Set-up Instructions for T: H - 24

Equipment Locations
ItemLocation
Large Round TripodSet 11, Cabinet 1, Shelf 1
Paraffin and extra cakes
Cylinder Apparatus
Beaker for paraffinBeneath demo bench
Hot Plate
Horizontal Rod Apparatus 

Set-up Instructions: 

1. Set the height of the horizontal rod so that cylinders will be able to sink into paraffin cake when warm.

2. Place beaker of water on hotplate to warm - place cylinders into water.  

3. Turn on hot plate - it will take several minutes to bring to boiling.

4. Place paper beneath the paraffin cake to catch melted wax:

A beaker of water with dissimilar cylinders rests on a hot plate.  A paraffin cake sits in the large, round tripod beneath a horizontal rod on a ring stand.


Maintenance Items: 

Use the small frying pan in Set 11, Cabinet 1, Shelf 1 to melt paraffin and use the brass mold with aluminum foil to create more paraffin cakes.  The cake should be 1/8" diameter when finished.