Candle heart mold V1

Bigger and improved version can be found here

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2128378

My girlfriend her mother is into molding her own candle's. So i thought it would be a cool idea to design a heart mold. And with valentine getting close, I made it a heart mold.

Mind your tention ! Before you poor in wax you need to clamp the two peices tougether, with a C clamp or something. If you overtighten it, you will make it bend. (Print it with higher infill / bottom layers if this is a problem) You should also use some metal plates to destribute the force on them (of the C clamp).

Print Settings

Printer:

K8200

Rafts:

Supports:

Yes

Resolution:

Infill:

• 40%

  
  

  Notes:

  I would print it laying on it's back with support for the little funnel on top.

  How I Designed This

  V1.2 Notes.

  Someone pointed out, it might be a good idea to add a hole for the wick. After watching a candle making tutorial (i never made a candle myself), I came up with these changes.

• Feet added so you can use a rubber peice and a washer around the wick.

• Hole added for the wick.
• New fillet edges

• Part 1 whole diameter increased with 0.25mm, too insure the other half fitting without much sanding V1.3 notes

  Changed small pegs to stronger ones

Category: DIY