what do do if the candle flame is too tiny? tip the melted waxoff? ARE YOU SURE?
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From: Richard Heathfield on 4 Mar 2010 04:15 don.lotto(a)paradise.net.nz wrote: > what do do if the candle flame is too tiny? Cut away a concave section of the candle, leaving an inch or so of undisturbed candle between the cutaway and the top. Now hold a lighted match /in/ the concave section. The candle flame will suddenly increase significantly in size. Interestingly, at this point the flame jumps off the candle! It manages to land again, though, in exactly the right place. How it knows is beyond me, but there you are. <snip> -- Richard Heathfield <http://www.cpax.org.uk> Email: -http://www. +rjh@ "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line vacant - apply within
From: Frederick Williams on 4 Mar 2010 15:30 Richard Heathfield wrote: > > don.lotto(a)paradise.net.nz wrote: > > what do do if the candle flame is too tiny? > > Cut away a concave section of the candle, leaving an inch or so of > undisturbed candle between the cutaway and the top. I'm probably being dim, but is that concave section in the side of the candle? If so, how deep? > Now hold a lighted match /in/ the concave section. The candle flame will > suddenly increase significantly in size. Interestingly, at this point > the flame jumps off the candle! It manages to land again, though, in > exactly the right place. How it knows is beyond me, but there you are.
From: Richard Heathfield on 5 Mar 2010 03:10
Frederick Williams wrote: > Richard Heathfield wrote: >> don.lotto(a)paradise.net.nz wrote: >>> what do do if the candle flame is too tiny? >> Cut away a concave section of the candle, leaving an inch or so of >> undisturbed candle between the cutaway and the top. > > I'm probably being dim, but is that concave section in the side of the > candle? Yes. > If so, how deep? Deep enough that you can get a lighted match under the flame. If you cut wick-deep, you've probably gone too far, although it doesn't actually matter that much. Fixed-pitch font for ASCII art: * ( ) $ +----$----+ | $ | | $ | \ $ | | $ | \ $ | | $ | \$ | ()|$ | -----+ /$ | | $ | / $ | | $ | / $ | | $ | | $ | $ = wick -----+ = match -- Richard Heathfield <http://www.cpax.org.uk> Email: -http://www. +rjh@ "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line vacant - apply within |