times

In the video I also show a very useful paper folding process (origami) that is good for keeping small items together eg sugar, powdered milk, loose tea, coffee, solids like fishing hooks in fact any small items

You can also fold this with a plastic sheet and it will hold liquids well if you do not squeeze the package (comment if you would like me to demo this on the channel, its is very cool to see it not leak with water inside?)

The metal wind shields are made from thin beer can aluminium
I have a pair of 'tin snips' bought for me by my loving wife - that shout out gets me in her good books :o)
BUT an old pair of scissors will cut this very thin metal just fine also

The glass mustard pot with the yellow top has is its own natural glass wind shield
The blue vics tubs and mustard pot both have a 100% liquid seal (no cardboard washer that will fail over time) so the oil can not get out when packed away

The fuel is regular home cooking oil VERY easy to buy even from a remote little village shop (cheep also). Its very safe to carry with you as its hard to accidentally light

The wicks are standard string (natural fibres only please, they must not be plastic based strings / cords)
To lift the wicks up out of the oil, I coil wire around a small smooth nail, then remove the nail leaving a tube of coiled wire. thread your string through this tube approx 5 mm. the tail string can be 3 cm approx just to dangle in the oil

I find the wicks work well poking approx 5 mm up out of the wire coils and oil, more than this will give a bigger flame BUT will start smoking if too big

I have made a long lighter wire to stop me burning my fingers (you see me using it in the video) that you can reload with new string as required. The loops on the way up the stem are to thread the string though to keep it neat and away from the flame

tip: always wet your wicks with oil before using them, this stops the string burning. We want the oil to burn 99% with a tiny 1% burn of our string

RESULT:-
ok so I had a hot coffee with 2 sugars and it was very nice
It takes a while to get up to temperature but it does works

I have made a small oil burner stove that has 6 flames and I have cooked fried eggs on this no problem (comment if you would like me to do a video about this?)

I have a bow-drill friction fire video almost ready to upload consider subscribing so you get the alert, if thats of interest to you?

If you have any question please ask via the comments (or community area)

all good fun!

hope you enjoyed the video

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