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    all you need to do is redesign the pivot so it can be moved up and down the mast, and you could almost set intervals, and use a taller candle, and then keep moving down the mast on subsequent uses of the same candle. (sorta like one of those courtship candles with the spiral follower, and the string)

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    That's awesome. I'm heading down a Google search rabbit hole of different designs. I love ingenuity and simplicity in designs. Could you attach a candle to the bottom of a cup, fill the cup with water, and wait for the candle to burn down to the level of the water?

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    unless attached to the cup = no - the candle keeps rising if untethered and eventually burns completely away - there is a design which capitalises on this to keep the height of the flame at a constant point so the room illumination doesn't change over the course of the evening.



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