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:

 

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

Heinze Geniol German Army Kocher Stove Manuals

Down below I have some English translations of the Heinze Geniol German Army Stove manuals and box lid placard. Here are some photos of the stove I’m talking about.

I have a short video at my YouTube channel showing how to light one up with the quick lighter device: https://youtu.be/TEYuNicFRWE
The video has some links to both the storage bag and the windshield I show with the stove.

The stove comes with a multi-page pamphlet that describes operating, maintenance and repair procedures. It’s in German.

But, I’ve translated it into English. Just a couple of pages as a teaser for the PDF documents you can download below.

And, as it turns out, there are two different versions of the German language manual. I found this version one manual online here:
https://www.prela.ch/Anleitungen/bwkocher.pdf
Here’s the Version 1 in German which you can download here from my site or from the site at that link just above:
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher Manual Version 1 German
Here’s the Version 2 in German which came with one of my kochers and has some edits to create new sections and some corrections from version one:
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher Manual Version 2 German

So, I translated both versions. Here are the two smaller files that just show single pages:
Heinze Geniol Cooker Manual Ver.1 English Single page
Heinze Geniol Cooker Manual Vers.2 English Single page

For a booklet style view on your computer or device, download one or both of these slightly larger files:
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher English Manual Version 1 for viewing
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher English Manual Version 2 for viewing

For a document that you can print double-sided and get the pages located in the proper order (to make your own hard copy booklet), download one or both of these files:
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher English Manual Version 1 for booklet printing
Heinze Geniol Army Kocher English Manual Version 2 for booklet printing

There are instructions under the lid, too. They are not as good as in the manual.

Here’s the translation of those, too.

Hey! You are free to download these and even share them around. Please retain my little credit to me I put on the translated pages. It took me a lot of days to translate, so it just seems fair. Download and share them for free – it’s knowledge! Let’s be decent humans and share our knowledge and resources! (I don’t believe in trying to make money on documents that I didn’t even print or author originally. Nor do I believe in creating a silly “monopoly” on knowledge by restricting knowledge to subscribers. 🙄 Those ideas are weirdly mean-spirited and not very nice.👎)
You’re welcome, stove fans! 🥳 BD

Optimus Hiker+ Manual

The Optimus Hiker+ stove was discontinued in 2020. Here’s the Optimus Hiker+ manual for you collectors or for anyone who needs one. Free of charge. The jpgs are below. Click on each image for the full size jpg.
Or, slide down the page farther for a link to get the PDF of better quality.

Better quality PDF copy of the manual (about 486KB):
Optimus Hiker+ Manual