How to make a buddy burner

Making a buddy burner is a pretty easy thing to do and well worth making

Essentially a buddy burner is a homemade stove you can make using some coiled cardboard soaked in candle wax inside a holder made from a drinks can  .

You can use a buddy burner to start a fire or produce light or just as stove .

Once you finished with your burner you can add more wax to make it last longer , I found I could get around 5 to 6 uses from it without adding more wax , each time using it to boil a cup of water to make a hot drink  .

I normally carry one if  i'm off down the woods and if I go away for a weekend I will always take one plus a trangia stove and keep the burner as a back up



Here are the items you will need

Scissors
Candle
Cardboard
Drink can
Lighter





First you will need cut your can to make the holder

                                                            


Cut your can so its about an inch high

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next you need to coil up your cardboard inside the can

 

Pack the cardboard as tight as you can get it


Now you light a candle and pour the wax over the cardboard , cover it as much as you can and let it soak in

Once the wax is set your buddy burner is finished

To light the buddy burner just use a lighter 

Here is the buddy burner in action

And the buddy burner in a fire pit

I hope this helps you to make a buddy burner, something well worth making and it costs you virtually nothing  .

HERE IS A VIDEO OF MAKING THE BURNER  

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/johnjayrambo11111