Solar Cooker Plans and Drawings

SUNSTOVE® solar cookers can be fabricated with hand tools and were designed to be mass produced with hand tools and materials that are available in every country.  The unit is affordable (materials cost less than USD $10.00) and weighs under 5 kilograms, thus is easy to move or store (it hangs easily on a wall).  It cooks 5 to 6 liters of food for a family.  It is high quality, weather resistant, and user friendly.  The SUNSTOVE® stacks (nests together) for low-cost packaging and shipping.  (Ten fit in the back seat of a car.)  The unit is an ideal cottage industry because it does not require expensive machinery or facilities.  It uses local materials, and only needs hand tools to manufacture.

Detailed Solar Cooking Stove plans:

• The side cross section: http://www.sunstove.com/side-cross-section-b/
• The front cross section: http://www.sunstove.com/front-cross-section-a/
• Interior and case drawings: : http://www.sunstove.com/interior-case-drawings/
• The cover and wood frame: http://www.sunstove.com/cover-and-wood-frame/
• Exploded view: http://www.sunstove.com/exploded-view-large/

Tools:

• Hand riveter and rivets; industrial stapler and staples
• Hand staple gun and staples; hammer and large tacks
• Screwdriver, wood screws, nails, and paint brush
• Tape measure, wood saw, tin snips, scissors, knife

THE KEY: Scrap Aluminum, Lithograph Printing Plates

These are available from newspapers or commercial printers and the government press in every country for the price of scrap aluminum.  A reflecting interior wall and exterior case can be fabricated from these plates.  They reflect the sun’s rays to the cooking pots, will not rust and, painted black, they absorb and retain the sun’s energy.  Best of all they are low cost.  A common size is 770mm x 1030mm (30″ x 40″).  Different sized plates can be riveted together or the cooker can be designed to use the plates available in any country.