Melting stick

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The melting stick is made from a 220-240 volt cartridge heater,it will melt solid oil and is small enough to go through screw top lids



The melting stick

The cartridge heater
The business end

List of parts

Cartridge heater 15 mm 300W (available in various wattages)

2 x 15 mm straight joiner-compression

Short length of 15 mm copper pipe bent to 90 degrees

Speedfit type insert

2 ft of plastic 15 mm pipe

Cable and plug

2 connectors and insulating tape

Flat piece of metal slightly longer than the heater


List of parts used,click to enlarge



How to assemble

Firstly solder the flat piece of steel to one of the flat surfaces of a compression nut,this needs to end up at the bottom and is a stand off to keep the heater away from the container walls,tighten the heater into a straight connector using the nut with the stand off then attach the 90 copper pipe,this needs to be short enough that the heater wires protrude. Attach the other connector to the other end of the copper pipe. Put an insert into one end of the plastic pipe and feed the cable down the pipe,connect and insulate the heater to the cable then join the plastic pipe to the connector.

Melting its way into a tub




See also

Use if there are similar pages in the wiki, if not delete.

  • Link within this wiki here
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~~KH~~


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