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Description of the material - Solar oven in a jar

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    large glass jar (pickles or jam type) with a metal lid.

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    small glass jar with a metal lid that can be placed into the large jar

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    pot of black paint, acrylic-type

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    two-component glue (epoxy)

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    expanded polystyrene plaque (taken from some packaging)

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    adhesive tape, to fix different parts together (expanded polystyrene, cardboard, etc.)

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    aluminum foil

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large glass jar (pickles or jam type) with a metal lid.

Original material, used by Martin

Get a jar with the largest opening as possible (pickles or jam). The best is to have already the large jar ready before looking for the smaller one. It is indeed difficult to estimate if the smaller jar really fits inside the big one without trying to pass it through its opening.
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the best is to recycle old jars