Candle holder .... kind of

[chuck123wapati]

2 hours ago, Klara said:

Given that they make welding gloves from leather and blacksmiths and farriers were leather aprons I would have thought naked leather to be very fire resistant. 

Another question is whether that's still the case after dyeing and surface treatment. 

 

LOl  Its 4 am and My sour casm cant taake it anymore this thread is insanely silly.

omg they sell tea candles by the billions at Walmart of all places. Do they come with a keep out of reach of children and college graduates sticker? We may need to call an expert to get through this candle thing.

But if your real carful you can put a match to a piece it wont take long to find out. Might want to inform the fire department first though just to be safe .  And yes welding gloves still work ,Mine came dyed blue.. 

[Sheilajeanne]

Chuck, I'm not much worried about starting a fire, though to be on the safe side, yeah some testing might be a good idea. I once saw the results of what happened when a Jewish family left their Shabbat candles burning in a bowl they THOUGHT was fireproof, then went out somewhere. The result was, even though it didn't catch fire, the whole house was severely smoke damaged, and the dining room table ruined. Cost thousands of dollars to clean the house from top to bottom. Sooo, never ASS-U-ME as the saying goes... 

In my case, I was just REALLY pissed off that the finish on my desk was damaged!     They also often call tea lights 'warmer candles' and they ain't kidding! 

Edited October 7, 2023 by Sheilajeanne

[fredk]

If you are really concerned; you can buy battery operated LED tea-lights. The LED flickers randomly and the CR2032 battery lasts several days, about 10 days in constant use, far longer than the wax burning. No smoke, so flecks of ash in the air, no heat, no fear of fire if you leave it on alone,  no molten wax to spill, The LED light is as bright as the wax light and the LED bulb is covered by a soft pliable plastic cover made to resemble a flame shape  I can buy them 6 for £1 in a £-shop. I sometimes buy them just for the batteries and or the LED bulbs

These are plain ones but you can buy fancy ones where the plastic case has been moulded to look more like a candle which has burned down a bit, and you can them in different heights and colors

The wax tea-lights I use are scented. You don't get that with the LED lights tho 

 

[SUP]

@fredk yes those are really  nice and convenient.  I use them too. But I also need real candles for other reasons.

And @chuck123wapati nothing silly about wanting to be safe and people are talking about personal experiences; not conjecture. If @Sheilajeanne's table burned, it is possible others have faced that as well and just been more careful about it from then on, without making a big issue about it, like Sheila Jeanne did not until this subject came up and she mentioned it, which is so nice of her.  I, for one, rather hear about possible dangers than have people say " I should have told you' after I face a problem. I'm sure you feel the same.

Leather gloves are used by welders and blacksmiths usually cowhide which are believed to be able to withstand temperatures of up to 500 degrees C and of course, resist sparks and electric currents. Elk is good as well, I believe.  So leather is probably fire resistant and as long as we make our holders of cow leather or elk and don't let the wax run down the side and catch fire (does it do that?), we should be fine.

 Now  I  think that is enough from me on matters other than the lovely candle holders.

Will make them as soon as I make some Halloween things for my daughter!  Those, and the candle holders are exciting projects and short ones too.

 @Gezzer, I will put up photographs if I manage to make them reasonably well. If I don't put them up, you can take it to mean that I messed them up.

 

[chuck123wapati]

 

10 hours ago, SUP said:

If you intend to scold someone don't finish with.

(does it do that?), "we should be fine."   it makes you sound silly.  

  its 4 am again and I haven't had my coffee. oh so did you try a match or are you going to remain unknowing?

 

[Heartless]

i can see doing cones of several different heights and creating an arrangement out of them.. with either the LED or real tea lights - personal choice..  such a simple design, but ingenious at the same time.
 

as for the other thing.. it comes down to using a bit of common sense. Common sense says you never leave candles burning unattended, period. and make sure that whatever the candle is on/in is high enough off the furniture to not get too hot.. dinner plate thickness, to me, is not thick enough and I would have put something under it - a decorative trivet or something. ideally you want a bit of airspace underneath.

[Gezzer]

14 minutes ago, Heartless said:

i can see doing cones of several different heights and creating an arrangement out of them.. 
 

 ideally you want a bit of airspace underneath.

Excellent idea about the arrangement !!!!

and the airspace

 

[chuck123wapati]

18 minutes ago, Gezzer said:

Excellent idea about the arrangement !!!!

and the airspace

 

these have so many options they are way cool my friend.

[Gezzer]

@chuck123wapati Thanks you and they should be useful for some other things .

 

[Sheilajeanne]

Just a correction, Sup - it wasn't my table the Shabbat candles burned - I am not Jewish. It was a lady I was working for who was suffering from M.S.

Yup, never leave candles burning unattended!  My parent taught me that, and they both spent their early years in homes that used candles and coal oil lanterns.  Okay, have one candle holder I'd trust for that. It's a chunk of limestone, about 8" by 6" by 3" deep, with a natural depression in it that's just the right size to hold a tea light. My husband found it somewhere. I left a tea light burning in it overnight, the evening he suffered a stroke, and was taken to hospital... :'(