i.materialise Stops Bronze Infused Steel Printing – Kills BD Caps after March 28, 2025

Hi folks

If you want to buy a BD silent damper cap for your modern or vintage stove. Now is the time. You have a deadline of 28/5/2025 (May 28th, 2025) to place that order.

https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/designer/gary-adams

Cap instructions: https://www.berniedawg.com/berniedawg-silent-damper-cap-instructions/

Here is why.
I received this email on 16/5/2025:

Will there be more caps sometime in the future from some other outlet? Maybe or maybe not. I ain’t getting any younger and the logistics of setting up another source are daunting. So! If you want one, NOW is the time to act. Sorry this is this way. Dumb that I get less than two weeks notice and have to pass that on to you. Out of my control however. Still, I’m so sorry it should be that way.

Link again: https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/designer/gary-adams
BD

Optimus 324 White Gas Stove Manual

I have a video showing disassembly, reassembly and startup of this stove here:
https://youtu.be/gKN_NKFscpA

Here’s a copy of an original Optimus 324 manual for this white gas fueled stove. Always use filtered white gas, naphtha, Coleman or Crown fuel or other camping stove appliance naphtha fuel. Never use diesel, kerosene or automotive gasoline.

Pick the format you like, or just download the PDF from the link at the bottom of the post.

Manual_Optimus_324_Rider copy pdf

Phoebus 625 Stove Restoration Labels

Stove fan and restorer Phillip C. was kind enough to share some labels he made. (Thanks, Phillip!) He used them on a recent restoration of his Phoebus 625 gasoline/naphtha stove. Here’s how they looked on his nicely restored stove.


The labels are presented in three ways: as pdfs, as jpgs, and as docx files. I don’t own a color printer, but, if you do, these may be very useful for you. You are on your own for formatting and the like.

PDFs
Phoebus small label
Phoebus main label

JPGs

DOCX
Phoebus 625 small label template1
Phoebus 625 main label template1
Instructions for operating the stove are found here:
https://www.berniedawg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Phoebus-625-Instructions.pdf

AND! Did you know that if you are missing the caps for the Phoebus 625 you can replace them with a BernieDawg Wide Body silent damper cap? Sure enough! Here’s a photo:

 

Radius “Special Silent” UFO Silent Burner Cap Compatibility

Hi BD
Can I use the Radius UFO silent cap on a standard silent burner?
Signed, Silent Guy

Nope. Sorry, Silent Guy. A lot of people don’t realize that there is a size difference between the two types of burners. The Radius “Special Silent” burner is substantially smaller than the standard #5-sized silent burner.

“Special Silent” on the left, standard #5 sized burner on the right

If the spigot tube on the “Special Silent” (aka the UFO burner) looks smaller than the #5 spigot tube, that’s because it is. The “Special Silent” spigot tube has an outer diameter of 14.5mm while the OD on the #5 burner is 16mm. So, no way the UFO cap will fit on the #5 burner.

If you have not got a #5 burner in hand, here’s how the “Special Silent” compares to a standard sized #1 roarer burner. Hope that helps. BD

 

Stove Part Supplier Links

Here’s a list of stove part suppliers that I’ve used or know about. As I think on it, I may add more, so check back frequently. Pretty sure this list is current as of December 2021. These suppliers tend to come and go in many cases. If I’m wrong about a supplier drop me an email and I’l investigate/fix it. If I’ve listed your outfit and you don’t want to be listed just let me know in an email. If you find a dead link or if you know of a link I should add, please let me know by emailing: bd@berniedawg.com and I’ll try to add, update or remove it as required as soon as possible. Thanks!

USA:
EU
UK:
Australia:
South Korea:
Taiwan:
  • philbeagle (Various stove/lantern parts) – https://www.ebay.com/usr/philbeagle/       I can no longer recommend the British Military #12 silent cap from Philbeagle as it has undergone revisions that make it a poor performer without significant modifications involving re-machining some of the parts.
  • simonchantwus_gmail (PentaWrenches, stove and lantern parts) – https://www.ebay.com/str/supercorselantern
  • chi5972 (stove and lantern fabricated parts) –
  • https://www.ebay.com/usr/chi5972/
  • kitelamp (sells remakes of various hard-to-find stove and lantern accessories) Has moved away from eBay and sells directly through this website – https://www.kitelamp.com Has lots of really good and awesome products!
  • ama3736 https://www.ebay.com/str/BOTEXX-TOOLS/ eBay seller sells a small number of parts and graphite packing for many stoves – sadly has now decided (1/2021) that “shipping costs too much” for them to ship products to Canada, Hawaii and much of the rest of the world. ???? Still ships to the mainland USA and the UK at this time, but I’d suggest going to KiteLamp for standard sized graphite packings for a better deal instead: https://www.kitelamp.com/en/product/graphite-ring_en/?v=7516fd43adaa

Juwel 34 Stove Manual and Instructions – Original German and English Translation

Here are both the original German language manual for the popular Juwel 34 stove and my English translation of the Juwel 34 stove manual. Jpg files are first, and then, at the bottom are the links to the higher quality PDF files. You are welcome to share and distribute these files.

PDF files
Juwel 34 Stove Manual – German 1MB
Juwel 34 Manual English Translation 3MB