How to Convert a Wood Camp Stove to Propane

Wood camp stoves can be converted to use propane. Wood camp stoves, which can be fixed or portable, are stoves similar to fire pits that burn wood for warmth or cooking. While wood camp stoves come in a variety of shapes and sizes, they all have a bottom area where wood is loaded for burning. The conversion to propane is not difficult or expensive and does not require much modification of the stove.

Things You'll Need

  • Propane tank
  • Regulator hose
  • Pencil
  • Drill
  • Gas burner
  • Pipe wrench
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Instructions

    • 1

      Clean all the wood, soot and debris from the bottom of the camp stove.

    • 2

      Attach one end of the regulator hose to the propane tank.

    • 3

      Run the other end of the regulator hose up to the lower side, or bottom, of the camp stove. Hold it there and mark the size of the regulator hose with a pencil.

    • 4

      Drill a hole where the mark was made that will be big enough to slip the regulator hose through.

    • 5

      Place the gas burner in the bottom of the camp stove and connect the regulator hose to the burner's female end with a pipe wrench.

    • 6

      Turn the propane tank handle to the right and use a long match to light the burner to test it.