I just discovered this site last night called minibulldesign.com. This guy makes a huge variety of pop can stoves, a Heniken can pot (with lip guard), and has instructions on how to turn a cheap blue plastic tarp into a 20 ounce tarp tent for two.
Even though I hike with about 2 grand worth of gear, I have this dream of being able to outfit myself for a couple hundred dollars . When I go to Walmart I always think, “Now what if you had nothing, and you needed to outfit yourself for living completely out of your pack and you could only spend like 100 to 200 dollars and it had to be lightweight. What would you buy?” So, blue plastic tarp and contact cement would now be on my list. Build your own Hasty Hooch!
He also has a blog. It looks like he makes a lot of youtube videos.
I made my first alcohol stove recently and it is extremely gratifying to replace an expensive piece of gear with something ultralight weight, homemade and inexpensive. It’s something simple enough to do that has got me thinking about what else I can make…
Been watching “Tinny’s” video’s for a couple months now. He builds really quality alcohol stoves, and has some great ideas.
Alot of his video’s on youtube are very informative and some are very funny. He has like 150 vids – good stuff !