DIY FOLDING CAMPING STOVE FOR TOURISM

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I will tell you how to make a simple, lightweight and foldable tile - stand for cooking. You can put a frying pan or pots on it. It is also possible to use the stove as a barbecue.
A camping stove can work both on liquid fuel, such as an alcohol burner, and on a solid one, such as a camping candle.
Due to its size, the entire structure occupies a minimum of space both in assembled or disassembled condition.

Materials and tools that come in handy

Materials:
I used what was on hand.

- Aluminum sheet with a thickness of 3 mm.
- Steel wire for the manufacture of pin wedges.
- door hinges of a small size, for furniture.
- Aluminum can - optional.
- Nuts and bolts.

Instruments:

- Pencil and ruler.
- Stationery knife.
- Drill and drill.
- A screwdriver.
- Jigsaw.
- Nippers.
- File.
- Sandpaper.
- Slicing metal sheets.

Part marking for further cutting

It is necessary to make 3 parts, see photo. Two measuring 15 mm x 13 mm, with legs - cutout 2.5 mm. And one without legs, measuring 15 mm x 10 mm. In the figure, the dimensions are in inches.

Cut out the details for the hiking plate

We take an aluminum sheet and draw out parts of the future plate with a simple pencil or scratch with a nail. Then cut with a jigsaw or other saw.
Be careful when working with metal. Observe safety precautions and do not get hurt.
Aluminum is a good metal - lightweight, easy to cut, and most importantly it does not rust.

Scraping edges

After all parts have been cut, they must be cleaned from various burrs. It is also necessary to dull sharp edges. For these purposes, use a metal file and sandpaper. At first we went through a file, tucked in the radius of sharp edges throughout the area. And then go through fine sandpaper to make all the parts smooth.

Add loops

Next to the existing parts, you need to add loops. But first you need to disassemble them by pulling out the central cotter pin. Since the tile looks like a triangle, we need three such disassembled loops.
After the hinges are disassembled, they must be attached to the sides of the plate. To do this, apply loops, notice holes, drills. And we put loops on bolts with nuts.
Make your cotter pins from steel or copper wire. Their thickness is like that of a native cotter pin loop or slightly less. The shape is L-shaped, long at your discretion, about one and a half times more than the loop in length.

Burner stand

This step is optional since the burner can be placed directly on the ground. Although this device gives stability to the entire structure. Since I have a small alcohol burner. And if you put it on the ground - the flame will not be enough. So I took this step.
The support is made of thin steel and is also screwed on with bolts and nuts, see photo. The bottom acts from an aluminum can as the holder.

Grill

This can also not be done, but if you suddenly want to cook a pacifier or meat on fire, then such a grill may come in handy. It is simply cut out of a metal mesh with knives for metal in a size slightly wider than the sides of the plate.