Solar Wax Melter – Part 2!

Posted by Jon on Jul 20, 2010 in Equipment | 0 comments

OK, so the solar wax melter that I built here had a minor design flaw which I found when the sun finally decided to come out. Instead of all my molten wax dripping sedately into my mesh covered ice cream carton, we had a wax landslide. The black inside to the box had done a great job of heating up the metal tray and melting the underside of the lumps of wax comb.

Build your own Solar Wax Melter

Posted by Jon on Jul 14, 2010 in Equipment | 0 comments

(or how to save yourself a small fortune!)

Here in France, some things are really expensive, including solar wax melters (Cérificateur) which start at about 160€ and go up from there. So given the recent spell of hot weather, I decided to make my own from what I had in the barn. I researched possible designs and decided to build a tilted table with a removable tray (with a mesh filter). This is how it turned out…