Rich

A couple of round designs

5 inch diameter single wick and 12 inch diameter 3 wick.

Fuel of choice...

I'm preparing a 3 wick version in a 1ft diameter glass vase.

23 hours ago, TallTayl said:

I 100% agree with your list. I tried to source some of those items at my local hardware store without much success. I’m determined to make my ceramic old-fashioned lamp replicas work though. It would be awesome if they worked well with common oils.

I'm not sure about USA pipe sizes. But there is a good selection of sizes here in the UK.

Plumbing pipes here are 8, 10, 15, 22, 28, 36, 52mm. No end of fittings options. I've settled on 22mm pipe with 22mm to 15mm reducers to use 15mm hosetails with an 8mm diameter spout. 8mm diameter fibreglass wick slides through the horsetail like a penguin through a trap door.... Awsome fit.

Given the tops of the containers are open air I've opted for ultra refined low odur paraffin lamp oil. These could be fragranced if needed.

Vs normal candles, so many problems are eliminated including:...

No tunnelling

No hugging of wax

No blowouts

No wick drowning

Perfect flame size for thousands of hours

No soot or smoking

Longer burn times

No container heat

No wick wear

No mushrooming

I'm sure theres more

Rich

Ok. So it's  been a while.

Ive made container candle versions of these. They work superb.

Never tried to scent the lamp oil. My brain says you won't smell it since there's zero melt pool. Yes  8mm fibreglass capillarys the full 14 inches.

They are basically oil candles made from 22mm central heating compression fittings and pipes.

The wick used is 8mm fiberglass and threaded down the pipe and supported by a brass hosetail at the top. Unscrew the hosetail and fill pipes with lamp oil. Fiberglass wick never burns away. I've burnt these for over 400 hours now and not even lost 1mm of wick.

Rich

I saw someone do this on line so i made my own from compression fittings. I love em! Don't have to worry about burrowing tunnelling wicks, sidewall blowouts. Perfect

Thaught I'd share.

I gave up on this idea due to lack of time. I started making candle/oil lamps out of central heating pipes instead!

Yes

I'm going to try that

Below is the 18 inch pyrex taper mould i used, standard black navy taper been made at present, again testing the MP20 wick. Love these moulds. Range from 8 inch to 36 inch for church.

Rich

It is wicked, with a thick MP20 flat braid. Unfortunately, it burns like a horses ass. Wick destroyed and drowned out in half hour. Did not drip though.

Thought that I'd share this.

Messing about experimenting with palm. This 18 inch palm taper had 3 tsp vybar 3451 added. It has created stunning marbling with the sky blue dye. Didn't expect that lol. Also, surface is hard as iron with glass like finish.

I'll keep this thread updated, expecting my polycarbonate supplies and adhesives to arrive next Thursday. Should be really easy to bond 5mm tube to the end pieces cleanly. 

Thanx for your input.

I'm going to be brave and have orded some 130 x 500 x 5 polycarb tube. The good thing here is the poly wall  thickness is greater than that of any Exxagon mould so should be as rigid as glass.

Not sure if this post is in the right place, apologies if not.

Why o why is it not possible to find these moulds in anything over 20 cm tall?

Am i not looking hard enough?

I'm planning on making large floorstanding palm pillars for my conservatory.

Seems like if I'm correct, then I'll be taking matters into my own hands and getting polycarbonate tubing and discs for the tops from...

http://clearplastictube.co.uk/polycarbonate-tube

And

https://www.simplyplastics.com/catalog/discs/polycarbonate-round-discs/clear-polycarbonate-disc/c-24/c-100/p-285

To build my own. If anyone knows of moulds 50 cm tall plus please let me know.

Rich xx

Thanks guys..... Come along Scented, show us that pretty face and say hello!

A little while since i made candles, life can get the better of you. Still got all my kit in the garage, i have forgotten EVERYTHING. Made my first candle back in 1998.

10 years since i posted here, so long ago I've had to re register. I see this place is still home to the odd Foho! Crikey.