Building a hobo stove from a tin can

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   A hobo stove is an improvised cooking device made from a metal can, designed to burn small wood, paper, or alcohol fuel. Variants have been used by backpackers, hobos, soldiers, and survival improvisers for more than a century because the materials are free, the construction takes ten minutes, and the result is genuinely useful — adequate to boil a pot of water for purification, heat a can of soup, or cook a one-pan meal during a power outage when the kitchen range is unavailable. The version below uses a #10 food-service can and burns wood twigs.