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🕯️ From Cappings to Blocks

A 3D solar wax melter and double-boiler rig turning honey cappings into clean, poured beeswax — control heat, batch size, impurity load and filter mesh to see how clear the final block comes out.

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A 3D solar wax melter and stovetop double-boiler rig turn honey cappings into liquid beeswax, filter it, and pour it into a jar so you can watch heat, batch size, impurity and filtering shape the clarity of the finished block.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Cappings only start flowing once internal temperature clears beeswax's ~62–64°C melting point. Debris carried in with the cappings darkens the pool unless it's caught by a cheesecloth or fine strainer on the way to the jar.

🎮 How to Use

Switch between the solar melter and double boiler, raise the heat to start melting, load a bigger batch, dial in how dirty the raw cappings are, and pick a filter mesh — then watch the jar fill and its clarity readout respond.

💡 Did You Know?

Solar wax melters need no fuel and never scorch the wax, but on a cloudy day a double boiler on the stove is far faster — the trade-off beekeepers make every rendering season.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D solar wax melter and double-boiler rig turning honey cappings into clean, poured beeswax — control heat, batch size, impurity load and filter mesh to see how clear the final block comes out.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install