It took a while and we need to improve our wax refining (hence the dark flecks on some of the wax) but I'm really pleased with the outcome. Thanks HJBee, the kebab stick holders worked like a dream although we used bulldog clips to hold them together.
Candles - IMG_0632.JPG
David
(Oh yes, and we need to trim the wicks!)
Great stuff, beware, it's addictive!!
I scaled this "machine" up from a "Mountain Grey" one I found in a shed at Craibstone. With a medium filter it produces pretty clean wax, and if it is then run through again with a layer of double surgical lint as the filter the wax is ready for candles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lOIXqJ-Xg
PH
PH, thanks for posting, been looking for that video for ages but couldn't remember where I'd seen it. Nice bit of kit, from your post am I right to assume that you had it made to order?
I did. Made by a sheet metal company in Arbroath who also made my honey tank. The melter cost if I recall rightly £110 about 1990 or so.
PH
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Mine was gifted by a retiring beekeeper about 20 years ago !
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Got the Thornes copy of that one, a nice efficient piece of kit too but shame it's the electric version. I seem to remember that the gas one was considerably more expensive at the time!Originally Posted by wee willy
Mine was gifted by a retiring beekeeper about 20 years ago !
There was an old direct heat model on ebay a while back, classed as a 'honey tank' in among a joblot of rusty tanks and extractors. Just too far to travel and too much kit to pay for a collect-it company to move. Would have been a bargain for someone local though...
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