Bushcraft Essentials Bushbox - Getting Started; Welcome and Tips; Bushbox Assembly; EDCBox Assembly

Lighng a Fire
If you are not experienced in making re, you will nd very useful
videos about the subject on YouTube. Basically: To start a re use
birch bark, feather scks, wood shavings, coon pads or similar.
Gradually add thin material unl you get a nice re. Then gradually
add thicker material. The fuel for your stove is provided for free by
Mother Nature – dry spruce twigs for example are great. Never use
wood lying on the ground as it will always be damp (except in arid
regions).
Make sure the holes in the base plate are not clogged up so the
stove can “breathe”!
Usage
The underlying principle of a hobo stove is the chimney eect. The
smaller the stove, the easier it is to destroy the eect by blocking
the air ow. Make sure you never completely cover the upper side –
otherwise the re will die and/or smoke will develop.
Also make sure your stove can “breathe“ from below. For instance if
you use a coon pad to light the EDCBox, it may clog the holes in the
base plate. The stove will then cease to funcon or will smoke. Keep
the holes in the base plate clear and you will always have a nice re.
Finally, it is important to make sure you always have enough fuel
(i.e. wood etc.) available to keep the re burning. Our stoves burn
fast and hot, so the re will die fast if you do not connuously add
new material. Prepare a sucient supply of material before you
start the re or use longer branches which can be fed through the
aperture (be careful when using this method, burning material may
fall out and start a wildre).
Mul-Fuel
The Bushbox can be operated with many fuels – wood, a standard
Trangia burner, esbit/hexamine tablets (use the special base plate
posion or turn the Bushbox upside down), gel fuel cans, wood pel
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lets, charcoal, dry animal dung etc.
Care/Maintenance
Our stoves are high quality products, designed to accompany you
for a very long me. Although they need almost no care and main
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tenance, you should keep the stove free from dirt and clean it from
me to me.
Welcome to the Bushbox and the EDCBox
Thank you for purchasing one of our mul-fuel hobo stoves. We hope
you enjoy this high quality product, enrely made in Germany from
stainless steel (or tanium). If it comes with a few scratches from
producon: We do not polish our products to avoid water polluon
and health risks.
To make your stove a lasng experience, there are a few things
to consider:
Tips & Tricks
You will nd a growing number of great videos from users of our
stoves on YouTube and Facebook. Even if these are not in your lan
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guage, they will give you a few hints about how to use a hobo stove.
You can nd more videos and informaon here:
• www.facebook.com/BushcraEssenals
• www.youtube.com/user/bushcraessenals
We look forward to your videos and feedback!
Bushbox Assembly
1. Aach the two longer side plates to the rear plate (small plate
without opening).
2. Slide the base plate and the ash tray into the grooves of the
longer side plates (perforated base plate at the top,
ash tray below).
3. Click the front plate (the one with the aperture) into place.
4. Use trivets if necessary – you can apply them in two dierent
posions: In the rst posion they are even with the
edge of the Bushbox – best posion for the stability
of small cups. If used reverted, the trivets will surmount the
edges – ideal for larger pots or pans (which would otherwise
cover the Bushbox and thus cause smoke).
Bushbox Disassembly
1. Let the Bushbox cool down (otherwise the parts will jam)!
2. Grab the short side plates at the top and push the top gently
outside to overcome the lile hooks which lock the
plates in place.
3. Pull the short side plates upwards.
EDCBox Assembly
1. Connect the three idencal side plates.
2. Insert the base plate with the smaller ear facing forward.
3. Aach the front plate (with aperture) and lock it by pushing
upwards. Slide the base plate forward if necessary to snap
the ear into the front plate.
4. Aach trivets.