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How To Build A Wood Burning Cook Stove From A Steel Barrel

This is new to me, but maybe you are familiar with wood heaters made from steel barrels. Here is a tutorial of how to make a wood cook stove from a barrel. An effort has been made to keep it

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How To Make A Buddy Burner

Just came across this cool DIY showing how to make tin cans into long-burning stove fuel for campouts and/or emergency heat. They’re known as buddy burners and it’s a great way to re-purpose and good way to show off your

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How to Restore a Wood Burning Stove

So you want to make sure you have the ability to cook without power should you lose power during a SHTF type of situation,  or you just want to go off the grid. And you want to pick yourself up

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How To Make A Cardboard Box Oven

Did you know that you can make a cardboard box into an oven that works just as well as your oven at home? You can! And with this type of oven, you never have to worry about what to eat when

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How To Make A MacGyver Style Indestructible Maple Sugar Evaporator From A Filing Cabinet

Just when you think you saw it all, here comes this MacGyver style indestructible maple sugar evaporator made from a filing cabinet. In a post SHTF situation, this actually may come in handy though. Why? Because maple sugar and maple

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How To Make An Ammo Can Stove

Did you know that there are more than 100 uses for military ammo cans, aside from the obvious use which is storing ammunition. People, especially preppers, love them because they are extremely durable, cheap, airtight, watertight, and are easy to

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DIY: How To Build Your Own Umbrella Solar Cooker

Solar cookers are ovens that harness the sun’s rays and use them to create a source of heat. They can be used to heat food or drink, cook food, or sterilize drinking water. Solar cookers are popular in the developing

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DIY Cigar Survival Fishing Kit

Here’s a great way to shave a few ounces off any fishing kits you pack for your bug out bag, walk-about bag, or hunting bag. It fits in a glove box in your vehicle nicely too. Introducing the DIY cigar

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How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster

This is by far the most thorough breakdown on how to bug-in to survive a grid-down disaster. Disasters can devastate our most critical services including water supplies, medical facilities and first responders, waste and trash processing and removal, transportation options,

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How To Build A Mailbox Stove

I thought I’ve seen it all when it comes to different concoctions to cook stuff without power, but this definitely is among my new favorites. Have you ever seen a mailbox stove? Well now you have. And if you want

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