I like the idea and I will make one candle stove à la Monty Alford's YuCan for sure (YuCan as in Yukon and "you can" and food can...) and it's also the best way to go in a snow cave. Here's another thread with pictures of a YuCan stove:

www.bushcraftuk.com

I read up on this alcohol stove a long time ago but never tried making it. Anyone ever tried it? The inventor originally meant for it to be a backup stove that he could even use with on-hand whiskey for fuel, if I recall correctly. I think I know what the response will be from some drinkers. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html

Thanks OldScout, Simon, and others for the links to the alcohol stoves. Why have I never stumbled on this before??!! I use denat. alcohol by the gallons for making shellac, am aware of how clean (and hot) it burns, and yet never heard of or thought of to try this. This alcohol stove is great!

I considered (am considering) an Esbit stove for $10 (German design, unk. manufaturer). Coghlans sells a Chinese made one for about $5. Even though I'm going to work on these alcohol stoves, I think I'll still get one of the Esbit stoves.

I made one once. It didn't seem to be any better, or worse, than most of the other design stoves I have made, but it was a lot easier to make. But I used Heet for fuel, wouldn't want to waste the good stuff...

I like this design you linked (Super Cat). I would recommend you look at the Atlanta stove too. It is more efficient of fuel I believe than the "large hole" designs. I also know it to be quite wind resistant. As your site says the size of the pot has a real impact on efficiency. It seems to boil fastest when the flames just lick up the sides of the pot a little.

Here are several different types of alcohol stoves.. for most of the types it gives examples and on some of them it gives DIY instruction. This was the site that I first found out about them and was going to use to build them.

I've used the homemade alcohol stoves a few times. I enjoy the simplicity of them. They boil a pot of water in about 5 mins or so. The only downfall is. if you run out of fuel prematurely, you cannot add more to the hot stove. Other than that, it is lightweight, insanely simple to use, and the fuel for it can be found literally anywhere. I highly recommend these over esbit stoves.

"...you cannot add more to the hot stove..."

Very true. But the good news is that those little bitty aluminum stoves cool off very rapidly...

Which type did you use?
Open Flame, Chimny/Updraft, Low Pressure SideBurner, Open Jet, Hybird SideBurner Jet, or Pressurized Jet?
See here (again) and scroll down, has links with examples and pictures.

I f you plan on getting a alcohol stove, check out a Trangia stove first