When we bought our candle stand wreaths, it was easy to find candles which fitted through the hole in the wreath. However, it wasn't safe to allow the candle to burn right down into the wreath so quite a lot got wasted.
Then for some reason candle manufacturers stopped making candles the right width for the wreath! That's REALLY irritating! I guess we could buy new wreaths, but these are nice, and with a 3D printer you can make stuff to fit other stuff :o) so I made a booster stand for the candles.
Not only does this mean our existing wreaths now fit the bigger candles, it also means that the candle is much higher up in the wreath so we can burn a lot more of the candle before having to discard the remains.
Obviously it's still important not to burn candles unattended as usual, and along with the possibility of setting fire to the wreath I expect the candle could also set fire to the printed stand (I used PLA+).
I expect any settings will do for this print, other than vase mode or very thin walls or no infill - just default settings should do the trick, and any material really as it won't even get warm until the candle is short enough to risk the wreath catching light. I used 0.4mm nozzle and 0.2mm layers, 3 walls, 6 tops/bottoms, 15% grid infill, and no adhesion or support.
The booster stands are 55mm diameter (matching the wreath hole) and we're using them with 70mm diameter candles which are ok on the metal base stands but simply won't fit the wreaths without this model.
Stands and candles vary, you may need to drill out the hole in the adaptor if your stand has a larger spike than ours, and you may have to trim the adaptor spike or poke a hot wire in the bottom of the candle to seat it nicely. If you over-drill the stand hole, just shove some blutack in it until it sits firm and stable when pressed onto the spike.
Please Like this model if you find it useful.
If you REALLY like it, https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gigabeast :o)
The author marked this model as their own original creation.