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With this the actual candles spin. 2 or 4 since they'd need to be balanced, the rising heat hits the propeller that's actually holding the candles that themselves rotate as the propeller above them spins.
Be kind of cool.
This only with multiple candles instead of dolphins.
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[doctorremulac3, Feb 20 2025]
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I'll tweak the description, see if it gets any love. |
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Candles are (relatively) heavy, so you'll probably want a magnetic bearing. And you only want a slow spin, lest you blow the candles out.
On second thoughts, that could be a thing. Have candles on pivots, so centrifugal force swings them out a little. As holder spins faster, candles get blown out. It slows down, candles swing back to "neutral", where a fixed candle (or set of candles) re-lights the moving ones. Rinse & repeat. |
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I'd want them to turn pretty slowly. They're definitely a lot heavier than the dolphins in the link. I'd have them very close to the rod holding them up in the middle and would just use low/flat tea candles. |
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Interesting ideas to fiddle with here. Like the idea some kind of cycle going where they go out and get lit again. |
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I think that would be kind of relaxing to watch like a regular candle but more interesting. |
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