decorum hot cakes. (pic heavy)

[decorum]

I had a thought a while back (and yes it's taken some time to recover).
I wondered whether I could make a slightly bigger version of the Hot Cake and came up with this (as yet untested!).

Made exactly the same way as the original but stuffed into a toilet roll tube.
And yes I do have an updated name for it; but as this is a family orientated site I've omitted it

From the top.

From underneath: the red disk is a tea-light held in place by wax.

And copying oetzi's egg-box idea

 

[oops56]

Yep i did a little different on one sawdust newspaper the other sawdust newspaper bess wax the last sawdust sugar bees wax. Put in blander with water then press all the water out the press is on the right a c clamp and a washer with holes to let water out as you press.The bess wax was done on a food scrapper

 

[decorum]

Hi oops,

Looks like an interesting project. How long did you need to keep the compression on to keep them compact? What were the drying and burning times? Was there any noticable difference in heat output between the three 'recipes'?

 

[oops56]

I just kept compressing till it take no more.I dry them one day in the sun. I tryed once in the oven the wax melted no good that way.They all burn ok only thing need a little alcohol to get it started i think i will put some cotton in the middle next time. Burn time been long time forgot lots soot but not any more then wood