On 11/15/2018 4:44 PM, RH wrote:
> The rountuit showed up about an hour ago; so I got out some beeswax 
> cakes, the single burner butane stove, some BLO and some paint thinner 
> (never placed anywhere near the stove).  First I set the flame as low 
> as it would go and put the cakes of beeswax in a 14 oz tomato can that 
> had been through the dishwasher.  It melted in just a few minutes to a 
> nice, clear golden brown.
>
> I used a stick to measure the depth of the liquid wax then marked out 
> that distance 2 more times and drew rings with a marker on the stick.  
> I poured in the BLO to reach the first ring followed immediately by 
> the paint thinner to the second ring giving me roughly equal amounts 
> of the three magic ingredients.

That is where you made your mistake.  You melt the beeswax, remove from 
the heat, add the linseed oil, reheat carefully until clear, remove from 
the heat and then add the thinner.  Otherwise the linseed oil will cause 
the wax to clump like you experienced.

I would just add a little more thinner, mix it good, cover it up and let 
it set over night.

I just made a batch here and it came out just dandy.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/formula.html

Tony (where the snow is a falling and the roads are full of flakes, 
mainly behind the wheel!!)

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