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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 803281, member: 360"]Isn't this fantastic?? All complete, all singing, all dancing! I imagine it would've been on the desk of some busy legal, banking or big-business firm, for sealing parcels, envelopes and important documents like deeds, wills, etc, etc... </p><p><br /></p><p>Very simple: Sealing wax goes into the pan at the top. Burner goes in underneath. Light the burner, and the heat of the flame warms the pan, and melts the wax... </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Front: </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191803[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>The burner:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191804[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>The wax-pan, with red sealing wax:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191806[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>The pan lifts out, like so:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191807[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>The Back:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191808[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>And here it is in operation:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191809[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sitting here, waiting to see how long it takes to melt the wax. So far it's been nearly half an hour. Nothin' yet...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 803281, member: 360"]Isn't this fantastic?? All complete, all singing, all dancing! I imagine it would've been on the desk of some busy legal, banking or big-business firm, for sealing parcels, envelopes and important documents like deeds, wills, etc, etc... Very simple: Sealing wax goes into the pan at the top. Burner goes in underneath. Light the burner, and the heat of the flame warms the pan, and melts the wax... [B]Front: [/B] [ATTACH=full]191802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191803[/ATTACH] [B]The burner:[/B] [ATTACH=full]191804[/ATTACH] [B]The wax-pan, with red sealing wax:[/B] [ATTACH=full]191805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191806[/ATTACH] [B]The pan lifts out, like so:[/B] [ATTACH=full]191807[/ATTACH] [B]The Back:[/B] [ATTACH=full]191808[/ATTACH] [B]And here it is in operation:[/B] [ATTACH=full]191809[/ATTACH] I'm sitting here, waiting to see how long it takes to melt the wax. So far it's been nearly half an hour. Nothin' yet...[/QUOTE]
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