Candle holder .... kind of

[Gezzer]

@SUP The " rim " idea is a good one .As to the pattern it is just one I came up with so nothing fancy but here it is as best as I can explain .

 

First picture is of it on a 1/2 inch grid if that is how you work . Second picture is my attempt at describing it . I used a 50 something year old tin class method of drawing mine ,  but a quick search on the U tube yielded a few ways .  If you go the math route , diameter  x 3.14 , the small arc is 4 5/8 but I made mine  4 7/16 for a tight fit.  For me the lay-out and step method is  easier and works just fine .   The only thing I think this guy did that might not work is start with the larger arc and for my use I started with the short arc as it the critical dimension  1 1/2" , base can vary some ( larger or smaller )

Hope some of this helps .

 

 

 

[msdeluca]

Great info on cone creation...!!!

[chuck123wapati]

way cool IMO.!!

[SUP]

@Gezzer    thank you!  Your explanation is very  clear. Can't wait to make this!  

 

[Sheilajeanne]

Just a word of caution about tea lights. I have a ceramic candle holder that will hold two tea lights sitting on the bottom. My mom gave it to me, so it's pretty special, because she's now gone. The bottom is about the same thickness as a dinner plate.

I set it on my desk one night, with two candles in it. As the tea lights burned down, they caused the bottom of the holder to get so hot that it damaged the finish on my desk!  

So, if I were to make that candle holder, I'd have it resting on something heat and fireproof when the candle is burning. 

 

[SUP]

@Sheilajeanne thank you for that warning. I do not normally use tea lights and this is a further reason not to do so, since I always forget them until they die out. I plan to make these holders a little bigger  for the small glass candle holders which I normally use and which are very plain. I always collect small bowls everywhere I go and place my candles in them. I need them, forgetful that I am.

[Sheilajeanne]

Sup, I thought the holder would act the way the glass tea light holders do, and be thick enough to protect the top of my desk. I was quite surprised when it didn't!  

Makes me wonder if the glass holders are safe when the light burns down!

I have 3 holders I know are safe - two are made out of stone, and one has a REALLY thick glass bottom.

Edited October 7, 2023 by Sheilajeanne

[SUP]

@Sheilajeanne, I did not think of that! None of mine have ever burnt down. Usually they burn down about halfway  in the center and then refuse to stay lighted in the liquid wax, so I throw them away, or rather, store the wax for my wax punch surfaces.

My glass holders are from Ikea. I use their unscented candles. I have no idea what will happen if the entire candle burns down though. They are plain transparent glass, which is why I want to make these lovely leather holders. I think I will let one candle burn down in its glass holder and see what happens. I do not want to damage a leather holder that I take the pains to make.

[Gezzer]

I may be wrong but I think dry leather is a poor conductor of heat but always be careful and  do your own research and test . And @SUP be sure if you do make some wraps please post some pictures , I love pictures 

[Klara]

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.