Moulding and mold making

Redesigning the sculpture for CNC able geometry

The back

Making the mold with air hole, feed, and wick space

Milling with the shopbot

Saving the offshoots to remake the wax block

The Stem of the bit sometimes will hit the side

A side

B side

Mold is made with oomoo

The resolution is quite high

Getting the wick into the mold

The set up for pouring the wax

Experiment with dropping wax in water

The was shrinks on cooling, need to get more wax into the mould

Lighting the candle :D

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Total burn time is 3 hours